The sun., 1901-08-16

n sharp blow from the whip, therefore
ketcham got a new burst Of speed out Of hl1
remarkable stallion. who once egatn Dire
away. this time To nemain master OF ,hs
situation CecrS used his whip just t~ice
The Ablo, responded with all the gnn,ercr-
IN his meke-up. vet he could not otencoms
the handicap that confronted him. and
when they came down to the wire @ DD.i
tro,tins as no tro,ters had ever done hcforr
II was victory for Cresceus by length
| and half.
All eyes yer. turned 20 the board who're
the time was To ~ hung out, and whsn the
figures ?dal. wene displayed there wa a
roar uf delight from everybody pre-~n'
Then there wer. cheers for both ho.tc- and
their drivers. and a rnan With loud Noice
after securing partial silence, yelled from
the Judges stand 10 the crowd;
You have jus, seen the fastest heat ever
troited In race IN the world, srer'euS
| l. the winner. and his time y ?05t,
This performance was suficiont proof
that Cre.crus, EARRING accidents, had the
race and purs-. well IN hand. VIII asked
what I've thought Of the result of tho heat
and the heat fself. Mr.. Scannell said
4 am more than pleased with the show
ing Of The Abbot He exceeded my fond:
est hopes. Though beaten by wonderful
stallion he was not disgraO,S. ] did not
think he would win. bw ] had no idea that
he would make Cr>accus troi IN such pho
nouncnnlly fast time. Crr-csaus - the
champion 80 far a. the record goe-. bit
Tho Abbot NAV beat him yet, u was the
greatest heat ever trotted and was worth
going miles Ia see. | am perfectly SAILS
l, wa. apparent to many that the last
twent ty- five yards or 80 ketcham ea-s,d ny
Crcso.us considerably Hal he extended
the stallion clear 10 the wirc nt top speed
there II no doubt that even faSter time
would have bsen made. kc'cham said
after the heat:
would he and for that rvason CrcSCcus was
CoinpclI-d tn trot In record time Ia order 70
win NV stallion mover was IN danger.
however, for had him well in hand all The
vav and knew ! would win because therr
was plenty ieft In Cr~c-us when the end
WAS reached.
After cooling oif they werc ready again
ai is O'clock to trot the second h"a,
Iresceu- had heroine To iaNorit", WIN
3to I against Tis iSssot. There was gener-
ous Applause for both 81 the cracks ~ they
can,, ,sit OF the paddock and pariicn.
larly Wild chsrr for ke,cham. who dofcd
his cap and smilingly bowed IN acknowl-
alignment The first time they came down
~, strrtch for tho word Cre-ceu- was a
length IN front ~ the hell rang Tor them to
CONG hack No titne waS wasted ana after
going az, o heh.ad Of the ~ ret Oh again they
goi under way IN q beautiful manner They
were ON eye; terms when they got he word
aud avay they went n a Tremendous cup
Cr,~c,s,I-, a. In the first heat. sailed away
fro'n hi. antagonist IN the first twenty-five
yarls aad Set pacp that was heart +.
hrettrr Il not hing else just a. they reached
th,. Leg.nning of the lower turn there
was cry of alarm that went up all over
-fhe Ahl,o, has broken Look q, him.
he v unmansgeable. - al over
Will" Geer- was tugging si the reins IN his
eiort to get him down again 'r''-ceu-;
trotting like n machine, drew away untll
he had an advantage of - slSt"enth oi a
mile hefore The Abhoi wa going once NOR"
NJ his prppar gat. This incident rnbis'd
IN. heat of all Interest except the time.
Cres.'etis did the quarter IN 81 seconds
aud the half ~ lO9ls The Abbot vas
still far IN tho rear and Geers. saeing that
IL war useless To try and catch IN" nylng
leader. simply allowed the eelding 10 tro'
AZ a good round gait. which failed TO re.
due. the surprising advantage that had
hs~rn Obtained by the stallion. Three
quarters Of a mile were finished IN 35,
and when he was ~ iraighteneS out Tot th"
final sprint IN the wire Cr--ceus vas driven
fo" all he was worth To the end hs nm"
was ?oSl. and 49, he shot pas, the mark
The Abbo, had not reached the distance
far Under the rules he was shut out of
tho race then and there and no other heat
was neccs-ary. ,
n was ~ cour~e an unfortunate state Of
anairs and there was no end Of discussion
relating to Il II was disappointing To tho-"
who had exI.>-ted to sse n least threc heats
and /, vas part ic,ilarly distressing 20 th"
PERSONS who had hacked The Abbot To
vein IN. second heat. u was also ~ourt"
of reg ct tn Mr. Scannall and his friends,
b,r ,hrr. WIS no help for It and there was
no cen,,ure Tor Geers except from the ~c"p-
tic. who are always ready To find fault
"a G-er- aid last night I was greatly
disappointed over the result. tut ] do not
blame The Abhot at all Ne did his b".t.
Sine, h, had hat throat trouble two moni n
ago hi. b.--, mile was 2iia In the first
heat TODAY he exceeded my ideas a. tn
his specd and endurance. Crt-scc'is -
great horse
II was then announced from thu iudges
stand that at O'Clock. thres-dusrt"rs of
an hour later. Crc~ccus. paced 10y a running
Lor-e. vouh attempt To lower the record
for thr,~ heats A. this was technlcanv
impossihL, u-rder the rules. u was construed
20 mean that Cr~-ceis would attempt 1"
lower the record FOR three consecutive
miles Some maintained that thiS addi'ional
heat Wa walkover IN view OF the iaci
that ~. conditions 81 the match called
for the t@--i three In FIVE heats, tut a. tn"
Abbot was declared out of he race b,-Caiis-''
of the fact that he was distanced IN the
second heat. the match had alrcady hcen
won in two straight heats. and u was The
opinion 81 expert turfm"n that tho extra
heat was merely an exhibition and had
mo- hearing whatever on the result or the
record uf the race
At O'Clock CresccuS appeared ono"
more, and there Was n royal welcome h"-
slowed upon 10th the stallion and his owner
and driver ketcham was evidently very
happv man for he smiled IN r'~lfpn~" Ia
ihn chccrs all the way up the stretch 20
the point where ho was 10 ge' the champion
under wav The running hor-s', Mike tho
Tramp, who formerly prompted the hing
~ Iac-r~. star Pointer, aa'.. mtched 10
an ordinary sulky. was th" pao~maker
Crr~r,.is was started right away, and h'
tru,t.d down IN grand style with the runner
hustIng along Lehind NJ top srs-d The
word To 60 was given. AMI they daS'"d nn
"A, A great rate But they bad not covered
fif,v wards of ground before jrc-sy,IS broke.
Hr wa promptly pulled to Siandsiill.
turned around and went hack up 10" sirrich
- l.gin Il all over again. Iv~n " this hat
l-.en = heat keicham had no right 10 pull
Cr,-.r-t "a. up ~ thsi the prrcs-~iing wa u-s-i
a. a moro furcihe argument thai " wa-
merely an eIhihition mite that was Abuut
Ia H. attempted -
SiraightwAy Cn"scrus trui'~d down past
tie crowd and the Judges and this tune
th.r- Na- No hroak The running hor-r,
s-pVer.d With lsii-r. rrs>siNed cp,f'l" of
whacAs un ih. hack from the whip and
c,f loo Cfesc-u- mad" tl- quarter IN
No., -.,~pnds Tll~rc wR- not n skip m his
wofk and tpe mpVci along a. m to pfs.-
Vi,ats hs-ai With an ease and gracr thai was
charming o. tho eve Hr Na- truly n ~.
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