The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-10-28
SMASHED RECORD.

LOU DILLON CLIPS OFF
ANOTHER SECOND AND A
QUARTER.
Lowers Trotting Record to One
Fifty Eight and Half, Made
Saturday at Memphis.
Memphis, Tenn, Oct. 24.-Lou
Dilloo. the peerless tro,ter. owned
by c. K. G. Billings of Chicago,
and driven by Millard Sanders this
afternoon proved her right TO the
proud title Of queen of the turf"
by trotting mile under the ave,ss
conditions 10 the remarkable time
of 1881 The daughter of Sidney
Dillon was paced by runner dri-
ven by Scott Mccoy, and another
runner followed closely to urge the
mare to supreme effort.
The track of the Memphis driving
Club never showed to better advan.
tage. Sprinklers were employed
throughout the day putting on fin
ishing touches, and when the time
fr Lou Dlilon's : rial arrived the
course was perfect. A strong wind
from the north swept down the long
back stretch, however, and Judge
New .oa annoansed to The specta-
tors that not too much shou Id be
expected ofthe game little trotter.
Lou D Hon appeared on the
track at BIO p. M. and alter a
preliminary center, Sanders an.
nounced he was ready tor the start.
The two runners were aligned In
position, and it was noticed that q
piece of hoard aHontsoHes yard wide
was fastened ito the pacemakers
snlky, direc, " untiersths seat. This
it was announced was used to
keep the dust out of the mares face.
At the first start, ,Sanders nodded
for the word, and the flag dropped.
After going an eighth of mile.
Sanders yelled to Mccoy to drive
faster. and it looked as if the mare
would catch the runner. Making
the first turn, the remarkable work
of Lou Dillon could be better seen
by the thousands present, and like
piece of perfect machinery she
reached the quarter pole in 80 sec
onds. The turn for the back stretch
was now reached, and many exptc.
ted to see the champion falter be-
cause of the wind. To the surprise
Of everyone, Lou Dillon seemed to
travel faster and when the half
mile was reached the timers slaie
clicked out 5s3. A great cheer
arose, and many horsemen predic-
ted new record was making. On
the far turn, Mccoy was forced to
whip the runner to keep clear of
the trotting marvel, which was
pushing him closely. The three
quarter pole was passsd in 1921
and the mare had turned for home.
The wind now was an advantage
rather than a detriment, and with
su ,erb bursr of speed, Lou Dillon,
W ged on by the shouts of the dri-
ve.s of the runners, dashed under
tie wire in 1854
When the time WIS flashed te
III. spectators, hats were thrown
b eh into the air and cheer followed
ch er. Sanders vas literally liz
teu from his sulky by an admiriDp
throng while Mr.. Billings was
showered with congratulations.
1t was noticeable fact thai
| watches of the official timers agree
| to the fraction, and many horsemer
| standing in the infield caught ths
| time as officially announced to the
| fraction. Th- timers were Buc
Doyle. Fred Hartwell, of Chicago
and Fred D.ckerson, of New York
Two other worlds records wer'
broken this afternoon. Darrell, a
bay mare by Alexander, driven b
4 Mcdonald paced mile in 2:OO4
Tha former pacing record for !
mare was held by Fannie Dlllart
! [2:o3a1.
! Equity and The Monk from MIR
\ Billings stable, were sent a mil
against the 2:124 irotting to tn
/ pole record The two horses wer
8 driven by Mr.. Billings in faultles
4 style, and passed under the wir
in 2:094.