The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-08-16

Greatest Trotting Event of YearsSou
of Robert McGregor Does Mile in
in 2:O3 1-4-Crowd Rose En-. -
masse and Cheered Wildly =
The Abbott Distanced
in One Heat.
(By ASSOCIATED Press.),

ia Vic aSdl.
By Associated Press.)
New York. Aug. 16.-The trotting in
terests of the Empire City have not re-
celved such boom in a quarter of a
century as was developed yesterday at
the Brighten Beach track W hen, - I'M.
der tn auspices of the New York Trottfng
association the champion stallion and
champion gelding. Cresceus and The
Abbott, came together for a purse of
$40 The Abbott with his record of
1903 of last season and Cresceus with
his mark of 2:02A made at Columbus
recently We're to decide the question OF
which was to go down in history as the
fastest trotting horse now living.
A larger crowd was present than was
ever before seen on New York trotting
track The grand stand was simply
packed and this despite the fact tnas re-
served seats with admission cost 81
while boxes holding four persons were
all disposed Of at $50 each in addition
to the regular admission. Will. the
seating capacity is about $780, CT sc to
5000 persons were damned into the
structure. Every available space be-
tween the stand and track was packed
to its utmost capacity and the paddock
infield and cheaper admission field corr
tanned a legion of people. It Was es-
timated that fully $1,000 people were
present.
The weather was simply perfect for
the great trial and the track like tef-
vet, though probably a second sF6w
Several times during the afternoon both
horses put in some preliminary work
and each time they passed the crowd
there was great display of entiius-
ism.
Cresceus Wins the Pole. -
It was about $3.50 o'clock when the
drivers, Ketchum and Geers, appeared
before the grand stand and obtained
their positions for a start by the hip CT
coin. Luck was with the driver Of
Cresceus, as he secured the pole, O de-
cided advantage when two horses so
nearly equal in point of record are con-
sidered. When little later, the horses
came from the paddock they were Wild
~ cheered and they looked fit for the
work before them. Fortunately, too,
the wind died down to a dead calm. so
there was no obstacle in that line
Each horse was driven up and down
the stretch for a. warming up. and when
they reached the starter, Cresceus was
slightly in the lead and they were called
back. The next time down, however,
they were nose and nose. Then Cres-
CeuS ruSNeO 10 the front anu hdu u
lead of a length, which he held to the
quarter, making that mark in 1904. This
lead The Abbott slightly reduced at the
half. which was reached in 1:01A, and
very close second at the three-quarters
pole at 1:31A. 49, - & L 81
Breaks Worlds Race Record.
The vast crowd realized that worlds
record was about to be made and those
in the grand stand rose to their feet
while the multitude in the space be-
tween the stand and track cheered wild
ly. Coming down the stretch it was
battle royal with The Abbott very close
up, but Cresceus with his bulldog grit
kept on, with nostrils extended, and Iast
managed to beat his opponent by half "a
length in 2:O3A, the worlds trotting
record in race. To say that the an
nouncement created great applause
only half conveys the meaning OF the
expression.
A little over half an hour had expired
when the two grand horses came out for
the second trial and were started under
the same conditions that existed in the
first heat. They were sent away beau
tifully, but The Abbott had not Travelled
hundred yards before he made a dis
astrous break and before he could re-
cover his gait Cresceus was in front
The Abbott. once settled. made grand
effort to overtake his opponent, but the
son Of Robert McGregor was out for
victory and kept on, passing the quar-