CRESCEUS. 2:02V4 



as predicted when the stake was first opened it proved 

 to be the race that will be the longest remembered 

 of any decided during the nineteenth century. 



The audience cheered Ketcham and the great stal- 

 lion again and again, and at last Ketcham was forced 

 to go into the judge's stand, where Starting-judge 

 Wheeler introduced him to the spectators. With a 

 voice hoarse from urging the champion, he acknowl- 

 edged the applause and expressed his gratification. 



The victory placed to Cresceus's credit the world's 

 record for a three, five and eight-heat race. 



