FIRST 2:00 Trotter!
Wallace's ATR, 1904, Vol.16, p.634 (LOU DILLON);
Worlds Trotting Champion 1903 Readvale MA.Retired 1906 Kentucky. Died 1925 California age 27. The first trotter to go 2:00 Readville Massachusetts, 1903was foaled in 1898 near Santa Ynez CA by the Pierce Brothers Stock Farm of Santa Rosa, CA.Upon the death of her owner Henry Pierce in 1903, she was purchased by C.K.G. Billings at the Cleveland Sales for $12,500. She was trained by Charles Tanner who drove her in many amateur events until she proved herself and then went to Millard Sanders who campaigned her on the Grand Circuit. In 1903 at Memphis, Lou Dillon trotted in 1:58½, driven by Sanders. She also trotted 2:00 to wagon driven by Billings. Lou Dillon was retired in 1906 but was taken on an extended tour of America and Europe, going exhibition miles, driven by Billings and Tanner. She was returned to Billings Estate near Santa Barbara CA where she died at the age of twenty-seven on January 15, 1925.Uhlan and Lou Dillon were buried in an area where streets bearing their names are found today. The original headstones of both these champions are preserved on the fairgrounds at Santa Barbara Today these headstones are on display at the Harness Museum in Goshen.