The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-09-04

The tenth annual meeting of the
Hawaiian Jockey Club was held at
Kapiolani park last Saturday after
noon. The attendance was small
as compared with former meetings.
The Jockey Club stand was at once
the center of attraction, it being
crowded by large number of la
dies and gentlemen and invited
guests of the club. The refresh
ments, which came in for a large
share of attention, were dispensed
in this building.
Admittance could not be OBJ
tanned to this booth except upon
invitation of the members, and
as a Distinguishing mark the
invited guests wore small
bit Of blue ribbon. A large,
burly half-caste, decked out with
royal Hawaiian colors, guarded the
entrance to this sacred and distin-
guished building, wherein COM
mingling together in a good-natured
manner were seen the royalist, the
annexationist, the non-partizaned
and extremists of both sexes. For
the nonce political tendencies were
laid aside, each section having, ap-
parently, but one motive-that of
enjoying themselves.
The grand stand was very poorly
patronized, presumably on the
ground of the exorbitant fee of one
dollar charged for it's use. In the
grounds, within and without the
gate, were seen people of all classes
and nationality, while along and
around the full length of the track
hundreds of natives and Portu-
guese with their wives, children
and sweethearts were noticed. 1t
is probably safe to estimate that
more people witnessed the races
free of charge than those who paid
the entrance fee at the gate.
Shortly after 80 P. NJ, the
advertised time for the races to be-
gin, the judges assembled their
stand, and the September meeting
of the Hawaiian Jocky Club-des-
tined to live long in the memories
of those who witnessed twas COM
menced.
First race-Ex-Queen's purse S75.
Running race; J mile dash; for Hawa-
iian-bred horses. Entries: Queen l..
and Amorino, by Robert Ballantine;
Little One, by c. w. Macfarlane.
In this race Amorino was the
favorite, the betting being largely
in favor of his winning. The horse
showed to good advantage, not
outstanding he had been unwell
for some time past. A start was
made after the second attempt,
Amorino taking the lead and easily
maintaining it throughout, was de-
clared the winner in 50 seconds,
Little One second, with Queen L
(the animal on whom the stats of
the Star and ADVERTISER were to
bet their last dollar-according TO
an individual obviously dubbed as
Knickerbocker)--a bad third.
Second race-Honolulu purse. 500.
Trotting and pacing; mile heats; best
two In three to harness; Hawaiian
bred horses. Entries: Fred Mac, by
c. w. Macfarlane; Minnie and Wal
kapu Maid, by w. H. Cornwell.
In the above race Minnie was
withdrawn, leaving the event be-
tween Fred Mac and Waikapu Maid.
Not a great deal of interest was
taken in this race, and but few
bets made, the spectators having
classed it as a family affair"
Notwithstanding this belief the
race proved to be one of the neat
est on the program.
The two horses got the word at
the first attempt, and Fred Mac
trotted the mile without a single
break or skip in 3 :O44, winning
the first heat by about three
lengths. In the second and final
heat the judges ordered Waikapu
Maid driven by a different driver.
This was found in the parsonage of
an old colored jockey known as
King. A fair start was made in
the second heat, Fred Mac going
the mile again without a break,
while the Maid completed the entire
circuit in almost a dead run. This
running on the part of the Maid
forced the pace for Fred Mac, and
he trotted the mile in the extra
ordinary fast time of 2 Al and was
declared the winner of the second
race.
Some admiring friends placed
beautiful floral emblem, made in
the design of a horseshoe, around
the neck of the horse Fred Mac.