The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-01-28
SATISFACTORY RACES.
The H. A. A. c. Field Day a
Great Success.
BILLY C WINS TWO HEATS.
Each Event Closely Contested-The
Bicycle Races were Good-Some
Excellent Jumping = Everything
Passed Off without Hitch.
BILLY c WINS TWO HEATS.

Kapiolani Park Saturday there wa
no jam of humanity in the gran,
stand nor were the club houses crowde,
ed to suffocation. The places of OBJ
servation were simply comfortabl.
filled. One bali the grand stand ha,
plenty OF seats, SO that really no On
left the grounds for the want of
place from which to view the variou
events by the Honolulu A. A. c.
The board of management had mad
the necessary provisions, and the par
Elephants were rung on and off will
regularity. The only exception t.
this rule was the horse race, but tn,
public has become used to delays il
matters of this kind, and expect then
they happen everywhere else and I'm
less it be the objections from the PEG
pie who pay admission fees, there i,
no reason why it should not be sc
here. Honolulu copies, seldom origi
mates, but if they should begin in
novations in horse racing and other
cities should copy it, the blessings OF
the wOrlC would be Oh the people who
wrought the change.
A great many of those who rode or
drove to the park on Saturday, went
| out to see the boys and young men III
the real athletic sports, but there was
a goodly sprinkling OF older hea0s
whose interest was ceutered on the
horse race between Billy G. and Con
federate, and considerable amount of
Confederate money dropped with q
dOleful thud into the pockets of the
friends of Billy G. But the horses
were Well match, and the men who
backed their opinion of Billy G. did so
judgment still holds good.
The bicycle races were nearly ali
we'll contested, 81 were the foot races
and with few exceptions, the boys
came under the wire in bunch
Lishman with the 81 yards allowance
in the mile bicycle handicap beat F.
Damon by a wheel, though the latter
was seventeen yards behind the win
ner at the start, another contestant
who lined up with Damon came in
sometime during the next race.
The running broad jump was closely
contested but w. Cummings with
ten inch credit won with an Is fl. in
jump Giles held the first three quar-
ters in the novelty bicycle race but a
he end Dexter spurted and came in
half length ahead. Angus made a
good ride in the three mile lap bi,y
Gle race aud won in three straight
heats.
One of the interesting plumbers was
the one mile hanhicap foot race. W.
Chamberlain the scratch man win
ming in 5 81 %.
The judges of these races were s l.
Shaw, Tho. Wright and Captain
Griffith; referee, ]. Walter Jones;
starter, James TOrbert; time keeper, /
Clarence Macfarlane aud s. G. Wilder;
clerk of course, ThOs. Cummins. The |
entire affair was conducted as har
as a church social and was
entirely free from chickering's which
characterize some sporting gather
ings.
A little before 2 o'clock the be | |
sounded far the one mile novice race
and promptly at the hour set, u. A. |
Martin, Sam johnson, p Lisnmau,.
Chas. Williams, F. Damon and r
~ode to the scratch all eager
for the fray aud more than anxious to |
begin the iay's athletic events with n |
good race.
Martin and Lshman fought each
other all the way round the track bur |
Martins pushing powers were just u
little too good tor Lishman anu he
passed under the wire about one yard |
ahead of him. Time, 8 "a 5.
There were quite number of en-
tries in the 100 yards handicap run
ming race. The scratch men were T.
Pryce and ]. Kalanianaole. w. G.
Cummings Is yards handicap) wou
the race with E. Hspai very close
second. Time, 10 8 seconds
The half mile boys bicycle handicap
with A. B. Giles and F. Iaukea AS
scratch men, was won by F. Iaukea
with Giles pumping up hard behind
him. Time, lbs 2 5.
In the quarter mile handicap run
ping race w. Armstrong, scratch; t
Pryce, IA yards; w. Simerson, 20 ;
yards; G. Holt, IL yards; h E-pinda,
Is yards and A. KeOo, Is yards, were |
he men who were entered in the race
oryce took advantage of his IA yards ,
o run away from those in front of
lin besides keeping we'll out of reach !
If the scratch man. c. Holt was an
Unhappy second. Time, 81 25 Sec
,nde.
Up to the fifth race the events went {
,ff without much enthusiasm from ,
he crowd but as soon as this. the half ,
nile bicycle handicap was announced, .
here was general commotion aud a
marked craning of necks in the dIrec-
ion OF the track. George Angus on q
Columbia aud R.. A. Dexter Oh a {
Tribune wheel were scratch men. Fl
4. Giles on Stearns wheel with
Yards handicap and w. Chapman, N &
r. Southgate and E. B.
Berger with handicaps ranging from q
5 20 50 yards, were the other entries. i
The race was a holly contested one '
he respective men watching their 5
'pponents like baw ks and keeping a
harp lookout for any opportunity that s
night offer the slightest advantage. Q
1t the finish Angus came in just
bout yard ahead of Dexter and '
hree yards ahead of Giles. The race +
7as one of the most neatly finished OF a