The morning journal-courier., 1908-03-28
NUTBEARER AGAIN Hubinger Denies That the Gel ding Had Been Given to
 Veterinarian.
NOT INVESTIGATING
Does Not Care Whether the Horse Died of Violence or Not,
 He Says.

Joseph Hubinger was seen at his home in Elm street last night by re- porter of this paper. Mir. Hubinger arr rived in New Haven during the week for the first time since the death of the gelding Nutbearer. He was asked last night if it had been his intention to ever race the horse again and he said he didn't ever suspect that the horse could be got into proper condi- tion to be put on the track. But strang- CT things than that have happened in the course of race track history and he said Nutbearer might have seen the turf again in racing form.
 ''ls 1t true that you owned Nutbear- CT, Mir. Hubinger, at the time of his death?" he was asked There has been persistent rumor that you did not own him at the time of his death, but had given him to Dr. Atwood to ex- pertinent upon"
 Yes, you may say that did own him. he said. But must confess that I didn't have much active Interest in the horse save for old times sake and as horse lover"
 Do you know positively whether the horse died a natural death, a death by accident, or one deliberately planned and executed?"
 The first I ever knew of Nutbear- CTS death was when read a dispatch telling of 1t in a western paper, I was over 1000 miles away at the time," he said. T paid little attention to it."
 By that you mean that you did not think it a true report when you read 1t, MT. Hubinger?'
 No, not that. did not suspect the veracity of the report.
 Did you not institute an investiga- ton of some kind to find out who the |smscreant, if any. had been who had killed the horse?"
 T did not. A dead horse is dead horse and I did not bother my head about 1t. What good would 1t have done me to run the man to earth that killed 1t, if anybody did kill it?"
 Possibly you could have instituted some civil action to recover'
 That wouldn't have been worth my trouble. Besides [ don't do those kind of things. That Is why I am not look ing into the matter now. have some- thing better to do"
 Mir Hubinger was asked If he would begin an investigation of the affAir later He said he might but he doubted it. He did not consider the horse val uable one at the time of its death. It's ever getting on the track again would have been very problematical. He did not ever expect to see the day when It would. MT. Hubinger denied absolute ly that he or Mir. Ely, who has acted as his personal representative while in the West had put Pinkerton or other detectives on the trail. He said he did not know of any. plans for the pres serving of the animals bones or skin.
 Repeated Inquiry at the police sta- tion has not resulted in any news of activity upon the death of Nutbearer. Dr. Atwood, in whose stables the horse was at the time of his death, said that he now had the bones of Nut, bearer at his stables and that they would be sent to Germany. there to ba properly bleached. Upon their return, he said, they will be set up. Dr. Att wood also denied that the horse belongs ed to any other than MT. Hubinger at the time of his death He said thero were no new developments in connec- tion with the reported violent death 0f Nutbearer.