The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-10-27

scratch: Martin, % yards. Martin
starts out with swift pace, and Shar-
rick and Jones do not catch up to him
until the end of the first lap. Then
the position are: Martin, Sharrick and
Jones. At the end of the second lap.
Jones leads, with Martin second, and
at the end OF the third the positions
are the same. At the end of the
fourth Sharrick is in the lead, with
Jones next. There is no increase in
speed, and the positions are as fol
lows at the end of the fifth: Martin,
Sharrick and Jones. Martin sets a
very warm pace on the last turn, and
1t is all that Sharrick and Jones can
do 10 catch up with him. However,
Sharrick makes final squirt and wins
by very small margin, with Jones
second and Martin following very
closely. The race was the prettiest Of
the evening. Time, 5:34 As.
Second heat-Whitman, scratch;
Sylvia, 15 yards; Sylvester, so yards.
This heat started off with very good
speed. Whitman made up his mind to
catch the bunch before the end of the
first lap. At this time Sylvia was ahead,
the second Sylvia was first again, with
Sylvester second. The third lap saw
Whitman ahead with Sylvia second.
The fourth lap closed with Sylvia in the
lead and Sylvester second. The fifth
was the same. Soon after Sylvester
took the lead, and half way around the
three were together. Sylvia then took
the lead and Whitman followed, leav-
ing Sylvester far in the rear. 1t was a
beautiful finish between the fast rider
from the Coast and Sylvia. The Homo
lulu boy was too much Of a scorcher
and finished first, with Whitman a
close second Time, 5:16.
Final heat-Sharrick, Jones, Whit
man and Sylvia, all on the scratch.
Sharrick took the lead, with Whitman.
Jones and Sylvia following closely. At
the end Of the first lap Whitman took
the lead, with Jones second The pace
was slow, and at the end of the second
Jones took the lead, with Sylvia sec
ond The third saw Sylvia in the lead,
with Whitman second. The fourth
showed the same positions. In the
fifth Jones took the lead, with the 9TH
ers closely punched at the first turn of
the last lap. Sylvia thought of his
mountain home and climbed the hill.
Then he came down again for big
lead and began the squirt, with Whit
man following. Jones was not slow,
and soon had the lead, finishing beau
tifully quite distance ahead. Shar-
rick was second, with Sylvia third
Time, 5:34 As.
TDJED SvnD DECnDD
The fifth event was an exhibition
e-third-mile, flying start by Lyle,
paced on a tandem by Damon and
Walker. Lyle kept up beautifully with
his PAGERS all the way around, but
could not pass them. His time was
0:41 4-5, the best amateur record on
the Islands.
'TRILBY'S" FRANKS.
''Trilby" again jumped over his han
dle-bars and made people wonder if
body. He was in excellent form, with
the usual accentuated smile, and he
never forgot to keep away from the
waters edge.
EXHIBITION THIRD.
Jones, paced by Sharrick and Whit
man on a tandem, in an exhibition
one-third- mile, was the last event on
the evenings program. They were 60
ing like the wind when they passed the
line on a flying start, and at the finish
Jones beat his PAGERS. Time, 0:39 fiat.
NOTES.
The races were the best of the sea-
son.
William Savidge acted as clerk of
the course
The crowd was fitting testimonial
to the fact that Cyclomere track is a
success.
Every English paper in Honolulu
was represented The o Lusa represen-
tative was also present.
c. S. Desky was the happiest man on
the track.
No more trouble was experienced
with people blocking the track. They
skunk away into stray corners and
there they remained.
The lighting was far better than on
Saturday night
Everything went off in much quick
er order. Experience has been a great
teacher.
The Quintette Club boys were ex-
ceedingly lively.
James Lloyd made no mistakes in
announcing, and gave excellent sat
isfaction throughout.
In one event the bicyclists entered
into compact against one rider, this
on account of the dissatisfaction OF a
decision Saturday night.
Jones is still in town, as the other
riders found in the final Of the two
mile professional race last night.
The judges disappeared for while,
but Mr.. Desky says they only went to
see if any of the riders were injured
in any Of the races.
Death OF an Old Resident
Mrs. Jane Dexter, an old resident OF
the Islands died AT the residence OF