CRESCEUS, 2:02i/4 



tributed his ability to trot over all kinds of tracks 

 with ease. 



He has always been driven in a two-minute harness 

 with a side check, and with what is called the Kemble- 

 Jackson attachment, with a side over-check bit and a 

 snaffle driving bit. Up to the time he was five years old 

 he was always driven in an open bridle, but after that 

 he was driven with the same kind of harness, but with 

 a blind bridle, for the reason that he got in the habit 

 of watching the other horses in a race, and would not 

 move away from them unless headed. 



Up to last year he was always driven with the fol- 

 lowing boots : In front, knee boots with short arm 

 attachment, tendon quarter boots, and behind, shin 

 boots with hock and speedy cut attachment, and also 

 scalpers. 



The only change that was ever made in his boots 

 was last year when it was thought best to take off 

 the scalpers. These boots were worn to protect the 

 horse at a slow gait, as he is then quite careless and 

 liable to hurt himself, and they are always necessary 

 in turning him around in scoring as he has one of the 

 peculiar characteristics of the McGregor family, which 

 is to step over himself and practically turn around on 

 a pivot. When at speed he has never been known to 

 touch a hair and goes remarkably wide and clear. 



No patent appliances have ever been used on Cres- 

 ceus in any way, as he was a natural trotter from the 

 time he was first hitched, and it seems almost impossi- 



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