The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-01-27

G.. J. Willis and Z. Hapsi were scratch
! men. Others with A Keoo g inches
were given various handicaps. Hapal
won with Keoo second. Height,
) fl. in.
w. A. Chapman, F. Damon, \.
Halstead, p. LIshman, O.. A. Martin,
s. Johnson, d. @. Sylvester and t. V
King all lined up at the scratch for
! the three minute class bicycle race.
| In the start-off Sylvester was given a
vigorous push and started out ahead,
casting his head to one side and then
! to the other in the hope of mesmerIZ-
! ing his opponents in the rear. AT
| first there was a case OF bunch, out
| this did not last long At the cry of
F"The combination is broken" from
some sport in the grand stand, the
wheelmen scattered and each bent
over his handle bar for solid work;
Then came a surprise party, ana
| Damon, casting scornful look at the
wheels of the other racers, pushed his
Rambler under the wire little ahead
of Martin. Time, q 53
c.. Holt and J. Kalanianaole,
scratch, and E. Hapsi, j. Spencer and
others, with various handicaps rang
ing from one to seven yards, were the
entries for the 900 yards handicap
running race. Hapai with two aud
J. Spencer with four yards came out
first and second respectively. Time,
"a 8 5 seconds.
B. F. Beardmore and w. Chamber
lain, scratch, and George Clark with
fifteen yards, were among the entries
in the half mile handicap running
race. Clark won, with Beardmore
second. Time, 2:18 45.
Following were the principal en-
tries in the One-mile bicycle handi
cap:
George Angus, scratch; Ruby Dex-
ter, 5 yards; d. Sylvester, 10 yards;
II. A. Giles, % yards; T. V. King, so
yards; P. Lishman and F. Damon, 81
yards.
The riders started off in two
punches and kept that way up to the
end of the race. Lishman, Damon
and Johnson headed the first. Dexter,
Angus, Giles and Sylvester kept fight
ing each other in the rear, while the
first bunch ran steadily away from
them At the finish Damon made
very strong squirt, but was unable to
overtake Lishman on his Tribune
Time, 2:25.
In this race Lishman, who has
been riding for only few months,
showed that he is not to be disregard
ed as a coming rider. He possesses
the material for a promising racer.
In the 12O yards hurdle handicap Fl.
Hapai, six yards, won over his broth
er, scratch man, whom he defeated by
about q second. Time, Is 2 5 seconds.
There were four entries in the run
ming broad jump handicap, among
them being e. Hapai, scratch, and
w. Cummings, 10 inches. Hapai
made Is feet 81 inches and retired, but
w. Cummings jumped for 10 feet 4
inches. Hapai, forced to make an
other trial, succeeded in making only
II feet 10 inches. A better record was
made in the second trial, but the third
gave the contest to Cummings.
r. A. Dexter, Geo. Angus, P. Lish-
man, II. A. Giles and D.aG. Sylvester
were among the entries for the one
mile novelty bicycle race. Angus led,
with Sylvester close behind. A little
past the half Dexter, Giles, Angus
and Sylvester were pretty well bunch
ed. Angus tried hard to push his
wheel across the line first, but Dexter
made one of his old-time spurts and
rode under the wire just half bicycle
length ahead. Time, 2:423.
Giles led in the first three quarters,
making the following time: First
quarter, 43 seconds; second quarter,
1:20, and third quarter, 2:23.
Next followed the one mile handi
cap running race, in which only four
out of the original ten entries showed
up. Chamberlain was scratch man,
but he kept gaining on the handicap
men all the way round the track,
finally pulling out ahead and winning
easily, with A. Rosa second. Time,
5:34 IS
Geo. Angus, R A. Dexter, III. A.
Giles, d. @. Sylvester and P. Lish-
man were the entries for the three
mile lap bicycle race.
First lap-Sylvester did his usual
trick of taking the lead and looking
back over his shoulders in anticipa
ton of the very thing that happened
the passing one 10y one of the fas er
riders At the finish Angus lead,
with Dexter, Giles, Lishman and Syl
vester following very close together.
Second lap-The rldsrs were bunch
ed near the three-quarters and each
was doing his hardest work. At the
finish Angus led, with Giles, Dexter,
Lishman and Sylvester following
closely.
Third Iap-Bunched at the first
quarter and all the riders slackening
speed. Giles and Angus Were ahead
at the first quarter, with Lishman
hanging right along with them At
the finish the riders did their best, but
Angus, with his yellow suit, came out
like sunshine from among them, with
Dexter, Giles, Lishman and Sylvester
following in the order named. Points:
First lap Angus, 8; second lap
Angus, 8; third lap-Angus, 4. Total,
Angus, 10. Time, 9;03 2-5.
After crossing the line Dexter ran
into the hind tire of Angus wheel
and fell with his wheel on top of him,
but no injury WAS done.
The match race between Billy G..
and Charles David's Confederate, the
next event on the programme, Con-
federate contingent seemed to be do
ing all the talking before the race,
and bets seemed to favor that horse.
In the first heat Billy G. took the
lead, and kept it winning by about
length. Time 50 seconds,
Just at this particular time the sun
went under a cloud and cast gloom
over certain portion Of the enthusi-