28 THE TWO-MINUTE TROTTERS 



by Santa Rosa Stock Farm, Santa Rosa, Cal. and was by 

 Sidney Dillon out of Lou Milton by Milton Medium. She 

 was a three-year-old before she was thought enough of to be 

 given a name as she was not considered around the farm, 

 to be very much. One day Mr. H. I. Pierce, who bred her, 

 asked me what I thought would be a good name for the filly. 

 I suggested Lou from her dam Lou Milton and Dillon, from 

 her sire Sidney Dillon, the idea struck him just right and the 

 filly was named Lou Dillon. 



"In closing this story I want to go on record as believ- 

 ing that one of the greatest miles Lou Dillon ever trotted was 

 that in 2:05 over the Glenville track in 1903. That mile was 

 trotted strictly according to rule, and she drew a high-wheel 

 sulky that weighed 42 pounds and I weighed 156 pounds. 

 This was when trotters had to carry 150 pounds. Since 

 then the rules have been changed. I could have gone a 

 much faster mile that day, but I rated her too slow to the 

 half, thinking she would tire with the high-wheel sulky, and 

 I was rating her to go a mile better than 2:08%, which was 

 the Maud S. world's record at that time for that style of 

 hitch. The Board did not allow the record on the ground 

 that the mare already had a fast record. I want to say that 

 in my opinion the Board was wrong because Lou Dillon was 

 started to beat the high-wheel sulky record of the world and 

 she did beat it and the little mare ought to have the honor 

 which goes with that mile, the fastest ever trotted or paced 

 to a high-wheel sulky. 



"The management of the Glenville track, after the 2:05 

 mile, took the Maud S. 2:08% gold shoe down from the 

 main entrance and substituted one bearing the legend 'Lou 

 Dillon, 2:05' and it hung there for some time which proves 

 that I was not the only one who believed the mile was a 

 world's record. 



"I might add, to keep the record straight, that before 

 Lou Dillon came into my hands, she was driven some by 

 George Ramage, then trainer at Santa Rosa Stock Farm." 



