CHAPTER 

 XXXIII 



WM. SCHUCKMAN 



IN THE MOUND CITY 



FROM Minneapolis Cresceus traveled to St. Louis 

 where the running- horse holds full sway, and 

 the trotter is not regarded with the degree of 

 enthusiasm that is accorded him in other portions of 

 the country. 



There had been no trotting meeting of note held in 

 the Mound City for many years, and her people took 

 but little interest in the trotter and his doings. The 

 coming of Cresceus, however, created new interest, 

 and the champion succeeded in winning his way into 

 the hearts of the people of the metropolis of the south- 

 west, as no trotter had done in recent years. 



Five thousand people saw the champion trot the 

 fastest mile ever trotted in the State of Missouri, and 

 lower the state record froni 2:07] to 2:07, on one of 



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