The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-18
MAUD SIS RECORD
APPARENTLY SAFE
Will Take Mile Better Than
1912 to Lower 1t.
TR0TTING RULES UNJUST
Horse Can Be Credited With Only One
Rec0rd-Dillon and Patch
Robbed Of LauTels

According TO the decision Of the joint
committees Of the National and Amer-
can Trotting Associations and the
American Trotting Register Association.
in ruling on the protest against Lou
Dillon's high-wheel sulky record of 2s5.
made at Cleveland. being accepted as "a
worlds record. the Billings mare will
have t. pull a high-wheel sulky a mile
IN better than 1859 to claim a world $
record.
This on its face appears TO be start
ling declaration. yet this is just what
the ruling of the committee means The
wording of the ruling is as follows:
We find that the performance of Lou
Dlion at Cleveland. Ohio. September y.
1stS, IN z.t5. TO a high- wheeled. ball bear
ing sulky, with pdcemdker. with dirt
shleld ia front was not record. be-
cause the mare had previously perform
Sd IN faster time. which performance
was her record. and preciuued a slower
performance being a record.
We also find that the performance of
Maud s. at Cleveland Ohio. ia 1888.
was to high-wheeled. plain axle. nc
corning TO rules; that the time iz:0SSa)
was not only her best time but the
best time ever made mp TO that date,
and was q record.
No record can be made with a wind
shield other than the ordinary dirt
Torrance with a pacemaker in front,
with dirt shield. shall be recorded with
distinguishing mark. referring to q
note stating the facts.
Will Have to Travel Fast
In this decision the committees fail to
make any provision for the manner Of
hitch in crediting horse. which has al
ready faster mark. with a record. So
far as the associations are concerned. Il
f- "a f.rna
That being the fastest mile IL has ever
stepped where the conditions We're such
THAI gave a record for the performance.
Lou Dillon is credited with a record Of
1-oS1z. which is the worlds record for a
IrOtter. and. according to the latest de-
cision. she will have to beat that hooked
10 a high wheeled sullsy before she can
Technically be given a worlds record 10
high wheels.
No performance recorded in the annals
OF light harness history has caused move
comment or mas given turf writer's.
horsemen and general followers of the
sport. more 10 write and talk about than
Lou Dlilons ml4e over the Cleveland
track in 200 last September. which was
claimed as a world 5 trOtting record Il
high-wheeled sulky.
1t finally ended in a protest being
lodged by the sons Of Robert Bonner
ah<sTho owned Maud 5. when that great
daughter of Harold Miss Russell trotteo
a mile TO a high-wheel sulEy in 2.0SA
over the same track. and under this
protest the joint committee rendered
the decision which still gives Maud 5
credit for holding the worlds trottine
record TO high-wheel sulky.
Will Be Robbed.
II this ruling is 20 be general. both
Lou Dillon and Dan Patch win be
robbed of their present wagon records
for at the time the present marks were
made both trOtter and PAGER had beer
faster miles hooked to a sullSy.
Joe Patchen. the sire of Dan Patch. i.
credited in the Year Book with a rec
ord of 2:04+ when ne already had paceC
a mile 10 harness in 2.OlA. The Abbott
took a record of 2-043s 70 harness, anc
later trotted a mile To wagon in 2-09rz
and is credited with this mark In ths
Year Book.
When Dan Patch. the worlds cham
pion PAGER, covered a mile 10 wagon Il
1.57L at Memphis October y. be helt
the world record TO harness. .56l4
made at Lexington. October =. WheI
Lou Dillon made her famous mile 4
wagon IN Z-ct. at Memphis, October =
the trOttinE queen had stepped mil'
TO harness in .5slk at the same tract
four days previously.
There IS probably no doubt that Thu
years issue Of the Year Book vii
ind both champions created with tnes'
wagon performances. vet. according L
the ruling OF the joint committees, thes
must not bc considered as records
merely as performances. The who'll
question seems 10 rest upon the styl
OF the axle bearings used on the suikic
pulled By Maud :. and Lou Dillon. ant
the manner Ia which the perfOrmanc
was advertised. II IL was simply an
nounced that Lou Dillon was 70 Dea
Maud s. IS time 20 a high-wheel sulky
she certainly made a record; but II tn
suiky was supposed 90 bee tae same .
pulled By the former queen OF the turf
the laIters record is unquestiOnaOly in
tact.
The Way Cut Of 1t.
There seems to be only one way t
settle the argument in the minds Of al
fair-rainded followers OF the sport. ant
that is for Lou Dillon TO trot mil
against the record Of Maud S.. puilin
the identical sullsy used by the forme
champion trotter. Some talk is hear
that the BOnners nave agreed TO ALLOW
Mr. Billings the use Of Maud SIS sull1l
which Is still at the TarrytoWn farm