The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-07-06
WITH THE wHEELMEN.

auspices of the H. A. A. c.. There
were three teams, captained respect
lively by Angus, Giles and Dexter The
contest was between the teams and
was to be decided on a basis of the
average times made by all the men.
five to each team and three to each
division of the race. They ran in the
order: Brede, Walker and Bond; Lish-
man, King and johnson; Silva, Chill
ton and Paris; Damon, Martin and
Sylvester; Angus, Dexter and Giles,
the three captains. The time made
by Angus team gave to it the prize of
$25. George Martin made the best five
miles.
GRAND PARADE.
The grand parade, the most exten-
sive witnessed in Honolulu in many
years was formed on Miller street at
8 o'clock. Grand Marshal Colonel Nc
Lean and all other officials of the
army and the parade were mounted.
The column was headed by a platoon
of foot police. Next came the Ha-
waiian band marching at the head of
the First Regiment. All of the COM
panies turned out well and made eX-
cellent showings. The Kamehameha
and Concordia bands were in line.
Back of the Regiment came the
mounted patrol under Capt. Renken,
and the mounted reserve of the Cit
izens' Guard under Lieut.. Dillingham;.
Both of these aggregations made
handsome showings.
The floats, business and fancy, con-
stituted special feature of the pa
rade. The first in line, and one that
attracted a great deal of favorable at
tention, was a decorated bus contain
ing young ladies of Kawaiahao sem
mary. Lewis & Co., were represented
by handsome business float. w. W
Dimond had decorated ffoEt and
also couple of delivery wagons in the
parade. McChesney & Sons sent 9
dray load of "Home Industry" soap
Hall e. Son had out their delivery
cycle from which fioated a huge Amer
lean flag. One of the most attracts u
displays was made by the Metropoli
tan Meat Co. 1t was wagon of dec
Grated meats, containg also several fa
calves ready to be turned into veal
A fancy float in which Miss Jenni,
Murray rode as the Goddess of Libert,
attracted a great deal of attention
The design was original and yer.
clever. Miss Murray took the priz
for the best decorated unofficial float
, $50. Decidedly the neatest origina
float in the parade was take-off ol
Honolulu's street passenger facilities
This was admired by all for exceed
ing neatness and originality. Their
was little hesitancy in awarding to
1 the prize of $50 for the most origina
2 float.
e The turnout of bicycles was not a
: large as had been expected by tn
+. committees and only a few of thei
] offered anything rare in the way {
] decoration. Lishman took the firs
a prize with very pretty design !
= flowers. Tom King was awarded TIL
e second, Fred Angus third, Harr
I in, hn1
: very neat design, a phaeton top
5 colors, but did not make winning
: Dave Crozier's sunflower was probabl
, not seen by the judges.
Hack 20 of the Merchant sire,
}, stand, was the prettiest in the line {
t public conveyances.
6 The fire department was out in fu
e force and looked well. Engines, ladd'
r and hose-carts were profusely deco
e ated. Miss Helen johnson, a child {
g 10 years, rode beneath canopy {
n ferns and flowers on the hose cart {
No. as the little queen of the fiji
department.
It The parade moved promptly at s:3
Q After passing through the grounds
/: the Executive building, the march WI
/; continued down King street to Al
(; kea, to Emma, to School, to Fort,
1. King, to Union Square and thoue
y the Executive building grounds aga
:. TO Armory Square. In front of Il
(. Executive Building the column pass'
If in review before the President. Aft
- the parade was dismissed the milital
e companies had refreshments in Il
d armory.
D PRESIDENTS RECEPTION.
d From 10 TO 11:45 President Dole I
m ceived i'm the hall of the House
d Representatives at the Executi
E. Building. Standing with him we
e, Mrs. Dole and Mrs. Henry +. Coops
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