C H APTE.R 

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JACK CURRV 



THE CAMPAIGN OF 1898 



THE campaign of Cresceus during the season 

 of 1898, as a four-year-old, while a very cred- 

 itable one, was not so brilliant or successful 

 as the all-conquering one made by him as a three-year- 

 old. After he was beaten by American Belle, at Port- 

 land, Me., late in September of 1897, ne was shipped 

 home to the farm. He was jogged all winter, and 

 while he did not go lame, just before he was put into 

 active training it was noticed that he was still troubled 

 with the curb which he threw out the fall before. A 

 prominent veterinary was called in, and after a thorough 

 examination it was decided to fire the ailing leg. It 

 was cross-fired thoroughly, and without laying him up 

 an hour, he was placed in active training on the mile 

 track at Columbus, Ohio. Cresceus made a heavy stud 



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