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bearing hubs. After a patient hearing the board 

 handed down this decision : — 



" We find that the performance of Lou Dillon 

 at Cleveland on September 12, 1903, to high- 

 wheel, ball-bearing sulky, with a pace-maker with 

 dirt-shield in front, was not a record, because the 

 mare had previously performed in faster time, 

 which performance was her record and precluded 

 a slower performance being a record. 



" We also find the performance of Maud S. at 

 Cleveland in 1885 was to high-wheel, plain-axle 

 sulky, according to rule ; that the time, 2.o8|-, was 

 not only her best time, but the best time ever 

 made up to that date, and was a record. 



" No record can be made wdth a wind-shield 

 other than an ordinary dirt-shield and pace-maker 

 in front. A performance with pace-maker in 

 front with dirt-shield shall be recorded with a 

 distinguishing mark referring to a note stating 

 the fact." 



This decision gives Maud S. the place of honor 

 during the period that the high-wheel sulky was 

 in general use ; her 2.o8f is the best high-wheel 

 record over regulation track; but no sharp line 

 of distinction, for handicap and registration pur- 

 poses, is drawn between sulkies. 



