The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-14
RACES ON
MAUI'S BIG
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the isle, but those who did numbered
in the thousands and the sport they
had was well worthy of the day and
the crowd. Only one incident marred
the sport Of the day, but the ill-feeling
caused by the displacing of Homo
lulu horse which came in first, by rea-
son of a claim of foul, passed and from
that time the sports went off without
other than interesting and pleasing
features.
Carriages, train and saddle horses
carried the crowds of spectators to the
park and before the races had been
called at ten o'clock in the morning
there was a greater number of people
within the enclosure and about its
fences than had been gathered in the
recollection of the Oldest enthusiast
The absence of a band caused the waits
TO seem longer but the people formed
more of a family party than anything
else. and the way they enjoyed every
Il, urnent of the time made the day pass
without any dragging. There were
number of visitors. the Honolulu party
which made the trip for the purpose
of playing baseball with the Maps
came in for entertainment at the hands
Of the Mauites and Prince Cupid and
his party the central features OF
grand stand coterie.
The day was nearly perfect one, the
wind not being too strong for the com
fort of the visitors, and while the track
was a trihe hard for speed the races
were in most part close and furnished
excellent sport. The judges, w. r.
Pogue, C. B. Cottren and T. M. Church
did not get the flyers out with any
great degree of rapidity and it was
after the appointed hour that the
horses which were to compete for the
first event, the ree-eighths mile dash
were sent to the post There was con-
siderable jockeying before they got
away. Black Bess in the lead with Maui
Rose. who carried a load of local money
close up Jennie E. was at the pole
and going well in third position and
the light weight Starlight back. With
in a. few yards of the start Black Bess
was pulled into the pole. crowding back
Jennie E., being never headed, won by
an easy length from Maui Rose the
others trailing. Thomas, on Jennie f.,
protested that he had been crowded by
Black Bess, and the starters giving the
same testimony, the judges set Black
Bess in fourth place, giving the race
to Maui Rose, Jennie E. second.
Immediately there was a roar. De-
yauchelle owner of the disqualified
horse, kicked long and loud and LUCAS,
who had an entry in the harness event
swore by all the straps and Wheels
at the track that he would not start
horse as the Honolulu men could not
get a square deal and tried to induce
others to draw out. Lahaina bar
keeper, Carlyle, who had some money
on the race also howled long and loud
and it was nearly an hour before the
next race could be brought off, the Ho-
nolulu drivers being hard to deal with.
Davis was asked TO scratch Sambo, but
he with true sportsmanlike spirit re-
fused saying that he had come to race
and would do So Finally the other Ho
nolulu men decided that they would go
out and did so.
1t took two heats TO decide the first
harness event. Faro Bank, Grandpa
and Mckinley faced the starter. Faro
Bank was sent out in front by Lucas
and held his lead to the three-eighths
clock, went away and took the heat in
237 is. There was then considerable
betting based on the assertion of the
Maui men that Mckinley was as steady
as shown in every heat. But when
again they came out Mckinley could
not be held down and broke so badly
that he had to be practically pulled up
and Faro Bank went on and distanced
both the winner of the first heat and
Grandpa, driven by Bellina, winning the
heat and race. The second heat was
negotiated in 1882 1-5
The three-quarters mile dash was a
fairly good race, the iron horse Anna
rino, showing his speed and quality by
winning pulled up. Jennie c. showed
the way for an eighth but was there
collared by both the winner and Rosal
ba They ran like a team for a half
mile, until in the stretch Amarino pull |
ed away and won as he pleased, from
a very tired horse, Rosalba, in 1:21 2-5.
Sambo and Columbia Maid were
down for a duel, Mckinley having won
one heat being scratched out of this
event Sambo was in form and when
Davis sent him away in his stride II
was simply a matter of pacing to the
wire Columbia Maid was not going
well. and did not have the speed, so
was distanced, the heat deciding the
race. The time was 1888 3-5.
The Japanese race was scramble.
much of the money of the spectators
being placed upon & rangy black, but
the light weight boy could not hold
him true and taking the curves wide
made it impossible for the horse to
win. the race being taken by a speedy
brown, Yokohama.
Amarino annexed another stake in
the mile dash. permitting Nellie c. to
make the running for seven-eighths.
and then rornping home a winner by
short length in the slow time of 2:02 3-5.
There were three entries in the Polo