The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-01
CRESCEUS IN BALTIMORE.
Tie TrOttcr 10 Try TO Break His
Own Record.

characteristics of the Wonderful
HorsC-VfcvvS Of Ills ONv-tcr and
His Drivcr-Sou'c Incidents while
lie Was Doing Read Work.
BALTIMORE. oct l-Cr,sceus. record
2.ocl4. the greatest trcttiug horse known
10 the world. is now AT PimHco race
course. George II. EctCham. owner and
driver Of the famous trott,r. is at the
Hotel Rennert. The horse arrived Sgtur-
day. ana Njr. Eetcham came to B8Iti-
more sunday night.
Mr.. Eotcham said to a reporter.
You may say that ! surely expect to
break the record ON Thursday. ] an de-
lighted with this rain that has fallen. for
every important record broken has been
after "a rain. Nancy Hanks made her
2-o>2l AZ Cleveland. though it had been
raining up To- the day OF the race. and the
knowing ones proph,sicd that the figure
would bc broken from that fact. The
same result happened at Cleveland. when
Cresceus went in 2:o2-s. Rain is always
welcome 10 me. as IL clears the atmos-
phere, Keeps down the dust. and makes
tho track elastic it holds and docs not
cup. and if PimIico is in good shape we
shall make new mark. The horse was
never better.
In some quarters it has been said that
CrosceUs has reached his limit Well. let
me say right here that he is not ~ his
limit. and ] expect to prove it while in
baltimore 7 shall drive for it, The time
is getting short. ana if the new figure is
not established here 1 shall have only two
moro goes for it-at Lexington and Co
lunbUs.
Il did not break the record at Belmont
Park because it is not record breaking
track 1 did not expect to go better than
2.o5
"Cresceus is better now than he was
then and the weather is also more IA
vorable- He wants hot weather-the hot
ter the better. He needed such race as
l gave him in Boston to make him good
and he viii show you that he is in great
shape / judge tho horse is no beauty.
You would hardly give 81 for him if you
saw him hooked up. He is a peculiar
beast No, never allow anyone bat my
self TO drive him in a race. Ny man
gives him slow work. but nothing fast
Creseeus Is one of those smart horses
he knows his trainer and will loaf on
him. lie has taken a violent dislike to
his running mate and hates the sight OF
him He has apparently found out that
the runner is not the real thing. and he
shows annoyance when the animal comes
near him. II is very different when he
has a strange horse to go up against
Then there is no IoafEg. He is all ami
nation and courage.
4 purchased his sire from Nr. SDeir,
and his reason for selling was that Rob
ert McGroEor did not sire trotting colts
The first colt he sired after he became
my property was this Cresceus. Mr.
Speir invested the purchase money in Di-
rectum, 2.05l4. then the greatest stallion
in the world. The product Of Mr.. Speir's
discarded stallion has taken the record
away from him This shows the uncer-
tainty of breeding have always pinned
my faith upon Cresceus, and believed he
would be a world-beater-
Il drive him in what is known as two
minute harness. with a blind bride. and
a Standardization check The suIky
weighs y pounds. and l drive at 174- The
performance Of Cresceus does not look
to be so wonderful until you put It into
arithmetic. For instance, he goes 43 25-1O0
feet every second, he strides 2l.O6 feet To
go that distance he has to make two
strides every second. while he himself is
only between 10 and Il feet long. What
we are working for is to get him to make
two more strides TO the mile, and If We
can do this we shall go a mile in 2.0l."
Cresceus Travelled from Philadelphia 10
Arlington in special car Misses Es-
telle and Leonora Andrews had just put
the finishing touches Of black and yellow
bunting on the decorations Of the spacious
box stan when the great trotter appear
ed TO make II his lodging. With him came
several bales Of California hay. which
cost so per ton. u is his favorite grass.
He was led into his stall by his faithful
attendant Edward Mitchell. Then there
was q downpour Of rain. 1t was his in
PRODUCTION 20 PimIico and prOverbiaI PIN
leo weather. The horse is in the charge
Of Trainer Tim Murnen.
Besides Cresceus there was Mike the
Tramp, a running horse which Murnen
drives 20 a road cart when Cresceus is
working 70 beat his own great record.
on Sunday MUruon started early 10 give
Cresceus a little road work He did not
know the local roads. but was advised
how TO start. Then lie had an experience.
He logged the horse about four miles and
found people along the route waiting %
route he was driving. but found as have
all others that the roads are bad While
in the country. on a lonesome road. ne
was aStUniehed 20 hear q COlOFed man
yell. Here comes CresCeus."
A moment later, he said. woman put
her head out Of "a window OF q big farm
house and said something 10 che cOlored
man. The man then ran TO him and said.
''Missus says please don I 20 by the gate
which h. was holding Opcu-bUt just drive
the horse in on the lawn for a minute"
MIR. MUrnCn could not refuse the request
and drove the horse into the farm. The
lady was there and begged 10 be allowed
10 carCSs the horse, which she did. She
Eaid- II know there viii be thousands 10