The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-07-06
GAMES AT MAKIkI.
Nearly Three Thousand ON the Sunny
Field Yesterday.

/ Between two and three thous md people
thronged the sunny ball field at Makk
at 2:SO O'Clock, when the field sports be-
! gan. Captain Berger and the Govern
ment band were there. and they made
things lively with popular march while
the crowd was assembling. CARR ages lin
ed the field while the Bere.an.a street
j cars were jammed from noon until long
after the games were On. Bicvcl SITS came
too in droyes and stacked their whee =
under all the trees. where candy men and
sellers OF coollag drinks drove a thriving
and popular trade with the thirsty crowd
On the yeraIdas Of all the res dences
around the square merry parties bad
gathered also TO watch the games from
afar, ard to enjoy the music Of the band
he games were late in stan ting, for
Dr. Grossman, who had them In charge,
ia led t. turn up, and Captain Sam I'M
son han at the last moment TO assume the
responsil ility Of Their management.
There was hitch too, In the matter of
the prize money. ara no one vas there
TO distribute il, SO The committee WIZ
have to give out the pr zes at some flu
ture party. Captain Johnson pa out Of
his own pocket the pr.zes won by the III
tie girls who contested in The chiidren's
races. trusting to the committee TO repay
him. AS no measures had been taken
keep the crowd from the file d or from
the race course, ana there was but one
officer on the ground. there was trouble
In handling the crowd from the start.
EN- SANG THE HERO.
En- Sang. a young Cnnesa student at
Mills Institute, was the star peif rnl"'
of the day lie won the hundred-yard
dash hand ly. likewise he hurdle race
and the ball-thrownR contest ard was
second in the nIgh jump ana the pol
vault re is an athlete Cf much promise
and with proper training might be q
world-beater. Waiaiua, negro WHO ha
figured frequently In athletic contests o"
the pas, id good work also, particularly
in the gh jump, which he won hald y
from En- Sang. young Cn.nefe, who
gave his name as Len Kui, won the pole
vault with the creditaD4e he ght OF feet
inohes.
A hot sun snone down on the field dur
ing The greater part Of the meet, keep ng
a good portion of the crowd under TIE
trees, but towards the eId Of the after.
noon shower that had been hanging oil
the mountains al me afternoon came
sweeping down from Ianta.us. and In "A
twinkliT 4 the rain was pouring In tor
rents. The crowd Iied for shelter the few
remaining events on the program being
given up.
FIRST THE CHILDREN.
The early portion of the program con
sisted of races for the children and |
the young folks got lots of fun out Of Il |
The race for H-year-old boys was won |
by r, Wilcox, with G. Ferera second. |
u, Desha, much oleer boy crossed the |
finish line first. bL. there was such a |
howl of protest on account Of his age |
that he was disqual fed. =. Cummings |
was the fastest Of the L-year-olds and q |
tiny little Chinese 10y, IN CHI. was cas-
lily second.
The little girls We're COY a. first bur
Sergeant ros ldge The clerk Of the
course, succeeded IN getting halt dozen |
Of them lined up for h. l2-ye1r-o.. race
and after that they were al eager 10 com
pete. Ellen Murray won IL so easily that |
she walked across lie tape, BCs r.
Dwight being second. In the H-year-old
race l.yd Wagner was by far The fast
est, and she came tearing down The raurss
like little Hue ard VIII 10 comet. w'tn
her hair streaming behind her, Ellen
Murray was second. beating cut the rest
after very bad start, just lefore she
reached the finish me. u WIS bard %
lind any little girls under 10 who thought
they could run, but George Ashley took
hand ana got together a bunch ~ ltle
lots who made good race Of u, MarR
Mcclure winning, with Helen Bushnell
second
FUN IN THE POTATO RACE
The potato race furnished lets Of fun
There were not enough potatoes - give
more than I'VE boys ohanfe, although
Ihere were twenty who wanted 10 lave
! Try for the prize money, The rr va
Has so closely gathered ahept tha cleared
pace where The noiaiofa had been spread
lut that some OF youngsters had lard
~ a chance, and there was ea1s afrahle
iquahuilnR oyer -te awarding ~ tbs
lrzes Harry NpEner WaH ndiudHed lhn
winner with Harvey Ght0n sncnpd
Harvey Chiffon also Won the loot aad
shoe race, and be was reallF ihe only
who sueeffaed IN settling his
'Q0iHfaF on pIaperlH ara aln = ~ iha
ane 10 Time. All he afher6 Wfrn minus
! shoe lace ~ siaektnFl ~ had mia
naifa shoes ana pnf aFfrfNd font ~
~ complained ihnt one ~ me eih0fa had
limtfa Inc - s.efe by mlsafe ana