Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-03
tanned SAVAGE BANGOR
Russian Apparently Pleased
the Old Horse.
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"Doco HoLLENBEcK's STORY OF
A VICIOUS RACER.
Tells How He Receeiyed $4,000 for
an Animal He Had Determined
to Have Destroyed.

CHICAGO, December TT have heard
of horses that could understand French and
German, butt guess Ihad the only horse In
America that was American bred that un-
derstoed Russian" said Doc Hollenbeck.
who now has q big stable at Harlem which
is being prepared for The New Orleans cam
paign. 2 Z s
'Th1ss was old Bangor who campaigned
all over the country some years ago and was
a good horse. too. He started In the Futur-
Ity In 1898, In which there were twenty-three.
and the field was held at the post an
hour and thirty-five minutes. 1t was won
by Martimas, with High Degree second and
Mr.. Clay third, with Bangor seventeenth.
Bangor raced then in the colors of James
Galway and afterward became the. prop
erty of r. T. Wilson. Later Green B. Nor
ris got him and then s. c. Hildreth got
possession of the horse, and afterward sold
him to Burns & Waterhouse. was with
the latter stable three years ago and had
Bangor at Ingleside in the Burns & Water
house stable when the most peculiar thing
ever heard of on the turf occurred.
Bangor Was Savage.
Bangor had grown to be a sulker and
had violent temper. Fie nearly killed one
man who had charge of him and all the
boys were afraid of him. 1t was hard to
get any one to go into his stall, and one
reason Sam Hildreth sold him was on ac-
count of his vicious temper. 1t was almost
impossible to get the son OF Belvidere-Zara
on the track, and when we did he was
liable to bite or kick anything that got
near him. even to the assistant starters.
I'VE didn't know what to do with him,
when one day man came over to the
stable and introduced himself to me as
Count Yankowisky of vladivostok East
Siberia. / shook hands with him and he
said he had come out to buy good horse
to take back to Russia. He said he liked
one in my stable and pointed to Bangors
stall. 1 thought some Of the boys had put
up joke on me, but concluded to carry
out my part. at any rate.
50 L have just been in his stall and he
seems to have taken fancy to me- said
the count. Sire -1%a
Great Scott" said 'he is a man-eater
and there isn't a man on the track who
would venture near him. Even though he Is
a valuable horse we had about made UP
our minds to put him to death on account
Of his viciousness."
"T will give you 5000 for him If yot
will put a saddle on him and let me ride
him around the track q couple OF times,
said the count. at the same time walking
toward Bangor's stall.
Don't go in there cautioned the Rus
sian, but he stopped under the bar across
the door and the first thing I knew he
was pulling Bangor's tall, tickling him. rub
bling his nose and at the same time spelling
OF Russian brogue that Bangor seemed
to understand thoroughly. could see Ban
gor actually laughing. The count paid no
more attention to the horse when he set
back his ears and showed his teeth than
he would to chicken. The count simply
had him hypnotized. Every man around
the stable stood and gazed in wonder and
amazement.
Give me saddle. I'll ride him and
work him a mile he said.
Il told one of the boys to get the sad
die. and, sure enough, in couple OF
minutes the Russian count led the horse
out, got on him without any assistance
and headed him for the freak. Bangor acted
like an old plow horse. All of his vicious
uess had disappeared. The count con-
tinued to throw out volleys of that lam
guage that I couldn't understand and Ban
gor went around the track several times,
as an old COW.
Loyal to Russian.
''When Bangor was placed In his stall
again one of my men undertook to go in
and was chased out, and 1 guess the old
horse would have made short work of him
If he had reached him. The count. how
ever, again walked into his stall and Ban
gor paid no attention to him. / couldn't un-
derstand that the 81, 900 offer was to be in
real money, as 1t like finding it. but
next day Count Yankowisky came UP with
the money.
Bangor was shipped to Viadivostok, and
I afterward got letter from the count In
which he said that Bangor had won the
two big events over there, and the last
time he won he was ridden by the count
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