The sun., 1901-08-16

Tho Abbot. temporarily forgotten, had
been led away some tiDe bcforc. bu, theit
were many who werc willing 60 say thai
some timc in thc future, n the horsc- should
ever meet. Mr.. Scanncll's gcldine might do
better than he did yesterday. and though
he might not conquer Crcscrus. wouii o.
faster than he did In the memorable struggle
jus, crdcd for money and laurch.
Cresccus ~ seven years cid. He wa-
bred by ketchani. To- whom nearly all tbs
credit gOr his d"yelnpfnfn, hrlongs. ~
a two-yclr-old Cr'scrus was a wtnnor.
and a. "a thr,,s-ycar-old hc trotted twelve
! races. Of which he won seven. ihcidsntahv
I reducing his record thai year To ,:il'. Al
Rcadyiilr Ia the go class, NJ lhe Sainr
time defeating fas; fcld in straight heats
in s:i4.. 2.ili. and. 2.liA. When hvs
y.ar- old Cresccns was aill a star. his best
performance being ai che tmptrc Sny
] track " here he won the free -for-ail stallion
raoe In 2lO'. and 2O7. He became The
( champion irotting stallion last vesr h'
won every rso' ia which hc started. inci,id-
, ing sie S2O.0Do stallion race at Boston. where
: h. defeated Charley Herr and others. IL
I was after Charley Herr had won the first
and second heats. each In 201a. that Crcs-
\ ceus won the next three heats IN 2'o's.
/ Cr..sc~,is tro,ted seven exhibitions against
1 time last wear, and ~ Cleveland on Oct. q,
I ho established a record ~ 2Ot. ~ tina,
! tine Cresc.us had to his credit the fastest
! first bsai Ia a ran- 2os1i the fastest second
| heat. 200 lhe fastest third heat, 2@. the
/ tastes, foufth heat, 3O11 !. and the fastest
I afth heat, 7tri.. He also iai th- fastest
! two heats, 2.0sb, and ?07i1. anil the fastest
;hr.e heats. 2O7' :. 2te and 2od. He ai-o
| irotted twenty---Nen heats In 7io' or
! better and three in POS or better.
! Al Detroi this year Cr,.-c~ur beat Charley
Herr in zoo thus lowering the race record
1 Of 20Si. made by Dir~cturn. which had
nod 'or years aS worlds record ~
/ Cleveland, aanin-i time, he trottei IN
| ?n?i thereby Ic,iucing the record OF The
! Abbot one-han a second and making hum
/ ~.,lf the trottinR champion. II was NJ
I Columbus that Cre-ce,i- trottsd his wonder
/ fIl mile IN aO2a Over a heavy track a.
Pcpyhknr2.is q week ago Ccsceu- diu
I ?B.. which Wa- considered remark
I able Performance.
| A. IN. Close ~ last yea- The Abbot held
I tho worlds re"ord FOR trottsrs, To sulhy
: and to wagon lie WAS years old when u"
] first became notable. and went into winter
/ quarters With record of 2ii'. A.
! five vear-old he won seven out OF nln"
/ starts snd cui his record to 2%'. IN
( isg1 The Abbot won ten consecutive ra~s's
and last year all Of his Ierfo'u,anc'-- wer~
/ agains; time T. was n Terre Haute tnH'
| he reduced the tru;iing record To c0i'.
He was bought by Mr Scannell last winter
( for s2d 500
Each event on the Carl yesterday ff-
/ nish.d exciting sport. and almost every
! heat CLOSED with a driving finish The
calculations of thosa who inhk" taNotitr-
/ IN the hetiing were upset IN two ar thr-r
of the events. and after one or two heats
some quick hedging wa done. In me ~
. iroi Neva Simmons was picked Nv w"
talent and sold In the auctions at sip lo
Si?5 for the field she won the nr~, t~o
heats In min and tuck finishes with he'en
Iir.a, after Andrews had made killing
driyer go get the mare 10 IN" front. e-Is-
cially IN the frs' heat In which break
paoed her last horss IN the race u1io~
they reached the quarter POKE In 10"
second heat Andrews apparently nah"
his drivr trihe late. The mare had
great rap 90 close vet she cam" near nippinS
N-va a, the wire IN an exciting finish
Aftcr that Helen tracy wa made
favnrit. nj sSn Ia SIS for the Held tut she
loft her =, ride at tn. turn into the stretch
and dropped hack 20 sixth plane III.
race down IN. stretch was trtween All
Righi and NevR Simmons. the former
Winning by clos margin IN her en"tt
to clos. tho gay Helen Gracc went the la-'
half of he tni- fI''srh faster 'han ''ir r,'iiH'
81 tho heat. A. she was separately timed,
in iOli, The last two heats were interest
ing Affairs between \eva simmons and
All Right. the former landing the hi'h
heat and race In gruelling drive down the
The ?:io ~ ~ furnished four hsrd-fough,
heats Carmine was the choicc OF IN"
talent in the betting and Jimmy t'olorn
won the first heat after an exciting struggle
down the stretch with Littl. Squaw, which
raised him Ia th. estimation Of tho sfycta,
tors to tho extent of tso. while the field
brought siD The old Speedway favonio,
sphinx =. cafne to the front IN IN" second
heat and dashed ahead ~ Carminc IN the
stretch. winning In handy style In the
..cnnd heat sphinx : was pushed by lAttle
S,uau I,,,, h,. got under he win by half
length Carnine went az the sphinx
rrl1ing in tn" last heat and made cios-
nnish. hut could not pump up quite enough
speed
hcot every on. of which was contest for
blood Summaries
Inc Hiram woodruff /: 20 class. uut'ine purse
5000