CRESCEUS, 2 : O 2 



racy looking and beautiful horse, which is just in a 

 plunging attitude, as though about to leap and clear 

 chariot and driver over all contestants in the race, the 

 magnificent animal being already a neck in the lead. 

 From an ancient print of those wonderful days at 

 Rome, Mr. Ketcham discovered the jockey above de- 

 scribed to have been a leading jockey, and famous as 

 a chariot driver. As a horseman this man Cresceus 

 was without a peer, his horses being unequaled in 

 speed, beauty and intelligence. 



Cresceus, so the story goes, was not only a wonder- 

 ful horseman, but a great charioteer, a dashing, hand- 

 some, brave and daring fellow. The character so 

 impressed Mr. Ketcham that he decided to re-inhabit 

 the earth with the name at least, and so one day, with 

 much pomp, and before an even half dozen horsemen 

 friends, he drove the party out to the farm, where the 

 now world's famous trotter, then a two-year-old, was 

 exhibited, and afterwards christened "Cresceus," a 

 bottle of rare old wine being used in the ceremony. 

 It was thus that the future champion got his name, 

 and right royally has he honored the name of the old 

 Roman horseman. 



