New-York tribune., 1901-09-22
HARNESS RACING.
CREsCEUS DEFEATS THE ABBOT FOR
THE SECOND TINE.
ROTH TIE STARS IN POOR SHAPE AND
TRACK HEAvY-THE ABBOT TAKES
ONE HEAT.

ONE HEAT.
Readve Mass Sept I-That great s'aiilo'..
Cresceus obtained firmer grasp on MS eio'r - '
king of trotters by defeating his only rival me
Abbot on the Readville track to-day In 'nree ou'
of four heats. The two fastest 'ro''ei' -
world raced for 5000 purse offered by lhoihds
w Lawson. The money which the t"ei'e 80 -
sand people paid the race all went u
known local charity. The weather was p'',
but the track was very heavy from the recent
rains sIthcuch ii looked fast. that no recoioH
v,are broken or even approached. In fact the
fastest time, that in the last heat was oiiiS -,
The race was disappointing to large niaIoi,.'
NJ the crowd and seemed to lead to the concio-
sion that The Abbot has not recovered liohh ms
sickness last spring. For practically the nrst uh
in his career on the turf The Abbot broke repeal
edly and lost valuable distance. In the very nis'
heat he went off his before reaching the nrs'
turn. and ten lengths behind at the fnisi'
He was steadier in the second, and to the oeishl
of the crowd passed Cresceus at the hall. ana won
by half a length. In the third, however, announcer
break right at the start, and the scanneh
horse bareIv saved his distance at the finish FIN
ally toe weights resorted to. and whie tney
apparently settled The Abbot at the same time
they apped his vitality. so that When the ho"eh'
came for the supreme effort in the dash 1or the
wire in the last heat exhausted nature rebelled
and Cresceus won the heat and race by several
lengths.
1t was early in the afternoon when the two great
trotters came for their first heat. hetcham
had won the toss and the pole. and after scoring
three times the word finally given ana away
they went with Cresceus in the lead In the scoring
The Abbot had acted badly. that few were sur
prised when at the turn he suddenly went into the
air in a bad break. BY hard work Geers got him
back on his feet but by this time Cresceus was
over dozen lengths to the good. 1t looked iik"
a hopeless for The Abbot in that heat In
fact, at one time it seemed as If Cresceus might
be able shut out the Scannell horse and win the
big purse then and there. but Geers managed to
pull I'D little and the half only ten lengths
behind. This distance was still further reduced
by the time the three-quarter pole was passed, and
at the turn into the stretch The Abbot was safe
Geers made no attempt to push his horse further
80 Cresceus won the first heat by ten lengths.
The second heat proved vastly exciting, for this
time The Abbot kept his feet, although. as usual
Cresceus went out at the start and again ieo At
the turn. At the quarter pole he was a length to
the good and increased this distance to two
lengths at the three-eighths Then Geers heSan To
drive. and rapidly cut down the distance TO d
length half length. quarter of a length. UNTIL
Just after the two swept by the half mile poie
The Abbot dashed ahead and for the first time
took the lead and the pole. The crowd. which all
along seemed to favor The Abbot. was frantic
Geers made the lead lengths. and then three
and so the flyers entered the stretch. ketcham
gave the big chestnut the severest punishment he
has ever undergone at this point, and, smarting
under the stinging blows of the whip Cresceus
dashed after The Abbot Geers touched his horse
lightly with the whip only twice but it was just
enough to keep Cresceus from winning The Abbot
beating him to the wire by half a length.
But in the third heat it was different. for again
The Abbot acted badly. and the two horses scored
five times before they got the word ketcham kept
sending Cresceus out ahead with the apparent In
tention OF forcing The Abbot of his feet He sue
ceeded well that when they finally got the word
The Abbot broke right under the wire. In fact the
break with the starters word. but too late
be recalled. Again Cresceus sped out ahead, and
around the before The Abbot had even
started the THIS time it looked II
ketcham had won his trick and had The Abbot
fairly out he drove Cresceus very hard, and was
/ fifty yards ahead at the half. But Geers did
managing TO get well within the distance nag when
Cresceus passed under the wire. a heat winner
Before the fourth heat called two ounce toe
weights were put on The Ab6oTs foreiect IL OF
mole for fast work so the horses were started well
up the outside of the track. They only scored
twice, in neither OF which did The ABBOT break.
word Cresceus immediately went out In front. and
was three lengths 10 the good at the quarter pce.
behind. but before the half reached he began
that To Foo y % foot ong he
down Cresceuss lead until at the hve-eighths pole
Wild delight of the ero%d At the
The Abbot was in the lead. but couId not quite
The brush around the turn killed The Abbot, and
when at the beginning of the stretch Cresceus came
ceptiDle groan went up from the crowd as the big
and il was relief TO- see deers naIfv pnl np ana
allow Cresceus to win the heat and one OF the arg
est purses ever offered by good six lengths.
Mr.. ketcham. the owner ana driver OF Cresceus,
while naturally delighted with the result admitted
that his horse not in proper shape. He
said that he lost the second heat because he did
not stir Cresceus UP in the first naf mile TO the
realization that there was e
When it was all over aHi his horse was being
led back the stable, MIR. Scanneli the owner of
ie Abbot. said that the betIer won. but that
the track wretched. He took his defeat, how
ever, with good nature The third Interested
pa. ~ in Lo-da! great event, thomas w. Lawson.
smiled cyniCaiE and said it looked like be-
tween busted horses - He :lso pointed out that
the time slower than in yesterdays race be-
tween Lord Derby and Boralma.
The big overshadoWed all the other
of the day that they received scant atten-
ton, although there some good sport. espe-
ciaily I'm the last which not concluded
until after Summarizes
PACING-2O7 CLASS-PURSE SIC
Mazette, b. M. by Tennessee Wilkes-Marcotta,
by McEWen tMcDonald) i j
The Admiral, b. h tPayne). =
Raymond N. blk h. Johnson. on)...-.-.............
Artaco, b. (Dore>
Time 208,a 200 2:0s&
TROTTING-2:12 CLASS-PURSE $1,000
Altro L.. blk. by Alcantarus-Itash, by Idol
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