A GREAT HORSE 



ble for him to do anything else. Unlike most of the 

 fast horses of the present day, he never was known to 

 take a step pacing and never ambled in any way. In 

 jogging him slowly he trots sideways like a dog, and 

 that is necessary, as he is such a big gaited horse that 

 it is the only way he can get his hind feet out of the 

 way of his front ones. When he is started up he opens 

 out behind and his hind feet pass outside of his front 

 legs; his stride when at extreme speed is 21 feet six 

 inches. 



Cresceus is a horse of very strong likes and dislikes, 

 and is not given to making friends, but is not cross or 

 in any way dangerous to strangers, but he just simply 

 does not wish to be intimate with them. If a stranger 

 is around him it does not seem to annoy him in any 

 way, unless he is touched, and that seems to bother 

 him. He does not like to be fondled by strangers, but 

 to those in charge of him he shows a lovable disposition 

 and an interest in them that is truly remarkable. 



His love for his care-takers in many ways is amus- 

 ing, and he has shown in every way his confidence in 

 me. Wherever his driver will put his head, there he 

 has the confidence to go, and he has always shown his 

 willingness to do exactly as his driver wishes. Never 

 in all the time he has been raced has he ever shown 

 a disposition to do otherwise than what was wanted 

 of him and he has always been under perfect control 

 bv voice and rein. 



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