FRANK HEROIC 



CRESCEUS INVADES THE EAST 



CRESCEUS made a long trip across the country 

 from Indiana to Syracuse, N. Y., where at 

 Kirk Park he trotted an extremely good race 

 on August 1 8. The half-mile track at Kirk Park is 

 not a particularly fast one, and a rain which had fallen 

 two hours before the race was called did not put it 

 in the best of condition, but it was hard and solid. 

 On the strength of his great race at Ft. Wayne the 

 week before, Cresceus was, of course, made a top- 

 heavy favorite in the betting, and he did not disappoint 

 his admirers. He won the event, which was a 2:22 

 class for trotters, in straight heats, and simply played 

 with the field in each heat. The time was 2:i8J, 

 2 119^, 2:17^. The third heat, in 2 117^, was the fastest 

 third heat ever trotted by a three-year-old over Kirk 



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