A GREAT HORSE 



and best races of his career. This race did Cresceus 

 much good, and keyed him up in fine style for his 

 splendid race at Glens Falls, N. Y., on August 15, in 

 which he beat in grand style the Hamlin crack Dare 

 Devil. 



It was the first time that the Ohio champion had 

 been pitted against the pride of the Hamlin stable. 

 The friends of Cresceus believed that he would prove 

 equal to the task cut out for him, and subsequent events 

 proved that their confidence had not been misplaced. 

 Dare Devil was made the favorite on the strength of 

 his good winning race against Gayton at Buffalo the 

 week previous. Cresceus was thought to be good for 

 a mile in about 2:10, but nobody dreamed that he was 

 fast enough to trot a mile faster than any stallion had 

 trotted that year, and he had few backers. The field 

 embraced such trotters as Gayton, Louise Mac, Belle 

 J., Oakland Baron and Caracalla, and was one of the 

 strongest that had up to that date faced a starter in 

 the 2 :io class. Starter McElroy got the bunch of ten 

 flyers away on the first score, Caracalla having the pole. 

 It was not until they had gone around the upper turn 

 and up the back stretch that the real contestants flashed 

 to the front. A little way past the half-mile pole 

 Ketcham called on the son of Robert McGregor, and 

 Cresceus quickly assumed the lead. Scott Hudson was 

 after him with the great little mare, Louise Mac, and 

 the finish was between these two. But Cresceus won 

 quite handily, trotting his mile in 2 :09J, thereby cut- 



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