Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-04
WILLARD SANDERS
AND RACE HORSES.
Tells Something About Nature of
Champion Trotter Lou Dillon
And Others.
He MAKES A STUDY OF THEM,
She was SchOolcd and Watched and
Corrected--Called Spiteful Little
Brat by Doc Tanner.

Willard Sanders studies horses as
specialist studies a particular case
brought TO his attention. A doctor never
gave more heed TO q sick child than
Sanders has given to every horse he has
had under his charge, He prefers to
take the horse In his babyhood, study his
faults, his good points, his strength and
weakness Then starts the period of
correction, OF encouragement Of devel-
opment When the animal Is returned to
his owner he Is returned with diploma
from the master OF probabilities on the
trotting turf.
Willard Sanders Is mddle-aged, triile
below the medium height, weighing In his
street clothes ISL pounds, seven Of which
he can scale off when he gets into his
driving toys lie has a short thick, close
lyl-cropped iightish mustache and hair Of
the same color. lie talks quietly, acts
quietly knows a horses worth at a
glance.
sitting in the perforated grand stand
last week at Brighton Beach-or, as all
trotting folk call II. Brighton track-San-
ders told little something Of himself lie
had talked possible five minutes, when he
said suddenly.
"Wi you excuse me for minute. ] see
horse out there scoring for start that
/ want to put a little wager on" He
mentioned the horses name, hurried OIL
and returned. The horse won with ease.
Mr. Sanders has made California his
home for many years and has developed
and driven moro young racers, particular
IS yoarlings than any man living BY the
way that word developed you VIII ind
cropping out in IL out of every dozen
conversations you hear on the trotling
tur. 1t means study, watching, dlscip-
nt.a lnIt laAF a hn oil tn
study, study.
Sanders IL studying yet. He says man
never can get to know all that should be
known about a horse. Sanders knows a
good deal He has known enough 90 give
records to six yearlings from 2.22 to 800
and four of these were worlds records.
He is particularly successful with mares,
and, telling Of this, he says'
I'm the last two years have developed
and driven four mares to records better
than 2.l0. These have been Janice 2:0Sh
Dolly Dillon, 2;Ol, Amelia, 2O6S,, and Lou
Dillon. 200"
Developing horses out In California is
paying proposition, From one source
all expenses for developing young horses.
How doese he do III Well, as he him
self says It's long story. The brief
way Of putting 1t is study your horse
and persevere.
Take the case Of Lou Dillon. for ex-
ample, SAYS Sanders--all his thoughts
Just now run In the direction OF the beau
tiful chestnut mare with which he has
won fame world wide when first took
hold OF her she was a very contrary, am
bilious little mare, and very much double
gated. You may have been told that her
temper was short. 1t is the truth. She
was a bad child, was Mistress Lou. and
she needed lot OF correcting.
Let me tell you what Doc Tanner
thought of her Mr. Billings had told
Doc to buy the mare when she was put
up at auction when the bad time came
for the Pierce brothers, who bred her,
Doc bid as high as $4,000 and came over
to Mr.. Billings and made a strenuous ar
gumenti I won't give a penny more for
"'Why Mr. billings, what do you want
with that splteful little brat2 You won't
get any real enjoyment out OF her. She'll
carry you along AL right for while, but
like as not she'll make fool OF you
before your friends Just when you least
expect II, | grant YOU says Doc Tanner,
That the mare has speed But she Is MS
uncertain as. the election 10 years from
now. ! won't pay another cent for her,
II YOU want her you win have to do the
bidding Yourself
THAT is what Doc Tanner thought OF
her and what he will toll YOU today he
thought Of her. Mr.. Billings began hid
ding himself, and bought her Then I
was nut In to make something OF the lit
tie girl
~ worked her last year giving her most
OF her turf education with slow half miles
and lettne her step the last half IN fast
time. This found TO be the hest ulan In
her case 7 brought her from California
In the snring and carried her oil over
the grand Circuit. taking her finally back
to California In the fall"