Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-28

Robert McGregOr TOOK the next
Three Turns and the biggest Trot-
ting Prize of the Year-An EnOr-
NOUS Crowd Paid Double Prices
and damned Every Inch of Avail
able Space.
BOSTON, September 27.-Cresceus,
the king of stations. added a jewel to
his crown to-day by winning in five
hard driven heats the $4,000 race at
the meeting Of the New England Trot-
ing Horse Breeders Association on the
Readuille track. So much a favorite
was the son of Robert McGregor before
the great trial began that the pools
were barred against him. 1t looked
for two heats as if the great stake
would be wrested from the king by
that wonderful little trotter, Charley
Herr, the winner Oh the. Massachusetts
stake race last year. But game as
was Charley Herr, his strength was
not equal to the task and his star set
in the third heat, when Cresceus beat
him at the wire. Once after that in
the fourth heat, the Lexington horse
made a wonderful bid for the race,
leading to the three-quarters and then
being beaten out on the stretch by
Cresceus, who seemed to have marvel
lous speed just when it meant so much
to him.
The race as whole was undoubtedly
the greatest ever seen in New England.
1t recalled the stallion event. years
ago. at Beason Park, Cambridge, when
Nelson crowned himself by winning a
$4,000 purse The day was perfect for
the race and the track, while looking
a trife soft, was evidently prime foot
ing. The crowd must have been well
over the $4,000 mark, he people swarm
ing over the grand stand at So a seat,
filing the bleachers at 81 a head,
while the grounds everywhere around
the stands were Standing room only"
for thousands.
The Heats of the Great Event
by other heats of the 2:14 pace, which
was finally won by TUNA and was in
itself a fine horse race The appear
ance Of the stations on the track called
for individual rounds of applause, and
Jupe, owned by Thomas W. Lawson,
seemed to win the most. The horses
announced to start were Cresceus,
owned by George w. Ketcham, of To-
ledo Charley Herr, David Cahill, Lex
ington, KY. Jupe, T. w. Lawson, Of
Boston; Arion, Malcolm Forbes, Bos
ton; Grafton Boy, R. H. Plant, Macon,
Ca; Benton NJ, B. W. Marble, Wilkin-
sCnville, and Lord Vincent, George F.
Todd, Youngstown, O. The eighth
horse nominated, Idolita, owned by
Hon. Frank Jones, of Portsmouth, N.
H., was drawn at the last moment. He
has not started this season, not having
been fit, and this was the reason for his
withdrawal to-day. Interest was added
to the race by an early statement from
MIR. Lawson regarding Jupe This told
the inside history of the purchase from
Mr. Smell. 1t concluded with Mr.. Law
sons opinion that Jupe was not fit to
do his best, and the owned offered ST.
eco to d certain charity if Jupe came
inside the flag in the first heat. Jupe
just got inside the flag in the first
heat, but was outside in the second
Grattan Boy was drawn for the pole,
Lord Vincent second and the others in
order, Charley Herr, Cresceus Arion,
Benton M, and Jupe outside. Six
times they came down to the wire and
then a short delay ensued.
On the resumption of scoring the
word was
Given TO = Ragged Start,
as Grattan Boy and Lord Vincent held
back, while Cresceus and Charley Herr
had their noses to the front. Grattan
Boy was the favorite for second place,
CT VITO twin io6
down but not quick enough to keep
Arion from taking the pole at the
eighth, with Charley Herr at his heels.
Jupe was last and the others were we'll
punched.
Around the first turn went the horses,
and until the quarter it was not posi-
BILE to pick pisition. at that distance
Arion had an easy lead, Charley Herr
right behind him, Grattan Boy, Cres-
ceus and Benton M. making a fast
bunch. At the half the horses were
about the same, all moving steadily.
On the next quarter the going was very
fast and at the three-quarters Arion
barely led Charley Herr. Eyes were on
Cresceus, who seemed TO be making
Grattan Boy step out, and for an
eighth the speed was so great that both
horses almost closed up the gap with
the leaders. Down the stretch they
came bat Charley Herr had gone by
Arion, and by a length and a quarter
was under the wire first. The fight was
for place, for Cresceus. breaking away
from Grattan Boy, tried to put his nose
ahead of Arion, and did not succeed.
1t was a great finish for three horses.
The second heat was somewhat SIM
liar to the first, for it brought Charley
Herr again a winner With the pole
he Immediately stepped to the lead.
Arion broke when a hundred yards
away and dropped behind to get his
feet. Cresceus was after Herr and at
his wheel the two passed the quarter,
Grattan Boy being third, Arion sixth
and Jupe in the rear. To the half there
was no change, except that Herr was
almost a length ahead of Cresceus. AS
the horses came to the three-quarter
Grattan Boy made a great bid for a
place with the leaders. but he
Could Not Hold His Speed.
At the three-Quarter Herr was royalty
fighting Cresceus with his length to
the good and in a grand drive around
the curve and through the stretch,