The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-09
BILLINGS, THE
 HORSE KING
HAS INVESTED OVER e2,OOO,OOO IN
 BROTHERS, BUT NEVER BETS.
Possesses all the stars of the Harness Brigade-Stables Cost Hundreds of Thousands of
 Dollars.

New York Times
 The title of Americas Harness Horse King, justly belongs to c. K. G. Bill lings. the New York millionaire. As a gentleman horse owner and amateur driver MT. Billings has no peer, and his stables of racord-breaking trotters and pacers has never been approached, either in costliness or speed. Interest of the troting and pacing world is cen- tered around the owner of Lou Dillon, Major Delmar. and two score other star harness performers. With MT. Bil- lings it is sport for sports sake. For tunately for him and the trotting world MT. Billings can indulge in his hobby to his hearts content, without giving a single thought to the side of finances and he has thus been able to conduct his palatial horse establishment in a manner at once unique and free from questions of revenue. No other anna teur horseman of note in this country can claim this distinction and MT. Bill lings feels proud of his unchallenged honors.
 It is safe to say his hobby has cost him in round figures $2,000, 900, but he does not regret the expenditure of this sum. He owns a race track at Mem phis. stables at Tryon Towers, Fort Washington: 92l Madison Avenue, Cleveland: Memphis. Chicago and Lake Geneva, Wis, with auxiliary stables in Speedway stables and Durland's. He possesses the fastest trotters and pac- CTS in the world. while his coach and carriage and saddle horses are too nu- merous for him to count He employs over 100 coachmen. trainers. and sta- blemen. and spends a fortune annually on salaries and for the keep of his horses.
 MT. Billings has about $30.000 invest ed in horsefiesn devoted to harness rac- ing, and spends $175.000 annually on the maintenance of his equine beauties. an amount equal to the interest on $3. 100000 of gilt edge investments. Among the world-beating horses in his stables are:
 Lou Dillon. queen of the trotting turf; record 5s 1-2.
 Major Delmar. worlds champion gelding; record 59 34 Worlds trotting record to pole-The Monk. b. g. and Equity. blk g.; 2:07 3-4.
 Worlds half mile pacing record to pole-Prince Direct and Hontas Crook; l 200 3-4.
 Worlds trotting record to saddle Charlie Mac: 2:14 3-4.
 Worlds amateur pacing record to pole-Morning Star and Prince Direct; 2:06.
 Worlds fastest mile in race by pac- ing stallion-Fred S. Wedgewood. 2:07 1-2.
 These are but a Sew of the records held by MT. Billings. all of which stand | today The majority of these nave been made by Lou Dillon. :5S 1-2. Ma jor Delmar. 1:593-4; The Monk 2:05 3-4; Equity. 2:os 1-4: Lucille. 2:07; Charlie Mac. 2:073-4; Sir Albert S., 2:03 3-4; Hontas Crook. 2:071-2; Prince Direct. 2:07. and Greenline, 2:07 3-4.
 What the late William c. Whitney did for the promotion of running races Mir. Billings has accomplished in the trotting and pacing field. His great fortune. lSt him by ks father. and nearly dousled since he came into pos session of it. gives him the means of gratifying his every wish. In many respects Mir Billings differs from the usual run of large horse owners. He is true gentleman sport in that he does not believe in gambling. and new CT bets a dollar on a horse race. At his race track at Memphis he absolute