The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-20
CRESCEUS,
KING OF
1ROTTERS
Continued from First Page.

| Ketcham that he was simply lovely and
the prettIest horse they had ever seen.
/ After the worlds record had oeen
| broken by Cresceus reporter I1r The
Eagle asked Mr.. Ketcham what he vas
| going to do with him now he said
''Cresceus is now little past years
old. and l think in his Prime He was
never in finer condition in his life than
he is today. Did you notice how anxious
he was for the race. ThT. * what maze
him go in the air during one of tho 1rst
scores. He wanted 10 show me that he
was ready to go and 60 East have two
more engagements for Cresce1s. ore at
Oklahoma City and one at Fort Scout l
shall fiji them and thea Cresceus viii be
taken home and put III the stud and will
never appear on a race track again. That
Is the way i feel about 4, now.
After Cresceus had made his great race
Mr.. hetcham said TO W. f. Steadman:
''Steaoman, we are still alone in our
class" Mr.. Steadman was asked whal
the owner of Cresceus meant by that re
mark. He said that he and Ketchan.
were the only men who had ever raised
and developed a colt that went faster
the dam of the colt
What do you think of the Wichita
track. nov -ar. Ketcham was asked aft
er the race
ut is the greatest track out of doors
After the amount of rain that you have
had recently the present condition OF the
track is sufficient proof of the truthfulness
of my statement. You have great track
and you ought to take care of it. You
have some good horses. too"
Gold Bow. owned and driven by John
Lehr of Ell Dorado. won the 30 pace in
two straight heats. Time. 2:24 and 2:l9H
Gold Bow promises TO be record break
CT. He is only years cid and was sired
by Colonel Locmis. who has a record of
2:0S. He has another very promising colt
of the same age, Gloria Quaile. He is a
good driver and he has the stuff 10 work
on. The horses in the 2:20 pace were
Gold Bow, Tom Twist and Hair Spring
Tney finished in the order named
The 2:24 trot was more than interesting
and furnished another demonstration of
J. b. Chambers superb horsemanship
There were three horses in this race
Arthur Wright, Gloria Quaile and HELEN
Miller. 1t was two best in three. and it
only took two heats to decide it, Some
Of the horsemen have been saying that
Arthur Wright was a great horse if they
could hold him down to business. Cnand-
Ter climbed into the sulky and did not do
thing but give Arthur Wright a new
record in winning the first heat in 2:lsit
and the second in 2:2514. Gloria Quaile
each time finished close second and Hell
len Miller third. Grant Hatfield. when
asked why he had meyer had Arthur
Wright driven that fast before, said:
We'll, that shows what an artist can do.
You see Chan is an artist" Chandler
says he can take the horse and drive him
in 2:15 in three weeks
The half mile dash was very pretty
race. There were three starters, Fonsway
and Bay Bill, owned by Arthur Dorsey.
and Cocaine. owned by S. NJ Stephens
Cocaine won the race in 53s4 seconds;
Fonsway was second and Bay Bill third
Every horseman at the fair grounds
yesterday came away happy that they had
seen the greatest mile ever trotted. and
the Wichita track now holds the worlds
record for trotting horses. Lou Dillon
and Major Delmar recently trotted a mile
in two minutes, fat. but Cresceus clipped
off another quarter of a second.
George II. ketcham stopped at the
Carey last night and the kilograms soon
began TO pour In to him. The owner Of
Lou Dillon and Major Delmar were among
the first to congratulate him. Following
are some dispatches from Mr. Ketcham's
friends:
Memphis. Tenn. Oct. ~
&c. II. Ketcham. Wichita. Kan:
-our heartiest congratulations You are
a wonder. BILLINGS & SMATHER."
Toledo. o.. Oct. Is.
&c. II. Ketcham. Wichita, Kan:
"Hurrah for Cresceusl Toledo to the /
front again. Congratulations
u. NJ. LONGACKER. /
-. T. SoUTHARD"
Toledo, O., Oct IS.
&c. II. Ketcham. Wichita, Kan:
What did you say to Cresceus before /
you started? All swelled UP here.
SOUTH. MANNING & REYNOLDS"
Dayton. o. Oct. Is.
&c. II Ketcham. Wichita. Kan:
our best wishes to you and Cresceus.
&C. f. FREEMAN"
Toledo. o. Oct 10.
&C. H Ketcham. Wichita. Kan:
Toledo Driving club sends enthusiasts
tic greetings to our George and Cresceus
+. J. TIPPETT
Toledo. o.. oct. g.
&C. II, Ketcham. Wichita. Kan:
How does Cresceus look now. with his
I'D crown or straight? MOREHousE"
Toledo, O.. Oct. IS
&c n. Ketcham, Wichita Kan
Congratulations on the worlds great
est horse. AHRSDT & SON"
Toledo o., Oct. r.
&C. II Ketcham Wichita. Kan
"Cougra tulations We are happy as you
are. ANTLER STABLES
Toledo. o, Oct. IS.
&c. II. Ketcham, Wichita. Kan.
Congratulations Cresceus plaster up
3 o. pc rton.