The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-05
GAMES At MAKIKI.
Nearly Three Thousand on the Sunny
Field Yesterday.

Between two and three thousand people !
at go O'Clock, when the field sports be- /
gan. Captain Berger and the Govern |
ment band We're there, and they made |
things lively with popular marches while /
the crowd was assembling Carriages lin
ed the field while the Beretania street
ears were jammed from noon until long
after the games We're on. Bicycl!sts came
under all the trees, where candy men and
sellers Of cooling drinks drove thriving
and popular trade with the thirsty crowd
on the verandas of all the residences
around the square merry parties had
gathered also to watch the games from
afar, aud to enjoy the music of the band
The games were late in starting, for
Dr. Grossman, who had them in charge,
failed TO turn up, and Captain Sam john
son had at the last moment to assume the
responsibility of their management.
There was a hitch, too, in the matter of
the prize money, and no one was there
TO distribute it, so the committee will
have to give out the prizes at some fu-
ture party. Captain Johnson paid out of
his own pocket the prizes won by the lit
tie girls who contested in the children's
him. AS no measures had been taken to
keep the crowd from the field or from
the race course, and 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 Chinese student at
Mills Institute, was the star performer
of the day. He won the hundred-yard
dash handily, likewise the hurdle race
and the ball-throwing contest and was
second in the nigh jump and the pole
vault. He is an athlete of much promise.
and with proper training might be a
! world-beater Waialua, a negro who has
I figured frequently in athletic contests of
the past, did good work also, particularly
! in the high jump, which he won handily
/ from En- Sang. a young Chinese. who
gave his name as Len Kui, won the pole
vault with the creditable height of feet
8 inches.
hot sun shone down on the field dur
/ ing the greater part of the meet, keeping
! a good portion of the crowd under the
trees but towards the end of the after
noon a shower that had been hanging or
the mountains all the afternoon came
sweeping down from Tantalus, and in g
twinkling the rain was pouring in tor
rents. The crowd He'd 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 ant
the young folks got lots of fun out of 1t
The race for 14-year-old boys was wor
by r. Wilcox, with c. Fereira second
f. Desha, much oloer boy, crossed tbs
finish line first, but there was such Z
howl of protest on account of his age
that he was disqualified. p. Cumming:
was the fastest of the 1v-year-olds and
tiny little Chinese boy, En- Chi, was cas-
lily second.
The little girls were coy at first, bu
Sergeant Prestidge, the clerk of th'
course. succeeded in getting half-dozei
of them lined up for the 12-year-oId race
and after that they were all eager to com
pete. Ellen Murray won it so easily tina
she walked across the tape. Bessie
Dwight being second. In the 14-year-olC
race Lydia Wagner was by far the fast
est, and she came tearing down the cours'
like little blue and white comet, will
her hair streaming behind her. Eller
Murray was second, beating out the res
after a very bad start, just before she
reached the finish line. 1t was hard u
find any little girls under 10 who though
they could run, but George Ashley took {
hand and got together bunch of little
tots who made good race of it, MaTgi'
Mcclure winning, with Helen Bushnell
second.
FUN IN THE POTATO RACE.
The potato race furnished lots of fun
There were not enough potatoes to Civ,
more than five boys chance, although
. there were twenty who wanted to hav,
a try for the prize money. The GROVE
was so closely gathered about the cleared
: space where the potatoes had been sprea'
Z out that some of the youngsters had hard
, ly a chance, and there was considerabl
squabbling over tie awarding of tn
: prizes Harry Wagner was adjudged tn
winner, with Harvey Chiffon second
: Harvey Chiffon also won the boot an
, shoe race and he was really the onl
competitor who succeeded in getting hi
E footwear on properly and arriving at tn
tape in time All the others were mimi
a shoe lace or a stocking, or had mis-
mated shoes, and one aggrieved contest
ant complained that one of the others ha
E climbed into his SHOES by mistake. an
! he had to wait until he got them off b,
: fore finishing his toilet. Joe Peter Lou
= was awarded second prize.
: EN- SANG WINS THE HUNDRED.
: The hundred-yard dash was En- Sang
n from the start He was off the mari
e while the others We're still thinking abol
Y moving, and led all the way with a
It easy stride that kept him a tantalizir
d distance ahead of his competitors. II
Il loped over the finish line first by thrt
u.
Y as taken by one of the spectators, we
e II seconds. The high jump had numb'
Il of entries, but the contest quickly dwil
IS died to a struggle between En- Sang ar
# the negro who calls himself Waialua.
/ the "Waialua Canary Bird The latt,
IS jumps in bad form but has an immen.
e amount of spring and finally beat out f
l. Sang without difficulty, surrounding Il
tape at feet IL inches, while En- Sar
II could do no better than feet Z inches.
a The hurdle race was something of
y farce. The hurdles were pieces of bun
:, ing stretched between posts set at te
u yard intervals along the course. A nati'
C who did not give his name led all Il
way but misunderstood the distance
4, be Travelled and stopped aIIer crossil
Of the last hurdle. Waialua. who was clio
" in his wake. did likewise and En- San
!. who had had fall far down the cours
e came up at a laundering gait and be
st both the others across the tape, knockil
p a small and very fat boy. who stood ju
I'd beyond, into the dust as he finished. Wa
al alua stumbled across the line second
the Fat boy howled.
SURPRISED THE CROWD.
There were hf1t three car,1na+i+orc IL,