The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-16
FAST MILE BY CRESCEUS.
THE TOLEDO STALLION TRoTS Nv
2:O7 Ia At GLENS FALLS.

Daredevil Beaten in One of the Rest
Races OF the STANDARDIZATION and Mon
terey Are Behind the Money-Billy An
drews Gets the Pacing Race In Fast Time.
GLENs FALLS. Aug. 16.-on the lightning fast
track Of the Northern New York Breeders AS
ISOLATION. George II. Ketcham's chestnut stall
lion Cresceus opened the Grand Circuit meet
ing to-day by eIualing the best time
made by trotter this year. The
mile was In 2:07k. and the performance took
place In the second heat OF the race for 2:10
trotters. G. ]. Hamlin's handsome. big black
stallion Daredevil was made a favorite on the
strength OF his good winning race against Gay
ton at Buffalo last week. Crescous was
wrought to be good for o mile In about 2:10.
but nobody dreamed that he was fast
enough to equal tho record made by
Tho Abbott at Columbus two weeks
ago. He had few hackers, Monterey
selling as second choice In the pools. The
field embraced such crack trotters as Clayton.
Louise Mac. Belle j.. Oakland Baron. aud Cara
Gala, and was one OF the strongest that ever
faced starter In that class.
A. w. McElroy, who Is handling the flag at
the meeting. got the bunch OF ten flyers Off on
tho second score. Caracalla having tho pole. It
was not until they had gone around the upper
turn and up the backstretch that the real con-
testants flashed to tho front. A little
way past the half mile pole Ketcham
called on the straiRht-necked son OF Robert
hcdregor. and Crescens quickly assumed the
lead Scott Hudson was after him with
Col. Jim Reeves's great little mare Louise
Mac. and the finish was between
these two. But the stallion won quite
handily. trotting his mile in 2O9k,
thereby cutting quarter OF a second from the
record he had gained as a four-year-old in
iSoS. The fayorite was not moved for the
MT hA nfi unlH
in the auction pools at even money with Cres-
Gems. after finishing IN eighth position.
in the second round. and the contest which en-
sued was about as fine as ever was seen herea-
drive in, the homestretoh Daredevil Displayed
Wonderini speed ontfootng all OF the tlelders
as the
MssGIreg9r stallion toward the goa, with voice.
E ns @ Wild rein cheers was 6m nr9 Rs s sS01
too game, for the black son, Of Chimes
style. beating MIN by a narrow margin. There
was more cheering when Starter McElroy an
course TEs In the co6ntry." he said.
sarnsey a ater b staoh ad mot back SO
able TO land the deciding heat in 800. Nick
HH H. ln chestnut mare. Belle ]. beating
:. The HamiIn stable furnished another favor
nc s IN 1ho q ~ tEE3 which THs unfinished on
Driver Geers and his great young trotter.
The Queen. caused the daughter OF Chimes to
cell il the auction pools at 500 against $50
the postponement, were we'll contested. with
&C. Van Meters Kentucky entry, Paul Pry.
the contending horse in every round The
California mare yenusI II, outfooted him
gray gray fell9w beat her BACK in 2:l1H the next
record. In the third heat Geers got the
queen to the front after a sharp contest with
Paul Pry, who landed In second place. Then
the gray horse rallied and won another heat in
2:l4i+ the Queen falling back to fourth place
Paul Pry 10 looked upon by the knowing ones
as havi ng mortgage on the money. although
many horsemen still trust Geers to pull the
race out Of the Are with the Queen.
The, brilliant young PAGER Billy Andrews,
named in honor OF John r, Gentry's driver. sold
for 800 against 500 for the fold In the 2: 10
race. Charley Bprch gave him, an easy open:
Led tho bunch to tho wire In 2:12A
There was a drop OF five seconds in
the speed rate when Burch cut loose
with the smooth going favorite In the next
round. Free Bond forced him to turn the track
In 2O74 to win. but Andrews did It easily. and
came back with two more winning heats in
2:OS% and 3:10h. Summarizes:
2:lo class trotting: purse o.. 900:
Crescens. oh. g. by Robert McGregor