The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-04-03
DRUGGING OF LOU DILLON
TRAINER SANDERS TELLS OF
 BROTHERS PROPOSITION.

Five Thousand Dollars to Make the
 Famous Little Mare Lose Gold Cup
 Event--Rcfused to Take Any Part Ii
 the Alleged Conspiracy--Trottcr
 Seemed Fit at the Start but walked
 With stagger at Close of First
 Heat.
 New York, April 2.-Millard Sanders, the former trainer of the trotting mare Lou Dillon, was the first witness called to-day in the trial of the suit brought by the Memphis Trotting association to recover the gold cup won by E. F. Smathers horse Major Delmar in 1904
 It was testified yesterday that George ". Spear, a former trainer for Smath- CTS, negotiated with Edward Sanders, & brother of Willard, to have Lou Dillon put in such condition that she could not win the race.
 Willard Sanders testified for the plaintiff that at the Lexington CKy.) race track, about ten days before the race at Memphis when Major Delmar won the cup, he overheard Smathers tell Edward Sanders that ne could beat the mare on the square"
 Willard Sanders said that his brother told him they could get $5,OOO for mak- ing Lou Dillon lose the race, The wit ness said he told his brother not to mention the subject to him again, but two days later Edward Sanders told him 1t would be an easy way to secure the money. The witness again told him to stop discussing the subject On another occasion witness was walking with his brother, and seeing Smathers, Edward Sanders suggested that this would be good time to talk the mat ter over witd him. His brother stopped to talk with Smathers, but the witness did not. Sanders then said he over heard smathers say he could beat the mare on the square Afterwards, at Lexington, Sanders said his brother told him that Smathers had renewed his of- fer of $5,000
 Sanders said his brother Edward again approached him at the Memphis track and once more attempted to per- suade him to become party to the conspiracy. Are you going to be so big fool as to throw away chance to make money so easily?" Sanders de- clared his brother asked aim. II told him, he continued, that I would not do anything to hurt the little mare for the world"
 He had several other talks with his brotner about the matter, but he al- ways refused to take any part in the plan. On the day of the race he logged Lou Dillon on the track several times, the last time half an hour before the race was called, and she appeared to be in perfect condition. She also seemed fit when Mr Billings took her for the start, and she and Major Delmar got away from the wire together. In the first quarter Major Delmar was slight ly in the lead, but in the second the mare closed up the gap slowly until just after the half-mile post was pass ed when she began to slow up. When she reached the stable she appeared very tired and walked with a stagger, as if exhausted. She was not in con dition to extend herself in the next heat, and did not fully recover for two days. Then she was sent for a record and covered a full mile in 2:O1 IA. Four days later she trotted a mile in 2:01 fiat and was not distressed at ti}e finish.
 On cross-examination Sanders said that Lou Dillon had raced only twice prior to the meeting with Major Del mar, and that in July, 1904, she failed in an attempt to beat Maud S.'s record of 2:0S 3-4. He denied, however, that she practically collapsed on the track, and said that her failure to better the record was due to the fact that she was "off edge He said that the day of the match race at Memphis was very sultry and that the horses scored three times at high rate of speed before getting away, and that the first quarter was made at close to a two-minute gait.
 After a long cross-examination of Sanders court adjourned until to-mor- row.