The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-13
CRESCEUS TO COME
WORLDS GREATEST TRoTTER
 WILL BE SEEN HERE.
At Riverside Park in the Near Future the King Will Go Against
 Time and May Make New Record.

The one animal upon whom the eyes of the harness horse world are centered-- the great Cresceus-will in the near future give an exhibition at Riverside Park.
 Tc say that the local horsemen were rlessed yesterday when this announce ment was made would be putting 1t mild ly. They were delighted. There has not been anything like the horse enthusiasm since the day the white stallion Brook side paced that famous 2:12 1-4 heat at Riverside last summer.
 Cresceus is not only the fastest stallion in the world but he is the fastest trotter that ever looked through a bridle. and his performances during the past season have been phenomenal. He inherits both the speed, staying qualities and bulldog tenacity of his famous sire, Robert Me Gregor.
 Just behind the big barn at Riverside lie the bones of horse that was half- brother to Cresceus and his blood lines were superior to MT. Ketchams cham pion trotter. That horse was the stallion George McGregor, the property of Alder man Hartiy of this city. The stallion died at Riverside on the Srd of April, 1900 s
 George McGregor was sired by Robert McGregor, his dam being the mare Las sic, a line of blood royal ancestry being on both his paternal and maternal side.
 Robert McGregor was by Major Ed sail; he by Aladdin 15. he by Hambleto- nian 10, while SLassie was by Aladin, he by Hambletonian 10 (sire of Electioneer, Di- tstor, George Wilkes. etc), and he by the renowned Abdallah 1st son of Robert McGregor, Fergus Mo- Gregor. was full brother to MT. Hart ley's stallion. Fergus McGregor sired Pansy McGregor, at that time holder Of the yearling record made in a winning race. 2:23 1-2.
 Cresceus was sired by Robert McGregor but his dam was the mare Mable. Robert McGregor was given the sobriquet of Monarch of the Home Stretch" and he had the reputation of making the hardest fight and fastest finish of any horse that ever circled a track. That Cresceus inherits these qualities was shown by his steadiness and fast
 finishes in the Brighton Beach race when he trimmed The Abbott so easily. The track at Riverside is being put ir perfect condition. and when Mir. Ketcham l and his whirlwind go against time out there they will find about the fastest cir | cult they have been up against in this part of the country. What an advertise | ment of the Riverside track it would bt l if the trotting king could get down neal | the two-minute mark? Such things art | possible, though 1t almost takes one: breath away to think of a trotter doing a mile in two minutes.
 To the regret of the local baseball | fans it has been decided that Ed Pabs will handle Ed Peter's Atlanta team dur | ing the coming season It was hoped tha Pabst would come to Montgomery bu the Atlanta people were, there with tn, | Oo0dQ frat SaVaral good Deinf considered for Montgomery however, ant the indications are that this city wil | not suffer in that respect. Day after tomorrow the Southerl | League personnel will be finally decided | The magnates get together in Chatta | nooga.
 Certain people have been getting III | and believing out that Montgomery il a bum ball town, a dead one" etc | Especially has this been true with th' l band who represent sporting papers Il St. Louis and Philadelphia, the aforesaid innocents writing from certain cities il
 this section.
 The conditions now are radically diff ferent from the days of baseball In tn
 old days, and the game is as certain al l death and taxes to be a success her 1 this summer.
 | At the meeting Sunday there will be { | determined effort to drop Little Rock ou be successful or not is of course prob | lematical. Shreveport, the unwield! Southern end of the League. Is to b. dropped at the meeting-this much ii | certain.
 A pretty straight tip has come to mt that five signatures have already beer | affixed to the knockout proposition | against Little Rock. Alb Powell, of Nev | Orleans, l understand has so far re | fused to sign the paper but will do st | if Mobile Is included in the circuit Powell has a long head on his shoulder and there is more in his philosophy thai | the others wot of.
 | In the event that Mobile Is taken int | the circuit the personnel of the Leagu
 would be ideal-New Orleans, Mobile Montgomery and Birmingham for tn Southern, and Atlanta. Memphis. Nash vile and Chattanooga for the northern end
 This would not only make the circui compact, but the jumps would be S
 broken that they would scarcely be felt
 In the event of the dropping of Littl
 Rock the players composing the team of Shreveport and Little Rock would b equally livided between Montgomery an' | Mobile, and some of the fastest talen in the League was comprised in thes | two teams.
 The manager of the Montgomery tear
 will, I understand. probably be the ma
 who so successfully handled the St. Jo
 team in the Western League last sum
 mer.
 Squire Brown.