A GREAT HORSE 



trotting instinct, and when once the sorrel colt learned 

 what was expected of him he quickly learned to trot. 

 At this early age he showed much of the courage 

 and determination which have been his most distin- 

 guishing traits during his career upon the turf. There 

 is a straightaway sandy track at Ketcham Farm, and 

 it is doubtful if there is a more suitable place for the 

 development of trotters in the entire country than this 

 soft, springy, sand road, over which Cresceus received 

 his early lessons. There was no "hurry up" methods 

 used in training the colt ; he was given many long, 

 slow jogs over this sandy track, and his muscles were 

 hardened and developed, without being strained or 

 injured. Cresceus was admirably broken as a yearling, 

 and to this fact can no doubt be attributed the 

 splendid deportment and good manners of the present 

 champion. Naturally a colt with a "good head," Cres- 

 ceus was early taught that his trainers were his friends, 

 and while he was made to understand that his train- 

 ers were his masters, he also learned that discipline 

 and kindness went hand in hand. Cresceus was 

 worked the winter he was coming two years old ; was 

 driven quite a little on the snow, and the youngster suc- 

 ceeded in beating the best of the Toledo horses, among 

 them being the old-time pacing race horse, Charley 

 Ford, 2:12^. In these brushes on the snow path, Mr. 

 Ketcham learned that the youngster possessed extreme 

 speed, and supreme courage. These facts determined 



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