The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-08-23
FINAL HEAT OF RACE BELOW
THIRTY SECONDS.
CHARLEY HERR DlSTANCED
Geers Gelding Lord Derby Makes
Good Showing But Looses
to Great Stallion.

Readville, Mass, Aug. 22-The cele-
brated Cresceus was the magnet to-
day to draw almost $4,000 people to
the grand circuit meeting here. AS
a sort of recognition of the favors
shown him in the way Of applause
when he appeared upon the track, the
chestnut horse proceeder in the sec
ond heat of his winning race with
Lord Derby and Charley Herd to low
er the track record for the mile by
! three-quarters of a second and to take
the worlds record Of final quarters
| by trotting the distance in :29A. By
this latter performance, Crescues low
cred the record 80 seconds for the
final quarter which he himself made
/ at Detroit about month ago when he
strode the mile in 2:05. The accom-
plishment of today does not make
fastest quarter Of all kinds, for both
Peter the Great and Tommy Britton
did the second quarter of a heat sew
eral years ago in :29A. Some thing
of the interest was removed from the
free for all trot for purse of $4,000,
when Charley Herr, who was driven
| by his owner, David Cahill, was dis
tanced in the first heat, thus leaving
the affair to Cresceus and Lord Derby
and there were some who saw the big
race who believed thta the Geers
gelding would have done something
wonderful in the second and last
heats had he not broken coming home.
sfor on the last half Of the bend he
was in front Of the worlds favorite.
All the horses got cordial reception
Fat the scoring and when they were off
in the first heat, Charley Herr had the
pole, with Lord Derby beside him and
Cresceus on the outside. At the quar-
ter pole, Cresceus was in the lead,
for Charley Herr had gone up in the
air and at the half Cresceus was
about two lengths in front of the
Geers horse. At the three-quarters
Lord Derby was breathing into
Ketcham's back. The Cahill horse
was far back and out Of the race
Coming home, Geers got all he could
out of his gelding, but the mighty
strides of Cresceus brought him in
ahead by half a length. The time was
2:O7A. as
In the second heat Cresceus drew
away from Lord Derby until at the
half he was two lengths to the good
At the three-quarters, however, the
Kentucky horse had his nose at Cres
ceus' wheel and little later he was
actually ahead of Cresceus, but al
that moment Lord Derby broke and
it was all over. Ketcham drove home
/ fercely, nevertheless, making the new
last quarter record. The mile was in
2:O6, the first quarter in s: 31A; the
second in 1:04A and the third
: in 1:36A. .3,
Frazier, the Hubinger gelding, took
\ the needed heat easily in the unfinish
ed .2:2a class pace and with it the
race.
The 2:14 pace was an easy thing fol
Dan Patch, the favorite. The purse
was $4,000, the largest Of the day.
Dolly Bidwell was the choice in the
i2:12 trot, with Neva Simmons run
ming close in the pool. The first hea1
belonged to the favorite, winning il
the home stretch. 1t was great sur
prise when, in the next heat, Al
Right left the bunch, passed Comics
sor and Dolly Bidwell and won easily
in 2:O9A Geers now replaced Price
ON Neva Simmons and gave a fins
exhibition of driving in the last heat
winning second position behind Al
Right.
The 2:07 pace, valued at $1,000
went to Riley B., a Kansas horse.
In an exhibition match Todd,
brown two year old, owned by Georg
w. Leavit of Boston, trotted the hea
in 2:21, and Krakamure, a.bay hors
of Kremlin, trotted mileo in 1926 t
beat the 2:3O time.
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