The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-06-15
hF. CUNNINGHAM Sells His Great
Pacing Horse.
MMANUS NOW THE OWNER
WeIa ka Hao viii Be Here for ,ba
July Meet-Ths Oisappo!nt-
ment of Monday Last.

WIN. r. Cunningham has gone out
OF the racing business. Yesterday he
sold Our Boy, or Wela ka Hao as is
his Hawaiian name. The purchaser
was w. T. McManus, who drove Loupe
to victory in the free-for-all last Mon
day. The price paid was $1,000 far
horse and entire outfit.
| AS stated in yesterday mornings Adj
Vertiser Billy is tired OF the game
He had firm faith in the chances of
| Our Boy (Vernon Boy-Nelly Bly) TO
win the event of the season. He
backed his confidence with money. To
add TO his defeat he believes that the
race was not lost ''on its merits" He
feels that he was thrown down, and
has decided to leave horses alone. No
man has done more for sport in Ho-
nolulu than Billy" Cunningham. He
has spent large sums of money on the
importation of good horses and good
dogs. His last purchase was Our Boy.
a horse known all over the coast as an
able performer. For the animal Cum
ningham paid $500. The expenses of
the stable up to the end of the season
have been over $1,000. 1t can be seen
that race horses come high.
No, | do not intend to follow the
game any longer" said Mr. Cunning
ham last evening. "A number of the
horses have been taken to Hilo. The
others have been turned out into the
paddOcks. They are all for sale. IL
do not wish to be looked upon as a
hard loser. l feel strongly in regard
to the result of the free-for-all. but
think l have reason to feel So
Mr.. McManus, the new owner of Our
Boy, intends to enter him in the
Fourth of July races. He expects to-
make enough out of the days meet to
take his horse to the coast for the sea-
son there. Since his arrival here Nc
Manus has done good work with the
horses in his care. He took the Ouder-
kirk green" horse and put him in
high fettle. His browning triumph
was to drive Loupe last Monday in the
free-for-all.
The victory of Loupe last Monday
was predicted in San Francisco as carly
as May % last, when sporting writer
in the Chronicle furnished this para
graph:
The free-for-all pace for the blue
ribbon of the Hawaiian Islands will
take place on June 18th. The candi-
dates are w. Wood, Loupe. Wela ka
Hao Cknown in America as Our Bow |
and Irish Lassie. All horses are good.
but Loupe should surely win. as he can
pace all afternoon in 2:O9 on a good
track; but word reaches here that one
of his legs is causing him world of |
trouble. 1t would not be surprising in |
that case if Irish Lassie should dupli-
cate her victory of 1895"
The mark" of Our Boy is 2:I2H
made on the coast, where he was re-
garded as a phenom and where. with
his strength and gameness he often
beat horses that were in the books rs
faster. He was of last year, having
been sick for weeks before the big race
Of the season. This year he made the
best time he has shown in the Islands.
taking the second heat of the free-for-
all in 2:15. What aroused the ire and |
suspicious of Cunningham and other
partisans of the horse was the fact
that he finished four or five lengths to
the rear in the 2:1S spin in which
Loupe took the heat and race. 1t was
expected and there was
every reason for the belief that Wela
ka Hao could go five heats if neces-
sary under 2:15.
Harry Agnew is not campaigning on
the coast this season. He has been i'll
for some time at his Hillsdale ranch.
1t is a singular circumstance OF fate
that MIR. Cunningham at one time de-
cided to buy Loupe, but was late with
the order to close the deal and in look
ing for another good harness perform
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