RECOLLECTIONS OF MEN AND HORSES 



actions of any business of good repute. The accu- 

 racy of pedigree is guaranteed by the strictly enforced 

 rules of registration, and the correctness of time 

 records is fostered by the far-reaching machinery 

 governing track contests. Through vigilance that is 

 sleepless and through discipline that is unbending, 

 type has been elevated and the speed standard ad- 

 vanced. Nowhere are the fruits of Law more appar- 

 ent than in the breeding industry. 



At the close of the trotting season of 1903 Lou 

 Dillon had a record of 1.58^, and Major Delmar 

 a record of 1.59!, with pacemaker and shield in 

 front. The court of last resort placed the shield 

 performances in a class by themselves, and in 1904 

 there was a general return to unpaced records. The 

 earnest rivalry was still between Lou Dillon and 

 Major Delmar, and at the close of the campaign 

 the bay gelding by Delmar out of Expectation stood 

 higher than ever before. He trotted at Memphis 

 October 24 to a record of 2.oi|, and at the same 

 place October 26 he beat the high-wheel sulky rec- 

 ord of Maud S., 2.o8|, made in Cleveland in 1885. 

 His time was 2.07. October 18 at Memphis Major 

 Delmar defeated Lou Dillon to wagon for the Mem- 

 phis gold cup. The mare was not in good shape 

 for such a contest, and the time was slow, 2.07, 2.i8J. 

 Lou Dillon finally recovered her form and at Mem- 

 phis, November n, reduced her sulky record to 

 2.01. It was clearly demonstrated by the perform- 

 ances of both horses that the pacemaker in front 



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