The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-12-26
Ths Aaily 9 llletia.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. rs. l'34
RACES AT THE PARK.
Pleasant Afternoon Psstime 70
Christmas Keeping.

Inc troCk ~ hdpiOlout Oh Was
in q fine condition Tuesday, the
day set for the bicycle meet OF
Honolulu Cycle Race Meet Associa-
ton. And the weather was superb,
the sky being clear and the air agree
able. Many people we're lured to
the beautiful suburban resort to see
the boys ride the silent steed. It
was perhaps unfortunate that the
races had been postponed from
Thanksgiving Day, the date pre-.
viously set, as three or four had
their names scratched. There was
fair attendance Of spectators, in
GLIDING many ladies and children.
The wheelmen were In fine fettle
and good races were predicted. The
outcome was very satisfactory and
those who were present went away
with the opinion that the meet was
very successful and the outing .
very pleasant one indeed. The
Judges were: A. @. NJ. Robertson,
Thomas Wright and DR.. McGetti-
gan; time keepers, w. F. Love, Mr..
Pleiffer and ID. Davis; clerk OF course,
Harry Wilder; referee, j. w. Jones;
starter, Clarencs w. Macfarlane; a..
sistant starter, Chris Willis.
The races were started shortly az
ter z o'clock, the first event being
the one mile maiden, first prize, sill
YER and gold medal; second, silver
medal. Tommy White, Jas. Thomp.
son and w. Chamberlain were the
entries. Chamberlain won In 3:l9
As, Thompson making . good
second. The winner rode . Cleve-
land.
The second was half.mil open;
prize, gold medal, the entries being:
W. Chapman, X. A. Dexter, Henry
Giles and J. X. kslanianaole. The
rim OF Dexter's Union wheel
broke . few yards from the start,
necessitating, according TO the rules,
the running over Of the race. The
boys were given . rest, and in the
run of Dexter won the race Ia 1:Z3,
riding . racing Rambler. kalani-
ansole came in second and Giles
third. II was very pretty race;
but the accident to DeItsr's wheel
was much dsplored, as he was sx-
pected to do good time on the
Union wheel.
The third event was the one mile
novice handicap; first prize, gold
and silver medal; second, silver. The
entries were A. l.. g. Atkinson, Geo.
Angus, JAS. Thompson, +. Angus
and Tommy White. Atkinson was
scratch man. The handicaps were
a. follows: F; Angus, 80 yards;
Thompson aud White, i5 yards;
Geo. Angus, rs yards. Thompson
and Geo. Angus made hard fight
for this race, but Jack" Atkinson,
II seemed, wanted the medal aud,
closing up on his opponents near
the finish, crossed the tape first,
time 3:Oi.
The fourth event was the one mile
open, handicap; first prize, gold
medal; second prize, silver medal
The entries aud haudicaps were .,
follows: W. Chapman, % yards; Ks'
lanianaole, Geo. Angus and Akin,
son, rs yards; X. A. Dexter, 10 yards
IL. Giles, scratch. Chapman, the
6O-yard man, was never touched
ON this event. He increased the lead
from the start, aud at the half.mil,
was. admonished by Kalanisnsole 4
squirt. Thinking that the others wer'
closing up, Chapman spurted. Tn,
young rider won hands down, abou
two hundred yards ahead, time 3:0l
Atkinson second, Giles third aut
Dexter fourth. The winner rode
Rambler.
The fifth event was . wsll.riddeI
race. II was . half-mile for boy
under fifteen years, first and secon,
prizes. There were only two on
tries, Arthur Giles aud Bruce Cart
wright. The first named rode hi
brothers Rambler and the latter
Cleveland. A good start was made
young Giles assuming the LEAD
Near the finish Bruce spurted an,
the two crossed the tape side b
side. A dead heat was declared. l
the run of, which occurred late
Giles beat his opponent by q lengt
aud . half, time l:43a.
Quarter mile, open. Entries; Ge'
Angus, X. A. Dexter, w. Chapma
and Kslsniansole. The FIRST name
defeated his opponents handily, tin
80 rs. Kalsuisnsole, came in
good second.
The one mile three minute elias
handicap, was very pretty rae
A. l.. q. Atkinson was the scratC
man, j. A. Thompson being give
As yards and N. Halstead Is yard
At the quarter mile Atkinson cTawls
up and at the hslf-mils the ride
we're punched. II was evident
this point that Atkinson wou
prove the winner, and SO no wa
He crossed the tape in 2:5Oa.
The last event was the race OF Il
day. II was q three mile scrat,
race, the first prize being the Raj
bier gold medal trophy. The Q
tries were: w. Chapman, A. l..
Atkinson, II. A. Dexter, Geo. Ang
and Henry Giles. They lined up
the order named, Giles being on I
outside. Trainer Crane sent Gil
of in the long run in fine style. 7
champion steadied down to work i
mediately, Angus being second q
Chapman third. They all 70
Handlers. The Cleveland ride
Dexter and Atkinson, were IL
In the first mile Angus led wi
Giles second, Chapman, Atkins
and Dexter in close proximity. I
Ill. 4