28 The Trotting and the Pacing Horse 



struggles against the steady beat of the watch. 

 She was the star of 1903, trotting in 2.02|- at 

 Cleveland, July 11; in 2.00 at Readville, August 

 24; and in 1.58I at Memphis, October 24. It 

 is a pity that the rules governing performances 

 against time were not more strictly observed, 

 for then a bitter controversy would have been 

 avoided, and the 1.58!^ would not have been 

 entered in the Year Book with a note of ex- 

 planation. A pace-maker in front with a dirt- 

 shield is something not looked upon with favor 

 by those who make and execute the laws of 

 the trotting track. It was a mere coincidence 

 that Sidney and Venus, who were responsible for 

 Sidney Dillon, sire of Lou Dillon, were at one 

 time enrolled among cripples. The infirmities 

 were not so deeply seated as to be transmitted. 

 Fly, the dam of Lou Milton, the dam of Lou 

 Dillon, is down in the books as a mare of un- 

 traced blood. Her appearance, however, was 

 that of a thoroughbred, and it is stated that Lou 

 Milton was a fleet runner under the saddle. The 

 nervous disposition of Lou Dillon, coupled with 

 her astonishing bursts of speed, suggests a race- 

 horse strain. She trotted to high-wheel sulky 

 at Cleveland in 2.05, but the performance is not 



