The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-15
4ROPHING KINGS TO MEET
Cresceus and The Abbot TO Start at
Brighton This Afternoon.

Under Favorable Conditions, the
Greatest Race i'm the History Of the
Track l. Expected tc Take Place.
Records Made by the TWO Horses
NEW YORK Aug with fair wealth
or today the greatest harness race ia the
history of the trott.uG horse should b,
seen AT the fast Brighton Beach track
Iresceus, 2-.2E. and The Abbot. 2-.3i4 the
fastest two trOtt,Ts the world has ever
seen, Will meet for the first time iu "a Suo-
cial race for a purse of $1,000. and Will
trot mile heats. best three in I'VE.
Both horses are reported TO be ia fine
fettle for The great contest Ola which the
championship depends. and there is no
doubt whatever in ;hc minds Of the best
Informed turfm,n that both horses will
be driven 20 win from first to last. Ores
couS IS 10 60 into the stud next year and
the prestige Of having beaten The Abbot
would bee worth many thousands OF dol
lars 10 him on the other hand the repu-
tation of the new king Of trojters would
suffer greatly should ne Jos, the race.
As tcr The Abbot john J. S,auucu. c.
J. Hamlin. Edward Goors and everybody
connected with the horse would Civ, any
Thing short OF their right hands to check
the conqueriuc march OF Cresceus. who
lately robbed The Abbot of the worlds
record against time. That tho race VIII
be for blood is regarded as a foregore
conclusion
Theoretically Cresceus should beat The
Abbot about four lengths in each heat.
assuming that the speed OF each horse is
fairly represented 10y his record. But
horseracing is proverbialIy uncertain. The
Abbots marvellous burst Of speed i'm
brush may enable him TO accomplish by
strategy IN driving what he could not do
by forcing the fighting. The peculiari-
ties Of the two trotters lead 10 the belief
that Cresceus viii set the pace as fast as
possible from wire 90 wire. I'm the hope
that The Abbot viii be left in the rear
and strung out to the limit of his speed
in trying TO keep within striking distance
of his rival Geers will almost certainly
drive The Abbot as he drove Lord Derby
on the opening day Of the Brighton meet
ing. trailing a length or two behind the
leader 70 the head OF the h0mestretch and
there cutting loose in hurricane drive
TO the v ire. If Cresceus does not set the
pace fast enough 10 pump The Abbot be
fore reaching the homestretch his chance
TO win viii not be deemed an even one.
The Abbot is believed to ne the greatest
brush horse ever foaIed. He has trot-
ted a quarter in o.Zg-a I.55 cIIp-and
horsemen generally do not credit Crescyus
with ability 10 equal him in this respect
The stallion is a pIOdder in his way. He
can carry his best rate Of speed farther
than The Abbot can, according to popular
belief among h0rsemeu. But he requires
driving all the time, and Mir. Ketcham
may not be able to keep him going at top
speed with no competitor close at hand to
spur him on. In al his record brea king
trials ne has had a running horse on
either side Of him 10 rouse his lighting
spirit He Will have TO be his own pace
maker today, and right here is where the
greatest uncertainty Of the race is con-
ceaied. VIII he go out in front and race
alone al a clip fast enough 70 take the
brush on, of The Abbot before the home
stretch is reached? That is the question
which has divided the trotting fraternity
ever since the race was arranged
The majority believe he will do il. and
Cresceus viii doubtless start favorfte.
The race is the third race on the pro
gramme and the horses Will probably ne
called for the frst heat a little before
The following compilation shows the
past performances OF each Of these great
The Abbot has started in 30 races; first
IN 3, second IN , third in J. unpIaced ia
4, distanced in 2
Cresceus has started in 81 races: first in
p. second in 9, third in 4 fourth IN /, un-
placed in none. distanced In none
The Abbot has started i'm lui heats: won
-. OF which s. were in 2.l5 or better, and
= in PIG or better.
Cresceus has started in II5 heats; won
.. OF which . were in 2.I5 or better, and
"A in 2:lG or better
The Abbots fastest first heat Is 2:O7la,
second heat. 2.'5i4. third heat 2.0Jl4
fourth heat. 2.iNi4- fifth neat y-Hq1.. his
fastest two heats. 2:0Sls and 2l@zt fastest
three heats. Z-19a4. 2-07It- and 2-0-lZ
Cresceus fastest first heat is 2u5Iz- sec
ond heat, 300; third heat. 2-G6, fourth heat.
heats Z.o5i4 and 2:ojas, fastest three heats,
2:GIlz, 2:l6. and 2-Ut
The Abbot has started against time six
times in five Of which he scored "a win
ming performance.
Cresceus has started against time ten
times in six Of which he scored a win
ming performance.
The Abbots fastest miles in 1900 were
as follows. Detroit. July j., 2-U7- Read
vile. August p 1853 Providence. August
20. 2n4-s, Hartford. September CwagOm.
Z:o5'z; New York. September -, got; Terre
Haute. september - -.1A-
Cresceus fastest miles in 1900 were as
follows. PIushurg. July 4. 2.l0 2.l1.
Cleveland, July .. 2:0l. 2.0b2i; Columbus.
II, 2-o0le, 2:3si2; Syracuse. August g
2.95iz: Hartford. September D. 2-04a4
Rsadville. September q 2-07ia 2.E7lL
2-US44 Cleveland October g. 2-pi: Toledo
October T. Chalf mile track, 2.tea,, Tolc-
do. October Is UO wagon. 2lgls. Terre
Haute october Is. 2-o5is, Terre Haute, Oc-
tObeT %, 2-o4i4.
The Abbot has not started in 1901
CresCeus' fastest miles for this year
are as follows. Detroit. july Il. 1888
f:05; Cleveland July 2, Z-02aa; Columbus
August 2, 2.0Zi4. POughkeepsie, august s. |
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