The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-01-27
The H. A. A. G. Field Day q
Great Success.
BILLY C WINS TWO HEATS
Each Event Closely Contested-Ihe
Bicycle Races were Good-Some
Excellent Jumping - Everything
Passed or without Hitch.

no jam of humanity in the grand
stand nor were the club houses crowded
ed to suffocation. The places of OBJ
servation were simply comfortably
filled. One half the grand stand had
plenty of seats, go that really no one
left the grounds for the want OF a
place from which 10 view the various
events by the Honolulu A. A. &.
The board of management had made
the necessary provisions, and the par
Elephants were rung on and of with
regularity. The only exception to
this rule was the horse race, but the
public has become used to delays in
matters of this kind, and expect them
they happen everywhere else and un-
less it be the objections from the peo-
pie who pay admission fees, there is
no reason why it should not be so
here. Honolulu copies, seldom origi
mates, but if they should begin in
noyations in horse racing and other
cities should copy it, the blessings of
the world would be on 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 in
the real athletic sports, but there was
q goodly sprinkling OF older heaos
whose interest was centered on the
horse race between Billy G. and Con-
federate, and considerable amount of
Confederate money dropped with a
dolefuI thud into the pockets of the
friends of Billy 9. But the horses
were we'll match, and the men who
backed their opinion of Billy G. did SO
mainly on account of his record. Their
Judgment still holds good.
The bicycle races were nearly ell
we'll contested, so 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 r.
Damon by q 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 q
ten inch credit won with an Is It. in.
Jump. Giles held the first three quar-
tiers in the novelty bicycle race but at
the end Dexter spurted and came in
half q length ahead. Angus made q
good ride. in the three-mile lap bicy-
Gle race aud won in three straight
heats.
One of the interesting numbers was
the one mile handicap foot race. w.
Chamberlain the scratch man Win
ming in "a 2-5.
The judges of these races were S. L.
Shaw, Thos. Wright and Captain
Griffith; referee, J. Walter Jones;
starter, James Torbert; time keepers,
Clarence Macfarlane and s. @. Wilder;
clerk of course, Thos. Cummins. The
entire affair was conducted as bar
mopiously as q church social and was
entirely free from chickering's which
characterize some sporting gather
ings.
sounded for the one mile novice race
and promptly at the hour set, u. A.
Martin, Sam Johnson, p. Lishman,
Chas. williams, +. Damon and r
Southgate rode to the scratch all eager
for the fray and more than anxious to
begin the days athletic events with
good race.
Martin and Lishman fought each
other all the way round the track but
Martins pushing powers were just
little too good for Lishman and he
passed under the wire about one yard
ahead of him. Time, 8 "a 1-5.
There were quite number of en-
tries in the 100 yards handicap run
ming race. The scratch men were /.
Pryce and ]. KalaniAnaOle. w. 9.
Cummings Is yards handicap won
the race with E. Hapai a very close
second. Time, 10 3-5 seconds.
The half mile boys bicycle handicap
with A. B. Giles and F. Iaukea as
scratch men, was won by +. 1aukea
with Giles pumping up hard Dehlnd
him. Time, 1:25 2 5.
In the quarter mile handicap run
ming race w. Armstrong, scratch; I.
Pryce, IA yards; w. Simerson, 20
yards; G. Holt, II yards; II. Espinds,
is yards and A. Keoo, Is yards, were
the men who were entered In the race.
Pryce took advantage of his IA yards
to run away from those in front of
him besides keeping well out of reach
of the scratch man. c. Holt was an
unhappy second. Time, 81 % Sec
onde.
% to the fifth race the events went
off without much enthusiasm from
the crowd but as soon as this, the half
mile bicycle handicap was announced,
there was general cOmmotiOn and
marked craning OF necks In the dIreC-
ton OF the track. George Angus on a
Columbia and r. A. Dexter on
Tribune wheel were scratch men. II.
A, Giles on Stearns wheel with S
wards handicap and w. Chapman, n.
Halstead, r. Southgate and E. 3.
Berger with handbags ranging from
25 to so yards, were the other entries.
The race was holly contested one
the respective men watching their
onnonents like Lawks and keeping
share lookout for any opportunity that
might offer the slightest advantage.
Ar the finish Angus came in just
about a yard ahead of Dexter and
three wards ahead Of Giles. The race
waS one of the most neatly finished OF
the day. Time, IA 2-5.
In the running high jump handicap