The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-06-14
Day.

Last Wednesday was one Of those beautiful sun
shiny. breezy DAYS for which our Island climate
is noted. aud the public generally enjoyed the
holiday. Jim aud John,r whose colloquy about
holidays for clerks appeared in our last, could
have had no canse for complaint on the lab, for
nearly all placei Of business were closed from an
early hour-wiEh the exception Of the Chinese
storekeepers and mechanics, who, with an eye 10
The main chance, continued throughout the day to
\puTsue their usual avocations. Flags were dis
played upon the Government buildings, Foreign
Consulates and shipping in port, and at noon a
salute Of twenty-one guns was fred from the
battery on Puuehbowl. But the great attraction
was the races at kapiolani Park, and By ten
O'Clock the city was welluigh deserted of inhsbi-
tants and wore the appearance of a Sunday, men,
women and children having betaken themselves
on foot, on horseback or in wagons TO the Park.
1t was a hard day for horsefesh. Fancy prices
were paid for anything with four legs and a sad
die, and the drivers of express wagons must have
made a handsome days work. The steamer Val
nsanGlo and several sailing craft also carried pas
\sengers to the Park, and altogether there were
probably not far from 5 500 persons who went out
OF town to witness The races. Besides this crowd
there were a number of picnic parties that went
in various directions to enjoy the holiday in the
country.
The races at the Park came off as follows
K-AMEuAMEnA PURSE. S20O-won by II. J. Agnew's
$. m. Susie. This was q walk around race. No time.
ouEES's PURsE. SIO0-won by F. wundeuburg's
g. G. Mark Twain. Time 154i; distanced Major.
Foor RACE, $50. 400 yards-wOn by }. Spencer
in 81 seconds. Baldwin second.
MECHANICS PURSE, 500. Male Laulii. LIST heat
s409; Admiral, I'd heat 3.51; Admiral, Sd heat 400.
The HoxoLuLU Cur, $3.50. 2 mile heats. Water
ford, LIST mile 2 minutes; Waterford, ID mile 1.59
Blackthorn keeping well up for the frst mile.
but was distaaced on the second mile Jimmy
being distaneed on FIRST mile. The start on this race
was good. and great interest in the race was mani
tested.
KING's PURSE, S200.-This was no race, as a diff
ference took place. about the mare Dolly Warden,
which could not be adjusted. There were four en-
tries, but only two double teams came forward for
the race, when Mr.. F. s Pratt contested the irregu-
l.rity of the race, and the judges decided to let it 60
on under the protest.
II. ]. Agnew's Susie and Baby.
DIR. Tisdale's Susie and Dolly Warden.
A slow trot around the course in eight minutes. at
which considerable disgust was manifested by the
people, ended this race, Susie and Baby coming in
first.
MULE RACE, ~$50-Minnie won. Time 2.32.
PRINCESS PURSE, 100 This was the best race
of the day, being closely contested by the two horses,
and was won by Jimmy in 429.
NATIONAL PURSE. 800. The entries were, Mark
Twain, Lallah Rookh and Major. After the start,
which was very good, Lallah Rookh became unman-
ageable, throwing her rider and breaking his arm,
so that only two horses went round, Mark Twain
leading and winning the race in 1.52.
PUBLIC PURSE, $50. Boneta, Vacquero and Anue-
nue. started, the former coming in ahead in 2.15.
MATCH RACE, $50 entrance and 800 added by
the Committee. Little Giant and Black Prince were
entered. After some backing and filling the horses
got of. First heat won by Little Giant, 3.153; Sec
ond heat by Black Prince in 3.15; third heat by
Little Giant in 3.144. We understand that the de-
cision in this race has been protested against, and
therefore is not settled.
By 4 p. m. the sports were over and the road was
full of the returning spectators. A number of wag-
ons were more or less smashed by collisions, but we
hear of nobody being injured.
1t is only just to say that on the whole, the man.
agement and execution of the races on Wednesday
were far from being as satisfactory, either to the
general public or to those who entered horses, as
were the sports of the preceding year. We under
stand that some controversies are pending as TO the
disposition of purses competed for, which may result
in litigation, and we shall therefore defer further
comment for the present.