CRESCEUS, 2 : O 2 /4 



Dickerson was urging- the pace-maker forward with 

 whip and voice. 



Around to the half in i :o2j, hundreds of watches 

 clicked, and the great crowd watched the game stal- 

 lion with breathless interest. Walker joined them 

 here and ranged his runner alongside the flying pair. 

 The three-quarter pole was reached in i 133^ and Cres- 

 ceus never faltered nor weakened. As Ketcham headed 

 him home and began the last end of the journey Dicker- 

 son and Walker were alongside, urging the pace-mak- 

 ers with old-time Indiana yells, and Ketcham was call- 

 ing upon the stallion for the supreme effort. Grandly 

 and nobly the splendid stallion responded, and as he 

 flew under the wire a mighty cheer went up from ten 

 thousand throats, for the audience knew that a new 

 world's record had been established. 



When 2 104 J was hung out from the timer's stand 

 the audience again went wild, and when Ketcham 

 jogged the new champion back to the wire and dis- 

 mounted, no horse or driver ever received such an ova- 

 tion. Hundreds of men sprang over the fence on to 

 the stretch and crowded around the horse ; and a hun- 

 dred hands were stretched out to Ketcham. Mr. 

 Welch was one of the first to grasp Ketcham's hand, 

 and offer his congratulations, and the genial Andy ap- 

 peared very proud of the new record that had just 

 been given his track. The band played a lively air 

 as the great horse was led away, and Ketcham, his face 

 wreathed in smiles, followed the new champion to the 

 barn, while the crowd cheered them again and again. 



