The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-20
NEWS OF RIOTERS
cREscEUs, THE KING, IS HEAD
 ED FOR FRISCO.
Peter Sterling is One of the Stars of the Season, Having Made the Fastest Record for Swear
 old Geldings

Cresceus is still touring in the far West and is headed for California, where he will give a series of exhibitions against time this month and next, ana his engagements 1t is expected, VIII keep him busy until the holidays; Al lew far Southern points there will also pc struggling few more harness meethsS' But to all intents and purposes the rae ing season closed at Memphis last mon! h. In looking back over it the nrst thlns to be considered is the item ot new rec ords-world's records-made, for time Is practically the only handicap or means of classification on the harness turf and its importance there is paramount says Chicago paper.
 The record breaker of the year has, of course, been Cresceus himself The all conquering chestnut stallion reduced the worlds trotting record flrst to 2CZ S-4 aI Cleveland, and then to 2:Q2 1-4 at Colum- bus. O. He reduced the race record to 2:03 1-4 at Brighton Beach, and his two heats there in 2:03 1-4 and 2:06 l-4 also constitute the fastest two-heat race ever trotted. His heat In 2:05 at Detroit is the fastest second heat in a race; his third heat in 2:05 at Brighton Beach the fast est third heat against time; his 2:Os IA at Kansas City Is a new trotting record Tor a half-mile track, and his 2:l2 at Toledo the record for half-mile track to wag-- on. Truly, this is wonderful sheaf of records. But 1t ia only a part of Cres- ceus's holdings All told he now pos sesses no less than twelve best on rec ords" on the trotting list As cham pion of champions he is, therefore, in a class by himself
 After Cresceus, Peter Sterling. the Ken lucky Futurity winner, deserves men ton, for his second heat in that event, in 2:11 1-2 is the fastest ever trotted by a 3-year-old gelding. In his memorable race against Lord Derby. at Hartford Boralma trotted the second heat In 2:0I r>I fAo h.Ua F-0l geldings, made by Lord Derby in 1900.
 One of the most remarkable perform ances of the year, which should, but does not. through a technicality. stand as record. was the mile trotted at Cleveland by John A. McKerron, to wagon. in 2:Os 3-4 which is far and away the best on record by a stallion to a four-wheel- ed vehicle. McKerron was also driven was merely matinee performance. and not a public" one, as technicalities in terpret that word. 1t is not official. By virtue of this Lucille's mile in POT. with her owner c. K. c. Billings. up. in 1900, remains the wagon record for a trotter driven by an amateur.
 The race record for trotters to wagon amateur driver, placed at 2:l0. by Johr by The Monk. driven by his owner, Fred Guken, at Empire City Park, New York in a second heat. Mabel Onward, owned ] by Mir. Billings and driven by Frank Jones, IrOILeQ a SeCOnO neat dI hSlh phis in 2:10 1-2, which is the record for l mares in a race to wagon, with either amateur or professional driver, MT. Jones of course, being an amateur.
 | This completes the tale of new trottins | records. The pacers make a heavier showing. Though Star Pointers peerles: 1:59 1-4 still stands unapproached, many | minor marks went by the board. Higl water mark for the year is the 200 3-f o | Prince Alert at Memphis. This is thu worlds record of pacing geldings. sup planting the 2:0i 1-2 of Robert J., mad seven years ago. It is also the fastes
 second heat ever paced. and next co Sta | Pointers 200 1-2 the fastest heat eve | paced in a race. Prince Alert also pace | a second heat in a race over half mil track in 2:04 3-4 at Bethlehem, Pa, equal ing the record made by John R. Gentr
 in 1900 at Lima, O.
 Little Boys performances were almos
 as sensational At New York, with Fran
 Jones behind him, this flying son Q
 Kenton paced a mile to wagon In 2:02
 MT. Jones soon after sold him to c. K
 G. Billings, and at Memphis the latte
 drove him one mile in 2:01 3-4 and an ' other in POI 1-2. The previous pacing re
 cord to wagon had been 2:03 1-4 b
 Bumps,a and with amateur driver 2:OS g.