The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-02-28
A Long Evening With a Couple
Of Sensational Finishes.
ALLAN JONES AND PLUCGER BILL
A Pair of Bad Spills-Trouble With
the,Amateurs Again-king' Ulti-
matum-Weather and Crowd.

loving crowd on hand for the bicycle
races at Cyclomere park last Saturday
evening. The grand stand was well
filled and the bleacher space for hun
dred or more feet on either side of the
pavilion was well filled. The Govern
ment band was in attendance and gave
plently of lively music, while Miss Ka-
noho sang two songs in fine style.
The evening was ideal as to weather.
In fact it was a trifle too cool Until
about there was a bit of a breeze, but
after that the flags were limp and
weighty. The track was slow. 1t was
not in good condition and the men who
made time worked hard. 1t looks on the
loop now as though the banks had been
subjected to the pounding of the heavi-
est rains of years.
A very fair program had been pre-
pared, but it was not followed at all
and on the whole, the racing was rather
unsatisfactory. Only a couple Of events
were worth anything, and there was
only a couple of incidents to give zest
to the entertainment. There was a lot
of wrangling and there was radical
fault or incapacity in the conduct of the
show. In one race, Bilmartin went
down in heap, with his machine like
"hog-tied" steer and Allen Jones rode
over the PROSTATE plugger, without be-
ing unseated. This was coming into
the home stretch. Bilmartin raised up
to see how they finished, then laid back
and waited for Marshall to come and
rescue him. The visitor was badly
brushed and showed fine courage in
starting again and in scoring win.
Jones was congratulated ON his feat.
Ludloff and Arthur (midget) Giles,
were the participants in a shock of a
spill within 20 feet of the tape in an
amateur heat Both swerved in sprint
ing, but Ludloff was perhaps a trif1le
more unsteady than the little chap.
There was no protest, the upset being
regarded as an unavoidable accident.
Giles managed to get up in a couple of
seconds and ran across the tape with
his wheel. Then he had to be assisted
to his room. Ludloff was considerably
shaken up.
The best real riding of the evening
was done by Jones and Bilmartin.
Jones is now in the form that he should
have shown when he first came to the
country. As he is riding now, Sharick
could not have beaten him. Bilmartin
did wonderful piece of work in the
two-thirds professional handicap. He
tarted from the tape with the first man
40 yards away. He won with an average
of 45 and half seconds for each lap.
sylvia also did some excellent riding in
this number.
Lap racing as managed Saturday
night, is a freak, and a complete fail
ure. There were only four starters out
of field of eight entries and one of
the four dropped out on the first lap.
The point system was not used, and the
innovation made the affair a kind of
merry-go-round play.
George Martin did not start at all
Saturday night Neither did Harry
Terrill. The Giles brothers drew out of
finals in the two-thirds amateur and
Allan Jones did not start in the pro-
fessional handicap. Four exhibitions
were promised, but not one was given
and the Varney quad was not shown
1t was announced that there would be
a % mile race on Tuesday-fve men
against Bilmartin. This will not take
place, unless Tom King changes his
mind about the men in his control.
There were three trials for the time
limit in the final of the two-thirds anna
teur. Henry Giles won first and then
dropped out. In the next two efforts
the men finished King, Damon, Tread
way. On the third attempt they went
under the limit, but King was declared
disqualified on the charge that he had
failed to do his right share Of pacing
The race was given to Damon, second
money to Treadway and third to King
Tom King protested and there is talk
of an arbitration board. The crowd divid-
ed in taking sides with King and Da-
mon. King had ridden in fine form and
won by half a length. So soon as Tom
King heard the decision he announced
the withdrawal of himself and string
from the track. The men under his di-
rection are Ludloff, Bilmartin, Jones
Sylvester and Manoa
The opal trophy for best time for a
third of mile goes to George Martin
Sylvia did not make the trial again
Fred Damon is the amateur champion
for the distance. Nigel Jackson, OF