CHAPTER 

 XXXI I 



A. F. JONES 



FAST MILE AT MINNEHAHA TRACK 



LEAVING Kansas City, Cresceus traveled to 

 Minneapolis, one of the great twin cities of 

 the great Northwest. No portion of the United 

 States contains more enthusiastic lovers of the trot- 

 ting horse than does this great and growing country, 

 and it seemed that every one with a single spark of 

 enthusiasm in his breast for the light harness 

 horse was present at Minnehaha track on the day that 

 the champion trotted the fastest mile ever trotted in 

 the state of Minnesota. Cresceus performed at the 

 Minnehaha Driving Park, Minneapolis, on October 

 31, in a way that delighted the thousands of spectators. 

 While the conditions were not so very unfavorable, 

 they were not such as to bring out the best workings 

 of such a superb racing machine as Cresceus. 



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