CRESCEUS, 2:021/4 



dinary of all trotters. Cresceus's career, the season 

 through, had been such a series of triumphs of ever- 

 increasing splendor, that it were a work of supereroga- 

 tion to shower fresh encomiums upon this, his last 

 and greatest performance. But it was evident to all 

 who saw him trot that record-breaking mile at Char- 

 ter Oak, that he had not reached his limit at 2 104^, 

 and equally so that neither had he at 2 104. 



As an example of sustained evenness of pace, Cres- 

 ceus's great miles at Cleveland and Hartford are two 

 most remarkable miles. The fractional time of the 

 Hartford mile was 13 ij, 1314, 130!, 13 ij, while at 

 Cleveland, it was 13 ij, 130^, :3i^, 131. They showed 

 Cresceus as a steady rater, almost unequaled. 



In both attempts the opening quarter was the same, 

 31 \ seconds, bvt by increasing the pace through the 

 second quarter at Cleveland three-quarters of a second 

 was gained at the half, half a second of which was 

 preserved at the three-quarters, and the last one- 

 quarter second regained in the flight through the 

 stretch. This last quarter in 31 seconds bespeaks Cres- 

 ceus's strength and courage nobly. Only one other 

 trotter Alix had ever trotted the last end of as fast 

 a mile at the same rate. 



