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land. She had trotted a half within a fraction of a 

 minute and while she was known to be a bundle of 

 nerves several of the leaders wanted her. C. K. G. 

 Billings lasted the longest and bought her. The airy- 

 going daughter of Sidney Dillon began making new 

 wagon records as soon as the racing season opened. 

 Doc Tanner^ tried his hand on her for a few weeks 

 after the sale. He could not make any headway with 

 her and sent for Millard Sanders, her first and only 

 trainer, and requested him to take charge of her. 



Sanders soon had her flying again and at Readville 

 in August drove her to a record of two minutes. 

 After the performance he started to prepare her for 

 the Gold Cup race at Memphis. Smathers soon saw 

 that Lord Derby could not catch the fleet-footed filly 

 from California. After looking the field over he pur- 

 chased Major Delmar with which Alta McDonald 

 had been winning regularly in fast time and had him 

 prepared for the event. It did not prove much of a 

 contest as Lou Dillon won each of the two heats by 

 half a dozen lengths in 2:04%. Sanders and Lou 

 Dillon also continued their record breaking by trot- 

 ting the Memphis track behind a pacemaker in 

 1:581/2. 



After the race Alta McDonald was instructed to 

 take Major Delmar back to Albany, N. Y., and pre- 

 pare him for the third race in 1904. Everyone knew 

 that Lou Dillon was a trotting marvel and while 

 Major Delmar had shown two-minute speed he lacked 

 the flash which made the Sidney Dillon mare a 

 favorite. 



