The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-25
LOU DILLON TROTS MILE In ZOO
IONG- AW ITED FEAT DONE by
NR. BILLINGS'S MARE.
Tho swift TrOttcr DethrOnes Cresceus
and Gains the Crown Of the TrOt-
ting Turf AT RcadyiIle--Sanders Drives
and Two Runners AIN In the Trial.

ting Turf al Readyille--Sandlers Drives
and Two Runners AIN In the Trial.
BosroN Aug. 24.-The two minute
trotter has arrived. Before 5000 persons
nj the opening of the Grand Circuit meet ing
This afternoon, at the Readville trotting
mark, the handsome queen Of the trotting
,ur. Lou Dixon. stepped around u surface
which was especially prepared for her
trial in exactly two minutes The con-
Ji,ions under which the trial was made
could not be improved upon, and the hope
If the Californian bred mares owner
c G. Billings, was realized when she
Surpassed the record of 2:O2l+. made by
thu great stallion Crescous.
There was no special time set for the
attempt and as the horses in the Blue Hill
s axes had lined up. and we're scoring,
beth c. X, q. Billings and Willard Sanders,
the trainer, decided to make the attempt
70 lower ON the mares record of 2O2at.
The stake horses we're ordered to the
barn. and Willard Sanders, clad in an i'm
mlciae suit of white, and Lou Dillon,
drawing snty of the same color, appeared
IN the track. They We're received with
mIch enthusiasm, as the starter, Frank
fr the days racing would be changed
slightly, and that the mare who has been
credited with improving her speed every
tim, she stepped would try to beat her
record of 2O23,
"Do"" Tanner drove ono of the pace
makers. He was seated in low sulky
10 which was attached on the bottom q
pece If canvas to shield the trotter from
dirt which might be thrown from the running
horse, Peggy from Paris. The first start
was faulty. for before reaching the wire
tn" mare made break. On the second
time down with doc" Tanner out ahead
Sanders sent the speedy trotter along
easily while Starter Walker did not realize
that the start was made and rang the bell.
As he did, Tanner nodded that everything
was in progress. Scott Mccoy followed
after the mare with the runner Carrie
Nation.
Many Of the large gathering did not know
that the trial was on, and began to wonder
why the flying steed did not halt. To
the quarter Sanders kept within three
lengths Of Tanner, and reached that point
with the mare moving at what appeared
to be rather an easy gait. SO surprised
were the timers that they failed to have
the time placed on the score board wien
the quarter pole was reached in 3lA seconds
Down the backstretch the little mare
acted as il she had wings. and again when
the Cleveland trotter reached the half
pole In 1904 the judges and timers failed
10 let the crowd know what she had done.
Because Lou Dillon was moving so easily
and because a number of persons had
stopped their watches when Walker rang
the bell at the start, they were all at sea
al to how fast the mare was travelling.
Around the turn to the three quarters
pole the little mare began to draw up on
the runner. At this point, which was
reached in 1881, Scott Mccoy began to set
his runner after the mare and, turning into
the stretch, Sanders applied the whip with
care to the chestnut and the greatest last
quarter and fastest mile ever trotted
were the result. The last quarter was in
% and the mile in an even minutes
As the mare went under the wire a pin
could have been heard to drop. but when
one man who had failed to stop his watch
at the ringing OF the bell appeared gleeful
and gazed at his watch he faltered about
Whispering the time to his neighbors. He
was then heard to say. "Well 1 got the
nile in two minutes.
The crowd was wondering, but before
the little mare with her driver had returned
from the first turn after the trial Starter
Walker announced, Il want your special
attention. The trial Of Lou Dillon was as
follows: First quarter in 800 seconds,
the half in 1909, the three-quarters in
u and the mile in 300"
As this was being called the new cham
rlon trotter and driver were in front Of the
grand stand. Men ran out to congratulate
Sanders, and the grooms Rugged the trotter.
For one who had never heard the bell ring
and who had never been in a race her re-
c"ption was tremendous
Sanders was congratulated on all sides
and shortly after Lou Di!on's trial her
"rerioyed owner, c. X. G. Billings, left for
New York
Lou DiIlons unparalleled fight Of speed
al the Brighton Beach Grand Circuit meet
ing fully prepared the public for her Won
denul peri ormanCe of yesterday at Read
yiIle
The rise of the mare from obscurty to
IN" highest pinnacle OF trotting fame has
been 50 sudden as to have no parallel in
larnesr-horse history.
Lou Dillon was bred by Henry and Ira
Pierce OF San Francisco, Cal, and her
breeding justified the breeders in expecting
phenomenal speed. Her sire, Sidney Dillon,
Is by Sidney, 2l91+, one of the most sensa-
liohaI sreS of extreme speed the skill of
'ne breeder has yet produced. Tho dam
o. Sidney Dillon also produced the PAGER
Atoms, 2llI, a sensational performer
m The reign Of the high wheels Sidney !
DNion is young horse, but his daughter,
D"Iy DILLON, 2;07, was "a Grand Circuit |
star last year.
The dam of Lou Dillon Is Lou Milton, by /
Mitoh Medium, son of Happy Medium, |
VINO got the champion Nancy Hanks. 2O4. |
" VIII be seen that the blood lines OF the
rev turf queen all trace 10 sources of ex-
'rcme speed.
p. AXE many high-bred youngsters Lou
uI,Ion was wilful, but always very fast.
W men 3 wears old and only half broken she
r0tt"3 mile faster than $50
, hon she was turned over to Willard
sanders and in her four-year-old form
we was taken with his campaigning stable
thI trained throughout the season. At
b"rihlorH she trotted a mile in 2.Os1,,
'nu When Memphis was reached she trotted
''iIolher mile in POSI- and half mile very
'%Se TO an even minute.
w "hen Henry Pierce died, his brother
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