The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-01-09

up the Cleveland campaign by trotltng
another mile in 2. 2.o2 81 tieing Creceus.
At Brighton Beach she trotted in
2.o3A.
These were all great performances,
but the Queen was only. beginning to
show what she could do. At Read
vile, Boston, on August 24th, she
went a mile in two minutes. No
matter what comes after her, she will
be remembered for that performance
as long as the world stands. No mat
ter how fast other horses may go,
they can never wipe out the fact that
she was the very first to do a two
minute mile.
That performance put Lou in a
class by herself Immediately. All
the world of horsemen had for years
been discussing the possibility of the
two minute trotter, and many were
.sGfe that such horse would never
appear. And here was Lou Dillon,
who had made the time.
AT Cleveland, week or two later,
attached to a high wheeled sulky, she
went a mile in 2.o5, easily beating
Maud SIS time, 2.o8A which for
eighteen years had stood as the worlds
record
At Lexington the famous Major
Delmar made new world $ record of
2.o3A, trotting to wagon. This rec
ord was broken in the shortest time
ever known, for fifteen minutes after
Major Delmar made it Lou Dillon
came on the track driven by her own
er, Mr.. Billings, and did the mile in
2.o1A.
At Memphis, about October 21st,
she again met Major Delmar. By
this time each had done mile in two
minutes, and this was the first time
in the history of the world that two
2 minute trotters ever competed.
Lou won handily in the fastest heats
ever seen; 2.o4A, 2.o4A.
A few days later, about October
25th, Lou surprised the world by
trotting full mile in I.58H. Her
last appearance on the race track was
to wagon, with Mr.. Billings driv-
ing, when she started to beat her own
worlds record of 2.oIA to wagon.
She again surprised us by trotting
the mile in two minutes fat, thus es-
tablishing another record for herself.
So Lou ended the season in blaze
of glory, and she came out absolutely
sound and fresh. She proved to us
that there never was a faster, gamer,
steadier or more reliable trotter, and
l feel sure that her best days are yet
to come. I expect to see her beat
even the pacing horse record. She
has pacing horse speed and the strong
est heart of any horse ever saw.
As an instance of her courage and
/ may mention that the
first automobile she ever saw was on
the road at Cleveland during her first
season away from the farm. The
machine came at us making a deal of
noise, but Lou only looked at it,
pricking her ears. The automobile
stopped and began letting off steam.
Yet at my request she walked up to
and examined the strange thing with
curiosity, but without fear, while the
automobilest took her picture.
One advantage that Lou has over
most horses arises largely from the
fact that in spite of her dainty airs
and graces she is so gentle and SO
true. We can give her the utmost
freedom. She wears no checkrein or
martingale. Her head is not forced
away up like the heads of other
horses, and she goes easy to herself
with the reins slack on her back.
Then. again, her legs are not swath-
ed like those of other horses. She
wears only a light pair of shin
boots and very light pair of quarter
boots, and her shoes are the lightest
ever worn by fast trotter; her front
shoes weighing ~ ounces each and
hind shoes IN ounces each.
Lou, who has her own personal at
tendants, to whom she is much at
tached, sleeps soundly in blankets till
6. 80 o'clock every morning, and then
gets up and has breakfast, which con-
sists of IN quarts of oats and some
carrots.
After breakfast she is brushed off
and the night dress of bandages and
cotton removed from her limbs. Then
follows her morning exercise, hitched
to a sulky or wagon when intended
to go fast, or to a Payne cart when
going slow.
At the end of this work she is rub
bed with alcohol, getting regular mas
sage treatment all over. Then she is
bandaged and blanketed again and
walked about for nearly two hours,
and an hour and half later takes an
easy jog. After this comes her din
ner exactly the same as her breakfast,
and succeeding that she rests till
four o'clock, when she is walked
about for an hour.
When she returns to the stable her
bangages are put back on her and
she is given her hay, which costs $50
a ton. 1t is California hay, brought
on here specially for her, as we find
it is better for her than the ordinary
timothy hay. At 6 O'Clock she gets
carrots and oats again, and another
feast of the same sort comes at $50,
after which Queen Lou goes to bed,
we'll wrapped in blankets, from which
only her fine head protrudes. The
Lndebendent, Mew York.
TWO HUNDRED TIPsY TRAMPs.