The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-09

ly prohlDits betting or Dookmaklng or any description. His love for the ther. the late Albert M. Billings. own- | ed Princess. one of the famous mares of the trotting turf and dam of Happy Medium. He took up the sport In a | small way about twenty years ago, but the process of development has been gradual from that time until the pres ent. He avoids the limelight of pub- licity. Modest and unassuming. he Is never conspicuous. and his horses are not paraded for the qualification ot inordinate vanity Only when their ings of his horses exploited. and then only in the interest of trottinS.
 | His stable of trotters and pacers Is in charge of Doc" Charles Tanner of Cleveland. He has instructions never to show the champions in exhibition miles, but on occasion to show against time for the beneft of the public. Even then he refuses payment for the work of his champions. Mir. Billings stands | alone today in that he has never driven sulky. He always sits in four- wheeled wagon when showing his star performers. and Is willing to compete at any gentleman's driving club that puts up a trophy. no matter whether 1t is worth $ or $5.000, and it is because of this he enjoys the title of the first gentleman of the trotting turf.
 l Not one of MT. Billings horses eyer started in a race for money since he | became identified with the sport. His love for amateur sport, pure and sim pie. has enabled him to enjoy, the fruits of his many track victories without the semblance of, professionalism. a record he is justly proud of. An intimate friend of MT. Billings gave the follow | ing account of the famous horseman's businesslike methods:
 When MT. Billings assaulted the records under saddle they had stood for many years. Ho trained as hard for the attempts as his horses were worked. When the last superfluous pound had been sweated on his active frame he weighed ITO pounds. and 1t goes without saying that 1t takes a good deal of horse to trot and pace miles under 2:14 with this burden in the saddle. When he is able to spend all day at his training farm at Glenville. which is about once a week, during the active season. MT Billings drives twenty-five to thirty miles in working out his string of fly CTS. and there Is a vast deal of exercise lin the big dose of handling such har- messed streaks of lightning as fill his stable.
 l On one day last season he drove six teen miles in separate workouts. all of them better than 2:15. with six of them faster than 2:10 and two of them bet ter than POT. It takes a calloused lover of horsefiesh to hold back an enormous sigh at the thought of such Accumulated bliss as this. It seems almost too much to fall to the lot of one man. But while MT. Billings has the tools to work with. Che has said 1t cost him a million dollars to produce one Lou Dillon and her record) such con sistently fine results could not have been obtained without infinite skill, patience and labor. Among sportsmen he has the happy distinction of keep- ing out of controversies and taking re- verses like the proverbial good loser. | It Is true MT. Billings does not know what he owns. and the general public cannot even imagine what 1t costs to run a stable such as MT. Billings. The stable at Tryon Tower, Fort Washing ton. costs $12O.00o year in salaries alone Add to this the cost of trans portation. repairs to buildings. grounds lcarriages, and harness and another big sum is required. The following ta- ble will give an idea of the cost of MT
 Billings horse belongings and their keep: