The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1897-03-09
DEXTER A WINNER
Surprises The New ZGalandGrS and
Lowers Record.
ODDS AGAINST HIM ON TRIAL
Made Mile in PIG on Grass
Track Without Bank.
Sent To Wellington to Race With
Crackerjacks-B Good
With Team.

The colors of the H. A. A. c, Myrtle
Boat Club and Rambler racing team of
Honolulu are pretty well at tie top in
far-off New Zealand.
Ruby Dexter, trained and coiched by
his old and present partner, Dive Gro
zier, is riding with the very best BIZ
cycle speed merchants of mulet land
The Honolulu boy is holding his own
splendidly. Latest reports by LITTER and
in the papers are to the efiset that
money and honors galore are falling
to Ruby. He prepares as carefully as
ever, is much stronger than whan here,
has the same nerve and tenacty, and
has learned all the tricks of tie track
trade that have been developed by the
sport-loving New Zealanders.
Dexter, with his mate, Champion
Teddy" Reynolds, has taken part in
the championship meet at Wellington.
Results of that tourney are lot yet
known, but it is certain that if Dexter
held his latest form shown, he figured
with the firsts in several event
The Honolulu boy had to leak
record at Auckland to have rs club
send him to Wellington. Reynolds had
already been selected as the relresen-
tative, but he wanted Dexter to go
along. The club Executive Conmittee
agreed that if Ruby made the 1ile on
the four-Iap grass track mo btnkingl
in 2:25, he should accompany Re nolds.
Even bets were made that he would
not do it in 2:27.
1t was n standing start, and tie first
quarter was rather slow. Then Ruby
put on steam and kept letting OIt the
links till he made the last rolnd at
hurricane rate, furnishing in 2:1s beat
ing the previous record by 4:35 sec
onds Only two men had beata 2:30
on the track before This performance
gives Dexter the New Zealand ham
pionship standing. He was champion
of the Hawaiian Islands when lie left
here. Two tandems, Crozier o. one,
paced the 2:19 mile.
Reynolds, who has been at the op of
the heap down there three year, OBJ
served what Dexter could do q the
They were in three races togethe, and
these were the first occasions in which
Reynolds was challenged at the tape
One account says:
Dexter was second, Champion Rey-
nolds winning, in three races. The
first was two-mile handicap (30-yard
limit. Dexter had 60 yards, an was
but a yard behind down the home
stretch and at the end. In the hree-
mile handicap there were mum er of
tumbles and Dexter might hay had
first, instead of second, had he no been
blocked. Then in the five-mile hndi-
cap (700-yard limit, Dexter wa put
at the $50 mark. The race was beween
the new man and Reynolds, ant they
fought it out like demons down IL last
straight Dexter was but six. inchs be-
hind. He is considered by all thecom-
/ ing man."
| In a two-mile race at another lace.
Dexter had a fall on the last lal and
lthen finished third.
The New Zealanders are kee for
any sort of spicy pastime, and tn Ho-
nolulu boys wrote of going on a scam
er excursion. Each passenger was sup
piled with fishing line. A six ance
sweep" was made up, and i zter
hauled down Is shillings by haulilp up
the second fish caught.
The Honolulu boys are doing VII in
their business at Auckland