A GREAT HORSE 



track was very hard, no water having been on it in 

 fully four months, and the wind was strong and oper- 

 ated against the champion, but he rounded out the 

 year in grand style, wath another world's record to 

 his long series of triumphs. The final exhibition of the 

 tour was given at Denison, Texas, on January 4, 

 1902, where Cresceus trotted a mile over a half-mile 

 track in 2:16^. The track was a poor one, and the 

 weather was cold and disagreeable, the thermometer 

 registering four degrees below freezing; so cold that 

 Mr. Ketcham had one of his fingers frost-bitten. 



This was the closing exhibition of the most remark- 

 able tour ever made by a horse, and the champion re- 

 turned to his home at Toledo, Ohio, on January 9. 

 the holder of all the important trotting records, and 

 wath the reputation of being the gamest, most deter- 

 mined race-horse that was ever campaigned. Cresceus 

 left home (Toledo, Ohio) to finish his preparation 

 at Cleveland, Ohio, May 15, 1902, and his final return 

 there was on January 9, 1902, between which dates 

 his 12,023 miles of globe-trotting was covered. 



COL. HENRY EXALL 



MILO POTTER 



