The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-17
EXCITING
FINISHES
The Race Meeting
Wound Up
Well.
WELLER ANNEXED
THE HANDICAP
Virgie A Ran Great Race in
the Six Furlong Dash
Amarino Again.

only fair-siZed crowd journeyed to
kapiolani Park on Saturday to witness
the windup of the meeting. The card
time the flag fell in the initial event
until Aggravation landed the consola-
ton stakes, interest in the sport was
well sustained.
1t was another bad day for the form
players, the favorites falling down in
four of the events.
The afternoons racing was full of
features to take home and ponder over.
Dixie Land finished the first by his in
excusably poor showing in the jumping
race. Watossa is probably the best
over four hurdles, but Dixie Land
should have made a much better race
of it. At no stage of the game did
Moir's black gelding appear to be do
ing his best
The real sensation of the afternoon
occurred in false start for the six
furlongs dash, in which Ross took Mol
ly Connors along as if it was three
eighths mile dash, and soon opened up a
gap of half a dozen lengths. The first
half was run in AS As. Coming into
the stretch Molly Connors was still
three lengths to the good, but she blew
UP a furiong and a half from home,
and Virgie A. came with a rush and
passed under the wire in III. When
the starter arrived he said that it was
no start
Twenty minutes later the horses
were brought on the track again, and
Ross again rushed the Hilo FLY to the
front At the three quarters she was
done with, and Vfrgie A. and Racery
fought out the issue, the former win
ming in 1:161s, an exceedingly meritor-
ious performance under the circum-
stances.
Wayboy. we'll driven by Jim Quinn,
again showed racing quality by taking
the 2.14 class in three straight heats,
handily.
Game old Amarfno's win in the mile
dash for native-born horses was very
popular one. The old horse has won
| three races at the meeting and, if he
stands up, should take another purse
for his owner next year. That he is
still the best of the Hawaiian breds is
undisputed-
Nothing could touch Weller in the
handicap, which he won in the good
time of 2:111z, pacing the welter of LIS
| pounds. The only way TO have weighted
| Prince David's horse, in order TO give
his opponents a show, would have been
| to have allotted the sorrel, say 135
pounds, and to have weighted the rest
| of the entries so as to equalize their
| chances as much as possible. Weller
/ can run a distance in a certain time
carrying weight for age. and nothing
! in the entries for the handicap coulC
have equalled this time, with feather
on their backs This being so. it would
have been advisable to have weighted
Weller rather than TO have taken on
weight from his opponents.
Billy McC1osky, Aggrayation ane
Gaiety Girl were the entries of tbs
consolation race, and the attaches o.
the various stables FASTENED to VIII
lear fare to town over Hollinger's mare
That the tip was good one was evl
! dent from the start, for Billy NC
Closky was kept behind, until too late
to be dangerous The Jockey made
ispectacular run in the stretch. but ar
| tisticalIy failed to catch the fast-tirlns
Aggravation.
The Judges supplied the last an'
greatest surprise of memorable meet
! ing bv declaring all bets off. Their &C
i tion was commendabIe to a degree, bu
/ whoever would have expected tn
worthy occupants of the judicial stan'
noticing anything wrong with the run
ming of the race?