The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-11-18
'H|LO TURF
ACTIVITY
Considerable is
Doing on
Hawaii.
THREE PROGRAMS
ARE ARRANGED
Excursion Will Be Run and Band
Will Help. to Keep Things
Alive.

I
Hooluulu Park. There will be racing or
Thanksgiving and Mr.. Mckenzie brings
word that the Honolulu owners and turf
lovers viii be here in body. The
Thanksgiving races. while they are ex-
pected to be up to the standard. are yet
in a measure but a forerunner for the
big New Years meet that has been al
ready scheduled. The first meet will in
duce the owners TO shape their horses
year.
The program for the Thanksgiving
! races is as follows:
l. Trotting and pacing. 2:2o class. purse
800
?. Half-mile dash, free for all. purse
3. Half-miIe dash. Japanese-owned
horses, purse $50.
4. Five furlongs dash, free for all,
purse SO.
5. six furlongs dash, free for all, purse
I S1OO
6. One mile dash. free for all. purse
800
I. Half-mile dash. Japanese-owned
horses, purse $50.
| S. One mile hurdle race, purse SIS.
9. Three-eghth mile dash, Hawaiian
bred, purse $50.
The conditions of the races cali for
three horses to enter, ana three to start.
Horses finishing second viii save en-
trance money, which will come out Of
the purse The races will commence at
o'clock
Entries for the Thanksgiving races
close at the Volcano Stables Office at Il
cent of purse money to accompany the
entry. Entry blanks may be procured
at the Volcano Stables
The officers of the day are as follows:
Albert Horner, starter; ]. T. Mcir, Peter
Lee and w H Campbell. judges; Jack
Easton, clerk of the course; I. B. Schoen,
clerk of the scales; j. d. Kennedy and
s. II. Webb, timekeepers.
Molly Connors and probably Virgie A.
will be brought down from Honolulu this
week by Bob Ballantyne. Jim McAuliffe,
lately returned from Australia will bring
Prince DaYids Weller and George Davis.
Cal Leonard and John Callahan will
come along bringing Edna. While in
Honolulu, Mr. Mckenzie met Prince
David and made an arrangement to run
Socialist against Weller January 1.
The race will be one mile and the win
the Hilo Track Cup and a purse of $50.
This match will be followed at a later
date by a race between the two kings
Of the turf at a distance of one and one
quarter miles. While at Honolulu, Mr..
Mckenzie arranged with the Wilder
Steamship Company for the Kinau to
leave Honolulu at u o'clock neon on
Monday, December 80, and to return to
Honolulu at 10 o'clock on the morning of
Friday, January 3rd. This arrangement
will allow passengers to witness all the
racing and 10 have time to depart with
out being rushed. Excursion rates viii
prevail; that is, one fare will be charg-
cd for the round trip.
Following are the programs for Janu-
airy l and 2:
NEW YEARS Day.
l. Trotting and pacing, 2:14 class,
Holmes cup and purse of 500.
. one mile dash, free for all, Hilo
Track cup and purse Of $50.
8 Half-rnile dash, free for all, purse
S1oo.
4. Trotting and pacing, 2:3S class, purse
5. Three-eighths mile dash. purse s75.
6. Half-mle dash. Japanese-owned
horses. purse SO.
:. Six furlongs dash. free for all. purse
500
5. Five furlongs dash. free for all.
.. Half-mile dash japanese owned
horses, purse $50.
10. One mile hurdle race. SIX jumps,
purse $75
JANUARY 3
1. Trotting and pacing, 2:2o class. purse
500
?. HaIf-m!le dash. free for all. hanaI-
3. Half-mile dash, Japanese-owned
horses purse S25.
l. Five furlongs dash. free for all.
handicap, purse SO.
3 One mile dash. free for all. Hilo
Mercantile cup and purse of 500.
s. one and one-quarter mile hurdle
race. eight hurdles, purse SO.
I. Six furlongs dash, free for all.
handicap. purse SO.
$ Consolation race. one mile, purse
SIS.
The rubber barrier Will be used TO start
all races. This has been experimental
with recently and found to work per
fectly.
While at the Coast. Mr.. Mckenzie
bought a number of horses. These ar
rived in good condition on the Falls OF
Clyde IN charge of Bob Burns. Among
them were several unbroken colts by
Nutwood, two Creighton and two Imp.
St. Saviour colts. Del Vista, four
year-old sorrel running mare by Delmar- |
Playful and q three-year-old bay gelding
by George Kenney-Green. which also
came on the Falls OF Clyde.
Barney judd is handling a lot of colts
al the track which were brought by Nc |
!lenzie from the Coast. They consist
chiefly Of high bred roadsters, among
which are some fine ones.
The Union Feed cup won by Mollie |
Connors In the half-mile free fer all at
Honolulu June II. was brought home by
G. s. Mckenzie last week, and may be
seen at the Volcano Stables Office.
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