The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-28
ABOUT A HORSEMAN
Ben B. Kinnsy's Record on the Turf
Is q Clean One.
HE HAS HANDLED GOOD ONE
Now He IL Looking for Brighter
LaureIs Next Season With the
Cracks From the Bitter Root
Stock Farm-N otes.

Zen 3. Kinney, an excellent likeness of
whom, In his Montana winter costume.
appears In the Horseman. is another
product OF the dark and bloody ground,
being born near Lexington. KY. just how
many years ago we will not say, as he Is
stfll on the matrimonial market, and IL
is not desired to spoil his chances; but for
the information of the young ladies Il
may be said that Ben's heart Is the
largest part of him and that 1t h just
high enough to be reached by curly
head.
A lover Of horses from his early boy
hood he was hardly out of short dresses
before he began daliying with the trouters
and at the age of is We ind him cam
paigning the good old-time PAGER Mar
lowe, that afterwards took a record of
ans. The horse was then called Bulldozsr
and he proved that his boy trainer was
something of a teamster, for he won a
number of races. and at Ottumwa, Iowa,
he trotted in a winning race to a record
of 2:21k over a half-mile track, this being
the state record at the time.
Taking up a number of cheap hcrses
and racing them with varying success.
Kinney acquired the experience that
came into such good play when the OPP
portunity of his life came in 1855. In the
fall of that year Hart Boswell sent for
him, took him out on his farm near Lex
ington and showed him a racy-looking
little 2-year-old bay flly that he assured
him was very fast. and one hat he
thought would make great tro' ter.
What do you call herr" asked Ben.
''She is by Happy Medium. Jam Many
Lee, by Dictator. and / have called her
after the woman who bore Abraham Lin
coin. the greatest man that ever lived in
this country. Her name Is Nancy
Hanks" Ben liked the flly. took her
home and began to work her over his
farm track. He soon found that Mr.. Bos-
wells judgment regarding her was good.
but 1t never entered his mind that he was
holding the reins over a future queen of
the turf. She required a great deal of
extra handling. was somewhat inclined to
pace, and II was only after long and pa
tient effort that Ben was at last enabled
to go ahead making speed. Another difn-
Guilty that presented itself was the fact
that the filly's front legs were not the
best In the world, and. as a matter of
fact, the young trainer never saw the day
that me was not anxious about them. but
she showed so much speed that he knew
II was only a question of getting her TO
the post. Starting her next season in the
fair circuits of Kentucky. he trotted her
In eight races In which she never lost but
one heat the first at Harrodsburg. Ky,
and the first one she ever started IN, and
Kinney dropped that to see how she
would act when he was endeavoring to
place her. Bonnie Wilmore beat her that
heat and IL was ever afterwards his chief
distinction. As q 4-year- old Ben drove
her with undiminished success and wound
up the season by driving her a third heat
at rhe Lexington. KY, meeting in 2:14lk.
A great deal of attention was attracted
by this great showing and Kinney was
given due credit for his careful handling
of the mare. 1t was then predicted that
she would be a record breaker and Kim
ney was expected to drive her, but her
owner and Ben could not come to an ami
cable arrangement, and the future queen
was turned over to Budd Doble. Her SUBJ
segment history Is we'll known and there
Is little doubt but that a great measure
of her success Is due to her early eduoa-
tion and the skiiiful manner in which she
was handled by Ben Kinney
In 1891 Kinney met the Montana copper
king. Marcus DAILY. who took a great fam
cy to him and the result was that the
young KeDtuckian was in a short time
wrestling with snowdrfts buffalo coats
and some of the royally-bred youngsters
and trotting horses that Marcus Daily had
upon his immense Bitter Root ranch near
Hamilton, Mont. Since that time Ben
has been constantly with the Northwest
ern horseman, and has appeared upon
either the Western or grand circuit ey-
cry season. and has generally gone into
winter quarters with a balance ON the
right side of the ledger.
Up TO this season he has ridden quite a
number of fast mies and has given rec
ords to those sterling race horses and
mares. Florida, 2:l4h; Flowing Tide.
2l4lt: High Tide. 2:l7i4 Lord Byron, AM:
Minnie cassei. 2:l6ik; Barney. 2:0sz. and
others.
Two years ago. when on a visit to Ken
Tl1.w
racy4ooking little brown hlly by Baron
Wilkes, out of Willie Wilkes. that was
pacing quite fast. She started in the 2
year-old pace at the Lexington meeting,
but was distanced the first heat. but Mad
den. knowing chat she was fast, had her
brought out after the races were over and
showed Kinney a mile In 2:lslk with tier
That satisfied him. and the next morning
the little filly was the property OF Marcus
DAILY. AS a 3-year-old she was not out
but this spring Kinney. who had been
working on the rather erratic young miss
concluded that she would now do. and she
was numbered among the horses that he
started out with in the early spring IN
the western circuit. Lady walton, an
other remarkably high-bred young mare
was stable companion OF Rac1ei's, and
these two. barring several losses occa-
stoned by sickness. have been the star
performers of the season in their re
spective classes. Rachel goes inso winfer
quarters with a brand new record OF
2:0si4. and Lady Wilton with a reduced
mark OF 2:11h These hive been the stars
Of the Bitter Root stable this season, al
though there are two 2-yer-olds that Der
has been giving their education and thai
are likely TO be heard from next year.
Johnny Campbell has retired from nil
position of trainer of Colonel Ruppert's
stable. and n Is rumored az Morris parl
than Snip" Donovan. formerly the train
er OF the great horse Tenny. will success
him as the trainer of the Rupert stable
II is said that Colonel Rupert tried Z,
have J. W. Rogers take ms horses bu
the latter declined. Matt Allen has ais
been named as the trainer of the wealthy
brewers stable. which include the I'M
colt Counter Tenor and some 2-year-oldl
Of nigh promise.
Brighton Beach's big FIRE. devosIring a
a. did. the grand stand. Il generally look
ed upon as a blessing In disguise Brfgh
Inn Rr>zrsh A. located more fayurab1y thai