The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-13
SIRE OF FAMOUSk
RACERS IS DEl|
Sidney, lGrandSire of Lou
lon, Leaves Big Strinu Y
of TrotterS.

Sidney t2:ls). the grandsire Of The
champion trotter. Lou Dillol G.50- Il
one of the most famous OF Aneric,-
genitors of lisht-harness race horses Il
found dead in his stall SUNDAY n,-
Nov. j., at the Springvale farm, =.
owner, Judge J. II. Cartwright ~.
i'll. He was q years old and had bee-
parently as well as usual On 500
when turned out FOR his daily evs-o.
his paddock, but had refused To -.
supper that evening. and died SOM
during the night
Strictly speaking. Sidney was ors
most wonderful horses that this go
has ever produced He was foaIe5 = 4
and bred by Monroe Salisbury OF r. Il
mia. the famous rkingmakeT-' OF - Il
ness turf. who died last year. M,
was Santa Clara t2:17i51, one OF ~ i
mier trOtting stations Of hiS day =,
dam Sweetness t2:2ils). a noted rare
Sidney was himself a taste natural II
tr. but Salisbury nOtOriouSlv hard ii
master-puL him through so -
course OF training that he tecalna Il
sore and unable TO keen 20 his vga
which account he shifted. as mans j
in that condition do, in order 10 II
themselves. TO pace, at which gait h. i
given his record of 2.l92t This 49,
was after Salisbury had passed him II
a failure. and he had become The NO.
of George Nale2Sin. an IJalisn wbs N
the legitimate title of count hui haS u
IL up and metamOrphOsed hlmSeIf ~
plain Mr. when he settled in Califo-r,t
carve out fortune for himself in IN y
world.
When he picked up a lot OF brood M,
discarded by the big breeders. and -
breeding them to Sidney. there was ~
derision manifested by the suppog
smart horsemen of the Pacific coss' a
methods whereby the little Dam
they eontemptuously called him Ma,
tempting and expecting % breed -
horses
The official Year Book Of the Al
lean Trotting Register association II
tied Sidney with string JIG trOtters i
PAGERS with standard records to the n
Of 1866. and he thus ranks among The \
which have gained a place In the a
list of century sires-' The same Nd
credited - of his sons with siring
standard performers and - Of his al,
tiers with producing 32-figures which
returns for 1908 will materially inqsf
The fastest trotterS got by him Were III
terey t2:0gi4) and DR.. Leek 2.03lq. 1
the fastest PAGER. Lena y. 2:05i.
merly the champion pacing mare III
was formerly considerable criticism o. /
family because its members were not \
sessed OF the ability TO train on" Il
great degree as they possessed eGrl
natural speed: and their gameness. A
family. has also been questioned.
is generally recognized that as a pos
speed sire Sidney is entitled TO rank \
any stallion that has yet beer seen.
Few of his sonse have been given "A
opportunity as sires, so their fine "A
ing as such is all the more remaUhl
The case Of his greatest son. Sidney
Ion. is typical of this. Sidney DillOl
bred BY Count Nalensin, and was Cd
Venus q mare that had been q gamsl
enduring Crotting race mare. but OF !
doubtful pedigree that no one but the q
had wanted her as a brood mare, ID
the cover of Sidney she produced a VI
flock OF fast trOtters and PAGERS.
Sidney Dillon was the last fOal q
nus by Sidney. and while she was earn
him Nalensin sold her to the Pierce BH
ers of san, Rosa. Cal. whose properly
was foaled. Like the rest OF his q
Sidney Dillon was very fast as a colt
went wrong and was never raced.
Pierce Brothers had a number OF o.
stations. and he was pushed 10 one s
but occasionally a mare was bred 10 /
One of the latter was a shOrt-bred
iron. well stricken in years that had
dUced some speed, but nothing sensaro
She was called Lou MiltOn-and her
by him was Lou Dillon G:5Sizl. the wo-
champion trOtter.
Sidney Dillon is now owned by Stsr
R Holt of Indiana polls. Ind. and is
Of the most successful siTes in the q
try. having while still young. besides
Dillon. the wonderful four-year-0ld, Z
Dillon (2:OeID. Dolly Dillon f2d6a.L
Sidney Dillon (2:e7a1). To his credit.