New-York tribune., 1901-08-16
CRESCEUS THE WINNER.
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horses would Zip a coin the homestretch for
choice OF positions in scoring for the start Mr.
Ketchau won the toss and took the pole
A great cheer went up as the drivers mounted
,beir suliies in front Of the judges stand and
,oeeed their famous horses up the stretch for
,be start Twice they scored down wen apart
and without apparent effort TO get away. and
-ben at the third trial, they turned together as
- nv mutual agreement and sent their flyers
toward the wire at terrific speed. Neck and
neck they passed the starters box, and Frank
walker. leaning far out OF the stand shouted
,Co,"
Cresceus was fairly appalling to look upon as
he swept past the stand for the start His ears
were dat back Eis neck, his mouth wide
open and his eyes were ahlaze. as ne fought for
his head moving with the speed Of cyclone.
Quick as "a fash he shot 10 the front. snatched
the pole and was or with a lead Of an open
length before the first turn was reached. Mr.
Ke1cham now gave him his head. and he sped
away 10 the quarter pole. in O.30&. increasing
his lead until two open lengths OF daylight sepa-
rated him from his rival AS ne flashed past
The haIfuile post the watches split at 1.O11.-a
2.025s clip Great was his speed, he waF
longer drawing away from The Abbot. Geers
kept the Eel1ing going faster and faster in his
accustomed style Cf driving, until. in rounding
the upper turn, il was seen thst he not
Geers had begun lis drive for the heat. and the
crucial TEST at hand. Steadily, II slowly,
The Abbot closed the sap. until his rose at
The wheel ot Cresceus when halfway down the
hornestrerch But this far ne could
60 The stallion lasted longest IN the hard drive
70 the wire, ana won the heat by an open
length in 2:03Z for the mile.
There was JumutuOus cheering when the time
uas announced and II was seen that the cham
pion race record hao been lowered nearly two
seconds.
TIE APROT NOT STAYED Up To TrIE
SPEED
Though the holiday crowd was keen TO see
he next heat. the men on the quarterstretch
knew that The Abbot had no chance TO win the
race and that he must weaken as the race went
on Il the clip was maintained. for he was not
STAYED Up 10 go a race Of heats al such speed.
BETTING was al a standstiu. The future OF the
horse might have been endangered II Providence
-ras gi1en Tor the second heat The Abbot's
check rein parted, letting his head down, and
~ vent OF into a wild plunging break When
Ceers got him going again he was thirty lengths
behind the leader and hopelessly beaten. With
no SUPPORT for his head he fell back further and
further. until he was nNS Iehgths Dack OF uie
distance flag when CresceUs passed the wire IN
2.O6l.. The fractional times Of this mile were
0.30S4. 1-O2l4 and 1-35-
There was disappointment in the crowd When
Il was known that The Abbot had been distanceo,
but this was allGyed by the announcement that
Creseeus would start 70 beat the worlds record
Tor the third heat OF z race. and try 10 complete
the fastest three heats on record AS the race
ended when his rival was oisuanced. Il was, OF
course idle TO talk about making race records.
hut the great horse delighted The crowd by go
ing & third mile. accompanied ny runner, IN
205 He trorted the first quarter IN O:5O-s,
the half in 1:0llz and the three-querters IN l;o4
There was 6ne sport in every race Of the day,
apart from the big match AID the crowd en-
5oyed Il 10 the limit cheering the close finishes
with almost as much enthusiasm as that which
greeted the champions
SUMMARIES
TRoTTDG-sPBGAL PURSE $4,000 OF WHICH
$1,000 TO THE WINNER AND 5000 TO THE
LOSER
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