The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-01-18
ATHLETES MEET
AT KapiOlani Park For Friendly
Contest, Saturday.
OVER THOUSAND PEOPLE PRESENT
Great Enthusiasm Shown
Throughout.
Johnson and Silva Make lGood
Prettiest of the Day.

The II. A. A. c. boys could not have
asked for a better day than Saturday
for their regular athletic sports. II
was cool, delightful day, such as
must needs put everyone in the very
best of humor, and withal, it was a
holiday when people rested from the
busy whirl of business life and gave
| themselves up to pleasant and enter
tanning occupations.
The appearance of the various stands
| at Kapiolani Park called back to mem
DRY the old 18th of June horse races,
when every place was crowded, and
gay colors were flying everywhere,
when pretty faces were smiling, and
| all was a scene of merriment. The
part of the enclosure surrounding the
| judges stand was entirely occupied
| by carriages. 1t is estimated that
| there were from / 900 to 1900 people
| on the grounds-the largest number
| that has ever turned out in Honolulu
to witness a series of athletic events.
| The sports began at LOO p. m. sharp,
with the following officers of the day
/ in charge:
Judges: Tom Wright and D. W. Cor
bett.
| Referee: j. Walter Jones.
| Timekeepers: Tom Hollinger, w. F.
Love and Charles Bellina.
| Clerks of Course: George Angus and
Louis Singer.
Handicappers: Tom Wright and
George Angus.
Starter: James L. Torbett.
| ONE-MILE NOVICE BICYCLE.
There were but four entries for this
race. and C.. Murray of the II. r. c..
came in ahead, with w. Lyle very
close second. Lyle started to lead, and
he and Murray hung together pretty
closely until the finish, when the lat
ter made a good squirt and came in
ahead as stated. Chiffon took a tum-
| BILE near the first half and claimed
/ that Murray knocked him down by one
/ of those queer" moves. He says he
| will race the winner again at any time.
Time: 1861.
On account of a breakdown of :he
/ bus conveying the Kamehameha ath-
Ietes to the park and the consequent
delay in their arrival, the 100-yaTd
dash was postponed and the half-mlle
handicap bicycle race took its place
as second event.
HALF-MILE HANDICAP BICYCLE
(OPEN).
On account of several of the riders
falling at the start, the event was de-
cIared mo race" A little later it was
run. and S. Johnson of the II. r. c.
won by a pretty squirt at the finish.
r. Bond came in second. Time: 1:O71a
| Following were the handicaps: Muir
ray 80 yards: Grace, Chiffon, Lyle, %
Yards: Bond, 20 yards; Johnson, Syl-
vester, 10 yards; Giles, Lishman, Sit
va. 10 yards; Martin, King and Oa-
mon, scratch.
In this race, Percy Lishman had an
unfortunate accident which made Il
impossible for him to enter any of the
subsequent events. Just after pass
ing the first quarter his front wheel
struck the back wheel of Sylvester 5
| bicycle, and he was thrown to the
| ground II. Giles, who was coming dl-
rectly behind, ran over him, and then
fell himself. Lishman lay unconscious
for little while, and then recovered
enough to get into a carriage, which
took him where the blood, flowing
from wound on his forehead and 9th
ers on his arms. could be washed ana
his injuries dressed.
| Giles suffered a sprained wrist The
accident was an unfortunate one, as
il prevented both these racers from
doing the good work they expected.
1OO-YARD DASH.
This was a close race from the start
between Cupid Kalanianaole of the II.
4. A. c.. the winner, and \. II. Moore
and ]. Hausman of the Regiments.
In fact, the race was so close that
there wasn't a tick of the watch be-
tween the times that Kalanianaole
and Moore ran into the tape at the I'M
ish Time: II seconds.
BROAD JUMP.
w. Cummings of St. Louis College,
a young man who has come to the
front in athletic circles during the last
wear. won the broad jump. d. Hawai- Of
Kamehameha was a close second. Dis
lance, 1871 feet.
22O-YARD DASH.
In the 22O-yard dash. Cupid Kalani-
anaole and Chris Holt of the H. \. A.
c. tied for first place. Cupid resigned
in favor OF Holt and took second place.
Time: 241s seconds.
ONE-MILE NOVELTY BICYCLE
(OPEN).
There were nine entries in this race.
II. Giles set out ahead of the bun n
and kept the lead, winning the first
quarter, when he dropped TO last place.
J. Silva kept in the lead to the half and
three-quarters. with Johnson hanging
close behind him. At the finish john
son made squirt and won his second
race. with Silva second. Time: 2:3112.
44O-YARD DASH
In this race Maurice Mcmahon, a