Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-03-03
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7WE CORONATION RdCES.
After several postpOncments, the coronation
races came off on Monday afternoon last.
One o'clock =. NJ. was the hour set q, which
the first race ON the programme was to start.
The crowd present was small, but Compare.
element there which is almost certainty in
larger gatherings. Ills Majesty accompanied
by the Minister Of Finance, arrived at abou,
half past o'clock. There were about ten OF
twelve persons in the Kings "siand " and
abou, two or three times that number in the
grand stand. A nea, little tent placed along
side Of the grand stand, was also occupied by a
select few, mostly ladies'. On the outside
were, perhaps, a crowd Of fifty or sixty persons
The judges were Mr.. ]. II. Brown and Mr. c.
+. Williams Mr.. r. l.. Clark acted as time.
keeper, MIR. James Boyd as clerk Of course,
and Mr.. J. II. Black as distance Judge.
At the tap of the bell every one was inquiring
for programmes, but nary a programme was
there, and the performances were about over
when they arrived.
The frs, race called was trot,inp match, to
haichn, mile heats, best two-in.three ISaSy
was driven by Master Julian Monsarratt and
haiehH by Mr.. Charles Lucas. The merits Of
the horses not being generally known, no very
large betting ensued, and the choice Of horses
was, in several instances, decided by reference
to "hcad or tall" not of horses, but of the
bird. The dark horse being especially a
stranger on the field, curiosity ran high to wit.
ness the display he might make. The sorrel
was known 10 several as a three minute horse,
and it was darkly limited that the dark horse
was no "slouch," and probably might "let
some one in" The excitement was growing
the horses back for false start. 1t began to
be whispered before the second ego" that the
dark horse was "slow but sure; others again
suggested that he was "sure-to be left. u
However while opinions were becoming more
freely expressed, good slow ut.surc start was
made, and the sorrel soon showed the bay his
tail. This the bay resented by breaking on a
galop and attempting to run down both sides
of the fence for being brought down again to
his gait. But the sorrel waited and the bay
came up, and things seemed pretty evenly di.
vided until the distance-pole was reached,
when the sorTel again forged ahead and came
in winner of the first heat in 4:4o4 After
the usual time allowed for rubbing down and
cooling off, the horses was on the second heat,
hdifhn leading from the start. As they went
around the track, the opening between the
horses grew rapidly more and more visible,
and the spectators began to realize that call
was up" with the bay; and you couldn't make
them believe, either, that the horse had been
held up to get larger stake. The time Of this
hea, was 1851 by the first horse, and abou,
s minutes by the second.
The second race was a running race of mile
heats, best Tin three, and the horses en-.
tered, Hasoaiian CHIT and Pom Moi, tn,
former by Mr.. John Haley and the latter by
Mr.. Charles Lucas. The first named was rid
den by its owner, weighing not far from lac
pounds, and the last by boy of about &c
pounds weight. From the start, it was evident
that Toni Moi had things all his own way, ant
Notwithstanding he was held hard all the wa,
around the track, he came in an easy winner
by nearly distance. Time, 2:4 In tn,
second heat he was again an easy WHINE
in 2:I2H.
The third, or hack race, was a contest be
tween several unframed horses ridden by thei
owners-mile dash, This was won by hors,
ridden by Captain Edwards Of Ii. b. NJ.
1intine, in 2;47H.
The fourth was race between another lot o
"hacks, or "plugs," one mile dash, and wa
won in All by Raphael Duchalski.
The fifth was one-mile race between Mr.
Markham's gray mare Treaty and Mr.. Lucas
gelding Pon Moi, which latter had ran in tn
second race. Upon this race considerable
money changed hands. Prior to the star
I,saiy was the favorite, and odds on her be
came drug; but it was soon evident tina
POM MOI had easy work before him, and h
won by more than distance, in 1883.
, The sixth and last race, halfmilc dash
was run by several "plugs." In the first at
tempt dead heat was declared by the Judge
between Mr. Haley and Captain Edwards
Time, I:I3 The second dash was again dc
clared dead heat. Time, II7. The 6nu
contest was barely won by Mr. Haley, in ~
Thus ended the coronation programme, an
fit ending !, was Of this crazy farce which Ia
been disturbing the quiet Of the community 70