Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-07-25
FASTEST Of YEAR.
Creceus Trotted a Mile in 2.o5,
Breaking Worlds Rec
ord.
ANOTHER HEAT In 2.O6 S.4.
Had Only One Competitor in Free-For-
All-Two other Races Long Drawn
Outlook six Heats to Give
Coxey First Money Seven
Heats in 2 100 Pace.

Detroit, Mich, July H--Creceus, the
CT cstnut stallion owned and driven Ivy
George H. KetCham of Toledo, won the
frce-for-all trot on the Detroit Driving
clubs tracks ut Crosse Point this after
noon and incidentally trotted the fastest
heat and won the fastest race ever trotted
Charley Herr the brown stallion owned
by David Cahll of Lexington, KY, and
driven by Kelley, was the only opponent
in this race and he was a slow second.
CrcCcus won the first heat by FIVE lengths
in 2;oii4, breaking the racing record for
this year on any track and in the second
heat he lead by from five to ten lengths
and finished easily in 205 fiat, breaking
the world ; racing record.
= he other events were drawn out and
tiresome and the biz bunch of starters in
each event proved unIuly ones to get off
In the 2:y7 trot it required six heats to
decide the winner Of first money, and no
was Coxey, a bay gelding owned by
Srnthers and Shafter of New York and
driven by Speer Meta Arthur who fin
ished third in the last heat and just cs-
capped being distanced by reason of a
change of drivers from Rutherford who
the talent tho ught vas doing some jockey
ing to Noble, took second money. Spring
dale won third money and Vic Shelter
fourth. In the fifth heat. all non winners
OF heats were sent to the Darn.
Four heats for the field and then three
heats for the winners of heats was the
game IN the second race the 900 class
pace. After Sidney Pointer had one heat
to his credit Areetta, George two. aud
Sphinx S. one, the non winners were sent
to the barn and the heat winners paced
two uninteresting heats before Sphinx S.
was declared the winner of first and
George fourth money Summarizes:
2:N class, trotting, purse $1,000
CoXeY. by Judge Cox. b. &.
Spear ........,"........."..4 1 l
Meta Arthur, br. m. ruth
erford and Noble)............S 1 s S 3
Sprngdale, br. .. Cd. Wilsom1 2 2
Vic shelter, br. e. Wan Box
kelen) .........................2 Z DIR
Toledo Bee, CHI. g. Lock-
Wood) .......,.............,...f DIR
Bctsey Ross, b. m. CNehway).3 5 s dr.
Captain Bracken, b. 4. (Er-
VIM ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 3 dr.
Lady Patchie, b. m. dig
nighD ............,...........6 dr.
Jurash, b. e. (Munson). ........dis.
Ruth Ardeia, b. m. CMcKen-
Zie) OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. .dis.
The King, b. g. (Marsh). ...dis.
Time. PIG, 2:1is.; 21s 2:l6h; 2:17a., 2:2O.
2:09 class, pacing purse $500,
Sphinx, CHI &. by Sphinx
tSpcar)..... ...... .... % 1
George br, g. (McKenney)4 / 6 2 8
Arretta. Oh. m. (Berrv).. 1 3 S 3 .
| Sidney Pointer, b. S. (Nlof-
| fatt..... .....,... -. ...... ! 10 8 DIS
| Carmine, II. &. GrosD .... 7 DIR.
| Arhutskan, b. S. III.
| James,. ........ ......2 Q 8 DIR.
White Hose, CHI m. Mum
som...... ....... .........5 ? s dr..
| Goshen Jim. b. &, (Thomp-
| SOM zee. ,........ .....-.. Q DIR.
Rey Direct blk. g. (Crosp)
s 7 10 10 dis.
Annie Thornton, b. m.
! NNllltr)..... ....... .,..,l0 b IdlS
Time 2:07ib. pos. 2;0s1i. 212. 2:Ooll 2:1Os,
2:142,
+ Free-for-all, purse $500.
Creceus, oh. 5. by Robert McGregor
George Kctcham). .... ........ ......
Charley Herr, br. S (Kelley). .....
Time, 2:0634, 2:05.