The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-26
GOSSIP OF
The TRACK
Horsemen To Meet This
Evening.
|PLANS FOR FUTURE RACES
Many Good Steeds Gathering at
KapioIani Park and Train
ers Active.

The meeting of the Honolulu Driving |
Association to be held tonight at the Ha-
waiian Hotel, promises to be well at |
tended, the majority of the local horse |
men having signified their intention OF
being present. Plans for future races and
other important matters will be discussed |
The meeting will be called to order at 8
o'clock.
a visit to the track yesterday after
noon disclosed an encouraging state of af-
fairs. There are nearly thirty horses in
training now and all the stabling accom-
mediation is practically booked George
Thomas has secured five stalls for Billy
McCloskey. Watassa, Virgie A, Frank S
and General Cronje, and will bring the
horses from Hilo next week There is a
probability that others of the Hilo con-
tipgent will return with him. Bob
Burns will also need several stalls for
the string of runners that he intends
bringing down. A number of the local
owners are contemplating moving their
horses to Kapiolani Park next week and
| it certainly looks as if equine accommo-
dalton would be at premium.
NO WOTk-OulS nave taken pace SLICE
last Tuesday week account of the
wet weather. The track is in much bet
| ter condition than would have been sup
posed, considering the late heavy rains.
The finish of the back stretch is sticky,
| it is true, but a few sunny days and the
lscraper will soon remedy this Scraping
will be commenced today and the track
will easily be in racing trim by Saturday
| week. The general appearance of the
treck is highly creditable to Superintend-
ent NJ. ]. Decker. James Quinn intends
to work Waldo some this morning, but
Training will not be commenced in earn
est for another week.
| Horse-trainers, rubbers and assistants
are already making themselves comfort
able in the quarters they will occupy un-
It'll after the races. Among the old faces
lvere recognized Messrs. Decker, G. Dona-
| hue, Bill Finn, Duncan, Matt Farley,
Charlie Williams, Jack Gibson, and a
number of other who assisted in the
June meeting.
Gibson is getting Octoroon into shape;
the black mare has been clipped and looks
good. She is not pleasing her owner, l..
II. Dee, however, in her work. Larry
can't understand why animal with a
mark of PA. In good health according to
the report of a veterinary, cannot show
La better mile than 2:2S after having had
the time to become acclimated that Octo-
room has been allowed.
| Stabbed close to OctoroOn is Sorrel
gelding of taking appearance. His name
lis Lawrence II. and he is by Lord Brock
out of Maid of Australia. This horse is
by all odds the best-looking Hawaiian
bred that has camped around Honolulu
for the past two years. He resembles in
Conformation Billy McCloskey, and it is
to be hoped that he will bring credit to
Hawaii by emulating the record of that
Igsme old slayer
Johnnie Wright has bay colt by Shen-
andoah, about which little or nothing is
Known. Next to this colt is Fred Eros
handsome as ever, and ii is eminently
to be desired, more reliable than he has
shown himself to be in previous speed
ESSAYS.
Patrolman Maitland's black gelding Dan
is little further down the line and his
lowner is anxiously waiting for an oppor-
unity to show the public that the police
horses. speed is not limited to running
down fleers from the agent of the law
Matt Farley has charge of Vioris, Wei
Ter, Sir Cassmir and Antidote. The for
mer looks about up to a race. Sir CASH
Mrs skin eruption has almost entirely
disappeared, but he hardly looks himself
Antidote, judging from his appearance
has several races still left in him and
has evidently been doing much good
, work. Weller, whose leg gave out last
year. has been blistered and is no longer
on the shelf. The Sorrel stallion is ar
almost ideal type of the thoroughbred.
Waldo ]. the cid grey bulldog, takes tc
the climate wondrous kindly and looks as
hard as nails and as frisky a colt jim
Quinn worked him out in 2:1S week or Sc
ago and the grey CHEST should turr
out to be profitable investment for hi!
cwner
Decker has six horses under his super
vision: Venus, Maui Rose, w. W. Woods
a bay geldlng of Gus. Schumans and two
stations. One of the stations is a two
lXGlr-Oi6 Of a w of q.
NJ. Patchen mare. He is a stronghold
ing animal and promises to be a credit t
his Island breeding. The other horse /!
a four-year- old by Charles S, and is alst
Hawaiian bred. w. W. Woods will b,
cen TO advantage shortly if a race car
be obtained for him. Venus is in fine fet
tie and looks to be vastly improve,
mare. She apparently is one of the kline
that improve with age and should max,
a grand matron when her racing career il
finished. Maui Rose is pocket edition o
venus and greatly resembles that mar
: in many of her ways; she is filing on
nicely but 1t is pity that she IS so small
Schuman's gelding is likely lookin:
piece of goods and should be able to eli
. a second or two off his mark, which d
, 2Ai or whereabouts.
c. II. Judd VIII have Mongoose out a
the track next week. This horse ha
been amiss for some time past but Is nov
on the road to recovery. Judds Silas
is doing occasional road work
The prospects for a successful meetin,
on Thanksgiving Day are undeniabl,
lgCod. The horses are here and the mer
lchants and business men in town will b.
only too glad to contribute to a prize fun,
for first-class racing. There must b
harmony though. Every owner canno
nave race especially framed for hi
tcrse The races must be selected wit
, three objects in view, viz: their satisfac
tory filling; the accommodation of tn
greatest number of owners; their value a
Icrowd-drawing events. If this course
pursued the horsemen and the public vii
give the meeting their undivided surpor
AND the result will be unqualified success
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