Show DRUGGING OF LOU DILLON story Is being beng told tn in the new york co courts u arts new ne v york april 1 in an effort to recover from dimer ulmer E tha the geld cup won by his horse major delmar in a race with the trotting maro IU lou dillon at vl memphis emphis on october 18 1904 the memphis trotting association as plaintiff began yesterday to lay before justice greenbaum and a juo jur in the supreme court all of the facts connected with the alleged drugging of the mare as the result of a conspiracy planned by mr air smathers Sma there the tho board of review of the national trotting rotting association in december awarded the cup to mr smathers the memphis association claims tho aard of review acted irregularly george W spear employed by mr smathers for more than five years as a trainer took the stand at the opening of the trial and stated that at lexington just prior to the memphis meeting mr smathers bers had ask ej him to arrange with the trainer 0 of f lou dillon to have the mare beaten he declared he received word from the trainers brother that ft it would coat cost 1000 he reported this to mr smathers who declared the price preposterous and said he would woud not give but that was aa as far as spear went with the negotiation negotiations millard sanders trainer of lou loa dillon testified as to the intimate hid his tory of the wonderful race mare de tolling tailing her performances outlining her daily routine of life even to the quantity and character of her food and gave the r record ecord of her trials f from rom the time ume he took her as a four year old ID in 1902 and began to develop what he termed a wonderful racing machine salmon waa was formerly prominent in lal tho the politics of tjui this state I 1 |