The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-12
Lou DIlLONAND xAUDS.' TINE
ROBERT BONNER TALKS OF At
TEMPT 70 BEAT 2.OS 81 TO-DAY.
scn ~ the Owner Of Famous Trotters
Generous 10 New Queen-She VIII he
Handicapped by Unusual Conditions.
hut Has q Chance to Lever the Marx.


hut Has Chance to Lever the Marx.
Lou Dillon is the first record breaker
that, have felt, ought to be able to beat
Maud s 8 performance. said Robert Bon
n.r. son Of the famous owner OF Dexter,
s,lnol. Rar,ls and Maud s. Mr. Bonner
naturally feels lively interest In the at
tempt. at Cleveland to-day, Of the two
minute trotting queen to beat Maud SIS
2Ossl attached to an od-time sulky
Mr.. Billings Ia taking great risk with
such valuable mare as Lou Dillon when he
starts her to the old-fashioned sulky." said
Mr.. Bonner He is certainly very sports
manlike in using his great mare in this
way TO demonstrate the advancement We
have made"
will wind shield be used in Lou Dillon's
rial against the watch?' was asked Of MIR.
Bonner.
Il take IL for granted that it will not be
used was his answer. Il do not for an
instant think that Mr.. Billings would allow
her to have a wind shield when he Is starting
her for q mile to be compared with what
Maud s. did. Maud s. had no wind shield,
and Mr. Billings will not want one for Lou
Dillon in comparative performance.
This will be = very interesting COM
parison. said Mr.. Bonner, although 1t may
not BIO entirely fair to Lou Dillon. She has
been trained to the light sulky Of to-day.
When she made her mark of two minutes
fiat she ives hitched to a sulky that weighed
twenty-four pounds and one ounce. Maud
SIS sulky weighed forty-four pounds. The
one which Lou Dillon will use to-day
weighs, have been told. ffty-one pounds.
The construction Of the old-time sulky
such as Maud 5. drew in 1886 made 1t q
harder vehicle to draw than the scientiti-
cally constructed pneumatic sulky OF TO-
day. II was a longer and harder mile
for the horse. and that is why ! say that
Lou Dillon, trained to the sulky OF later
development. will be handicapped.
Il am sorry that / did not have an oppor-
tunty to offer Mr. Billings the use Of the
sulky which Maud S. drew when she made
her mark l have it still. 1t Is well pre-
SCI we'd and II Lou Dillon were hitched to 1t
that circumstance would go still further
to make the comparative trial interesting.
Il have often wondered what some of he
champion trotters Of old sulky days might
have done if the 2-pound easy-goiI
smooth-running vehicle Of to-day han ue.n
In use then. There was Rarus, who made b
mark of 2:1sH twenty-five years ago this
month at Buffalo. Every pound ia ken
of the load that he had to carry made a
distinct difference to him With a pneu-
mat ic sulky he certainly would have taken
much more of the record Of those days.
.Alix, who brought the record down to
209L In 1894, was smaller horse even
than Lou Dillon Both Alix and Lou Dillon
are entirely unlike Maud 8; She was q
while better built than Rarus, are slight.
spare-bodied, nimble-footed racehorses::
Al champion trotters have been horses Of
great nervous force, and Lou Dillon Is
especially Of that cast.
THAT abe is thoroughly a racehorse was
shown in her great race against time.
can recall no other reoord-brealdng per-
Torrance Of this sort where the last quarter
was the taste OF the mile.
Il am not in accord with the gentlemen
who think that the use OF the wind shield
il wrong. When you are racing against
the watch It seems to me entirely fair that
every device Of that sort should be en-
plo oysx n,n on tn. tu,, will .rp,:e that
the shis Id doee not help the horse. II helped
Lou Dillon, and 1t helped Major Delrnar in
his reco-d-breaking race at Syracuse this
week. In travelling the last quarter he
was close up to the shield. and while running
against a fair breeze covered the last quarter
In 30 seconds. I do not wonder that the
Majo was close up to the wind shield. for,
gcing at two minute clip he possibly
drove the runner out, for the shield was a
hindrance to the runner while acting as an
aid to the trotter.
Major Delmar is one Of the handsomest
specimens of the trotter have ever seen, a
rue model In conformation. He has had
the benefit Of an admirable trainer, Alta
Mcdonald. and it would not surprise the
urf world II ne should reduce his rec
ord this year.
at is quite natural to suppose that not
one Of the trotting champions since Maud
SIS time stands so good a chance to beat
her record to old style sulky as Lou Dillon.
Yet unless she has been made accustomed
10 It the nervous strain and tear Of the old
sulky may affect her natural speed.