MR. C. K. G. BILLINGS 



World's Leading Amateur Driver Whose Two-Minute 

 Miles are Championships 



work of this nature would be complete if it omitted 

 mention of the miles in two-minutes or better that 

 have been driven by the distinguished amateur Mr. 

 C. K. G. Billings, whose record in that respect stands alone. 



As is, perhaps, well known, Mr. Billings did not race his 

 horses for purses. They were what may best be described 

 in the language of the day as '"fun" horses, and that included 

 Lou Dillon, Lhlan and William, as well as the trotters and 

 pacers he owned that were not so well known. 



He delighted to exhibit his great horses for the entertain- 

 ment of the public and that public owe him a debt of grati- 

 tude that is not easily paid. His horses were trained and 

 shipped at much expense to many points and it can be said 

 for them that they seldom disappointed. 



In the course of the period in which Mr. Billings main- 

 tained his stable of matinee horses, he had the pleasure of 

 riding three different miles in two-minutes or better, some- 

 thing no other amateur ever even approached. He drove to 

 wagon on these three occasions and the miles were as fol- 

 lows: Lou Dillon 2:00; Uhlan 2:00, both of Avhich are 

 world's records and William, pacer, l:59l/> which is the 

 worlds amateur record. 



When in 1903 Lou Dillon trotted her two-minute mile to 

 wagon at Memphis, Tenn., with Mr. Billings driving the best 

 previous record for a trotter at that style of hitch was her 

 own 2:0134 which she had made at Lexington, with Mr. Bill- 

 ings driving. The two-minute mile still stands as the world's 

 record for trotters to wagon, Uhlan having tied, but not beat- 

 en, it in 1911. Both the record of Lou Dillon and that of 

 Uhlan are double records, no professional ever having 

 driven a trotter to wagon as fast as two-minutes in a public 



