CHAPTER 

 XXVI I I 



ROBERT MCGREGOR 



AT HISTORIC OLD PIMLICO TRACK 



HISTORIC old Pimlico track, at Baltimore, 

 ]*\Id., has been the scene of many gatherings 

 during the past quarter of a century, but 

 the appearance of Cresceus brought together a great 

 crowd on October 3, which represented the wealth, 

 beauty and fashion of the aristocratic old city of Balti- 

 more. 



It was a breezy afternoon in early October, and the 

 lights and shadows of swiftly-moving clouds impressed 

 their check-work on the landscape that had about it 

 the hint of the orange and gold that would soon make 

 it glorious. The track stretched out a mile in circum- 

 ference, beginning and ending at a picturesque grand 

 stand that was packed with the beauty and chivalry of 

 a great city. In the infield were tally-hos, family car- 



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