The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-20
George Hankins. Millionaire Chi
cago Horseman, Invests Hare.
Lire FILLED WITH ao.AncE.


4 Ge1fge haHkinx. t1s kia6 pan VI s's"
sporting fraternity Of Ch.eazo. the part
rer OF Nike AcDc1sld. TO, Unknown to
fame, and one Of toe most famous turf
men TN the country. aas about determined
- mako Seattle bis home. Ny. Hankins
has several business irons In the FIRE. In
Guiding the possihss building OF race
track, to form part OF the california-Aon-
tsns racing circuit. He also has an eye
on the possibilities for the establishment
OF q big brewery Ia Seattle.
As. Hzakins Ia three times . millionaire
His holdings In Chicago real estate alone
figure up over si.oo.0o. He owns mag
uii1cent residence or Michigan avenue. Ia
the heart Of the bon ton district. and il
heavily interested In . string OF racing
horses now In san Francisco.
Every sporting ntaa in the eoaniry
knows George Hankins. either personally
or BY reputation. Since bs has beea here
he hs, met several people whom he knew
IN the days Of 1854. when gold was found
IN kiondike quantities In Alder suish.
Montana and when travel over the plains
and prair,es Of the middle West by OK
team and wagon was the popular aud only
way Of getting Into tbs wild and woody
West And Sill Hanklns II wesi-pFe-
served. hearty. vigorous and active man.
willing 90 risx a dollar On the chance OF
winning another or making Il In = ssxiti-
mate wsy.
wouA Fiil voismes.
II the NE story OF George Hanksns II
ever written up. It will make volume
usss interesting In many respects than
the chronicles OF the celebrated William
Cody, better known ~ Buffalo BlIi. In
many respects the two men are not dis
similar. Cody has been . freatiersman
al his life. - has Hankins. Cody. 40
every one knows. 10 4 thorousibbred. and
20 u Hankino.
About George Hankins. IN addition 10 the
fact that he 10 conservative and pro-
Greeeiye BUSINESS man. tnsre 10 an Amos
phefe Of romance and adventure. Wen he
Was In his twenty-frst year he was .
member Of a big party OF men =no frav-
oIud In prairie schooners across the piaine
al Iowa. Nebraska and Wyoming TO Mon
tAna, thea the frontier outpost OF civilized
man. This was In iSG4-ss. Five times his
parry was attacked By bands OF hostile
Indians. More than one paInt-hesneared
savage bit the dus. in front OF the Hank
ins train OF wagons ard men. The trip
was characteristic OF the day. Sklrmishes
with muroerous redskins were OF frequent
occurrence. and during part OF tie jour
neg the party was escorted by regulars
from the United States army.
70 tell the story OF George Haakins' life
enc must begin when. with IA. train Of
ninsty.seven wagons and over 100 men. he
Ma his home IN MeiIenry. H.. en- the long
ana Arduous "trip across the plains OF the
niddla west through Illinois Iowa Me-
braska and Wyoming TO the newly found
goid 0e,ds IT Montana. Hank!ns himself
speaks lightly OF those days. but his friends
So: him TO talk about his experiences on
the frontier whenever they can.
The hottest brush Hsnkins and his party
had with the redskins was near Willow
Springs, Wye. For days before their ar
rival Of this point they had been accom-
pantsA by soldiers, whose presence served
~ restraining order uron the savage
instincts Of the ahor!slnes At Willow
6ps1nxs . party Of Cheyennes attacked
the train. and for three days held II IN
ccssG. Nightly s,ampsdes Of cattle were
ma1o BY the Indians until they had stoisn
nearly 100 og the working oxen. beef cattle
and COWS aetachsd TO tho train.
1ndiana swooped Down.
One day. Just before camp was made.
which wss spread out for half a mile. They
took the front OF the train nrss. capturing
ths yoke Of oxen attached 70 thu wagon
In which Hankins rode. Bullets flaw lilSa
haii as tho whites formed 10 fgh, the
avages. The Indians pursued their usual
tactics cutting OF the leading oxen from
the balance OF the train and starting then.
On O stampede. OF course the adjacent
beas,s followed on the run and before dark
the train wn minus sighty-two head Of
sock.
For three days the Ca~ysnnes kept up
the night They preceded the train. am
huahed behind any shelssgine willow copss
o. dry Kulch that lay along thu trail. skir-
snsshAs Neye frequent throughout the day
Tho lndiAue were dashed 20 their horses
ana whcn 1 ssarssuliy aimed bullet frasn a
Winchester In the hands Of one OF the
wAats0 straok the butts eye q cayuss
woula daAh away ever tho prairie with ias
u0p And iisslsss body OF the rsdskin fast
= IL 6aQkA
N 10 Virginia city. Montana. was \
net town. Hankins brought frcm IL
Hnote tho first billiard tables that were Sc,
~ b Tho Gown Ns with his brothers
ali ana jen, established a CLUB house and
oAloon- oo.d WAS plenty ana tbs sporting
blood ~ the camp was at high tide. Han
ksns ard HE brothers made money hand
svAf sss. -Four years CO sass sort 81 thing
wa enough tor 9eSfEe and Ia Essg re
travelled 6aox to Iainnss
Ten years ago Haakins retired from ore
erAAch OF the eroriinx business 10 embark
IN anotS~r itna Fer twenty years 10
ana Mike Motoaala had engineered 10 a
financially successful conclusion tho big
gsst sporting combination in the city.
Thsre are sasnassss and gamblers. a. every
one knows. but Mcdonald and Hankias
were known a. team that WAS "en tas
square" Mike delxsd sata saiSies. and
10 gees without saving that Whenever as
was In a deai It was pretty care t. re q
winner. Mcpeaala found politics IN the
~ssidy ss;y lively enough. bat tbs Is mat
ter Of history. HanAiAs was willing sa&;
Mska eh0ul4 handle TIE political end 81
Tie combination whie Ao attended strict
~ 70 the business aeEe ay tie arm
unaktas heught Real Estate.
The arm rvesperea iiangsns bought real
estate aSd began building fats. gx un-
improved properly became valuable. The
e.sy grew. ard finally iaaa that he had
bought away eut n the country escsrns
part q The swell residence district 81 ne
city ESshs years &so Mr.. aanSsas. after
building a e3uple 81 tssree rae TRACKS
suss - sex ais hana IN. hsxSa .he cea-
ssfNettan Sf Cats on soHss ot Ks vAesa;
leis W hen he Rad ssakssss1 Ae hS4 a4ll.