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no enthusiast will ever forget. The crowd was eager, 

 silent, expectant, and it was not until Cresceus had 

 poked his golden-chestnut nose under the wire in 

 2 :o9f that the pent-up enthusiasm of the multitude 

 broke loose. 



When the mile was completed and Ketcham, with 

 uplifted whip, drove back to the judge's stand, both 

 horse and driver received an ovation. The ovation 

 continued after Ketcham climbed out of the bike, and 

 turned Cresceus over to his grooms. 



Cresceus undoubtedly lost almost a second by his 

 break in the third quarter. He lowered not only the 

 track record, but the world's trotting record for a half- 

 mile track as well. 



Later in the afternoon Cresceus was hitched to a 

 wagon and trotted an exhibition mile in 2:13^, the 

 world's half-mile-track record to wagon. He showed 

 that he was equally as well at home to wagon as he 

 was to sulky, and the fast mile again set the audience 

 to cheering. 



His time by quarters was 135^, i :o8, 1 140^, 2:13^. 

 Two greater miles were never trotted by the champion, 

 and the day will long be remembered in Toledo as 

 one of the most enjoyable in the history of the city. 



The Terre Haute (Ind.) track had long been known 

 as one of the fastest tracks in the United States, and 

 many world's records had been made over it. Ketcham 

 had always been desirous of allowing Cresceus to trot 

 over the Hoosier course, and late in October it was 



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