The Hawaiian gazette., 1898-01-04
Some More Pretty Racing at Cy-
clOnlere Park.
THERE WAS A LARGE CROWD
Martin Takes the PRO" EVent-A
"Sharrick' Finish--Promising
Novice-Little Mike.

The great stand was filled and the
'two-bitters" made long wings on
side. The lights were poor. The rae
ing was good. 1t was a satisfactory
program. Considering that there was
no imported talent, the events were
beyond all expectations. All regretted
that Allan Jones, on account of injur-
ing himself in the ball game, was I'M
able to ride. One hand was so badly
swollen that he could not close it.
Little Mike" the local trick rider,
made his debut and did well. He was
trif1e nervous and forgot to arrange
for jumping the wheel. He performed
quite a number of difficult tricks very
neatly. There were no accidents in
the riding that mattered any. One
man had fall. The Kamehameha
Glee Club sings beautifully but it is
not strong enough for so large place
as Cyclomere Park.
Messrs. Reynolds and Schemerhorn
were called in to act as judges with
Tom Wright. Harry Wooten did all
the time keeping alone and Will Gro
zier was starter. Harry Wilder was
scorer and David Koii clerk. The
handicaps were fixed by Walter E.
Wall and proved entirely satisfactory.
Only three novices came up for the
first heat of that race. Eakin took
first easily, with Souza second in the
slow time of Psi 1-5. In the second
heat Gilman and HalsteaG qualified
in the order given in 2:41 3-5. This
was pretty finish. Eakin took the fl
nal handily, with Gilman second. The
time was 2:49-sIower that the boys.
Halstead lost a toe clip. Eakin looks
rider, is cool, big and strong and is
regarded as a coming man.
The race for boys was in one heat
with three starters. The pace was a
hot one throughout. Ho,oua finished
first and Bachelor second in 2:4S 3-5.
With Jones out of the mile profess
sional handicap, the event was regard
ed as good thing for Dan Whitman.
Martin was slated for second place, as
it it was known "Manoa" was not
quite in form On account of Jones
and Sam Johnson dropping out, the
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of the handicaps Whitman was plac-
ed on scratch. "Manoa" and Martin
were given 20yards and Sylvester 80.
They were soon in a bunch and rode
easily, but steadily, till near the eighth
mark on the last lap. Here "Manoa"
went out like shot. He made as
pretty and as a hard a sprint as has
ever been seen on that station of the
track. Martin and Whitman went
after him. Whitman was the first to
ahook on All this was as they were
rounding the last turn. As they came
into the stretch Martin was -four
lengths behind, with little Sylvester try
ing vainly to hold on" There was
tremendous cheering as Martin took
on a regular Sharrick burst. He made
ND the four lengths and won by a
wheel. Martin had to go round the
bunch and finish on the outside. II
was the best exhibition of real racing
any home rider has yet given and
Martin received a perfect ovation
"Manoa' beat Whitman for second
place by inches. Both Whitman and
"Manoa' thought Martin was behind
Whitman on that account began his
squirt too late.
The amateurs had good, sharp figh
,. in the open two-thirds. Walker wor
il. He made the jump at the RICH
time and was able to hold his lead tt
the finish. Eakin, Damon and Gile'
were watching each other in the rear
F. Williams took second, with EakiI
third. Time, 2:05 3-5.
The Dennis O'Rafferty-Sam So!
match race kept the crown lduSHiH'
for 10 minutes. Jock MCGUIRE ant
Henry. vierra inpersonated the char
acters named. They went overheard
couple of times and did lot of com
edy work. IRE onlookers enjoyed
all. The race was declared dea
heat.
Little Mike" gave his exhibition a
the next number.
Just before the finale of the two-thir
amateur handicap there was an Orien
- tai race. -Four Chinese boys starte
and rode the half the best they kne'
how. H. Patrick won, with All Tue
second. Time, Iii.
!. In the two mile handicap Damon e;
tablished himself once more as ride
of rare good judgment. He is clearl