The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-08-18
KING CRESCEUS IS IN
p GLASS BY HIMSELF,
No Comparison Between Him and Any Other Trotter the World Has
Ever Seen-His Remarkable Vitality-Next Race
With Lord Derby.

heat OF a race with Charley Herr. doing
this so easily as to convince horsemcn that
The Abbot's record OF 2.o3h was in immedi-
ate danger.
His Tremendous Vitality.
A week later. over "the yellow mile" at
Cleveland. away went all the records with
q heat in 2:O2%; and at Columbus the next
week the mark was placed at 2.e4.
Now at Brighton Beach, a running track
pure and simple. and probably not as fast
as the best OF the mile courses built for
and devoted exclusively to harness Perform
ances. this wonderful stallion makes a new
race record. and 1t is second only to his
own worlds championship miles of 202x
and 202I..
1t is his indifference to the day. track and
other conditions that heretofore have been
potent factors in the making Of trotting rec
ords. that makes Cresceus stand out above
and apart from all other harness horses. 1t
is his tremendous vitality and intense love
Of effort that puts the Ohio stallion in a
class by himself.
This was shown at Brighton Beach last
hh aas ID s:os The and if ano, he nn in s ssSs.ed he e n ar as
SO full Of ginger In scoring for a third
mile. which was to be an exhibition against
time. that he actually wanted to run away
run in spite Of the efforts Of his driver:
Then he logged back to the stand. turned
Ground slowly and nemoaenatiy ": and ss an,
of the barn that day. Twice on the first
turn he overtrotted himself. and was on
the verge Of a break. but once steadied and
and finished the mile in 216-a third heat
not likely to soon be duplicated unless by
Cresccus and Lord Derby.
Next Thursday. at Boston; Cresceus will
meet Lord Derby in the free-to-all trot.
step the mile better than 2os. but he will
be a plaything In the hands of Cresceus.
just as was his stable companion: The Alb
bolt. 1t rs a pity that instead OF being In
permitted by his record to start against
Boralma, who trots In the 20S class at
Boston this week. Deroy,s record Is 2o''
Since the entries closed. however, Boralma
has reduced his record to 2C1iA. so there is
now but a quarter of a second in the marks
trotting geldings IN the land, bar The Alb
bot. who is not allowed to start in class
races.
am told that as only Cresceus and Derby
will start in the free-for-all. and Boralna
has three easy ones opposed to him in the
c0s class. an effort to bring the pair to-
gether in a special event will be made. let
ting Cresceus go for a special purse against
time. Tom" Lawson. the Boston man who
owns Boralma. has repeatedly expressed
his willingness to pit the geiding against
any trotter with nearly the same record.
and the Derby people would not be sverse
to a match.
New York and the Grand circuit.
One result Of the Brighton meeting is that
its success. both from a racing and finan-
cial standpoint, makes 1t practically certain
Grand Circuit next summer. This year there
was a clash. the track at Glens Falls. in
Northern New York; having The dates
likely that the smaller place viii seek a
renewal of the conflict. as its loss on the
meeting just held was a substantial one.
to the track to afford adequate support at
the gate. while the best class OF horses will
cSntinue to be attracted BY the big purses
1t was interesting last week to watch the
audiences at the seaside track. Nest Of
the spectators were better posted on the
runners than as to the harness sport, and
for the benefit of the usual trotting- horse
plan Of making announcement vocally from
results and other information being bul.e-
tined only IL vas puzziing to those who
had for years followed the trotters.. and
but they soon became accustomed to look
ing at the bulletin boards for their informa-
ton. instead Of having 1t beloved forth to
Another innovation that took place was
the rule that all horses not winning a heat
in three must go to the barn. rms insured
heat. since the fields were large. and every
driver knew that he would have trouble
On even Eve With good SMs luck Srs, and the q last last
in any of the FIRST three heats
Track Role worked Well.
The effectiveness OF this rule was well
In the most important trotting
event Of the meeting. at S.oeo purse for .:l2
horses. There were I'VE starters in this
race that on form were as equally matched
as any quintet OF %trotters ever seen, they
Onward Silver. Cornelia Belle. May |
Allen. Metellas asd Doctor Book. 1t was
evident, however, before the start, that
under the new rule not more than three Of
them could start for the fourth heat. and
this meant a great deal to those who were
backing the favored animals. |
The rule Is all in favor of a quick-gotng
that gets away well and = steady |
once the word IL given. These are
which do not at all Mt the win
ner. Onward Silver. who gets away elowly. |
bro axis without WARMING and Is pretty GER |
tain to leave his feet in a big field OF horses
he gets into the bunch. |
In the first heat Of the Boston race q Dad \
error BY the driver Of the Boston mare !
Dolly Bidwen, who was at the poe ana
winning at the finish Of the mtle' let onward