The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-22
CRESCEUS STILL KING
BEATS ABBOTT FOR SECOND
oeers Won Second Heat, But Chimes Horse Behaved So Badly That Others Were Easy for the
 Great Stallion.

Readviiie, Mass, Sept. 2.-The great stallion Cresceus obtained a firmer grasp feating his only rival, The Abbot, on the Readville track today in three out of four heats. The two fastest trotters in the world raced for $zo0OO purse. offered money which the 12,000 people paid to see the event all went to a well known local charity. The weather was perfect, but the track was very heavy from the re- that no records were broken or even ap- proached-in fact the fastest time, that In the last heat, was only 2:0 3-4.
 majority % W of the crowd and seemed to lead to the conclusion that The Abbott has not recovered from his sickness Of last spring. The Abbott broke repeatedly and lost valuable distance. In the hrst heat he went of his feet before reaching the first turn and was ten lengths behind at the finish. He managed to Keep up m the second and to the delight of the crowd passed Cresceus at the half and won by a length. In the third, however. another break came right at the start and the Scannel horse barely saved his distance at the finish. Finally two weights ently steadied The Abbott, at the same time they sapped his vitality so that when the moment came for the supreme last heat, exhausted nature rebelled and Crsceus won the heat and race by several lengths.
 It was early in the afternoon when their first heat. Ketcham had won the toss and the pole, and after scoring three times, the word was finally given and 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 2 bad , break. By hard % w0rk hv Geefs esis time Cresceus was far in the lead, over a dozen lengths to the good. It looked like a hopeless race for The Abbot, in as if Cresceus might be able to shut out the Scannel horse and win the big purse then and there, but Geers managed to pa Hp s snd anS at rhs hs 0Ry still further reduced by the time the three quarters pole was passed and at the turn into the stretch The Abbot was safe Geers made no attempt to push his horse by ten lengths.
 The second heat proved very excit- ing for this time The Abbot kept his feet but as usual, Cresceus went out at the start and again led to the turn. Geers touched his horse lightly with the whip only twice and 1t was just enough to In the third heat it was different for The Abbot acted badly and the two horses scored five times before they got the word. Ketcham kept sending Cres-
 
 ton of getting The Abbot off his feet. He succeeded so we'll that when they finally | got the word The Abbot broke right un- der the wire. In fact the break came with | the starters word. but too late for the | horses to be recalled. Again Cresceus sped ahead and was around the turn before | the Abbott had even started in the race. This time it looked as if Ketcham had won his trick and had The Abbot fairly | out. He drove Cresceus like the wind and was over-fiftv yards ahead at the half. But Geers did not despair and he once more sent The Abbot along and managed to get well within the distance
 flag when Cresceus passed under the wire, heat winner by nearly forty | yards.
 Before the fourth heat was called two. ounce toe-weights were put on The Alb | bots forehoofs to steady him. At thC
 word Cresceus immediately went out fl
 front and was three lengths to the gooC
 at the quarter pole For a few hundred
 yards The Abbot trailed along behind
 but before the half was reached he began
 hind at that point. Foot by foot tn
 Scannel horse pulled down Cresceus' . lead until. at the fve-eighths pole tn
 two horses were racing on even. terms , At the three-quarters The Abbot was fl
 the lead but could not quite fetch tn
 pole which Cresceus kept to the finish
 The pace around the turn killed The Alb 7 bot and when at the beginning of tn
 stretch Cresceus came up. even Geer found his horse exhausted. perceptibl
 groan went up from the crowd as tn big chestnut dashed away from tn
 struggling geldinE and it was a relief t. see Geers fnallv pull up and alloy
 Cresceus to win the heat and one of tn largest purses ever offered by goo