The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-16
FRANK S. FOR
LOCAL OWNER
Octoroon's Leg Blistere1-Jas.
= McAulife Succeeds Matt
Farley.

The little colony of horsemen who
make their home at the race track dur
ing the summer months was under
den taking from its midst of Matt Ear
ley, trainer of the Prince David-Sam Par.
ker stable.
Matt did his work on Vioris and We'll
Ter on Saturday morning as usual and
none of his associates noticed anything
reported to be very sick in his lodgings.
Billy Cunningham, who was at the
track, went over to see him and says
that Farley did not recognize him when
he spoke to him.
Don't you know me?" asked Cunning
ham.
ct can't see YOU" answered Matt. 81
seem TO be blind but 1 feel all right"
Cunningham sent for a doctor but be-
fore he arrived Farley was dead. The
cause of his death is said to have been
heart disease He was buried at Pearl
City on Sunday afternoon, few OF the
bows from the track going down to pay
their last respects.
Matt Farley was born in Atlanta,
| Georgia. and was about IS years or
age. He had worked around horses ali
his life. Ten years ago in New York ne
was widely known as the trainer or sew
eraI celebrated runners which won Some
| OF the big Eastern stakes, including the
| Metropolitan and CITY and Suburban
ban5icaps. Two years ago he became
| trainer for Prince David, whose stable,
which included Weller. Vioris, Sir cas-
inir and Cormorant, was racing In the
States. with three of these horses ne
| came to Hawaii, arriving here about TINS
| time last year.
/ His connection with the popular reu
| and white colors has been signally sue
cessfuI and his charges always Went u
tho most as ut as could be. Earley's BEST
200 down here was that for the Rosfta
! r-baI1enee Gun. run last June and won
nv y,oris. conditioned by him, In track
rocor5 time. Weller last year cripple
was nursed and put on his feet oS
Matt and twice defeated the hltneFto
! tnI-ipcible Billy McCluskey, at hllo iaS'
t January. , 80. -,
his fellow workers at the track ne sis
a GENIAL eood-natured fellow, ana ms
cbeerv presence will he greatly missed
HI often used to sing a song the REFRAIN
o+ which was, "Get Your Money
worth" Poor Matt, he got his money
worth, ANYWAY =
Tom HollInger's new Jockeys name Is
Ross. The lad has done considerable ex-
ercising at the Coast.
/ Aggravation is doing nice work for heI
race with virgie A on Saturday and
will run a great mare. Many who saw
her last race are of the opinion that
she was stale and that she ran her race
in a workout on the day previous to
the match race. There will be no mis-
take made along these lines this time
George Thomas would have ridden Ag.
gravation next Saturday but for Ross
arrival last Saturday.
Virgie A Is being given judicious WORK
and will be right on edge when the nag
falls on Saturday. On Sunday she nego-
tiated six furlongs in lbs.
Nichols will ride her and her connec-
tons are confident of confirming the YER
dict obtained in the last encounter.
| Lieut. Hancock and AL. Moore nave, Il
is reported, purchased the black sprintel
Frank from A. B. Loebenstein or Hne
for $500, and will add him to theil
string. Besides virgie A there Is II
this stable a speedy bay trotting mare
of Hambletonian stock. which will bt