The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-12-11
NJ " YEARS.
DAY RACING
HiIo Getting Ready For
A Big Time.
FLYERS FROM HONOLULU
M. H. Dogs Speaks Ct Prospects
For GUod Sport st.HooIulu - ...-s
Track,

secretary of the Honolulu Driving As
ISOLATION, who Is on the Island in the
interests of an Insurance company.
speaks hopefully of the races booked
to take place here January LIST and %.
says the Herald
The races here on July 4th." said
Mr.. Digs, were so very satisfactory
to the Honolulu racing men that | am
quite sure the attendance at the next
meeting will be even larger than at the
opening of the track. To show you how
Interested the Honolulu people are
have only to tell you that when our
ThanksgiviG meeting was postponed.
owing to tn" rains, 1t was suggested
Mt meeting of the association that the
races be declared off until Christmas.
This was voted down, in fact the mo-
ton was scarcely considered for the
reason that it would not be fair to Hilo.
Some of the best running horses as
well as record trotters and PAGERS will
be here for your meeting. Benny Judd
will bring up Silas s. and two others
and Prince David will send up his
string of runners. Larry Dee will have
one anyhow and possibly two horses
here, besides one or two dark ones that
are promised by other owners. Jack
Wilson has some good horses on the
track ut Honolulu. all OF them known
here, and one new one that came down
on the China the day before | left Ho-
nolulu. George Mckenzie, the stock
man, had one or two good horses enter
ed for our races and he will bring them
up here. Now then with what McMau-
us has In training and the III 10 horses
that will surely go on the track the
two days racing in January should be.
worth looking at.
THE track is much better than II was
on July 4th and will be improved stil
more before the events come Off
went around the course with Mr.. VII
son the other day and found mer, AZ
work taking out all the stones and raiS-
ing over the ground. The greatest i'm
provement however, Is in lifting up the
track on the short turn Just as you en-
ter the short stretch That point was
the most objected to by the drivers at
the last races and I am glad to sec
1t has been changed For n half mile
track I consider 1t equal to any in the
United states and being good Cuarar-
tees that the reputation of Hllo for en-
couraging sports Will be made I ex-
Iiilo will be sufficiently strong in at
traction for the owners of Coast horses
to come here with their animals but
of course 1t will take pretty fair purses
to induce them to go to the expensc-
II means a big lot of money to talk
horses such n long distance and the
purses must be sufficiently large to
warrant the expense.
Racing has become a regular thing
with us in Honolulu and the sport is
encouraged. The Driving Associat iNE
there is separate from the Jockey Club
and we merely lease the grounds with
the privilege of pulling off races on any
day except June IL and July 4. There
are n number of citizens there who
own horses and who enjoy racing 80
that we have two or three events
every Saturday The Thanksgjv--
Ing day meet was to have been
our best but the elements won
out and we had to poetpone the
meet You people may laugh at us all
right for while the people down there
enjoy referring To Hiloites as webfeet.
/ do not remember attending a racing
meet anywhere during finer weather
than you had on the Fourth OF July.
And everything passed off so well,
there was not jar OF any kind ana
seemed satisfied
II have been told that Horners
ranch will probably not have any
horses here for New Years. ] am sor--
ry to hear that and surprised as well
for the horses from that stable did
well | expect to visit Mr.. Horner
within few days and hope to he able
to persuade him to send over at least
a few of his runners. A race meeting
In Ililo without Horner's being repre-
sented will seem rather strange and
besides Mr.. Horner Is a good man to
have here. He takes n deep interest in
the sport and IL in it more for the
sport than the money II can possibly
bring He Is just the kind of man !
like to know as the owner of racing
stock. II he can be induced to bring
! few horses over the attractions win
be that much greater The track Is
good enough now for anybodys horses.
don't care how good they are; II
lid not think so | would not encourage
he owners of horses in Honolulu to
'ome here with their stock. | sincerely
believe that you will have the best
meeting this time that you have 40 far
iad ana that they viii grow better az
inc passes"
WHAT WILSON SAYS.
Hilo, Hawaii December 7.
sporting Editor Advertiser: We Will
ave a meeting here on Christmas and
ye expect 10 have a good meeting and
ono good racing, as everything points
n that direction We also have n race
Meeting here on the LIST and 20 Of jan
ary 1901 The track IL In splendid con-
tiou and there are several horses In
rniring, ana | feel confident that the
MEETINGS VIII he a success in every way
nd better than II was July 4
j. n. WILSON
-sSs