The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-03
A FEW SEE
GOOD RACES
Small Attendance at the
Saturday Meet.
ONE STARTLING SURPRISE
Honolulu Driving Association Brings
Oft a Number Of WsII-Con-
tested Events.

an unusually Tine card last SAT.
Grday afternoon, and the public
reviprocated the courtesy b. am az
tendance which was "A record oue-rur
smalness. Maybe racing Is too much
Tor the blood OF HonOlulans. maybe .,
the Hon0iulans are not rich enough ~
pay the dollar charged for adrnittancs.
Anyhov, the fact remains that racing
baseball football and every other
sport will languish here until th,. in
habitants Of the metropolis SCI. their +
way clear 10 dig up small admission
Zee and take an occasional Saturday
afternoon of for tho enjoyment ~ Ie- \
climate recreation and announcement \
u sports
As was the caSe on Thursday the l
program was gone through without I
hitch and the racing vas Of particu- !
larry interesting character \ note /
worthy feature was the promptness
with which race followed race. There I
were none Of those tiresome delays be- /
tween races which are 50 tiresome &" |
the spectators. For this praiseworthy |
state ~ Affairs Or Chapman. who had
charge of the saddliug paddock. was
responsible.
The crowd though small had
brought plenty 81 money along which
they did not hesitate Co wager on their
favorites. The afternoon was dis
nstrous one Tor hackers. good thiru
after good thing going down before the
desplsed outsider with iamentable reg
ularity. Every race was a sweepstakes
% SIS.
HALF MILE FREE FOR-ALI.
\ Every one Of the three horses was
equally backed and there appeared o.
be- NO pronounced favorite. MerriTs
Faust refused To break and was left
az the post Frank =. jumped Off In
front and was never headed. lie won
easily from Sir Cassimir. which was as
Fat as a prize beeve and received "a
highly grotesque ride. Frank g. b. his
running. made the people who plunged
on him last Thursday pause and con
slider what might have been"
HALF MILE HAwAIIAN-BRED. I
Maui Rose. tuuted as unbeatable
from Kahuku o. Makapuu Point. was
held ~ The favorite odds Of to 1.
O'Dounell. the Camp Mckinley plunE-
or. was running about With $1,000 ii
notes which ~ wanted To- bet against
5000 that the Rose won. Lawrence III.
ran such perfect beast on THURSDAY
that even the fat odds offered would
induce no one 90 back him and NJ
started without n penny having been
bet on his chances Lawrence u.
romped home by three lengths. Maui
Rose either would or could not act ia
the going u H. said that prior 20
| Thursdays race the winner had not
been out 81 his stall for Ave days
which may account for the form sonler-
sault.
THREE MINUTE CLASS. TROTTtNG
/ AND PACING
| In the first heat wayboy led till pass
ing the half when his hobbies broke
and Fred Eros took the heat In 2:43.
In the second heat Gibson drove Way
hoy In place ~ Bellima and the chang
worked like charm. Pros led 10 the
half. when wayboy assumed the lead
and passed under the wise "a somewhat
Iensy winner In s.42 In the third heat
Eros led the whole way and though
Wayboy made game effort In the
|strptch ~ could not reach the bay
horse who took the deciding heat In
IL 3qt,. Gibson appeared To- lay back too
far with Wayboy I'm the last heat ana
N. viii probably reverse the result
should the twain meet again. Fred
Erns' name will hereafter cease to or
Inanent the three minute class entries
+. SIX FUTHLONGS. FREE-FOR-ALL
virgie a. ruled decided favorite
until IL was whispered that Nicholas
vas 20 ride Aggravation. when the lat
ter had the call At post time Nirgie
AS hackers were again giving odds
Nrgrnvatlon led until the stretch was
reached. when Thomas hustled the
. HACK mare a little and she responded
nobty. getting home by half length.
; The winner finished very fresh and viii
always beat Aggravation at the dis
lance.
HALF MILE, MAIDEN
This was heavy betting race and a
wealth % money was bet on ABBEY.
.,'ronie also carried his owners sup
mort The prevailing odds were even
money. the field against Abbey. Abbey
got away quickly and ran well 10 the
three-duartcrs. when General 'r'nje
passed him. and leading 70 the WIRE
Won b. an open length. shenandoah
Jr.'s race Is three-eighths ana Tor th"t
,ttst,pre no Hattered his supporters.
Abbey got a fiavoriess finish or would
nave about won. by virtue OF this race
maiden class. which ne has decorated
for 80 many years.
= ONE MILE HANDICAP.
This race was considered the piece
40 resistance OF the day. Billy Me
ICtoskey and Amarino were both heav-
INV backed. Antidote carried seven
pounds overweight. Until the stretch
,Vns reached Amarino. McCloskey ana
Antldote ran as named. In the last
, eighth Thomas asked Billy question
, and he answered u BY game squirt
: ,ybfrb won the hrst money. Amarin"
never gave up and was right on the
premises az the finish. as was Aptidote.
had the latter carried his orig
import Of iO7 pounds he would &c
beaten Amarino. The races conhrmed
the handicapper's estimate as 10 the
merits 81 ths horses 20 nicely.
ENPfof.ANI PARK. December l.
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