Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-23
HOW LOU DILLON
IS CARED FOR.
Daily Life Of Billings Champion
Trotter-Trainer and Two
Attendants.
HER FOOD AND EXERCISE.
She Sleeps, Wrapped Carefully In a
Padded Box Stall-Each Days
Program.

Few people realize the care that Is law
isbed on C. X. @. Billings little champion
,rot,er Lou Dillon. She Is constantly at
,ended by her trainer and two other men,
e,nerts in the handling Of race horses.
Her owner apparently cares little for eS-
nense so long as his famous little mare
IA properly cared for. Their is a daily
routine laid out for her, and It Is faith
fully adhered to. She thinks great
deal Of her attendants and especially OF
her trainer Willard f., Sanders. She
seems to recognize his footsteps whenever
ne goes near her STALL This famous ami
mai sleeps in a padded box stall, and Is
vrapped in blankets For breakfast she
,s given two quarts and a half Of selected
oats and some carrots, After the morning
meal she has the bandages OK cotton re-
moved and Is given a thorough brushing
She Is then Plven couple OF miles eXer-
else TO cart or sulky. On her return 70
Tho stable she Is massaged and rubbed
with alcohol. She is then blanketed again
and walked about for couple OF hours:
Her dinner Is the same as breakfast and
then she rests for some time, About
o'clock she is given a little fast exercise
after which she Is returned 10 the stable,
bandaged, and given hay that COSTS W.
per ton. Carrots and oats again at
o'clock and the same ut g:D ana then she
goes TO bed.
Speaking Of the characteristics OF the
trottting queen, Willard Sanders says that
IN her races Lou comes to the starting
point with a hop skip and a jump, all
wrong from the orthodox point Of view,
but all right for Lou Dillon.
IN another horse such conduct would
be most reprehensible, and would presage
badly for steadne IN a race; Lou Dll-
lon IL so high strung, so full OF strength
that she simply can't hold herself, she
must dance and prance But once In the
race no horse ever goes truer than Lou,
The word driver though the proper
technical name, conveys n false Idea con-
conlng the person who sits behind Lou
IN her races. She Isn't usually driven
at ALI she knows nothing Of the whip,
and little OF the bit She IL given her
own way, with the rens slack on her
back, and the man behind simply gives
q word Of advice at critical points,
Three years ago found Lou In dis,
grace on account Of what was supposed
10 be her invincible frivollty. AS ac-
Quantance with Lou improved became
more and more convinced that she was
worthy Of higher education, ana SO the
lVlluNHlb oNhoNh bAoubhs hN' 49," 10
stable on the grand circuit, which IN
cludes the tracks at Cleveland Detroit,
Buffalo Boston, New York. Lexington,
Cincinnati, etc On the grand circuit
there Is a constant change and excite
ment aud Lou Dillon tried all tracks
and had brushes with all sorts Of rivals,
and all the time she was gaining IN ex-
perence and confidence, She had all the
benefits Of racing and none OF the strain.
] expect TO see her beat even the pacing
horse record this year. She has pacing
horse speed AS an instance Of her cour-
Oge ana steadlness | may mention that
the first automobile she ever saw was
IN the road at Cleveland during her hral
season away from the farm.
The machine came at us, making much
noise, but Lou only looked at II, prlck'ng
UP her ears The automobile stopped, and
at my request she walked up to ana
examined the strange looking thing with
evident curiosity, but without the slight
est show Of fear while the anomoblllst
took her picture, One advantage that
Lou has over most horses Is that we can
give her the utmost freedom. She wears
no check rein or martingale. Her head
j. not forced up like the heads OF other
horses Then, again, her legs are not
swathed like those OF other horses she
wears only a pair Of shin boots and
light pair Of garter boots, while her
shoes are the llghtest ever worn by
fast trotter, her front shoes weighing
a. ounces each and her hind shoes va
ounces eachh