CR.ESCE.US, 2:02»/4 



From Pueblo Cresceus was shipped to Los Angeles, 

 California, and a few days' rest in the balmy air of 

 California put the champion in fine condition. He 

 made his first appearance at Agricultural Park, Los 

 Angeles, on Saturday, December 14, before an enthu- 

 siastic audience of five thousand people. He went 

 against the track record of 2 105 J, held by Alix, and 

 while the champion failed to reduce the record, he 

 trotted a remarkable mile, conditions considered. 

 Wind and weather combined against Cresceus in the 

 efifort, and then the track was slow^ and in poor .condi- 

 tion for fast work. A cold, raw wand prevailed, and 

 greatly handicapped him throughout the mile. \\'ith 

 his usual courage, Cresceus trotted gamely against the 

 unfavorable conditions, and trotted a mile in 2 107^, 

 the fractional time being 132^, 1:02^, 1:35, 2 :o7i. 

 The champion's mile at Los Angeles must take rank 

 as one of his most splendid exhibitions of sturdy 

 courage and endurance. Owing to the fact that his 

 dates at Sacramento and San Jose had to be canceled 

 on account of the bad rainy w^eather which prevailed 

 at Sacramento^ during his two wrecks' stay at that 

 place, it was utterly impossible to give him the proper 

 W'Ork to put him in condition to trot fast miles. Not- 

 withstanding this fact, Cresceus trotted the mile at 

 Los Angeles under the most unfavorable conditions in 

 2 :o7j. While in Los Angeles the Cresceus party re- 

 ceived many courtesies at the hands of Mr. Milo Pot- 

 ter, who was born within three miles of the home of 



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