The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-20
CREsCEUS IS KING.
Great Stallion Reduces the Worlds.
Trotting Record tosl 1904
at Wichita.
Some Events in Career Of the Great.
est Speed Machine Of
the Age.

est Speed Machine Of
the Age.
The performance Of Cresceus in
trotting a mile at Wichita, Kan, yes
terday in 1:59A, stamps that horse
as unquestionably the greatest speed
machine Of his age; possibly as great
an animal as the world has ever seen.
Ihe time Is one quarter Of a second
better than the previous worlds rec
ord of 200, held Jointly by Lou, Dill
lon and Major Delmar, butsthe condi-
tions make Cresceus' mile a much
more remarkable performance than
those of his great rivals.
When Lou Dillon broke Cresceus'
old record OF 2:O2 A,sshe3 was paced by
Two running horses, one ahead and one
at her side. A strip Of cloth hung
from the seat Of the first runners
sulky, furnished a slight wind shield
for the mare. Major Delmar's mile
was made with a wind EshieId which
must nave made. his time at least a.
second faster than8it would have been
otherWlse. Cresceus Yesterday had no
wind shield Of any description in front
OF him, and he was paced only by Mike
the Tramp, the horse which has been
his running mate in all of his trials
at Wichita has never been supposed
to be remarkably fast. | q s
The day was ideal at Wichita yes
terday and the track could not have
been better. Ketcham worked the
horse out before the trial test In 2:I5
and then sent him for the record.
lie broke when. he first scored for
the word, but on the next attempt he
was sent off, going the first quarter
IN 80 seconds flat There was a cheer
when he reached the half in 59A.
ana When the three-quarters was
passed In 1870 the cheer became an
uproar. just before. he reached the
WIRE Cresceus broke, and it is believed
lost fully three-quarters~ of a second
He caught handily and flashed under
the wire in 1:59A. ssE@,t - -
No wind shield was used. Cresceus
was paced by Mike the Tramp.
Such an ovation as was given Cres-
station was nearly smothered, so eager
were the people tospat or get near
enough to touch him. ", S%
me day was simply perfect and the
track. was IN prime condition. George
II: ketcham, who owns ACresceus and
VINO drove him yesterday. said: ~
Inc conditions were perfect. When
was mere week before last the track
was wet, but I saw its ADVANTAGES and
determined to come back. The result
Justified my expectations. I knew be-
fore the race that the stallion would
beat his record but did not anticipate
a triumph so complete. I shall 20 to
oklahoma City and Fort Scott right
away to keep engagements and that
pear in public I@9-
Cresceus' Glorious Record.
Cresceus. was foaled, in the spring
OF 1924, and is therefore 9 years old.
For the last four or five years he has
had considerable work in the stud
each season, and it is generally
thought that he had passed the point
at which. he could be expected to i'm
prove. V Few horses OFF, his age, after
such hard campaigns as 4Cresceus had
from his third to his seventh year bet
ter their records. and .the feat of
ketcham,s horse lin se3ipping .25Aag sec
onds from his former 1magk, must be
'acknoWledged sphenanenal- al-sxcr,s% -. ..,l
But Cresceus, claim to, the crown of
the trotting turf does not rest upon
this one. mile, He also holds the two
mile record of Alt, the race record
Of 2:O3A, and the ice record. Besides
these he holds a number Of other rec
ords, won In races, among them the
race record for a 3-year-old stallion,
2:1lA; the fastest second heat, 2:O5:
the- fastest fourth heat by stallion,
2O7A; the; fastest fifth heat by stall
non, 2:08A; the fastest eighth heat,
S:llN; the fastest two heats, z:O3A,
z:O6A; fastest three heats by stallion.
E07h, 2:06, 2:06, and the worlds rec
ORD Tor half-mile track, 2:O8A. He
IS also the champion. money winner,
having won considerably more than
$lOO,OOO in his six years of racing. He
started In some, seventy odd events, in
clud1ng exhibitions, and was first
torty-tWo times second fourteen,
third four, and fourth once. Never in
MS six years of racing was he behind
the money. ''- -
Lou Dillon, until yesterday consid-
ered@the fastest horse on the trotting
turf, has never started In a race. She
has been trained carefully as a record
morse, yet Cresceus has beaten her
BEST time. Major Delmar is a cam
-palgner Of reputation as well as rec
5ord-breaker, yet his career has not
been. nearly so glorious as that of
ketcham's great stallion. Lou Dillon
may reduce the record below Cres-
ceus' mark; indeed such an occurrence
is quite probable, but she will never
make a record for speed, gameness
and endurance, such as that of the
king who yesterday regained his
crown. -.. ....
a
mar, rated his $4,000 purchase to the last
mile in public yesterday morning at Mem
phis before the meeting with &C. X. G.
Billings Lou Dillon in the gold cup con-
test to-day, when the two two-minute
trotters clash. Several heats of one mile
each We're negotiated in better than 2:15,
the average time being about 2:10. H,
Mtllard Sanders looked after Lou Dill
Ions preliminary trial and she was set
down for several fast miles, the last half
of the finishes being made in 1904. III
Both horses are in superb condition,
and, while there is not much betting on
the event, the greatest of interest is man
ifested and the city is filled with visiting
horsemen. ~ 49,. = .-..s-.. 81 Il =
In race at the state fair grounds
yesterday afternoon, Prince Stevens,
owned by w. H. MacLean Of this city
beat Bell S., owned by H. M. Stock
ing OF st. Paul, in straight heats. The
time was 2:15A, #2:14h and 2:15.
Prince Stevens, was driven by. Loomis
and Dell S. by Collins. H. w. Fagley
OF st. Paul9and j. r.. Jones Of Mime
.apolis We're the judges and George C..
sherman Of Minneapolis and w. G..
CARING Of st. Paul timed the race.
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