Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-08
Professional Defined
Turfmenf romHawaii
News from the I rack

The much vexed question OF what
&C Institutes an amateur and a profess |
sional driver, which has OF late been
disturbing the minds OF the local sport |
Ing fraternity, has at last been definite
" settled.
In answer to letter asking for infoT
nation on the subject, Charlie Bellina
received by the $. s. Alameda a reply
to the following effect:
That a driver to become a profes
sjonal must have received financial re-
muneration for having driven horse
In race. The fact that he drove his
cwn horse for purse in no way dam
ages his amateur status.
Conditions OF the Race.
The question arose at the last meet
Ing Of the Hawaiian Jockey Club when
.he makeup OF the program was dis
cussed. In the original draft OF the
Program for June II, the conditions
governing the gentlemen's driving
race read as follows:
zone mile, horses TO be driven by
amateurs. FIRST prize 500 cup and
T'oumey cart; second prize, buggy;
third prize, set of harness.
On account of the number and value
cf the prizes offered a great deal Of
interest was taken IN the race and a
number OF owners declared their In
tention of competing. some OF whom
In the opinion Of the other horsemen
were not eligible to compete on ac'
count of having, as they thought, for
fcIted their amateur standing by hav'
INF at times competed for cash prizes
sweepstakes and side bets.
D Conditions Revised.
q A heated discussion followed and the
result was that conditions of the race
: were revised as follows:
One mile, free for all members of the
Jockey Club who nave never driver
Cor a purse, owners to drive.
), This procedure of course elated I
!, dissenting faction who deputed Mr.
a Dellina to write to the Breeder ant
Il Sportsman in order to find out jus
Low the matter stood. The result o
h the inquiry is gwen above.
The ruling of the Californian tur
y authority will not influence this year
race on account of the binding ant
specific conditions introduced. Mex
year however. a number OF local driy
a crs -ho are prohibited from compel
II ing in next Wednesdays amateu
D. event by the clause in the condition
II reading for members who have neN
r ei driven for purse" will pilot horse
n the gentlemen's driving rare.
u Yesterdays Track Matinee.
The matinee at the track yesterda
. was of an interesting nature and tn
Y performances OF the horses wer
e watched with interest by a number @
PERSONS who journeyed to the track Il
n. the hope of seeing something sense
a. tioEal develop in the speed line. The
s. were doomed to disappointment, how
'e ever. for the work done, while OF a
10 entertaining nature, verged on the O.
Re tinary.
Wayboy's best mile was a fractio
RS worse than 2:20. He put in oths
rs heats in 2:SO and 2:35.
T. Edna G. was driven heats by job
III CalIan in 1928. 2:3O and 23s. Tn
a. tree for all candidate worked alon
:" nicely and has the unique advantag
OF being the only horse in the classi
"a event which can boast of a sound S,
NJ Of legs.
s. The Three-Legged Wonder.
Id Cyclone, the three.legged wonde
IN paced in 2:31. 2:35, 2:3S and 2:42
ID With another leg under him Quinn
" black PAGER should show 2:15 wItho,
much urging.
w. II. Norton's little roam PAGER D
rectress pleased her owner by worl
ing mile in 1928 without a skip. di
l!eying a good deal of her old tim
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