The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-11-30
Thanksgiving Sport at
KapioIani Park.
THE TRACK WAS SLIPPERY
A Fair Crowd Attends and the Driv-
ing Association Feels
Satisfied.
mHE meeting of the Honolulu Driv-
Association held yesterday after
noon at the Kapiolani Park track

4 noon at the Kapiolani Park track
must be written down a sue
cess. The association had been inn
mensely handicapped by the bad
weather in it's efforts to give Honolulu
a first class race meeting; indeed until
"Wednesday evening it was uncertain
whether there would be any meeting at
all. In the face of odds, however, the
worked together with a will and the
result was perhaps the most successful
meeting on record, considering the
short time available for preparation
and advertising. ''
The attendance was very fair and
the racing in every event was Of
thoroughly enjoyable and exciting ma
ture. Every race was keenly contested
and with perhaps one exception the
best horse won every time. ,,nt' N''
On account of the heavy going the
times were necessarily slow. Every
race filled well, Notwithstanding that
the stables of Prince David and w. H.
Cornwell were unrepresented, their
their horses on the somewhat slippery
track. Sixteen different horses ap-
peared in the different events and con-
tested a series of races than which,
taking them as a whole, none better
have ever been run on the local track.
The racing was conducted with COM
mendable dispatch and not a single
unpleasant incident occurred to mar an
enjoyable afternoon. ....
DIR. Monsarrat's starting was of gilt
edged order and deserves special men
ton.
Betting on the whole was light
though some of the races We're marked
by spirited speculation, notably the
fourth and fifth. The talent broke
even on the day, the pronounced first
choices getting home, Amar!no, Tom
Ryder and Billy McCloskey. The vic
tory of Merrils Faust came as a sur
prise and Aggravation's defeat cost
betters a pile Of money, but chaos came
to the hackers when Frank s., the
sure thing" of the day, logged it at
the finish and succumbed to Amarino
by the shortest of heads.
Amarino and Antidote added another
to their long list of battles, the gray
succumbing to Ballentyne's good geld
ing. Merrls Faust won the second
race without an effort and Is good
horse. G. S. Mckenzie bought him
from Sidney Boyd on Wednesday
night, the consideration being $50.
Considering his breeding alone the new
owner would look to have a bargain
and should win many times the pur-
chase price with the colt.
SIX FURLONGS, HAWAIIAN
BREEDS.
The three got off we'll together. Am
arino assumed the lead from the start
and maintained it all the way. He
won easily from Antidote by length
and half. Lawrence II. has no speed.
THREE EIGHTHS MILE, MAIDENS.
Shenandoah acted a perfect brute
and ruined his chances at the post.
the way, and passed under the wire in
a common walk. Shenandoah lost three
lengths at the start, but when he, fairly
got going, came like a whirlwind; he
will do in poorer company. General
Cronje finished second, driven to the
limit; he is of no earthly account
Tom Ryder came up to the wire in
the style so beloved by his old time
admirers. He took both heats with
consummate ease. In the first heat he
and Mongoose stayed together to the
half, and shortly afterwards Mongoose
got into bad going and stopped to
nothing. He came again, however,
and rafting through the stretch, pass
ed the judges a passable second The
CO. a n cd - nt nH nj i.,t1
of the first, Mongoose lingering in the
same identical piece of track that he
did in the first heat. He made a cred
liable effort in the stretch, but Cum
old warrior was laughing at
him.
SIX FURLONGS, FREE FOR ALL.
Virgie A led all the way, and ran a
great mare. Aggravatlon was short,
and probably out for an airing; seven
furongs is the least distance to suit
her. General Cronje did not add to
his iaurels in this, his second venture
of the day Thomas, who rode Virgle
was Cheered when he returned to weigh
in. The winning jockey was badly in
jured a week ago while exercising
horse, and is not yet out of the doc
tors hands The crowd admired his
pluck, and did not hesitate to express
their feelings.
MllJII fSiN
ALL.
Frank S was the medium OF plunge,
and hundreds of dollars We're bet on
him at even money and odds of two to
one against the field. After delaying
the start somewhat by antics at the
post. Frank was first away, At the
tive-eighths he was n bare length in
front of Amarlno, with Abbey trailing,
So they ran into the stretch with Mich
oils riding like "A demon on Amarino,
and Thomas sitting like statue on
the favorite. At the seven ,eighths
who was apparently holding
his horse pulled wide and Amarino
poaehed the inside berth. Then Nichols
rode as he has never ridden In his life
before and urged his mount 10 the last
'Amarino" Prank 81" yelled the
crowd. and everyone looked for Thorn
as 10 let out link aud win this race.
lie made no motion, however, ana Just
- 1850.