The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-05-25
Her Sixty ninth Birthday Ami
verSary.
How it was Celebrated In Bouo,uIu
Boat and Horse Races.
Statutes, Display of
Bunting, Etc.

Yesterday was the sixty-ninth ami
versary of the birth of Her Most Gracious
Majesty Queen Victoria. At half-past
O'Clock the Royal Hawaiian Band
played selection of appropriate music
at the residence of Major J. H. Wode-
house, British Commissioner, Emma
street. The employees of the Ho-
nolulu Iron Works had a holiday,
and a good many business houses closed
at noon. The Government, Diplomatic
and Consular flags were flying, and the
U. S. flagship Vandalia, H. B. NJ. S.
CormOrant and the Dutch man-of-war
Zilveren Kruis were gaily decorated with
bunting. At noon royal salutes were
fired from the shore. battery and the
Vandalia and Zilveren Kruis.
A BOAT RACE.
At 10 O'Clock in the morning a six
Dared boat race took place in the harbor
which was witnessed by quite a large
number of people. It was between two
crews from the Honolulu Yacht and Boat
Club, composed as follows:
SeelyBoat-Oscar Branch, Captain :;
j. H. Wodehouse, Jr., stroke; T. Smith,
j. Dean, E. Wodehouse, VIM. Moore
Coxswain, Ruby Dexter
Griffin Boat-Alfred Branch, Captain );
G. w. Macfarlane, stroke; Jno. D. Holt,
G. Crozier, Jas. S. Turner, p. Hughes.
Coxswain, William Bruins.
judge. The water was somewhat rough,
a strong breeze blowing from the south.
A good start was effected. The Griffin
boat took slight lead after few strokes
had been pulled, and at the lighthouse
was a length and half ahead. After
passing the liz hthouse both boats shipped
considerable water, but the Seely boat
suffered the most. When near the
knuckle buoy the Seely crew stopped
rowing and turned round for home. The
Griffin crew went the entire course and
were awarded the race. Each of the
losers will have to furnish the winners
with five dollar hats.
RUNNING AND TROTTING RACES.
In the afternoon two dashes and
trotting race came off at Kapiolani Park.
The weather was fine, the track in good
order, and there was quite fair sprink-
ling of spectators. Major IL. f. Hebbard
and Mr.. James Dodd were the judges,
Mr.. E. G. Schuman timekeeper, and
Messrs. T. Lishman and J. F. Smith
starters. Following is full account of
the various events:
First Race-Three-eight of a mile
running dash.
n. SINNERS Ivanhoe, Jr..... Noble 1
ID. Davis Nellie .................L Leonard
They got away to a splendid start and
raced neck and neck for short distance,
when Nellie took a slight lead and
looked like a winner. But Johnny
Noble, riding Ivanhoe, Jr., well brought
his horse up in the last hundred yards
and won by half length. Time SO sec
onds.
Second Race-Half-mile running dash.
D. Davis Lydy L.. ....... LeOnand 1
n. SINNERS Conspiracy ............ Noble
E. r. Miles Wonder. .......... HOWsOn
A poor start was effected, Conspiracy
getting the worst of it. Lydy L. got off
first and held her lead to the end, win
ming by good length. Conspiracy
came with a rush up the homestretch
and beat wonder by half a length for
second place Time, 5314 seconds.
Third Trotting, one mile heats,
best three in five.
H. J. Agnew's Mink 1872 l 2
d. Davis Albert L., late Marin L 2
Time 1921 2 81, 2 :343344, 2 "a, 1872.
Both horses were driven by their
owners, but Agnew of course displayed
the most skill. Davis is very young and
has not quite strength enough to manage
such an animal as Albert L. In the first
four heats Mink broke badly, but in the
fifth he settled down to business and
covered the mile without skip. 1t GER
tainly was a race well worth witnessing,
and a good many got left by Mink's
victory.