The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-05-17
DiTatFs&. the FaTTit4 Was De-
faitHi in The Match.
IN THREE STRAIGHT HEATS
Good Time Was Mads-An Interest
ing Contest Quickly Settled
Race in Detail.

Turf patrons, as well as people who
simply enjoy looking upon a horse
race were delighted with the match Al
Eapi0lau Park track on Saturday aft
=-noon- Il was 4 clean. interesting
and satisfactory contest L was Just
the settlement IN sportsmanIike
manner OF q dispute as 10 the merits
q q pair OF vel known harness horses.
Tle animals were N0rCon's DirecreSs.
roam mare four years old and HoI-
fingers Margaret H, q so-reI mare
aged The roam Is small. p-ettiIy gait
q and looks sraunch. The sOrrel Is
Big reaches ont vel and gives the
Impression Of being powerful. Both
horses were II Al condition The ar
zuuerr was settled in favor Of AIarga-
ret II IN three straight heats and the
verdict nay be regarded IS final and
decisive Margaret Il Is the better
horse by I've seconds and if the ex-
preston Of Z number OF good judges
nay be accepted Is OF better quality.
Dir6cTess appeared 70 be faithful, fast
and responsive 10 about the three
quarters Down around the first turn
and IN the backsCretch she was able 70
more than hold her own and az these
stages often seemed more than
match for the big sorreI- But coming
home, DirecJress, while travelling even
y, appeared faded and when given The
CAD quite severely rather failed 70
fight Some OF the wise ones had said
that the little roam would quit
Probably that Is putting IL 100 strong.
l. more likely and more Just 10 as
sumo that The mile al the pace Is sim
ply 100 much for her
The outcome OF the match was 4
waterloo for the sports Nineteen
on OF twenty Of the men who are Us
uzIIv supposed 10 be infallible in mat
-e-s OF this sort were in the wrong
On Saturday and paid for Without
zruubIinz. The match was for $500
q side. but with the other betting there
vas not less than $1,000 10 5000 IN
he hands OF stockholders There was
crowd OF several hundred az the
track for the race The gathering in
rru5e5 such representative racegoers
- DR. NcCfrew. John 4 CummIns,
Parker and many jockey club mem
hers. with { spri1klIng OF ladies'
IN this affair the question OF dr1v-
rs was an interesting one Walter
Bsgsbv had Magaret H and Jack
Gibson Directress- Each man had dr1y-
en the other horse before and each
was confident Of victory On Saturday
Bsgsbv drove with skill and judgment
and apparently without any idea other
than sending the better horse under
The wire first Tie day and track
were favorable for good time
First Heat-The pole had been
drawn for Direetress- They were sent
Of evenly on the fourth trial Direc-
rress broke Just At the word and Mar
zzre- H went ahead with her driver
looking hack 70 see If II was "a GO
Before Direcrress came down Marga-
rzr 4 was four lengths 10 the good.
Gibson used the whip little on Direc-
-ress IN rounding I'D the upper turn
and AZ the eighth had reduced the s0r-
rel mares lead 10 three lengths. Bags
BIZ held Margaret H steady and was
looking hack down the home stretch.
Directress was brought up perhaps one
more length losing the heat by two
lengths. with Margaret H's time 2:26
Is. There came On the faces OF men,
5ers Of the talent" looks Of anxiety.
Second Hsat-Gibso1 sent Directress
from the first, apparently trying 10
take The inside from the big mare.
This was futile effort though at
times II looked like z close fight and
vas z pretty sight At the half Mar
gsret led by length, al the three
quarters By Two lengths and she fin
shed under pull three lengths 10 the
good Direc-ress was again punished,
out did not respond as was expected
by her admirers and hackers. though
she had made & splendid showing in
The early going Of the heat. Such had
been the pace for the seTen-efghths
that the tine for the mile was z:zs Is.
Third Heat-Gibson took Directress
ouL ron the start again and at the
quarter had the pole and the lead.
With the Directress people shouting
that the little mare had at last walked
up and was showing what she could
do. Until they came into the back
stretch il looked as though the beau
tifuI little roam might take the mile.
Ihen Bagsby merely shook up" the
strong soFreL Margaret H struck out
Ike & runner, al the half was ahead
length and under easy driving moved
On TIL she was five lengths 10 the
good II finishing. with Directress
again getting the whip, but too tagged
% squirt Time, IA z-5. II was no
ticed that IN the finishes Dfrectress
took the whip without breaking.
SUMMARY.
Match race 1t Kapiolanf PARK traek
ssiklzis Honolulu, Oahu, 4. 1. Sstur
day, May Il, 1855, between HolIfngsr's
Island bred Margaret H, aged. driven
y waiter Bagsby and imported Nor
tons Directrsss. years old. driven
By Jack Gibson, best three beafs n
I've for purse OF $1,000.
Margaret h BY Boswell, Jr.. 2.Js111
DireeTess, by Director, sire Di-
rect, 2-05 I-4-...... 979
Time-2:2s Is. PA Is. 2.2l y
Track good, weather favorable.