Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-09-10
COLONEL is SILENT
r. acfnR Meet Promoter Has Not For
warCied HE Address to Any of the
Numerous Friends He Left.
HOTEL ASSOCIATION ON TRAIL
Twin-city Driving Association Not Re
soonsibIe For the Actions of
The Track Maenate.

1t is but justice to state that the
Twin-City Driving association had no
official connection with the abbreviated
race meeting of the past week at the
Ninth street track.
Col H. V. Horton, of Washington,
D. c., alone was responsible. He leased
the track from the association, and was
permitted to have it only after the of
fcers had communicated with the
cities where he had given similar
events and received assurance that he
was on the square in all his transac-
lions and would carry out his every
promise.
Horton raid the association to the
penny. settling with Secretary Carl
Mueller at the conclusion of what
proved to be the final days racing.
Ike Refused Part Payment.
One of those whom the colonel did
not settle with is Ike Bysinger. Ike
was shouter on the special car that
was sent over the three cities daily.
likes salary was to be S. per day.
When the colonel was driving out of
the park Monday afternoon Ike hailed
him. The colonel told Ike that 81 was
all the change he had on him. Never
mind" said Ike, I'll wait until to-
morrow and get it all in bunch"
That was entirely satisfactory to
the colonel. When Ike came up town
the next morning and learned the racing
promoter had decamped he was speech
less for five minutes. Ike declares
that hereafter he will not refuse money,
no matter whether it is in payment in
full or not. and he will run his chances
on it being counterfeit in the bargain.
John Norton Stone, the tailor also is
DESTROYS of aSccrtaining the name of
the city to which the colonel's bust
ness carries him next Mr.. Stone built
two fine suits for Horton. He was to
have received his pay Thursday morn
ing.
Probably Went East.
The impression is that Horton went
east, the agent in the Rock Island of
fee in Davenport having sold three
tickets TO persons corresponding with
the descriptions of Horton, his wife
and young daughter. He left the Har
per house. where he was stopping with
his family, at o'clock in the morn
ing driven in a cab to the Davenport
station. Horton left an unpaid board
bill of $23. The beating of board
bill is a criminal offense. and there is
a national association of hotel men
that takes up such cases. This as
sociation usually runs down people
who forget to settle for their board
and if it catches the colonel he may
have an interesting time of it.
Probably Cleared $500.
II is estimated that Horton cleared
$500 here. His only reason for leaving
was on account of the desertion of the
hOrscmCn, unless it was that he feared
he had made a serious blunder with the
public on the last day when he tolerat
ed painful delays between races. L
is known. however. that Monday nigh
the majority of the horses were re
moved from the track Only about {
dozen remained.
Horton evidently had been notified
that they were leaving. and he would
have been compelled to have disap
pointed the crowd the next day. AS il
was. several hundred people were a
the park at the hour at which the race:
were to have been commenced. HOr
ton probably did not have nerv,
enough to face the music, determining
on pulling away under the cover Of
night as the easiest means of evad
ing an embarrassing predicament, anC
incidentally an excuse for not having
an opportunity of calling on those tc
whom he was indebted financially.
Real Name Said to BE Hatch.
One of the men who had horses
here had met Horton before. He
stated that his name was not Horton
that his right name was Hatch, anG
that he turned the same trick as he
played here in other parts of the coun
try. 1t will be recalled that Horton
did not exploit his own personality in
connection with the racing literature
Secretary Kelly standing alone in the
red ink. Kelly disappeared the same
night the colonel did