Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-08-23
CRESCEUS WINS
Free-for- all from Lord Derby
and Charlie Herr.
Makes New Track Record and Fastest
Last Quartz: Ever Trotted.
Frazier. Dan Patch. All Right and Riley 3. the
Other Winners.

Readville, Mass, Aug. 22-The cele-
brated Crcsccus, who through his rec
ord Of 2.02A is the leader of the turf
nobility. today drew out almost Is, 900
people to the Grand Circuit meeting
here, and as a sort OF recognition of
the favors shown him in the shape of
demonstrative and prolonged applause
when he appeared upon the track, the
chestnut horse proceeded in the second
heat of his winning race with Lord
Derby and Charley Herr to lower the
track record for the mile by three
quarters of "A second. and then to break
the worlds record Of final quarters by
trotting that distance in a9A. BY this
latter performance Cresceus lowered
the final record of 80 seconds which he
himself made at Detroit about month
ago. The accomplishment today was
not the fastest quarter of all kinds.
for both Peter the Great and Tommy
Britton did the second quarter of a
heat at Lexington, Ky. several years
ago, in 29ih.
Something of the interest was re-
moved from the free for-all tr0t for q
pCrse Of S2500 when Charley Herr.
driven by the owner. Fred Cahill. was
distanced in the first heat thus leav-
ing the affair to Cresceus and Lord
Derby. and there We're some who saw
the big race who believed that the
Geers gelding would have done some
thing wonderful in the second and last
heat had he not broken coming home.
for on the last of the bend he was in
front of the worlds favorite.
All the horses got cordial reception
at the scoring and when they were Off
in the first heat Charlie Herr had the
pole. with Lord Derby beside him and
Cresceus on the outside. At the quar-
ter the pole belonged to Cresceus, for
Charley Herr had gone in the air and
at the half Cresceus was about two
lengths in front of Geer's horse but
on the curve. Lord Derby was breath
ing 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 geldng but the mighty
strides of Cresceus brought him ahead
oy half a length. The time was 2.07A.
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 against
CleSceus' wheel and a little later he
was actually ahead of Cresceus. but at
this moment Lord Derby broke and II
was all over ketcham drove home
fiercely. nevertheless. creating the new
last quarter record. The mile was in
206. the first quarter in 31A. the sec
ond in l.0iA and the third in l.3GA.
Frazier, the Hubinger gelding, took
tie needed heat easily in the unfinish-
cd 2.25 class pace. The GraZer was sec
ond. giving him second money. while
Tommy Nc took third money and Oar
nette fourth.
The PA class pace was an easy thing
for Dan Patch, the favorite. The purse
was $4,000. the largest of the day. In
the first heat Council Chimes chung
close to the Chicago horse but the lat
ter won in 2.01A. Council Chimes was
second when he broke and
was set back to fifth place for running.
Laconda was second and Jack Hard
ing third.
In the second heat, Council Chimes
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