The Red Cloud chief., 1903-09-18
10 WfRS RECORD
Ccesceus Gains Victory Over
Time at Lincoln
GOES THE MILE IN 2:os IA


frum his raCord on a half-n 10 track
NJ the state fair grounds. Lincoln,
kcb. September &. The We lderful
trotter did a mile In 9 :0Sl. anc when
he finished the performance. he ' alked
back before the judges stand n Md a
bic crowd a. II nothing had happ ned.
ii| actually acted as IL he thought reo-
pie crazy 10 get excited oye SO little
q hing as hreasing a worlds record.
The horse was in perfect form. The
track waS excellent The day was
ideul anG the enthusiasm Of thousands
drove the animal to do his best. I'm
der such conditions. 1t was not strange
that the best time heretofore made
should be lowered. That this should
have happened on the track OF the
Nebraska state fair association caused
no little qualification.
After several warming up miles. the
sorrcl stallion appeared with his run
ming mates and the speeding car.
There was no j~ockeying. Everything
moved like clockwork Al a quarter
past four O'Clock he received the
wordword Go" With ears pointed
straight ahead, the marvellous animal
settled 10 his work at a pace from
which no never swerved till the finish.
4ie made the quarter in 81, the second
quarter In The same time. the third
- '32M and the last in :3la. going
around every foot of the way without
a hitch, q Flip or u break. BY his side
were the runners galloping like mad
and just a title behind on the outside
was the pacing car coming like a mon
Stcr with the rush of its many tons
momentum But CrssCeGs kept stead
NY on from the first tick of the watch
tiil the signal that work was ended.
his tremendous strides covering
ground az II has never been covered
before In Nebraska, 1t was ecstacy
from a horseman's standpoint to watch
him and perfect bliss to contemplate
che feat when IL was done. Thousands
cheered the animal and his driver Mr..
Kctchum. ms they appeared before the
amphitheater. And when the an
nouncemcnt OF the time came. the
vast crowd rose en- masse and gave
the royal animal his due OF apprecia-
tion.
About 4 O'Clock the automobile came
on the track and the runners fol-
lowed. Charles Scully created a sensgI
tion. appearing In a low sulky with An
unknown. J Il. Couch by name. Mike.
the Tramp. the raw. lanky ANNA, that
always PAGES Cresceus. followed.
driven by I'D Mitchell. While the
drivers were getting in trin, c. Il.
Urnzer sFnt the car about the track
for steam and In u very few minutes,
the trotter appeared and thc race was
On
CresceuE was of likA a flash. His
great characteristic "a ability to rush
aud he shows It from the beginning,
though the finish. calls for the same
power to a greater degree. Before the
crowd realized. At the word had been
given and ny trial was on. Though
only an exhibition mile. with time as
tho oppon.nt. It was a race.
. The rrhner had the center for the
hrst hah and the auto came stcaming
only u little way behind on the out
side, fBefore the positions were noted
all %ere down the track around the
nHt turn. The automobile at the
SIart had a slow fire aud Jagged. but
Cresceus knew he was against time
aud there was no lag about him. The
runner kept just a little In the lead
and the car behind. There seemed nc
change In the work of the trotter. He
buckied down to his gait from the pole
and apparently kept it. Coming in
on the stretch with a ground covering
swing, no anne under the wire in 100
for the half. He kept a steady motor
aal tha rnnpnr'u xuArlg an thn eth.
seemed to have nothing to do with
his action. MIR. Ketchum drove will
"A astoh In his hand and knew the
speed. lie talked to Cresceus all th'
way around and Cresceus minded
Come on now. can't you do bette
than this?" said the owner to hi
tTutting servant. The trottcr KEEP
steadily on without the touch of tn,
whip.
Excitement was everywhere but ol
tho track over by the three-quarte
pole which had been passed In 1864
There was enough cause for excite
ment there. but every animal an,
every man was bending to his worI
with redoubled energy, The hors
passed the car. They turned into tn
stretch with a momentum that seeme
90 carry with Il a presence of recorv
breaking, On came Cresceus and o.
Numbered the pacemakers.
! Down to the wire came the sorre
i, stallion pounding the earth with hi
forefeet as he reached forward. eac'
step q leap. In his eyes was the loo
Of victory. He showed the conildenc
OF accomplishment. He am on an
on like a powerful engine that brook
no stopping. With the crowd stand
Ing breathless Cresceus came unde
tho wire q record breaker, One run
ner was a neck ahead. but the othe
and the auto had discreetly retired I
let the worlds champion have hi
honors.
Not the least pleased of all wa
George II. Ketchum. who held tn
reins. Wearing a smile so broad tina
his genial face could scarcely contai
1t. he drove back before the amphitht
ater bowling his acknowledgements
the ovation. So intimately oonnecte
Is the work OF the horse with the d
rection OF his owner that the spectf
.ors felt the bonors should be d
vided.
AT the stables Mr.. Ketchum CAV