The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-30
Butte DEPARTMENT.
"CUT A BIG MELON
And Robert KneebS Also Cut His Way
Into Imprisonment.
A NEW ZEALAND OPINION
Taily-Ho Disqualified for "lncon-
sistent" neutrality-suspicious. the
Famous Combined PAGER
and Trotter-N otes.
A NEW ZEALAND OPINION

The conviction of Trainer Robert
Kneebs last week for ringing the mare
Bethel. his sentence to nine months inn
prisonment, a fine OF 1000 marks and
the confiscation of the mare, is a no
tice served on American tricksters by
European authorities that they viii
stand no crooked racing. and as such is
received with great satisfaction by all
reputable horsemen in this section,
says the Horseman. kneebs is an Eng
lishman who has lived in the West for
% years, making his headquarters at
Sioux City. Iowa, and campaigning
trotters. He looks older than he really
is. and is a first-class driver. In the
language of the turf he cut big mel
on" at Independence, Iowa, in 1890,
when he started the then unknown
mare Jessie Gaines against Pixley. The
latter was a top-heavy favorite, and
Kneebs had no trouble in betting all
the money he had and could borrow.
Gaines beat the famous daughter OF
Jay Gould in the first, third and fourth
heats In 2:1Sl5, 2:1524, 2:16A. rather re-
markable time for the 2:30 class. Doble
thought Pixley invincible, and was
much chagrined over the result, but
oomplimented Kneebs by saying that he
had never met a man who could drive
a better race. 1t will be remembered
that an o. o. Heffner. Pacton, ILL.,, fur
nished the money for Kneebs' trip to
Germany. and accompanied him,
Kneebs furnishing the horses. The mare
Nellie Kneebs, or Bethel, in their
string, won every race until she reach
ed Berlin, where Lord Byron. another
American trotter. formerly owned in
Montana, beat her in slow time. Then
Heffner thought that old Bob had given
him the double cross" and to get even
lot ID - he nit lnt
result we all know. And while on this
subject of ringing horses in Europe
would II not be in order for the Ma
tional and American associations to in
vestigate the charges against A. T.
Stark of classifying the pedigrees of
certain horses recently shipped to Eng
land, and II found guilty to rule him off
the trotting turf There certainly must
be some drastic measures adopted in
the beginning so as to nip the thing in
the bud and protect what promises to
be the American breeders market.
How would the following decision
suit some of our racing friends, who are
rather prone TO bewail the in and out
running OF race horses? If the same
remedy were to be applied here II might
not exactly excite enthusiasm: There
is an old race course joke about object
ing to a horse for winning too far; but
ii really appears that that is not alto
gether an impossible cause of disuuali-
fication in New Zealand, according to
a recently given decision. IT appears
that a horse called Tally-ho, owned by
a well known solicitor near Napier,
after running unplaced behind Zuccho
in the hurdles, on the first day of the
Napier Park meeting. came out in an
other hurdle race on the second day,
and just beat Zuccho Ga warm favorite)
by half a length; Zuccho. by the way,
carried penalty. Zuccho's trainer
lodged a protest. and after taking evil
dence the stewards passed a resolution
10 the effect that, while generating
the owner they were compelled, by the
force of evidence. to disqualify Tally
no for inconsistent running, and award
the stakes to the second horse IN.
Y. Mercury.
The Eagle Bird horse Monbars will
make his appearance again in the sale
ring. There may be others, burt outside
of Jay-Eye-See and Ottinger Monbars
is probably the fastest combined trot-
ter and PAGER now known TO fame.
One of the best that ever lived, as
money winner, was the little Canadian
called the Shaeffer Pony that was
campaigned over the Pennsylvania
tracks 40 years ago. Veterans who
saw him race say that he could be
converted from a trot to a pace with
out any weights or hopples, which were
not known in those days. When he
was to trot, his driver would walk
him up the stretch, turn him around In
walk and the pony would then
SCORE down on a trot. If. on the con-
trary. he was to pace. the little fell
low was sent up the stretch at a stiff
gait turned quick. and he then would
fEaNr aF-fa "a al
ever gait he started with he would
keep for the mile. Many a dollar did
his owner win with him, starting him
over all kinds Of tracks and under all
sorts of conditions for over seven
years and It was his characteristic
boast that the pony could beat any
boss In Pennsylvania from the length
of corn cob TO across the state" His
greatest feat was winning a trotting
race In the morning and a pacing race
in the afternoon OF the same day at a
county race meeting near Wilkes
Barre.
Walter Parks of Helena probably
will handle DR.. Kellogg's stable this
summer. which includes Ben Hur
Hillsbury and the PAGERS Mikado, 2:13
and George Ayers. 2:l7L. who is
thought TO be good for 2:12 this year
IL Zombro, 2:l3. is not sold he may
be taken % Portland and bred to some
Altamont mares there. Ten thousand
dollars was recently refused for Zom-
bro.
To-Day's Entries at Bay District.
Following are the entries and weights
for to-day's races at San Francisco:
First race. about three-fourths OF q
mile-Chartreuse l., Bordeaux, The
King. 105: Sara gOsa, Pecksniff, 10; Ha-
gar. Belle of Stonewall. 10; Leila s.
100.
Second race, eleven-siNteenths OF a
mile-Pollock, Neragua. l07; Pearson
Don Pho Pico. Bnly McClosky. sam
Leake. no; Virgie A.. New Moon, lO5.