CHAPTER 

 XXVI 



THOMAS V,'. LAWSON 



CRESCEUS DOUBLY CROWNED KING 



DURING the winter a match race had been ar- 

 ranged between Cresceus, Boralma and Char- 

 ley Herr. The announcement of the match 

 created a great deal of discussion, and when during the 

 summer the race was declared off and forfeit paid to 

 Cresceus, a great deal of comment, some of it rather 

 unfavorable, was indulged in by the public. It is 

 not necessary at this time to enter into the details of 

 this discussion, but the matter was arranged and set- 

 tled in a manner perfectly satisfactory to all parties 

 concerned. Later Mr. Thomas W. Lawson announced 

 that he w^ould give a purse of $20,000 for a race be- 

 tween Cresceus and The Abbot, the race to be trotted 

 over the Readville course on Septeml^er 21, the gate 

 receipts of the day to go to the West End Nursery, a 

 Boston charitable institution. 



After some discussion the match was made upon the 

 above terms. The race did not prove to be as sensa- 



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