The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-10-01

had -.y,u 900 iutiu-tial that De-. would
give he hr~~, read work sunday From
early morning unUTdarlI streams OF visit
OTIS we've at IImiCu, and an were anxious
Go E,t lock at CrCsc,Us. Trainer Muir
Uru sGil-
we think this Pi-aljco track is a fast
Cr,sr,us should IoR, his mark With "a
good day and good track we believe He is
rignJ Cd du IT,. and for hat reason { want
Co TAX, extra care of him and keep hia
as quitJ ass possible
IN consequence aC This ne had ID portiorc
OF blankets in front OF th. horse S stall
N,h,u Attendant Mitchell opened the
CCrtg. Us there stood tE,gCcES I'm the mid
dc a. 90 large and GlIIy lighted box stall.
Around the sides &C the stall wsr. fine
wool blankets. i,N boots. halter. O.
bride. and "a looking glass. tn. horse
stood facing the visitors as II IT,. S-iNtI.
A window was opened before hs eoGLd Doe
plainly seen
TO tho ravicc Cr,s-,us not in action
is an horse. and this impr, Ssioa is not
rui bed out after a critical look 1T him
D., has good head. with an eye that
shows Intelligence He looks at "a person
VII" Is critlcIsiug him i'm way that
makes the man feel as II the horse were
studying hlro, and wOulG like TO have the
power Of speech e ten his jmpr, ssions.
To add To this. ne drops his ears To the
sid" Of his head ard suddenly cocks one.
and th,n both. as though he vas absorb
ing every wcru said aside from this, he
Is sphlnNiike and shows no movement.
Mr.. Nuru,u had To- go into ths stall @nd
e utIE turn him around. So that visitors
could see his body The horse has q short
neck. hut ne CARR, his head out straight
/ when in mo;iau. and has never shown any
Indication az choking When ne turns for
q start he takes good strong hold 81 the
plt w hon he gets on his stride which be
usually does IN less than an eighth Of q
] rf lnf fa
nit his driver to steady him.
trosceuS is a horse Of characteristics
Many people wonder whore he got his
nam" ana think II aE error not TO have
called him CrocSus or. even Precious His
owner did a lttle thinking before he nam
cd him. Roman history tells of a IA
nous chaTlateer who was close friend
or Caesar He was called Cregcpus and
was the king of characters. Il was after
/ this Cresceus that Mr.. Ketcham named
the king OF trOtiCTS-
That CreSceUs is the king Is beyond dis
puJe- He is not kn"iike in appearance.
but IS ungainly looking even as kings
have been At times he is clumsy iU slow
motion Tie is big i'm height. stout in
b"tN, and by no means attractive In ap-
ptdrInre- except TO q practical horse
mar He has an attractive head but not
beautiful one To look at the animal
when nc IS not in motion is Ike looking
al the tdcE OF a canvas which bears n
great painting. To see Cresccus the race
morse nc must De- seen in fast motion
/ Then all prCCOnceIved Impressions give
| place Co the one 81 admiration.
tTtsCtU5 is sixteen hands high is q
/ dlHey lemon sorrel in color and weighs
nearly 100 pounds He is muscular all
over where he should Doe muscular but is
1 not extra big in bone Ills development in
: the muUglaTtCrS is extraordinary and 4
: look at his quarters tells whence comes
MS great speed power. He Is equally well
: built IN the chest and ia the barrel gem
| in any particular.
In disposition the great trotter is very
gentle and has an unlimited amount Of
gamencss. Every part of him seems to
l be so evenly fitted that there is "a nor
| feet lack Of friction when he races. and
I he Will race at the word and at his best
/ ms gait Is SO perfect that h hardly
Knows what II Is 10 make Il break from
true line tr0t. He carries his head low
when ne Is at fun speed. He has no great
( knee action. but lands his feet on the
I track lrmlE- He never gets excited and
! looks TO be an easy horse 10 drive
| he comes from strain Of horses which
were noted on both sides for their tenn
| per, but he seems 10 have inherited the
| speed and none Of the bad qualities OF
| his ancestors. Cresceus is simply an
| equine wonder. He is 10 quit the race
track after this season and be relegated
/ As has been stated. the champion has
/ a record Of 2-02i4. and at PimlicO on
/ thursday ne viii try to reduce this. lie
! VIII be accompanied In his race against
/ time by the running horse Mike the
| Tramp. Mike Will be hitched 10 a cart.
I He On pun IL a mile faster than two
/ minutes. He viii be driven by Mr. NffIr-
4 men. who carries a stop-watch in his
! hand and advises Mr.. hetcham. who
| drives Crcsceus, just how fast each eighth
I OF mile is being trOtted.
| Mr. MuTuCu SAYS he viii keen the rrln-
! ner part Of a length behind Cresceus.
/ as the horse goes faster when ne hears
1 another horse coming near him. As Ores
/ ceuE does all that his mighty speed per
I mits him 20 do. IL IS seldom necessary 10
nave me TurDer lead him
| Mike the Tramp is an individual whose
/ ancestry has not been thoroughly traced
| lie formerly worked with Star Pointer.
| the world champion PAGER. The only
/ other animals besides Crcsceus and his
! running mate in the kctcham outfit are
| two dogs one Is Boston terrier call
/ ed Cresceus and the other is q fox terri
| or puppy called Carrie Nation The dog
/ Cresceus Is gentle. bat the pup was nam
| ed because Of her inclination 20 smash
! things The four animals live IN harmO-
| ny.
! OF one Of these dogs Mr.. Ketcham said.
| "CrCsceUs has found a friend in the B0s-
! ton terrier which / recently purchased.
! Heretofore the horse would not allow a
/ dog 10 come into his stall Now the ter
! rier and stallion are fast friends His
| funduoss for the dog may be due To the
! fact that both GogJ&nd horse are about
/ the same color
/ Attendant Mitchell. who sleeps in the
| stan with Cresceus, says the horse viii
! al times chase the dog CrgscDus lu play
/ but IS always careful not TO hurt him.
/ Crcsceus Is by the great horse Robert
! McGrcg0r. His dam was Mabel by How
| ard $ Mambrino- She was the dam Of
! Nightingale. Z-lHla, Miss Mary. Pa. and
| Sadie Haskell. 2.2A Cresceus' second dam
/ was by Allie West. he by AlmOut. Ores
J ceus now has sixteen colts The Oldest
/ is three years old One Of these. "a stud
/ out Of "A mare by jay Bird was worked
| this season by Mr.. Aurnen a mile in
/ Z.24s..
After his trial here Crssceus goes 10
| Lexington, KY, whore he races October 9.
| October II ne races at Toledo. Ohio. his
| Omaha. Kansas City. Salt Lake CITY and
| on out 10 the California coast. At the end
| Of the season he IS 10 go into tho stud.
| Mr.. ketcham was born IN Toledo iu 1850
| He Is civil engineer He entered the
] horse market about twelve years ago.
| for breeding horses His first venture was
! in buying car horses for q PHILADELPHIA
| company. He was asked last night how
| he felt when driving fast mile 81 can
| not describe the sensation he said. that
! comes 10 man driving "a horse az a 2O5
| clip There is a great difference between
| driving at a 10 gait and 205 gal You
| do not have time TO think about geusa-
! tiOns- You have your horse on his tip
| toes all the time. and your mind IS abb
| SOTbcd IN the horse. / Tar,ly use the
| whip. Fiuies and gelding take the whip,
| but stations always trOt better withOu,
| it
| Mr.. Ketcham strikes an observer as a
| man who might be a merchant OF q
| banker rather than the driver Of the
! fastest trotting horse IN the world
| though with such a horse there is no
] reason why he should uot be banker
/ He IS not tall his face is rDInd and
| smoothly shaver and his manner is
| courteous and refined.
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