The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-11-22
NEWS OF
THE TRACK
Preparing For the Great
Thanksgiving Meet.
HORSES WORKING HARD
Owners Will Take Their Stock To
HiIe Fer New Years
Day.

The track is drying up nicely and to-
day will be kept warm with the work
of gallopers, trotters and PAGERS. Every |
stable will be working out it's repre-
sentative bright and early this morning |
and the day will be the most active one |
spent by horsemen since last June.
Horse owners express themselves as |
being well satisfied with the liberality |
of the purses hung up by the Honolulu |
Driving Association for next Thurs |
days meeting. There is no doubt that |
the majority of the events will fill |
handsomely. In the running depart |
ment particularly fields will rule large. |
The Hilo New Year meeting promises |
to be a record breaker; among other |
stables intending to ship are Judfs,
Decker's, Thomas and Prince David's.
The horses at present in training at
the track are Anton Longs Kahili, |
(harness); l.. H. Dee's Octoroon, char
ness, and Lawrence H., (runner); Tom
Kings three minute Hawaiian bred; c.
H. Judd's Mongoose (harness), Rub
berneck (runner) Chas. Bellina's
Wayboy. (harness); w. H. Smiths Ac-
robat, (harness); Jaeger's Fred Eros,
(harness); Archie Young's Waldo j.,
tndrneSS), 1eO. ADuTeW AHlioOtc,
(runner); Prince David's Weller, Sir
Cassimr, Vioris, (runners): Decker's
Bly,, Venus, Maui Rose. (runners); Gus
Schumann's Fred, (harness); Decker's
Mckinley, Star, w. w. Woods, Char
ness horses) ]. McDonald's Creole
| colt, (harness); Tom Hollinger's Ag-
gravation, (runner); Thomas Abbey,
| Billy McCloskey, Frank S., Watassa,
virgf A, General Cronje, Gunners).
| Robert Ballentyne has Amarino in
shape for the races. Amarino looks
greatly improved and is a hundred
pounds heavier horse than he. was last
June. Lack of flesh was then his great
trouble.
Halves were worked by Fred Eros
and Wayboy in III and 1:1S respec-
| lively. Tom Kings island bred vent
| the full mile in close to three minutes
Billy McCloskey was galloped on the
| track.
There are expected to be five entries
for the team race: Judd's Mongoose
and Acrobat; Prince David's w. w.
Woods and Walter p; Digg's black
2:40 team and teams owned by w. II.
Cunningham and Charlie Bellina.
Billy Cunningham was driving Tom
Ryder and another together yesterday.
He took Telegraph away from the
track during the afternoon.
w. H. Smiths Acrobat (2:12J, recent
lily arrived from the Coast, is the latest
boarder at the track stables. He was
sent down yesterday afternoon.
Sidney Boyd's Melvin Burnham, by
Watercress. has two namesakes at
present running in California, sired by
Faversham and Joe Norwood. respect
lively.
The island bred colt by Shenandoah.
out of a Waterford mare and trained
by C. h Judd. has been named Rub
berneck.
Lawrence H is working five furlongs
pretty regularly.
w. w. Woods has been "scissored."
Bellina's Wayboy is by Strathway,
and has two artistocratic sisters in
Marguerite CID and Annie Rooney
(2:1O).
| Decker has named his four-year- old
Hawaiian bred PAGER by Charles S, out
of a Young Venture mare, Mckinley.
His two-year- island bred trotter he
calls Star McKinley's sire is by Albert
w, by Electioneer, and Young Venture
is by Old Venture by Williamsons Bel
mont.
John McDonald's three-year- old
Creole colt, trained by w. F. Decker. is
a stylish, pure gated trotter.
, Gus Schuman Fred is byAntlO.
w. III. Cornwells Maui Rose is by
Lord Brock, out of Rosebud, who was
by Kingston. Lord Brock is by Bry-
ant w. by Shannon.
1t is rumored that there are parties
in town willing to bet ten thousand
dollars, or any part thereof, on Waldo
j in the free-for-all w. w. Woods will
be the gray ghosts opponent
Decker's By out of Racine by Aurelia
III, cost 5000 as a two-year-old If
new Tumly sulky weighing thir-
ty-four pounds has just been received
for w. w Woods. 1t is colored red
, and the horses name is painted there
on. a two-minute harness for the
;, Icrack is expected on Saturday.
George Thomas is going about almost
e on clutches, but declares that he viii
= be in the saddle next Thursday if hi.
hurt leg has to be put in a plaster
g least.
G. S. Mckenzie. the well known
III horseman, and formerly sheriff of Naps
lcounty. California, is in town. He
came from San Francisco, and goe:
to Hilo after the Thanksgiving Day
races He brought to Honolulu twenty
1ve head of stock, including six blacl
matched teams. Fifty-two head o
stock owned by him have been shipped
to Hilo. Mr.. Mckenzie owns Socialist
which he says will race in Hilo OF
Thanksgiving day.
y Schuman's Fred and Fred Eros will
If be entered in the 2:40 class to leav,
:; an open field for less speedy horses
C, qualified to enter in the three minut
class.