THE CORNER STONE OF BREEDING 



is a material help to the horse going for a fast 

 record. At the Old Glory sale in Madison Square 

 Garden in November, 1904, Major Delmar was 

 knocked down to the highest bidder, C. K. G. Bil- 

 lings, whose offer was $15,000. Through the pur- 

 chase of Major Delmar Mr. Billings now controls 

 the issues so sharply drawn in 1903 and 1904. The 

 Queen and the King could not be in the hands of 

 anyone who has more at heart the best interests of 

 the trotting horse. 



September 19, 1904, Robert E. Bonner addressed 

 a letter to the Boston Herald, resenting the insinua- 

 tion that his family held fast to the belief that Maud 

 S. represented the limit of trotting speed. 



" Allow me to say, no member of the Bonner fam- 

 ily made such an absurd claim. About a year ago, 

 in a communication to the New York Sun, I said: 

 * In common with the majority of horsemen, I be- 

 lieve that Lou Dillon can beat Maud S.'s time when 

 she starts under the same conditions that obtained 

 when Maud S. made her mile in 2.o8f.' After a 

 year has elapsed I think I can safely add to that 

 statement by saying that, in common with the ma- 

 jority of horsemen, I believe that there are now two 

 trotters (Lou Dillon and Major Delmar) who can 

 surpass Maud S.'s performance, notwithstanding 

 that about every world-beater since Maud S. made 

 her mile in 2.o8f, in July, 1885, with the exception 

 of Major Delmar, has started to surpass Maud S.'s 

 performance and failed, the best time made in these 

 trials being 2.09^ by both Nancy Hanks and Lou. 

 Dillon," 



