Ruth Dillon

Ruth Dillon
Breed	Standardbred
Sire	Sidney Dillon
Dam	Russie Russell
Sex	Mare
Breeder	Santa Rosa Stockfarm
Record	Trotting, 2:04

Ruth Dillon was a Standardbred who set a harness racing world record for trotting 3-year-old fillies at 2:15 1/4^[1] and then as a 4-year old set the record of 2:06 1/2.^[1]

Driven by Millard Sanders, she won a $10,000 purse racing at Columbus.^[1][2]

Her gait was upright and toe-weights were added to the fronts of her shoes to counter her tendency towards pacing rather than trotting.^[1][2]

She was bred in the Santa Rosa Stockfarm before being sold to Sterling R Holt of Indianapolis.^[3] She was sired by Sidney Dillon^[4] and was the half sister of Lou Dillon,^[2] who was the first horse to break the 2 minute mile.^[5] Her dam was Russie Russell, who gave birth to two other trotters (Guy Boy and Red Star) who were recorded as running the mile in under 2 minutes and 10 seconds.^[6]

References

1. The Western Horseman. 1912. pp. 1344–.
2. Northern Automotive Journal. Bruce Publishing Company. 1909. pp. 20–.
3. Wallace, John Hankins (1907). Wallace's American Trotting Register ... Published at the office of Wallace's Monthly. pp. 875–. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
4. The World Almanac and Encyclopedia. Press Publishing Company, (The New York World). 1908. pp. 213–.
5. Riess, Steven A. (2015). Sports in America from Colonial Times to the Twenty-First Century: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 445. ISBN 9781317459477.
6. Association, United States Trotting (1922). Year Book, Trotting and Pacing. pp. 805–. Retrieved 27 November 2015.