The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-05-16
DiTGCtrGSS, the FaTOTitG Was De-
fGatGd in the Match.
IN THREE STRAIGHT HEATS
Good Time Was Made-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 at
Kapiolani Park track on Saturday aft
ernOon. 1t was a clean, interesting
and satisfactory contest. 1t was Just
the settlement in a sportsmanIike
manner of a dispute as to the merits
of a pair of we'll known harness horses
The animals were Norton's Directress,
a roam mare four years old and Ho1-
linger's Margaret H, a sorrel mare
aged. The roam is small, prettily gait
ed and looks staunch. The sorrel is
big, reaches out we'll and gives the
impression of being powerful. Both
gument was settled in favor of Marga-
ret H in three straight heats and the
verdict may be regarded as final and
decisive. Margaret II is the better
horse by five seconds and if the ex-
preston of a number of good judges
may be accepted is of better quality.
Directress appeared to be faithful, fast
and responsive to about the three
quarters. Down around the first turn
and in the backstretch she was able to
more than hold her own and at these
stages often seemed more than
match for the big sorrel. But coming
home, Directress, while travelling even
ly, appeared jaded and when given the
CAD quite severely rather failed to
fight Some of the wise ones had said
that the little roam would quit.
Probably that is putting it too strong.
1t more likely and more just to as
sumo that the mile at the pace is sim
ply too much for her.
The outcome of the match was
Waterloo for the sports. Nineteen
out of twenty of the men who are us
ualIy supposed to be infallible in mat
ters of this sort were in the wrong
on Saturday and paid for it-without
grumbling. The match was for $500
a side but with the other betting there
was not less than $4,000 to $4,000 IN
the hands of shareholders. There was
a crowd of several hundred at the
track for the race. The gathering in
cluded such representative racegoers
as DR.. McGrew, John A. Cummlns,
Parker and many jockey club mem
bers. with a sprinkling of ladies.
In this affair the question OF drlV-
ers was an interesting one. Waiter
Bagsby had Magaret II and jack
Gibson Directress. Each man had driv-
en- the other horse before and each |
was confident of victory on Saturday
agsby drove with skill and judgment
and apparently without any idea other
than sending the better horse under !
the wire first. The day and track |
were favorable for good time.
First Heat-The pole had been
drawn for Directress. They were sent |
off evenly on the fourth trial. Direc- |
tress broke just at the word and Mar |
garet H went ahead, with her driver
looking back to see if it was "a go"
Before Directress came down" Marga-
ret H was four lengths to the good |
Gibson used the whip little on Dlrec-
tress in rounding UP the upper turn |
and at the eighth had reduced the sor-
rel mares lead to three lengths. Bags
by held Margaret H. steady and was |
looking back down the home stretch |
Directress was brought up perhaps one
more length, losing the heat by Two !
lengths, with Margaret HIS time 2:26 |
Is. There came on the faces of mem |
bers of the talent" looks of anxiety. |
Second Heat-GibsOn sent Directress
from the first, apparently trying to
take the inside from the big mare. |
This was a futile effort, though at
times it looked like a close fight and
was a pretty sight. At the half Mar
garet led by a length, at the three |
quarters by two lengths and she fin
ished under a pull three lengths to the
good Directress was again punished,
but did not respond as was expected
by her admirers and hackers, though
she had made a splendid showing in
the early going Of the heat Such had
been the pace for the seven-eighths
that the time for the mile was 2:24 Is.
Third Heat-Gibson took Directress
out from 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
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