The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-27
IT WAS A
HORSt RACE
Speedy virgie A
on Top This
Time.
.HILO HORSEMEN
WANT TO KNOW
Saturday and Sunday Saw Many
Fast Workouts at the Race
Track.

over six furlongs for $3.50 side.
Interest taken in the race was small
and only small crowd visited the
track.
The track had dried up considerably
since the rain Of the preceding evening.
but the going near the pole was heavy.
There was but little betting, the Vir-
gle A people strenuously holding for
six to four against their horse-a price
that the majority of the Aggravation
people refused to entertain.
Aggravation looked well if somewhat
lighter than on her last out. Virgie A
impressed her admirers as having under
gone a thorough preparation and being
| trained to the minute.
| Aggravation had the pole and several
false breakaways ensued, with the bay
mare getting all the exercise, before
Starter Ballentyne dropped his flag with
Virgie A trifie in the lead.
| Virgie A cut out the pace from the
start and at the half-rnile post was half
La length to the good. At the five-eighths
her position was bettered by another half
length. and passing the three-Quarters
there was daylight between the horses.
Il
Ross on Aggravation made i.1s effort and
the daughter Of Brutus slowly gained on
the black flyer. Inch by inch she crawl
/ ed up, but the task was too great for
her and the wire was reached with Vir-
gle A a neck In front. Time lis.
Aggravation was running strongly and
would have reversed the veroict in an
other hundred yards. Inc winner got
flying start, whereas Aggravation was
h nd rxyoG
that cost her the race. In the opinion
of many who witnessed the race Ross
should have made more use of his
mount earlier in the contest.
Both boys rode weil-Thomas particu-
larly So He added substantially to the
riding laurels he has gained since his so
journ in the Islands.
Ross complained to the judges that
Thomas had committed foul at the
head of the stretch, but the protest was
overruled.~
Summary:
F. G. Smiths black mare. aged, Vir-
gle A, by True-Briton-Big Bertha,
119 pounds ...,..,...........G. Thomas l
tThos. Hollinger,s bay mare. aged,
Aggrayation, by Imp. Brutus-
I Gladette, 119 pounds ............ Ross 2
Time lis, won by necn, both driv
ing; winner a good 5-furlong horse; dis
tance short for Aggravation; latter ran
gamely.
The work done at the track on Satur-
lday was as follows:
Violin, heats in 2:2315, 2:30
Waldo ], 2:4o. 2:2, 2:36; last quarter
1854
Harry went nice mile In 2:44 anu
another in 2:4513; first quarter SO.
Weller worked a mile a little worse
than two minutes, last quarter ~.
Gaiety Girl worked a strong half.
Wolter sorrel filly galloped three
eighths.
Amarino worked mile at 2-minute
gait.
Albert negotiated a slow mile and
brushed through the stretch.
Wait-a-Little put in heats in 2:40 and
2:32
Irish Lassie went around in 2:4o, 2:S2,
2:3S.
Indigo worked mile in 2:40.
The following work was done yester-
day:
Artie w, 2:s5, 2:2s, $50; first half OF
first heat 1:1oA.
lola worked several heats along in 230
Los Angeles. 2:29, 2;25, 2:29.
Albert worked a slow heat or two
Edith L was driven by Dickey Davis in
2:5s
Il u
i 2:371a, without hobbies.
Leahi worked several heats yesterday
afternoon and is coming right along.
McManus has received PAGER named
Mesquite to train. The horse is a bay
gelding and is said to have a mark OF
PIG.
The following are clipped from the Hi
10 Tribune:
Mr. Mckenzie will ship his horses t.
Honolulu by next weeks Kinau, but viii
not go down himself until June Z. After
the June races his racing STOCK will bs
auctioned off, but the purchaser viii
probably bring them to Hilo in July.
Archibald Burns, the trainer, and
Burns, the jockey, came down by tn,
Roderick. Trainer Burns will hav,
charge of McKenzie's string until th'
June races.
A saddle horse 90 for F. C. Carter
manager of Sam Parkers ranch, Wal
; mea, was shipped down from the Coas
by the koderick. Taking saddle horse:
to Wafmea seems a good deal like car
rying coal to Newcastle.
The following letter, pertinent to the
racing situation, was received on Sat
urday:
Sporting Editor Advertiser-Sir: I tax,
the liberty of addressing you in regard
to the racing you expect to have in Ho
nolulu. I am willing to come to Homo
lulu, with Socialist, Billy McClusky, Mer
ril's Faust, General Cronje and Mollit
Corners, and compete with the horses il
: your locality, If the people owning
horses in Honolulu will come to Hilo OIL
the 4th of July with their horses I ex
pect to give three days racing here TIL
program / have not made up but will
be able to give it to you when I com
J. to Honolulu on the Sth of June
expect to offer all of my horses a
= public auction on Monday, the 18th o
June; that is, providing I can make ar
. engagements with Honolulu people +
come here to race. I wish to distrfbut
= all the race horses I can on the differ
! Ient Islands, and for this purpose I shall
offet at public auction all I have O,