The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-01
MORNING At
RACE TRACK
Fast Horses MakeSights
for All Eyes.
DAWN BEGINS THE WORK
Scene of Great Activity Among
Trainers and Animals Getting
Ready for Events.

Yesterday morning was ideal for a
visit to the Kapiolani Park race track.
1t would be hard to imagine an expert
ence fraught with more genuine pleas
ure than is an early journey Waikiki
wards to witness the morning work
outs.
The spin down to the course is an ex-
hilarating one, and the opportunity af-
forded Of viewing the suburbs of Homo
lulu in the grace of the early morning
is alone worth the while.
Hardly anybody is stirring when one
leaves town, and the long, unobstructed
stretch of well kept road tempts one to
let out link and test ones horses
speeding abilities.
The way lies through Kapiolani Park,
beautiful with ironwOod trees and the
habitat of multitudinous ooves. As we
pull up at the paddock the first flush OF
dawn crowns the summit of grim old
Leahi, and the spectacle OF two horses
standing saddled in their stalls tells
that the arrival was none too soon.
What is that big bay horse just COM
ing on the track? He is Sir Cassimir,
s.
tiers round time or two and displays
an easy way of going which is very TAX
ing to the eye. At the three-quarter
pole his boy lets him go, and he passes
under the wire in 231A.
General Cronje is the next to put in
an appearance. If breeding counts for
anything he should be a race horse.
His sire is imported Martenhurst, a.
w opf No lot 7 lxr,,
and many other good ones, and his dam
is Songstress. He gailops three slow
miles and then brushes half in 81.
His trainer, McAuliffe, has him in ex-
cellent shape, and if his leg does not
hinder him he will run prominently in
whatever race he is entered for
Meanwhile, Allegro, bright chest
nut, is being cantered round and winds
up his exercise with half in SLY. AL
legro has made great Improvement in
the last week or so, and looks like a
coming" maiden.
Now for business, Sam Parker,
Prince David, Col. Cornwell and a num-
Der of other owners have arrived on
the scene, accompanied by Weller and
Vioris.
The former is fine type of the Eng
lish thoroughbred and is perhaps the
most racing-hke looking animal at the
track. He is a stake winner, and the
longer the route the better he likes it;
he has also temper
Vioris is compact bay mare with
great turn of speed; middle distances
perhaps suit her best. They start at
che half post and the mare is apparent
ly in the workout to force the pace
anyway. She is eased at the seven
eighths, after holding her own, and
Weller finishes the final furlong by
himself in 1.51 fiat, running with the
easy macnIne-Iihe motion So character
lstlc OF the high-class thoroughbred.
Ahulu Manu-, a charming three-year
old lilly with high reputation, is the
next candidate for notice, and the sta
Die 1olk turn out en- masse to see her
WORK After warm-up she breaks
away from the quarter. Lord! how
shes going. She is flyer and no mis-
take, and the one that beats her in the
maiden race will have to be little short
OF wonder. She never falters and fin
lshes the six furlongs all out in 1:16A
remarkable performance, age, season
and the condition Of the track being
taken into consideration.
here is the stately Venus, pranclng
proudly as if on parade at hor. show.
She never loo.-ed better in her lige, and
acts like an equine lady Easy exercise
Is her allotted portion today.
Last on the list is the grandly bred
but cratic Garterline. She is led round
a time or two by a boy on a pony and !
then saddled and mounted She acts as
nnlcky as ever and is, it is to be feared, |
lncurably wilful. She is given a flying |
start at the half and runs the first |
eighth in 121s, the second in "a and the |
half-mile in ASH, perhaps the fastest
haif that has ever been run in the ISL |
ands.