The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-22
Is WON BY CRESCEUS
PULLS DOWN MIR. LAWSON'S
TWENTY THOUSAND
THE ABBOT WINS ONE HEAT
In the Others Geers Had His Hands
Full 10 Keep the ScanneI
GeIding on His
. Feet.

READNlLLE, Mass, Sept. Zine
great stallion Cresceus obtained firmer
grasp on his crown as king of trotters
by defeating his only rival, The Abbot,
on the Readville track today in three
out OF four heats The two fastest trot
tiers in the world raced for a $4,000 pur
offered by Thomas w Lawson, and the
money which the 12C09 people paid to see
the event all went to a well known LEGAL
charity The weather was perfect, but
the track was very heavy from recent
rains although il looked fast so that no
records were broken or even approached;
in fact, the fastest ,-me, thar in the last
heat. was only 2:0I34.
The race was disappointing to a large
majority of the crowd and seemed TO
lead to the conclusion. that The Abbott
has not recovered firm his sickness of
last spring. The Abbott broke repeat
edly and lost valuable distance. In the
first heat he went off his feet before
reaching the first turn, and was ten
- lengths behind at the finish. He man
aged to keep up in the second. and TO
the delight of the crowd passed Cresceus
at the half and won by length. IN
the third. however, another break came
right at the start, and the Scannell horse
barely saved his distance at the finish.
Finally toe weights were resorted to, and
while they apparently steadied The Abb
bot, at the same time they Slapped his
vitality. so that when the moment came
for the supreme effort in the dash for the
wire in the last heat, exhausted nature
rebelled and Cresceus won the heat and
race by several lengths.
Mr. Ketcham, the owner and driver Of
Cresceus, while naturally delighted with
the result. admitted that even his horse
was not in proper shape, and that he lost
the second heat because he did not stir
Cresceus up in the first half mile to the
realization that there was a race on.
When it was all over and his horse
was being led back to the stable Mr..
Scannell. the owner of The Abbott, said
that the best horse won but that the
track was wretched. He took the de-
feat however, with good nature. The
third interested party in today's event,
Mr. Thomas w. Lawson, smiled cynicaliy
and said it looked like a race between
''busted horses He also pointed out
that the time was slower than in yes
terday's race between Lord Derby and
BOralma.
1t was early in the afternoon when the
two great trotters, Cresceus (2:02A), and
The Abbott t2:0S14l. came out for their
first heat. Ketcham had won the toss ard
the pole, and after scoring three times
the word was finally given and awav they
went with Cresceus in the lead. In the
scoring The Abbot had acted badly, so
that few were surprised 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 Cres-
ceus was far in the lead, over a dozen
lengths to the good. 1t looked like "A
hopeless race for The Abbot in that heat;
in fact. at one time it seemed as if Ores
ceus might be able to shut out the Scar
nell horse and win the big purse thtn
and there. but Geers managed to pull up
lengths behind. This distance was still
further reduce by the time the three
quarter pole was passed, and at the turn
into the stretch The Abbot was SAT-.
Geers MADE no attempt to push his horse
further so CresceuS won the first hea t
by ten lengths.
The second heat proved very exciting
for this time The Abbot kept his feet
but as usual, Cresceus went out at the
start and again led at the turn. At tho
quarter pole he was a length to the gooC
and incre ased his distance to two lengths
at the tnree-eighths. Thcn Geers begar
to drive and rapidly cut down the dis
tance to a length, half a length {
quarter of a length. until just after tn,
two swept by the half mile pole The
Abbot dashed ahead and for the frs
time took the lead and the pole. The
crowd, which all along seemed to favor
The Abbot, was frantic. Geers made thu
lead two lengths and then three and ST
the flyers entered the stretch. Ketchan
gave the big chestnut the severest pun
ishment he had ever undergone at Thu
point, and smarting under the sting n:
blows of the whip, CreSceus dashed afte
The Abbot. Geers touched his hors
LIGHTLY with the whip only twice and i
TIs Just enough to make The Abbot VIII
b. half length.
But in the third heat it was different
for again The Abbot acted badly and tn
two horses scored five times before the.
got the word. Ketcham kept sendin;
Cresceus out ahead with the apparen
intention of getting The Abbot off hi
feet. He succeeded so well that whel
they finally got the word The Abbo
broke right under the wire. In fact, tn,
Break came with the starters word bu
TOO late for the horses to be recalled
Again Cresceus sped out ahead and wa
around the turn before The Abbot ha
even started in the race. This time
looked as if Ketcham had won his trio
and had The Abbot fairly out. He drev,
Cresceus like the wind and was owe
fifty yards ahead at the half But Geer
did not despair and he once more sen
The Abbot along and managed to ge
well within the distance flag whe
Cresceus passed under the wire. a hea
winner by nearly forty yards.
Before the fourth heat was called two
ounce toe weights were put on The Alb
bots fore hOofs in order to steady h m
Both drivers came to the conclusion tina
the track was too heavy near the pol
for fast work, so both horses were start
ed well up on the outside of the track
They only scored twice, in neither q
which did The Abbot break, which CAV
confidence to his followers At the wor
CO esceuS Immediately went out in from
and was three lengths to the good a
the quarter pole. For a few hundre
yards The Abbot trailed along behind
but before the half was reached he be
gan to draw up and was only two length
behind at that point. Foot by foot tn
ScanneA horse pulled down Cresceus' lea
until at the hve-eighths pole the tw
We're racing along on even terms to tn
Wild delight of the crowd. At the three
quarters The Abbot was in the lead bll
could not quite fetch the pole Whic
Cresceus kept to the finish The brtis
around the turn killed The Abbot an
when at the beginning of the stretc
Cfcsceus came up even Geers found hi
morse exhausted. A perceptible groa
Went up from the crowd as the big chest
nut dashed away from the struggl5n
gelding and it was a relief to see deer
fnaily pull up and allow Cresceus to wi
the heat and Ole of the largest purse