The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1884-06-18
KAMEHAMEHA DAY.
The Twelfth Celebration.

knouF rOwS,
The day opened rather uniavorably. a high wind
and Aeavs shower of rain in town in the early
mornine presaged a damp day. AZ sunrise the
usual sAlrsss were hrcd. as siso At noon and at
sunset; flags werp hyinc FROM the various fre-
engine houses and GOvernmvnt buildings In the
saiy and the vessels in the harbor put out extra
bunting for the occasion. II. r. NJ. s. S,ciftsHrs
lying outside OF the hArbor dressed ship, present
nc picturesque sight; the NEif#s IN port also
displayed bunting allow and aloft. Business in
tovn was done behind closed doors after 10 Am.
there being Few left 10 trade with the greater m1ss
If Honolnlu's h1ed and transient population hav-
ing seemingly left town for the reereations
At KAFtoIANI PARK
All the world turned ont on the lith TO sc what
there WAS 10 So Of the days races, and from A.
II. constant strcam ot carr ages set IN the direo-
ton of Kapiolsni Park. Every eoncefyable vehi-
Gle was presed into the service of carrying people
down and BY 10 A NJ. the hour for commencing
he race large crowd had assembled around the
course. The Kings stand, grand stand and the
various private stands were allied win spectators
and numerous earrisEua backed mp against the
rails extended to right and left Of the stands.
From these large number OF people viewed the
r eos. A new feature was the permission for car
riages 10 occupy limited portion of the inner
circle, and Of this opportunity many avaied them
selves.
FRnnIINkRI.
The races were condueted under the auspices Of
the Hawaiian Jockey Club. The judges were
Messrs- Wideaann, frStt aud :. ~. spEee1l S,e
time Keepers, Messrs. Ceeii Brown anu y U, pe.
ger; clerk Of the course, Mr.. Q. H. Wilson; Capt
Haley, starter; MT; James Doaa was N enAtge ol
the Saddling paddock, and Mr.. J. Z. WisemAn
looked after the eontoftS o. lnsite1 quests. n.
cnursed selections from various composers. The
police regulations under the immediaie snpsfvs.
Ion Of Deputy Marshal Dayton were carried out
IN manner that rehecteu eredit on the HiLe
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settled lunch hour, which Tue Judges iaieu 70
announce 10 the large number who vailed anu
hoped for such recess
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Although the time for the commencement OF
the irst race on the days programme, was set at
40 O'Clock sharp II was forty minutes after
hat bour before the final start in the first race
vas rnRja a ssxtetts of falss starts being intro
duced meanwhile. In this race. the first on the
prprramme the favorite in the pools which had
been sold was IacO, Romeo selling second the
others Dsisy. Major and u. Il. being helded. On
Ire horses coming 10 the urs IL was learned that
Iaro had bren withdrawn. The horses getting
avay q. II. having the pole, Romeo outside, the
race to the first quarter was a struggling one, ..
H. leading at that point by four or i've lengths
DAisy second. well in hand Major third and
Romeo who had become for the time unmanage-
able dancing along in the rear and out Of the race
Passing the half Daisy o. II. and Major were all
in a bunch and 30 Continued 10 the last quarter
uhen Daisy showed a head TO the front the GREY
pressing her closely and so came home Daisy win
ninc by half a length, in LS74.
Another DELAY cnsued before the horses were
started in the next race the hour being II O'Clock
and y minutes before the word was given This
80, ,,as honad TO be one Of the PRINCIPAL events
Of the day Ia running race II. mile DASH from
the noted horses which appeared entries, but,
the horses coming for position it was ascertained
ibat pnni Moi Waterford and Ciodf ey had been
Withdrawn OF the rest started Idle Girl seemed
40 ~ tba f,vnrite. but at very little odds After
rttinr the Wori The horses got away well together
Stanford Colt taking the lead TO the first quarter
HaDeock second Idle Girl going easily some half
a dozen Ienrtbs In the rear After passing the
hSIf the pSrs vas quickened Hansock passing
stanford Colt before reaching the turn, The run
home was most exciting, Hancock coming into the
homestretch length in advance, cheer upon cheer
distance poIe il was discsrnible that the distance
ma besu lesseued by Stanford but notvithstand-
inc the brave fRht made Hancock came In the
winner by hilf { IHgtA, amidst much applause
hat-fhrnvinp etr: time 3 lSts ga
me neIt event, trottinr race. was quickly got
over INIT NOT u,,til n r~tulant Judge had fined one
Of the drivers SO for being DELAYED on account of
n broken haruess and fined two crooIns IS each
for watering horses on the track. The entries
Wer. thTer IN number, Joe Dake Thomas II and
Tobv A. tn, start Thomas II took the pole and
trnttsi well along 10 the iirst guarter when some
rnnrin, vas indnlOed in Joe Dake close up and
Toby truttinc third. On coPling round the turn
il wis noticed that Joe Daks broke several times
In succsssiou, losing ground each time. Thomas
II t,s-ed uuder the wire first IN PAX claim OF
f,nI irivin, was made by Cant Ciunie AGAINST the
driysr ~ fbomas n md the aforesaid petulant
iudgs awarded that il WAS a dead heat on Account
~ f,,sT TrirfsgP Thomas II was then Withdrawn
by the owner. and Toby and Joe Dake finished
ths rae. JOe DRks vinring the second heat in
9i6: Toby ths third in s4ltS: and Joe Dake the
fpcrtb and race in afglS
Race No. 5 now came on the favurite being Idle
Boy, although the manner in which the KohAlaites
backed their fayorite, Kohala Girl. caused SONS
doubt Of Ibe naI result. This race being in heats
buI Iittls betting was indulged in BY hackers Of
ne fayorite before the first heat thuy acting on
the defensive and only taking, not making bets.
After tht start. Godfrey led to the second quar-
ter, Idle Boy being well ridden and held in until
his Jockey found that he could win the heat easily
when he was giyen min and came in winner
by two lengths Godfrey second, Kohala Girl
distanced- The second heat and race was won by
Tdle Roy easily; time l.53is, I.5sai
Race No. was won eAs ly BY the favotite Poni
Moi Flora second in 1883,
The next event was a x mile dash free for all
fnnr- -year-olls horn in the Kingdom and was con-
tssted Nv ~ II Flora Romeo and Iacu, the latter
beinr the fayorite. After tedious wait caused
by o. HIS desire to run quarter of a milo at each
atternpted start the horss. we're finally GOT of in
bunch faIl but Romeo he sticking at the start
inr- r,aes5 and % Il uuickly took the lead leaving
a alf dozen lengths between him and Isso, who
was second Iacu however reduced the distance
and when the horses passed under the wire was
but two lengths behind; D II winning in 1:2l
The 9Th and 10th events did not come of there
beinp CDmpetltOrs entered.
Tbe half mile dash for tEo-year. olds, catch
weights, was ably contested by Columbine, Eva
and Col Gift The interest in the race was
heightened by a false start made, in which Col.
Gift and Eva got away together and ran the pre-
scribed distance. the horse coming in ahead BY
couple of lengths. A fresh start was then made
and the race then was most exciting all the horses
3 ing within length of each other from start to
finish The race vas won by Columbus by head
in 53i,
An amusement vas introduced in the shape of a
trotting race one mile dash owners to drive; the
entries being T. Horner with Stranger, II. J.
Agnez With Maud. Messrs. S. Parker and Cecil
Brown entering Buzzy. At the start AgneE's
Maud took the lead aud kept il home, coming in
winner in asSs
The race of the day. viz. running race, 9 mile
dash opeu to all weights for age now came on
and the interest excited was most manifest. Three
Of the four horses entered we're brought to the
post KohaIa Girls performance in a previous race
inducing her owner to withdraw her from this
event After all the necessary dancing about and
false starts had taken place the horses finally
started of well together Waterford taking the
pole at the first quarter Telephone a good second,
and forcing the pace Unnamed Tor Idle Girl
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