The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-10-27
FAST and FURIOUS RIDING
EXCITING SPORT AT CYCLOMERE
LAST NIGHT.
Martin Gets Place in Fast Company
Close Finishes in Professional
Events.


success than the first. Of the nine
races ON the bill, all but one were
marked 10y close and exciting finish
es. IT was an evening of clean and
wholesome sport. free from wrang-
ling. and thoroughly enjoyable. The
growing popularity Of the sport was
attested by a well filed grand stand
eager and appreciative. Never were
the victors so Justify cheercd, or the
defeated accorded such generous
treatment. There was every evidence
that cycling has been accepted 10y the
amusement loving people of Honoiu-
lu as a game worthy of their fullest
patronage.
George Martin was the local lion
of the evening. finishing close sec
| ong to Sharrick in the ouc-third mile
and beating out Jones and sylvia. The
"NIanoa Wonder" made it hot for the
| California men i'm the final of the two
mile handicap, but Jones and Sharricll
were too speedy for him, finishing
( first and second respectively. The on
| ~ amateur event of the night. the one
mile handicap ended in a ttZzle
I 1t should have been n very pretty
race. as the trial heats were ridden
i'm 1896 and $3.50 - respectively and
the men were in fine form. Lyle won
in BIB.
But the professionals made it so in
/ teresting that such a trifing incident
was soon forgotten. The track was
in superb condition and the atmosphe
ric conditions could not have been
better. In the first heat of the one
third mile open. Jones led all the way
to the second tape. with Martin an
easy second and Sylvester IA poor third.
In the second the Wonder got
fine start and led to the second bank
where Sharricll passed him and finish
ed well in, the lead. Whitman made a
hard fight for second place, but lost
by wheel Whitman paced the final
heat. Sylvia again led. with Jones sec
ond, but on the second bank Sharrlck
and Martin forged ahead, the former
. winning by a scant wheel from the To-
cal boy in a whirlwind finish.
The second heat of the mile anna
teur handicap was interesting. The
riders were punched at the end of the
first lap. and Porter set a hot pace.
Damon, the scratch man, took the pole
from the inside on the back stretch of
the last lap. Walker caught him on
the bank and led him down the home
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overtooll him and the three tbrndered
down mon the tana like q st,mneded
hand If cattIe Martin had The r.,.e
in bis hand INT could not stond +bo
strain and un,,a II mn tnn fent from
tba tnre fpiShing Iost
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wards tba host If Whitman the man
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tba frst barI, and +be two o,.orhnI,lnJ
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Ian ,,o, frisbad MA Nance tnol, tho
mace and mnde If hot bmt reiinonisbad
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dawn tho ba5i, frSt and LODI +bo Cnii.
fo,.nion nj tba +one NV 81 scapt wheel
: The limo fo,. tbil beat i.1G was tha
fastest of the race
The CoIifnrnions had II all tbeir
own ,vav in the last beat An tool,
turns ,t n.cinu tho Nonoo triod IN
:. cain enar on tbo hank. hut his
: snurts wore only of short duration
and Jones and Siorricl, nnsbeJ he'd
of him in Tho order named
Tones established n trncl, record nj
40 for a third mile Avinw start he.
3 hind Sbarrick and Whitman on =
tandem In n similar nerformoucc
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Entries Gaorna Martin Alien Ioras
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