Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-20
WITH THE HORSES.
Cresceus Is Once More King of, the
 Trotters.

Trotters.
 Wichita, Kan, Oct 2o.-George H. Ketcham's magnificent stallion Creceus again is the king of trotters. He broke the worlds record for a mile here yesterday by a quarter of a sec ond, going the distance ill :59A. That accomplishments puts in the shade the imperial performances of Lou Dillon and Major Delmar, each having gone the distance as record-breakers in two minutes flat. Cresceus not only fairly dethroned his great rivals, but he ac- complished the feat without the aid of adventitious circumstances or me- ehanical helps. Cresceus had no wind shield to aid him or anything to break the force of the atmosphere, as was the case with both Major Delnar and Lou Dillon. He encountered the full force of the artificial gale his tremen- dolls speed created, and this alone places his accomplishment far above that of his great rivals.
 On the, first attempt to score Cresceus broke, On the next effort, however, the good horse trotted squarely to the line and Ketcham nodded for the word. The interest, of the big crowd | was intense, thousands of the admirers | of the great trotter having faith, found ed on his superb appearance. that he at least would equal the record against which he was sent They builded in their minds even better than they knew Cresceus trotted the first quar- ter in 0:30 flat. This caused merely murmur of admiration, which had hardly ceased when the half-mue pole was passed in 0:59&. | HY11~ int q "a restrained cheer, which suddenly ceased as thousands of glasses were l focused on the flying steed. and a sin gle thought pervaded the minds of the onlookers: "Can he maintain that rate or will exhausted nature quit?" The three-quarter post was passed, and there was just the time required to I glance at chronometers when the grand stand burst into a perfect up roar. Cresceus had passed the post in l 1:30 fiat. and the manner of his un- hesitating, machine way of going made l it even thus early almost certain that 1 he would at least tie the record. On came the generous creature. un- urged by his driver. A shudder passed | through the crowd and a groan arose | from the grand stand as a few yards from the wire. Cresceus, for an instant only. went into the air. ketcham caught him handily and flashed under the string. and again there was the si- lence of death for a second or more. But not until the time was hung out. Before that mechanical operation could | be performed 10000 persons knew that Cresceus had not merely tied the worlds record but had actually beaten | it by a quarter of a second, and that 1 under circumstances not entirely favor able Then followed a demonstration never before, it is believed. witnessed l on q trotting course. Men shouted like l lunatics. grasped each other by the hand. hugged each other and screamed 1 themselves hoarse. They swarn1ed l over the rails, broke them down even. as by thousands they surrounded and fairly mobbed the conqueror of old Father Time. the king of the worlds s trotting horses. @
 The only advantage Cresceus pos sessed in the accomplishment of his great feat was that of being paced by a running mate, Mike the Tramp, to sulky.
 Memphis Tenn. Oct 20.-The third annual meeting of the Memphis Trot- ting association will open here to-day, and continue for eight days. The first day will attract special attention, as it brings together Lou Dillon and Major Delmar. the two-minute trotters, in a. race at a mile for the Memphis gold cup. The track is in superb con- dition. The cards of the eight days are replete with rich events, and the barns at the track last night contained
 more than 800 of the best harness horses in the country. During the meeting Lou Dillon and Dan Patch are scheduled to go against time.
 The performance of Cresceus
 Wichita, Kan, yesterday in clipping a
 quarter of a second from the worlds
 trotting record has added much inter-
 est to the meeting.