Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-10-18
Cresceus A Much Booted Horse
Many Devices That Inspire Con-
fidence In Horses Spreaders and
Toe Weights.

day doing a greater business than any
four houses in America combined.
Harness for creseeus.
This firm, on the order of George II.
Ketcham, manufactured and shipped
recently to Cleveland the harness in
which the champion trotter, Cresceus,
will make his attempts this year to re.
duce the worlds record to 300. The
harness is extra light in weight and
without collar or breeding. The sad
die has a very small tree and the
shaft tugs lead from 1t. The bride is
fitted with binders and a side check
and also has loops for an overcheck.
The bit is a snaffle, with small, me-
dium size rings and combines
straight overcheck bit. There is
safety strap over the saddle and safe.
ty girth. also. The terrets, hooks and
buckles are of gold and in lines are of
very strong. Cresceus' girth is feet
Q inches, and his bride measure from
bit to bit is 3 feet s liz inches. His
height is 16 hands and 1.2 inch, and he
weighs 1,06O pounds.
The unbeaten Dan Patch (2:03 80;
Direct Hal the sensational PAGER Of
this year; The Monk, the rejuvenated
trotter. likewise Boralma and The Alb.
bot, as well as scores of other top
notchers are wearing leather which
was made up for them in Cincinnati.
Speed Developed by Devices.
81 see that Budd Doble, the noted
driver of Dexter l2:17 1-4), Goldsmith
Maid (2:lD, and Nancy Hanks (2:04.
which at different periods since 1867
have held the worlds trotting record,
says that the attainment to extreme
speed is due almost wholly to improv-
ed mechanical appliances" said one of
the members of this firm to the En-
quirer few days ago. IN this agree
with him but do not share his opin-
ion that the pneumatic.tired sulky has
done more than all things else to aid
the trotter In his flight to the two-min-
ute goal The bike of course, has
had much to do with 1t, but to the
maker of boots rather than the build.
err of sulkies. In my opinion, belong the
greater credit. II Is the device which
protects and balances the horse in his
flights of speed more than anything
else which makes possible the won
derful records of Cresceus (2:02 1.4),
The Abbott (2:03 1.4), Alix (2:03 3-4),
and the others. In the face of the ar.
gument of the breeder that extreme
speed comes slowly from scientific
nicking Of the blood, am forced to the
conclusion by reason of observation
and study that the trotters of thirty
or forty years ago were just as fast
and as stout as the trotters of today,
and they would have been able to go
miles in the time of today had they
but had the advantages OF the appli-
ances OF today.
Boots Inspire Confidence.
The equine Is a timid creature, and
II trotter strikes himself In speeding
he Is apt to remember It long time,
with the result that he loses conf
dence in himself and hesitates to ex-
tend himself to the limit of his speed.
Confidence is inspired by boots. They
protect every point and with the
knowledge that he cannot hurt him.
self the trotter is encouraged to do his
best. In support of my argument take
Flora Temple, for example. II she had
not been wonder she would never
have taken record of 2:l9 "a. Boots
were not known in her day. When
James ID. McMann drove her a mile In
10 he oil m
cinnati track in 1859 she wore heavy
harness and no trappings of any kind
She had habit OF grabbing her quar-
tiers and finished many a mile badly
cut and bleeding. There is no telling
what pair of quarter boots would
have done for her However, to Nc
Mann belongs the credit for the origin
of the boot. He took pieces of cloth
padded with cotton, and wrapped
them about Flora Temples heels, and
as nearly as can remember she wore
them when she made her record oil
2:l9 "a at Kalamazoo, Mich, in 1859
Dexter wore boots made of pieces OF
an old horse blanket, but 1t was moi
until after his time that the modern
leather and kersey boots were seen on
trotting tracks"
Trotters of today are sometimes pro
tected by perfect armor OF leather
and cloth on their legs, to shield them
from habitual defects OF action oil
/, chance missteps when moving al
speed. Cresceus Is booted from his
heels to his forearms forward and
from his pasterns to his hooks behind
, Separately and in combination eight
cen boots are carried by the champion
trotter on his four legs, but most Of
, these are used rather as a matter OF
precaution than from necessity.
, He wears combination knee and arm
boots, held in place by elastic suspen
ders passing over his shoulders; be
low these combination shin and ankle
boots, buckled around the legs, undel
the knees, and low cut quarter boots