The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-14
RACES AT RIVERSIDE
GREAT CRESCEUS DRIVEN A
 MILE IN 2.07.
Throng of Persons Disgusted With Treatment of the Management Which Charged Admission
 Fee to the Grand Stand.

The biggest crowd of people journeyed over to Riverside Park yesterday aLter- noon that has been there since the days of the old Exposition. And there were lots of the most supremely disgusted peo- pie there that the old race course ever saw. 1T.
 The throng of people was drawn as 1T by a magnet by the magic word, ere sceus," the name of a great trotting horse, and in this respect every man; wo- man and child was amply rewardeo TOT the trouble of making the journey to the track.
 Now for the other statement.
 Possibly the most amazed and thorough ly indignant crowd of people ever gotten together were those who started to the grandstand at Riverside yesterday. Whle they started to the stand not all Of them went into that structure. the reason be- ing simply this: From the south end Of the grandstand across the walk leading to 1t was a pile of boards built like a renee, a small opening being in one end which was blocked by the figure or a man. As people made for this opening in the fence" the man there would stop them with the remark that the other man had grandstand tickets on saie, ssio tickets being 2 cents.
 Think of 1t! Twenty-Five cents for the privilege of sitting on the uncomfortaoie benches of the grandstand-a privilege that in the past has always been included with the general admission price at the gate.
 The result was interesting.
 Young men with their best girls rather than be placed in an embarrassing predic- ament, saw what kind of game they were up against. and promptly dug down into their trousers for the required 25 cents.
 One instance will serve to demonstrate the outraged feeling of the crowd. A well-known gentleman started to the grandstand with his wife. Of course, he was stopped. l., u,us,.,,. wrath, "25 cents to get in the grandstand? While the price is not much, l don't in- tend tcA. be treated in any such manner. and rather than submit to being neecea' will stay out of the srandstand.
 This man voiced the sentiment In gen eral. Just at whose door the responsibil- ity for this state of things lay is not known but at any rate the people or Montgomery who have liberally patronized Riverside Park during the past two years left there yesterday afternoon feeling very sore. And they had every reason Tn the world to feel that way.
 The first thing on the printed program was a special match race between Jenks and Norah Patchen Jenks was solo Jackson of Montgomery, to gentleman in Birmingham and the special race was declared off
 Next on the program was a 2:20 pace mare, Haywood. gray trotter. the prop erty of MT. Brunson of New Haven, Conn, and Annie Caffey. The gray trot- ter Is a son of Reelection and worthy son of famous sire he looks to be, by long odds being the smoothest thing out side of Cresceus at the track yesterday. These heats were gone down in 2:1S and 2:20 and the race was a pretty one.
 Some automobiles numbered around the circle in 2:51. No enthusiasm was stirred but there were bad smells of gasoline and much puffing of steam.
 After warming him up for several miles, MT. ketchum scored down with Cresceus, the elongated running horse, Mike the Tramp pacing him. On the third score down, Mir. Ketchum nodded, and. like a chestnut streak, the trotter flew to the half, the last quarter being trotted at . 2:04 clip.
 There was seemingly no effort or at- tempt on the part of Mir Ketchum to ex- tend the horse .and he finished the mile without any urging, except in the last quarter, in POT fiat.
 While this is nearly five seconds slower than his record, 1t Is two and a quarter seconds faster than anything ever paced or trotted on the Riverside track
 Until yesterday. Kremlin held the local track record, doing a mile in 2:o9 1-4, and in Nashville doing just what Cresceus did here yesterday, 2:07.
 Squire Brown.