A GREAT HORSE 



2 105^. It was a great exhibition, all the circumstances 

 considered. In fact, it was regarded by many experi- 

 enced and discriminating horsemen who saw the cham- 

 pion trot as his finest exhibition. 



Pandemonium reigned and the crowd would not be 

 satisfied until Cresceus was returned to the front of 

 the grand stand, where he was presented and clothed 

 in a beautiful white woolen blanket manufactured in 

 Minneapolis, with the compliments of the North Star 

 Mill Company. Cresceus's name was woven in red let- 

 ters in each end of the blanket, and thus attired he was 

 led to the stable amidst a great demonstration of ap- 

 plause on the part of the audience. 



Cresceus lowered the state trotting record, made by 

 Nancy Hanks, of 2 107, the state's best mile, 2 105^, 

 made by the pacer, Hall Pointer, and the Minnehaha 

 track record of 2 109. The people who were present 

 that cold, freezing day at Minnehaha track, all came 

 away perfectly satisfied with the result, and in years 

 to come the name of Cresceus will be associated in 

 the minds of these people with all great trials of speed, 

 and though the record in the future may be beaten, 

 the people of Minneapolis will say: "Well, the condi- 

 tions are different." 



Cresceus's performance at Minnehaha track will al- 

 ways be remembered as the greatest mile, conditions 

 considered, ever trotted in the state of Minnesota. 



