The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-05-23
PACEO A
GREAT HEAT.
Abdine and Way.
boy in a
Race.
ovrom Thursdays dany)

track was in very fair shape ana u
rspidly acquiring that resiiencN so
much sought after by trainers Of race
horses
The first animals to put In an ap-
pearance. shortly after Z o'clock, were
Rejected and Alta stacy ridden by
Fears and Thomas, respectively. Ihey
worked threc-eighihs Of mile In .Ssi.'
going 90 the quarter On :2iA. Rejected
in "A nice finish. finished half length
ahead of the little native-bred mare.
socialist. with Pggott up. cantered
three miles and brushed the nnal
eighth. He was then set going again
and ran from the thrce-rurlong pole 10
the same mark In las. The time OF the
first eighth was .13, the quarter :25is;
three-eighths, :3S, and the iive-eighths'
l.O34-5. From the half-mile pole to the
stand was covered by the big bay in
:5O4-5. Socialist started out at ter
rife clip but tired pcrceptibly toward
the end of the mile.
Time Center cantercd.
Carter H. Harrison, Jr., traversed a
mile In l:4sk, going easily. The first
six furlongs were caught in 1913.
Following is summary of the work
done by the harness division:
Waldo J.-2:3S. 2:32, 2:22k.
Cyclone-2:42. 2:32, 2:3l. 2:30&.
Violin--2:27k, 2:23k
Abdine-2:27, 2:21, 2:42h.
wayboy-2:3sls. 2:2O As. 2:l9, 2:3SA
Steamplough--2 43A, 2:36, 2:37.
Edna G.-2:26h.
Billy Lemps-2:27A.
Frank Murphy-2:35 40 first half
114h.
Prince Cupid drove Violin and W. II
Smith piloted Abdine.
One of the heats was "A Corker
Wayboy, Abdine Violin and Waldo J.
starting together. Abdine cut out the
pace, followed by Violin and Wayboy
with the white ghost" lying last
When the animals got going three OF
their drivers forgot time and pace, and
the passion OF racing took possession
of them. giving the spectators chance
to witness a finish which Is not likely
to be equalled on race day.
At the three quarter pole all with tn,
exception of Waldo j., which was still
behind. could have been covered will
the proverbial blanket. At the hea'
of the stretch the Fiddle" died ava.
and the issue was desperately Tough
out by Abdine and Wayboy. Almos
to the wire the former had slight ad
vantage, but in the very nick of tim
Wayboy. by a supreme effort of game
ness, forged to the front and hnishe
ahead by a matter of inches I'm 2:20 A.
Waldo J.'s time for the heat was near
~ two seconds slower and Violin's al
most three seconds slower.
Abdine's driver drove rattling fin
ish of which n professional need no
of been ashamed. The geldlng's mar
is 2:17 and in the opinion of good judge
ne as good as paced to his record yes
terday.
Waldo ]. acted somewhat lame an
Quinn did not push him unnecessaril
in view of this fact. Violin had spec
for three-quarters of the distance bu
petered out when the pinch came.
During the heat none of the horse
as much as made skip.
Wayboy afterwards gave anothe
taste of his sterling qualities by re
peating in 2:l9, going to the half
1;10 and coming the last quarter
:Ik c. II. Judd drove him. as usua
John Ouderkirk did not put in az
pearance to drive Steamplough as ha
been expected. and Charles Davi
worked the plough horse" slow heats
Billy Lemps, driven by Jack Gibson
put in mile in 2:27% He is a high
strung fellow with speed and If he ca
hit II of on June II with Herr Ber
ger, should be seen to advantage.
Cyclone, whose leg seemed to troubl
him very little yesterday, paced sev
eral slow heats in taking style. Th
big black PAGER has a tremendou
swinging gait and one has no idea no,
quickly he is getting over the groun
until a watch is held on him, when tn
result is simply astounding.
Frank Murphy went better than h
has done before this season and warm
ed into his work in great shape. Hi
best mile was 2:35 As. Had the old fel
low been put into training six week
earlier cracking good heat could hav
been squeezed out of him. He is can
didate for gentlemen's driving rae
h0nors.
Dusty Rhodes, c. II. Judds latest ac
quisitiOn, would only trot in Hilo; her
he prefers to pace and will undoubt
edly be seen to better advantage at III
lateral gait
There was some talk yesterday of III
executive committee of the Jockey Clu
closing entries ON the last day of th
month.
Should there be a race meeting du
ing the fiesta number of Sweepstal
races are likely To be arranged, Z
horsemen are expressing themselves ;
being greatly in favor OF this class
events for an intermediate meeting.
number of such events, together vii
races for the $500 promised by q
Merchants Association. should resu
In very enjoyable days sport.
Knights Tempiar Degrees