CRESCEUS, 2:02 / 4 



Abbot won in straight heats in 2:12^, 2:14^, 2:13, 

 Cresceus winning fourth money. Although clearly 

 out of form, he made a good showing, and his defeat 

 was not at all discreditable. 



Cresceus was so plainly out of condition and in need 

 of a let-up that upon the earnest solicitation of Jack 

 Curry it was decided to ship him to Boston and give 

 him several weeks of rest and careful attention. He 

 was entered in the big Puritan stake for 2:10 class 

 trotting stallions, to be trotted at the New England 

 Breeders' meeting at Readville track, September 20. 

 Many of the crack trotting stallions were entered in 

 this big event, and Mr. Ketcham was extremely anx- 

 ious to win this race with Cresceus before he was re- 

 tired for the season. It was a grand field of horses, 

 composed of Bingen, 2 :o6f (by the record the fastest 

 trotter of the year), Gayton, Dan Cupid, Fred Kohl, 

 Early Bird and Benton M. These horses were all 

 high-class race horses, and had proved their worth in 

 a number of grand turf battles. Bingen was thought 

 to be the coming champion, and the entire New Eng- 

 land country was peopled with his admirers. His 

 owner, J. Malcolm Forbes, was a leader in all things 

 pertaining to the light-harness horse, and thousands of 

 his friends were present to cheer Bingen on to victory. 

 On account of the splendid performance of Bingen in 

 his last two races at Hartford and Rigby Park, he was 

 the public choice, and the speculators were confident 

 that victory would perch upon the banner of the son 



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