The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-15

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The crowd was n torvv
things lively between the hsats Aep.
oeasionai diversion, such as a f,Ise
a'aI,n OF a runaway or a fight and the
.esuitant chatting Of the ''rubbernecks',
,,ra,. were the victims help to pass tie
uars Ds'ween heats. for these interya =
ahiv ian must De admitted, unconscion-
49,, 'ons. III was not until evening was
wei nigh at hand that the nroerar,
,he anu most OF the attendants at
VIZ Track stopped at Waikiki on roe
return home for a plunge in the surf
S.ss and wholly delightful d.
sra , after the hustle and warmth
""u eAcitement at the track
In the Stand.
Inc scene In the stand wa, Of the
usuei kaleidoscopic description. and
every one who loved a race horse us
psseht. Ihere are some faces that are
nre's missed when horse race Is in
progress, and whose. owners attend
every meeting as II In ACCORDANCE with
tenet or their religion Larry De
was there with a wad of bills as bie as
- cneese TO bet on his little horse. Al
YET. oert vi. Genial Jack Wilson, from Hilo.
Mass On hand TO cheer the victories of
hapies and Evereth. John J. Sullivan
VINO was never known to pass a b.t'
was conspicuous In the crowd. All the
sports were there. In fact, to assist in
we "ihd-up OF the season, and II nos
, ., 70 make enough to buy a ticket to
a'.eno the Hilo exercises. One man
was pacing around a two-pound stick
or solder tied round with a silk ribbon
Cn being interrogated az to the wher,
snd-whyfore of this idiosyncracv ne
explained that he had a horse which
was what Is called In sporting parlance
p,py lor the last race. and he had
taken the precaution to provide himself
Win solder In case the pipe leaked.
The racing. taken all together. was
soou ana the finishes in the first and
last events on the card really exciting
me talent broke even on the day as
a as wagering was concerned, two
hrst choices, Garterline and Albert M
catching the judges eye first. Will
.ne o'her two winners. Naples and F,v-
ereth' were comparative outsiders.
The Bicycle Race.
The $50 purse hung up for the bicycle
race was to be distributed among the
,e1uers at each OF the five quarter
poles Dexter. John Silva, Vincent Sill
va. Merrill and Albride were the com
p"titors. Merrill led at the first quar-
Ter, Manoa" Silva at the second AMI
third, and Dexter at the fourth and
mai The order OF the finish was:
Oexter. j. silva and Albride. The for
Wer came away at the even-eighths
The First Race.
Catherine. Naples and Sir Cass!mir
appeared for .ae half mile dash. An
were greatly fancisd and appeared to
possess about equal chances Maples
and Sir Cassimir got away together.
with Garterline a length In the rear.
At the hve-eighths Naples led nv a
lengtn with Sir Cassim,r second 50
they ran TIL the three-quarters, when
sarterline drew even with Naples and
/ they raced neck and neck down the
stretch, Garterline winning I'm a driving
hnish by neck. with Sir Cassimir a
moderately good third, a length and a
half behind. Logue rode a splendid
finish on the winner. In fact the best of
the meeting.
The Five Furlong Dash
Naples was pulled out again in this
race to oppose Venus. who was a strong
faVorite. Naples leu ny half n Iengtn
at the start. Venus by a length at the
half. .enus by a length at the five
eighths, Venus by half a length at the
three-quarters. Venus by half a length
at the seven-eighths soon after which |
Naples collared her and won out by
two lengths. Venus again ran very dis !
appoin1ngly and quit when the pinch
came.
The $50 Class
Albert NJ. led throughout the first 1
heat, which he won easily. though Fred !
Eros looked like making a race of IL |
at the seven-eighths. Toe second heat
and race were awarded to Albert NJ |
Fred Eros came In first, but was DIS
qualified for running and bad breaking. /
In the second heat Eros broke at the |
quarter and galloped half a mile. The /
winner performed very consistently and /
Is n useful customer
The Gentlemen's Race.
This event created plenty Of amuse-
ment. owing to the sorts and condid lions
or the horses and the variety and
uniqueness of the rigs attached thereto.
When the delegati-n moved on the
starter IL resembled nothing so much
as n farmers race way back in the
state OF Wisconsin. There were sulk es
both OF the ancient and medieval vint
age, and some Of the drivers seated
therein were bound thereto for safety's
sake with cords and thongs. s las
Skinner, driven by Barney" Judd,
made every post a vim ng one and
romped home by six lengths from Flora
c.. with Frank Vida up. Lister, nj oted
by G.. Bellina. finished third by a hun
dred and three leng ms from Daughter.
who was followed under the wire dur
Ing the afternoon by Watermelon Joe
and Hawaiian. The arrival of the latter,
escorted by larry Evans In an ancient
coach. fifteen minutes after the start.
was the signal for loud and prolonged
cheering.
The Last Race.
Aggravation, Evereth and Antidote
were the starters i'm the seventh and
last race. Passing the mi the first
time AggravatiOn was first. length In
| front of Evereth. At the eighth Ever
eth closed up half a length. and SO they
| ran To the quarter, Antidote lying two
lengths In the rear. At ,..e three
eighths Aggravation was only a neck in
front. with Evereth gong easily. ~ the
half mile the Hilo mare assumed the
lead and at the five-eighths was a head
I'm front OF AggravatiOn, with Antidot.
a couple OF lengths behind. At the
three-quarters the posItisns were the
same, but at this juncture Antidote
moved up a point and looked like max
Ing n race OF ~. He was outclassed.
however. and Evereth, excellently rid
den by Thomas. drew away from Ag-
IorVu fuf I'm In. fyI, orI