The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-22

the finish. Finally toe weights were re-
sorted to. and while they apparently
they Slapped his vitality. so that when
the moment came for the supreme eff
fort in the dash for the wire in the last
neat exhausted nature rebelled. and
Cresceus won the heat and race BY sew
eral lengths.
Cresceus Starts in Lead.
1t was early in the afternoon when
the two great trotters came out for
their heat. ketcham had won the toss
and the pole, and after. scoring three
times the word was finally given, and
away they went, with Creseeus 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 Cresceus was far in the lead.
over dozen lengths TO the good. II
looked Ike "A hopeless race for The ABB
bott in that heat: in fact. at one time
IL seemed as If Cresceus might be able
to shut out the Scannell horse. and win
the big purse then and there, but Geers
managed to pull up a little, and at the
half was only ten lengths behind. This
distance was 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 at
ceus won the first heat by ten lengths
Second Heat Exciting.
The. second heat proved vastly exeit-
ing, for this time The Abbot kept his
feet, but usual Cresceus went out al
the start and again led at the turn. At
the quarter pole he was a length to the
good. and increased this distance TO two
lengths at the three-eighths Then Geers
began to drive. and rapidly cut down the
distance to a length, half length,
quarter of length, until, just after
the two swept by the half-mile pole. The
Abbot dashed ahead, and for the first
time took the lead and the pole.
The crowd. which all along seemed to
favor The Abbot, was frantic.
f.aarE made tine lead lpnUf his and
then three. and so the flyers entered the
stretch. Ketcham at this point gave the
had ever undergone, and. smarting W
der the singing blows of the whip, -
ceus dashed after The Abbot Eeers
touched his horse lightly with thE ,Shin
only twice, and then only ens,Isb ~
keep Cresceus from winning, To- 4 \ 49,
getting the flag by half lepsStb
The Abbot Again BreaI[s
But in the third heat il ,,,a-s 5,fserert
two horses scored five me eab befo Tn1 t5 lS
got the word. Ketcfe i - 40. = III ii =
creseeus out ahead SSith the apparent ir:,
t ten OF gedftins ne Abbot off his feet
ally got the word The si Abbot broke s right GIT
Yn 1fs h sse s T1re fact the break came
be recalled wore 9aso out 700 , late 90, 20
; TPeae A, 5l19 rs around the turn before
rs l,b;s N in I'd even started in the race.
~ g. -, 1t looked as IL ketcham had
Won ms tI1ck and had 'rhe Abbot fairly
out; NJ <drove Cresceus like the wind.
6nff ~ over fifty yards ahead at the
nsal1' But Cseers did not despair. and he
oiC' more sent The Abbot along and
lxtnaeed to get we'll within the distance
flag when Cresceus passed under the
wire heat winner by nearly forty
yards
Toe Weights Are Tried.
Before the fourth heat was called. two
ounce toe weights were put on The Abb
bots forehoOfs in order 10 steady him.
Both drivers came to the conclusion that
the track was too heavy near the pole
for fast work, so both horses were start
ed well IN on the outside of the track.
Thev scored only twice. Then at the
word Cresceus Immediately went out in
front and was three lengths to the good
at the quarter pole For few hundred
Yards The Abbot trailed along behind.
but before the half was reached he be-
gan to draw uD and was only two lengt rs
behind at that point