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renown in 1903 under the name of Lou Dillon. 

 Milton Medium trotted to a record of 2.25^, and 

 he carried through his sire and his dam a double 

 infusion of the blood of Rysdyk's Hambletonian. 

 In 1902 as a four-year-old Lou Dillon was taken 

 to Pleasanton, where, April 20, she trotted a 

 mile in 2.24. In the fore part of May she was 

 shipped to Cleveland, and July i her trainer, 

 Millard F. Sanders, drove her a mile in 2.12. 

 Her owner, Henry Pierce, gave instructions to 

 reserve her for the big events of 1903. Sanders 

 carried her through the circuit with the rest of 

 the horses and tried her on other tracks of the 

 country. At Baltimore she trotted a trial in 

 2.08^, and at Memphis she trotted a half-mile in 

 i.oij. During the winter Mr. Pierce died, and 

 she was sold at public auction at Cleveland in 

 May, 1903, to settle the estate. Mr. C. K. G. Bil- 

 lings, a gentleman who has constantly labored to 

 lift trotting into a pure atmosphere, paid $12,500 

 for her. Princess, the dam of Happy Medium, 

 was at one time owned by the father of Mr. Bil- 

 lings, and sentiment therefore had something to 

 do with the purchase. Although heavily entered 

 in stakes, Lou Dillon, who was without a record, 

 was withdrawn from these and was reserved for 



