The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-07-28
THE RACING MATINEE
FAIR CROWD ENJOYS SPORT AND
FUN
Meet Proved Very Successful and Pro-
vided Plenty of Entertainment-No
Records Were Broken.

Meet Proved Very Successful and Pro-
vided Plenty of Entertainment-No
Records Were Broken.
Lots of fun and good sport amused
the crowd at Kapiolani Park on Satur-
| day afternoon. The racing was inter-
esting and lively. No records were
smashed but everyone did their best to
amuse the crowd. Some rain occurred
during the afternoon but this was
taken as good humoredly as the other
incidents of the day. Despite prognos-
! citations, none fell off in the riding
1 races. The band formed a powerful
| aid. In the polo race Geisha, II. T..
Picker; Wild Oats, A. G. Scott; and Jim
! Grow, Maddux; started. There was
/ nothing i'm the race for speed but Jim
| Crow although his rider MadduX used
! tactics that will not commend him to
gentlemen riders. Picker had the pole
at the start and MadduX who was on
/ the outside, jumped directly for the
! pole at the imminent risk Of Pickers
| neck.
Amarino with Tom Hollinger up won
| the second race, a half mile dash, from
| Racery, Black Bess and D0no. The
last named came down the stretch IN
| gallant style, DominEoes the Jockey
making Il desperate effort to overhaul
/ AmarinO. Racery, with the heir of the
| Hollingers up came third Time 81.
The mile dash for harness horses
started with Wisteria stiff and lame
and Luster also somewhat lame. Nettie
II with Allen driving had all the race
| against Artie W., Larry Dee holding
| the lines. The game little mare held
| the lead all the way with ATtie W.
hanging close until he was pushed too
hard and broke Nettie won easily in
2.3112.
The eccentric appearance of Willie
| Lucas Dusty Roads i'm the next event,
another mile dash, caused the crowd
much amusement The old fellow
seemed to have trouble in balancing
his abnormally large head to suit his
gait but finally came in second. win
ming from Billy S and Trump. Diclley
! Davis, behind Creole could have won
! by an eighth of a mile but refrained
! from so doing and encouraged old
| Dusty to do his best down the stretch
! The time was 2.3SH.
! The gentlemens' riding race, with
! field of eighteen entries was par eH-
| CellenCe the looked forward to event OF
! the day.
! Pools Of eighteen were made up every
/ where on the stand and the infield
| Much friendly comment was handed
out to the riders as they appeared in
| all varieties of racing, walking and
! driving costume on as great a variety
| of steeds. Bob Ballentine on Bruner
! had the heels of the crowd and at the
| start Lucas and a few of the wise ones
| tried to juggle him in a good humOred
way. Half way round the race was
! procession. Ballentine won very easily
with Charlie Bellina on Club Stables
! second and SCOTS Jim Sloane third.
| The crowd in the judges stand gem
| erously refrained from taking the time.
The patrolmen with their steeds made
a fine showing for the sixth race. They
We're in full uniform, their horses be-
ing additionally handicapped with mar,
tingales. The men rode a military long
stirrup. Bortfeld on Waimea handled
his horse in excellent fashion and won
many lengths ahead in PIG. Richard
| III made a close race of it for a while
| but failed to last.
A mile dash for named horses
Hoopa and Grandpa had the race all to
themselves and Bellina's plucky Old
gray won Hoopa starting in on his gait
too late for results.
The eighth race resulted in a duel be-
! tween DaVid's ROsalba and AmarinO.
Amarinos jockey held the horse in and
the two kept in close touch all round
the track. The win was by a nose
Amarino being almost caught mapping
along the stretch The distance was
three quarters of a mile and the time
1.21.
The ninth race saw the royal stables
withdrawn and Nettie II, Los Angeles
and Edna G lined up. Edna was not
feeling kindly and Davis could not get
her off While Los Angeles scored at
every break. Allen kept Nettie at a
standStill after a while and she got cold
| and sulky in her turn. A most remark
able order was given from the judges
stand at this juncture which caused
Edna G to be driven off the track by
| Davis. Samuel Parker ordered the trio
| up for a standing start. AS the meet
| ing was held under American TrOtting
| Association rules which insist on the
| horses starting at the word go after
| scoring, Davis refused the more parti-
cularly as his mare was a PAGER and
| hobbled, conditions which precluded
her from starting from a stand
| Durftee the starter refused to take the
| responsibility but Mr. Parker took it,
evidently wishing not to keep the
crowd waiting longer. Nettie H. was
| left on the wire while Los Angeles
started off at a good gait Nettie II.
started after Los Angeles however and
took up a little of the start. The crowd
who had nearly all bets of varying des-
criptions and Wagers on Edna G.. and
Nettie II. was considerable dis
gruntled at the bad start. The solu-
ton of the problem would have been to
have ordered the trio to score to the
/ pole horse but as Edna c.. had been
warming up and had started her gait,
another trial would probably have seen
them off together Los Angeles was
awarded the race in 2,2S.
The COW boy race proved full of eX-
element, three contestants coming to
the fore, w. c. Vida, j. *. Maunakea,
and Joe Leilehua. All the horses had
to be bridled and saddled one assistant
Being allowed to hold the change of
steeds. Willie Vida won handily I'M