CRESCEUS, 2:02V4 



successful, is fully attested by the showing made by 

 the champion. 



From the time he was first taken to the track for 

 training, he has been given long, slow work, with many 

 repeats, and always driven well within himself. He 

 has probably trotted more miles in 2 130 in his work 

 than any fast horse ever in training, and during his 

 entire racing career he has not been driven over ten 

 miles better than 2 :20 in his work. 



J\ly policy in training Cresceus has been to tire him 

 by slow work, depending upon a short brush at the 

 end of his mile to develop his speed and sharpen his 

 appetite for work. Strange as it may seem, Cresceus 

 has never been trained with the idea of driving him a 

 single fast mile, as he has always had one or more 

 races on hand, and has always been kept as near the 

 condition to fight a battle as possible. 



Even after his mile at Cleveland, when the idea was 

 to drive him a fast mile at Columbus, there was no time 

 to brush him fast eighths and quarters to develop his 

 speed, but rather it was necessary to give him long, 

 slow work and this would have a tendency more to 

 dull his speed than anything else. 



The first pair of shoes that were put on Cresceus 

 as a colt were plain flat shoes both in front and be- 

 hind, weighing 7^ oz. in front and 5 oz. behind, and 

 practically the same shoes are worn to-day with some 

 slight changes. 



In working him as a colt over the one-half mile 



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