A GREAT HORSE 



even temper and the inclination to help his driver at 

 all times which is so necessary in a high-class horse. 



It is the general impression of those not intimately 

 acquainted with the habits of the McGregor family of 

 horses that they are ugly and hard to handle. But this 

 is far from being the facts. Whenever a McGregor 

 has been handled with kindness, he has been tractable 

 and kind in every way, but they are a class of horses 

 which will not stand abuse, and will resent ill-treat- 

 ment in every way. 



Cresceus early showed that he was willing to help 

 his trainer if he had some assistance. He is very even 

 tempered, and his habits are as methodical as the 

 traditional old maid. With all, he has an easy-going 

 way of doing things. Changes of surroundings and 

 conditions do not seem to affect him in the least ; in 

 fact, he is the only great horse known with whom con- 

 ditions seem to cut no figure. It has been the general 

 impression that the greater the singer, orator, actor, 

 statesman or any one else who has reached the pinnacle 

 of fame, that they are affected by little annoyances, 

 and change of conditions, but nothing seems to bother 

 the champion. He accepts his work as a matter of 

 fact, does it cheerfully, and is ready for his meals and 

 rest whenever it is possible to give them to him. 



The method pursued in training Cresceus has al- 

 ways been somewhat different from the usual order 

 followed by trainers, and that the system has been 



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