Pete Horn the road player??

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I remember at least a decade ago, a player came through our pool room by the name of Pete Horn. He took everyone off and did so as a total gentleman. His cue ball control was perfect and I don't recall him missing any shots that he tried to make.

I saw his name on another thread and wanted to know if he is still around and where he may be from? Anyone have any stories?
 
MOJOE said:
I remember at least a decade ago, a player came through our pool room by the name of Pete Horn. He took everyone off and did so as a total gentleman. His cue ball control was perfect and I don't recall him missing any shots that he tried to make.

I saw his name on another thread and wanted to know if he is still around and where he may be from? Anyone have any stories?
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Pete lives in Fayetteville, and drives a truck. Yeah, I remember when he was beating Cliff. He had a very smooth stroke. He's still around.
 
Pete Horn spent 6-9 months here in STL about 10 years ago. Obviously the poster is correct that he is from Fayetteville---although all I could remember was North Carolina. He didn't really do much high stakes gambling when he was here. He hooked up with a guy that hung out in the pool room - real strange bird & they would show up but never really play. He wasn't shy about hiding his speed & had a bit of an ego about him. Made it hard for him to hustle. I remember him saying that Earl had never beat him.
I believe he did real well in some tournaments back in that time frame but don't remember any specifics.
 
> I was a witness of the man's skills for 7-8 months about the same time. He came to the poolroom here in town with a semi-local eyeballer/action whore,and I helped steer him around,after seeing where he won a big tournament at Brass Tap in The Snap magazine. In the article about it,it said he had a 5 rack run in 3 consecutive races to 11 against guys like Keith,Earl,and Kim Davenport.

I've also heard the story about Earl never beating him in ANY kind of a set that mattered directly from him. They started out on the road together as kids,so they've known each other since their early teens. I have NO reason to doubt him. He took off everyone that got in the box with him,playing unbelievably sporty on totally unfamilar equipment,for God-awfully cheap stakes at times,and still made you wonder if he had 2 more gears he hadn't even showed us yet.

I THINK I saw what his top-end looked like,in the form of a warm-up for a 15 dollar entry fee tournament that started by him throwing all 21 balls out on a 10 foot GC snooker table,and running out. He shot 10 long cross-corner banks at warp speed,never missing one. He shot 10 balls off the 5 spot from the jaws of the corner pocket,and REPLACED the object ball with the cue ball,like the Kinister shot. The next phase was cutting balls in off the 7 spot from inside the D,alternating corners. He got in a 2 dollar a man,3 handed ring game,and ran 14 full racks on a temperamental 8 footer before coming up dry. Needless to say,everyone else was playing for 2nd that day.

I'd swap a testicle for his break,with almost NO hesitation. I watched him play somewhere around 1500 racks where he broke during the time he was up this way. He might have come up dry every 20-30 racks or so,and I swear he scratched on the break no more than 20 times,all from kicks/kisses. Not ONCE did he ever scratch directly into a pocket. He wasn't exactly throwing a sponge at them,either. I'd estimate his break at 27-28 MPH pretty fairly,and every once in a while 30,always with the cue ball bouncing straight back and stopping 1/2 way between the spot and the head string. If he had been playing on the same table all the time,there would have been a 4" circle where his cue ball stopped.

His speed control across all kinds of conditions,was near-Efren caliber,ruthless safeties,accurate kicks,he has it ALL. He was pretty cool with me too. Tommy D.
 
Pete, while no Jack Cooney, was a very good road man. He would get more money out of nongamblers and non gambling bars then anyone I have ever seen.

I never once saw him in a pool room but ran into him often in bars. He was friends with a good buddy of mine and would call him with action from time to time.

He is pretty stealthy also. He has been through most every billiards town or area without the players or pool detectives knowing.

Once I went into a bar in North Fl and Johhny Fervor and Pete were both there. I sat back and waited to see who was fishing who.


Another couple things about Pete was that he could start going into a bar and within a week he was a solid regular and one of the guys. Also played good swith handed.
 
crawfish I have lived in Fayetteville for over a year now and I have never heard of Pete Horn... :confused: You talking about Fayetteville, AK possibly? Or should I be on the lookout for a guy looking to shoot my nuts in?

And Crawfish, when you planning on making it down to Fayetteville to shoot some? I haven't even been to Raleigh to play any... Let me know when you feel like hitting some up that way.
 
Johnny Ferber from Gainesville was/is a great hustler but from the descriptions of Horn, Ferber needed major weight. Ferber played shortstop speed, maybe a hair higher although his hustling speed was worldclass. What he excelled at was generating action from people who otherwise would not gamble.
 
Thanks to all of those who replied. Like several have mentioned, he was an absolute Monster on the pool table.. Keep em coming if you have anything else.. Rep to all who have helped.

Mojoe
 
Pete Horn is from the Fayetteville, NC area...I think it was Rosebud, NC ~ 20 miles from fayetteville...
 
uwate said:
Johnny Ferber from Gainesville was/is a great hustler but from the descriptions of Horn, Ferber needed major weight. Ferber played shortstop speed, maybe a hair higher although his hustling speed was worldclass. What he excelled at was generating action from people who otherwise would not gamble.
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You got the speed right. Johnny needed weight. Both he and Pete got money where most people wouldn't even stop.


Another one that could always turn a bar into his own was/is Stevie Moore. He could make friends quicker and better than anyone I have ever seen.
 
Pete Horn/Road Player

I remember pete WELL! He was a great Guy and played like a world Champ! I was a kid and he was always kind to me, he knew I had a strong intrest in the game. He use to come into the poolroom that I grew up in (Asheville, Nc). He was good friends with the poolroom owner Barry Watson. Pete could not miss a ball... EVER! These were the 80's and I was mesmorized as a kid just to watch him play pool!!! These were times that Grady mathews would show up at "Good Times" Billiards to gamble or do an exibition, traveling road players were strong and would bet high, etc., etc... THESE WERE THE BEST TIMES OF MY LIFE!!!

Long Live Pool!!!!!
 
I Remember Pete played with a "Old School" Heubler Cue. He swore by it, even when Bob Weir was trying to get him to do the change. There were alot of good players back then that came to this poolroom!
 
DeadPoked said:
crawfish I have lived in Fayetteville for over a year now and I have never heard of Pete Horn... :confused: You talking about Fayetteville, AK possibly? Or should I be on the lookout for a guy looking to shoot my nuts in?

And Crawfish, when you planning on making it down to Fayetteville to shoot some? I haven't even been to Raleigh to play any... Let me know when you feel like hitting some up that way.
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pete horn played at Little Reno. and other hot spots near the fayettville area. he can shootem on any table but his real games shows up on the bar table. i was station at fort bragg in the early nineties and i have played him quite a bit. he sure is a monster on the table. real gentleman
 
Pete is the best player to frequent my pool room in Arkansas in our 18 year history. A few have passed through that might have been better but I never in my life saw anyone who could play by themselves for long periods of time with seemingly little interest (or effort) and have such awesome results. Pete at the time I knew him drove long haul for Tyson Poultry and Russellville is, I guess, a hub of sorts for Tyson so Pete was in real regular in our room. I have spent many an hour talking with Pete while he halfheartedly played (usually by himself) making shots most never dream of while telling stories. Sadly Pete changed companies and I have only seen him once in the last several years. I hope he is doing well.
 
frankncali said:
Pete, while no Jack Cooney, was a very good road man. He would get more money out of nongamblers and non gambling bars then anyone I have ever seen.

I never once saw him in a pool room but ran into him often in bars. He was friends with a good buddy of mine and would call him with action from time to time.

He is pretty stealthy also. He has been through most every billiards town or area without the players or pool detectives knowing.

Once I went into a bar in North Fl and Johhny Fervor and Pete were both there. I sat back and waited to see who was fishing who.


Another couple things about Pete was that he could start going into a bar and within a week he was a solid regular and one of the guys. Also played good swith handed.
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uwate said:
Johnny Ferber from Gainesville was/is a great hustler but from the descriptions of Horn, Ferber needed major weight. Ferber played shortstop speed, maybe a hair higher although his hustling speed was worldclass. What he excelled at was generating action from people who otherwise would not gamble.
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What was special about Ferber's and Horn's approaches/styles that allowed them to get non gamblers to gamble? Were they just so likeable that people enjoyed losing money to them?

Also, frankncali, whereabouts in North FL did you see these two in the same bar?
 
I saw him many times around the Atlanta pool tournaments years ago. I would have put his speed at average pro level. He could bank the balls really well without much speed. He played banks at one pocket soft speed and was very good at it. The balls would barely fall or sit in front of the pocket leaving the other player no shot on the ball.
 
donut said:
What was special about Ferber's and Horn's approaches/styles that allowed them to get non gamblers to gamble? Were they just so likeable that people enjoyed losing money to them??
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Great question.

IMO...it has a lot to do w/ the era. 20yr ago people played for a couple of bucks for social reasons.

Now, I go to the pool room and don't see a penny bet while all the tables are going.
 
I took a road trip one time with some guys from Fayetteville and when Pete Horne was really playing they said anyone could get taken off at any moment in North Carolina. It seems that remains true for other cities and states he may have played in especially as a truck driver. I never seen him hit one ball and seen him often at the pool hall having a coffee and chatting with some of the older guys while King Street Billiards was still open. He's one of those guys that has a ton of stories that he probably will never really tell.
 
Pete's old Huebler sneaky pete on Craigslist

Fast Davie NC said:
I Remember Pete played with a "Old School" Heubler Cue. He swore by it, even when Bob Weir was trying to get him to do the change. There were alot of good players back then that came to this poolroom!
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I don't know Pete but after reading this post I got to looking around for old Huebler cues for the hell of it. And I'll be damned if I don't come across this Craigslist ad in Fayetteville of someone selling a "1980's Huebler Sneaky Pete (Owned by Pete Horn)". I have no interest in buying it, just wondering if this was his "Old School" Huebler you mentioned?
http://fayetteville.craigslist.org/clt/1837052393.html
 
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