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Dillon was led out for the second heat she had the 

 thumps. A veterinary said she should be drawn. Mr. 

 Billings, like a true sportsman, decided to go over 

 the course so that Major Delmar would have a clear 

 title to the cup. The latter trotted the mile in 2:18i/^ 

 and was declared the winner. 



The race was soon forgotten like many other turf 

 disappointments. Smathers sold his trotters that 

 fall and his runners the following summer. When he 

 retired from the turf he did not require the services 

 of George W. Spear but paid him his salary to 

 October, 1905. 



Three months later Spear went west. He stopped 

 at Chicago and called on Murray Howe. The latter 

 had been Secretary of the Memphis Trotting Asso- 

 ciation but was then in the employ of a gas company. 

 Spear and Howe went to the Chicago Club for 

 luncheon. After making their selections from the 

 bill of fare Spear told Howe a story about the gold 

 cup race of 1904 which resulted in a series of cases in 

 the turf and state courts. 



As Spear ate the best that the Chicago Club's chef 

 had to offer he told Howe that in 1904 during the 

 race meeting at Lexington, Ky., Elmer E. Smathers 

 instructed him to confer with Ed Sanders and see if 

 something could be done to Lou Dillon to keep her 

 from winning the race at Memphis. Ed Sanders was 

 a brother of Millard Sanders, the trainer of the mare. 

 Ed told Spear that he would deliver the goods for 

 $10,000. Spear reported that his employer considered 

 the figure too high and that he would not give over 



