The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-20
CHANGE IN
CONDITIONS
Amateurs Only to
Drive for
Cup.
RACE ADDED FOR
HAWAIIAN BREEDS
Jockey Club Transacts important
Business-Entrie Close
as heretoisfe.

IT HIRTY-FIvB members of the
Jockey Club met at the Hawaiian
q Hotel last night and. gettins right
down to work. transacted considerable
business of an important nature per-
tanning to the Forthcoming race meet
ing.
| President CornwelI was in the chair.
| Vivian Richardson and Llewellyn
Gay were elected members of the club.
| After a spirited discussion II was de-
| cided to change the conditions of the
| gentlemen's driving race, which fer
merly called for owners TO drive, and
| in the framing OF which nothing was
| originally said about the contestants
having to be amateurs.
The conditions of the race as defined
at last nights meeting are as follows:
Gentlemen's driving race-Opea to
members of the Jockey Club who have
never driven for purse; owners to
drive. Trophy, a $50 cup; distance. one
mile heat.
In addition to the cup offered by tie
Jockey Club for the amateur event.
buggy, a cart and q set of harness
/ have been put up for competition by
business houses in the city, making the
event the most valuable on the pro-
gram.
The vote on the motion was 16 to 9.
1t was decided to write to San Fran
cisco in order to ascertain from COM
petent authorities just what constitutes
an amateur and a professional driver.
great deal OF doubt exists locally up
on this point. though why this should
be so is hard to tell. A professional
driver is a man who has at any time
competed for purse hung up by an
association. Whether he won or not
Is immaterial, the fact that he has
competed for money effectually dam
aging his amateur status.
Should the gentlemen's driving race
have been driven under its original
conditions, admitting professional
reinsmen, and should an amateur driv-
er have competed with professional
in this race, he would cease to be an
amateur, Notwithstanding the fact that
the prize was trophy and not OF a
monetary nature.
r. Daily, the caterer, offered $50 cup
for the gentlemen's driving race last
night. providing that only road horses
and not race horses were allowed TO
enter. AS this condition was impossi-
BILE on the face of it, Mr.. Daily stated
that he would give the cup for a race
to be run at the next meeting OF the
Jockey Club.
Secretary Crabbe stated that he had
received a communication from w. Di-
mond, secretary Of the Merchants As
sociation. stating that IL the Jockey
Club would give meeting during the
fiesta TO be held in July, the associa-
ton would be willing TO contribute $500
In purses.
The matter was left to the executive
committee OF the club and Secretary
Crabbe was instructed to notify the
Association that Il was the
sense of the meeting that the club
should have races in July, but that
nothing definite should be done in the
matter until the June meeting was
over.
July IS was mentioned as the best
late for the fiesta races. that day sand
~iching comfortably between the meet
ing at Hilo on July 4 and wailuku
races on August IL
II was decided to add a new race for
Hawaiian bred running horses to the
program. A cup was recently discov-
.red in a safe in the city which was
,ffered several years ago by the Ocean
C Steamship Company for competition
It six furlongs by Hawaiian bred
lorses- This cup had to be won twice.
)nce Ballentyne's Amarino won II and
n another race VOTERS Antidote man
lged to get leg in IL. OF recent
rears il seems to have been entirely
Amarino Will compete
gain for il this year. his only antagon-
st, from the present outlook being
Alta Stacy. a daughter of Amarfno. at
PRESENT being trained by George Thorn
g
Jim Quinn wanted the frae-for-all
hanged from n three IN five 10 a two
\ three heat race. This caused w. M
birmingham to arise and say that he
night have two horses in the frse-for-
II himself which would be a race that
'uinn would have reason to remember
49, after the 18th 81 June.
"NU right said Quinn; I'm very
Iad 70 hear that the free-for-all IS go
nc u be a race and I withdraw my
notion"