The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-07-18
A PULL The BEST
Tug.Of.War Excites Inter
est at Cyclomere.
Won BY the IwiIef CreW-Cood Wheel
Races But no Enthusiasm for
Them-Mr. O'TrIIby.

There was much more interest in
the tug-of-war at CycIomere on Satur-
day evening last. The wheeling pro-
gram was over by $3.50. Up to this
time the crowd in the grand stand was
very small. Several hundred people
came pouring into the grounds es-
peciaIIy TO see the tug Of war. This
event was a match between Willie
Motifs Hot Stuff" team and SheldOn's
Iwilai seven. The pull TASTED for
eleven minutes and was most stub
bornly contested. The audience became
greatly interested and the cheering was
incessant. One little incident was
striking The first strain gave the Iwi-
lei side an advantage of six inches. At
the end of five minutes one Of their
men wanted to see If this was still
held He jumped from his place, made
a rush to the center, saw that the
mark was where he wanted it to be,
gave a triumphant yell and returned
to his place The Hot Stuff team
was quite warm" in its way, but the
anchor man had to use a rope instead
of the regulation belt, making a hard
handicap. At about the tenth strain
the Iwilei team won. The victorious
aggregation has been challenged for
another match.
Barely half the men who were down
to start in the cycling events came out.
The races and results were:
TwO-thirds of a mile open, amateur
King, Long, Ludloff and SOuZa quail
flied for the final. Ludloff made a
pretty and a sharp and early jump and
won out by half wheel, King second
and SOuza third. Time, 1872 So. Paced
by Treadway and Arthur Giles. SOuza
and Santos spilled in the second heat
and Santos had to be carried from the
track, but was all right in few min
uteS.
Mile open, professional, one heat
Jones won, Manoa second, Sylvester
third. Time, 2:4O. The finish between
Jones and Manoa was a very pretty
one.
Mile handicap, amateur-Ludloff and
King were scratch men. SOuza had
forty yards and Santos sixty. This
was in a small way a rather sensa-
tional affair. They punched on the
back stretch in the first lay. For the
finish Santos went out at the quarter
and went like the wind He made
away about twenty yards before the
others went into finish speed. Then 1t
was a race of King, LudlOff and Souza
to catch Santos and of LudlOff and
King for first place. The travelling
became too warm for SOuza. King, IN
2. regular whirIwind rush beat LudloH
out and Santos had to take third. The
wheels of the three Tapped. Time, FAB.
Two-thirds of a mile, professional,
handicap.-JOnes was scratch. Manoa
had twenty yards and Sylvester forty.
Sylvester set a swift guage, but they
were together on the first eighth. For
the finish Sylvester evidenced the best
burst of speed he has yet shown on
the track. 1t took ManOa completely
by surprise and gave him third, while
Jones had to ride his very best to get
home first. Sylvester was second by
half a wheel only. Time, 2:5l.
/ Mike O'Trilby, the trick rider, I'M
proves right along. He now performs
every feat of the professional, having
at last mastered the knack Of going
| along on one wheel George Martin
was at the track, but he had not ridden
since his trainer, Harry Murray, lett
for Manila. Murdoch, the new profess
sional. was on hand, but had no ma
| chine.
1t is more than likely that CYCLIC
mere win close again now for some
time. 1t has not paid expenses at all
under the latest management.