The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-06-09
ULHU TUT
THE RACES
Horses and the
Owners In
Shape.
PROSPECTS FOR
FINEST SPORT
Two Track Records Nay Be
Broken During the
Meeting.

With two days TO elapse before th'
contests. the owners OF the horses now
lin training at Rapiolani race track are
content with the condition OF theii
charges. In only a few Instances are
there any OF the usual declarations tna'
llameness or sickness Will prevent some
particular horse from doing all that ad-
| rnirers expect in fact. with the ex-
| ceptIon OF the fIilo runner. Socialist.
/ the animals In training are said to De
In such shape that they should give I"
the attendants upon the races on ha-
mehameha day sport up TO the CALDER
OF any ever seen on the tracks here. In
| fact there seems To- be n chance that
the days racing viii see At least two
records broken. according 10 the ma
nau OF some of the rallbirds-
The working days have ended. the
fast trials have taken place and now IL
Ia only the matter OF the exercising OF
the speedy goers that they may not
forget between this and the race day.
There have been few changes In the
situation. one OF Importance only being
noted. In the return OF Artie w. TO the
track. after he had shown lameness
which prompted Captain Soule TO take
the animal away Now the horse Is
going strong and fast and should make
a good bid II Is indeed unfortunate that
the presence OF two such trotters as
Artie w. and Oak Grove is not sum-
Gent to make a. wise for the division
of the driving race into two parts. one
for the trotters and the other for pac-
ers. Each should make nne heat
without the standard gated animals
being prtted against the faster side
wheelers-
xo.,.-day ,hara xrarS few horses out
the drivers being represented by trio
which gave a slow exhibition only. The
fastest time was 2:3s. but this OF course
does not mean anything To Violin. Abb
dine and Oak Grove. There were
number OF the polo ponies given some
work. the best showing being made by
George Potter's entry. The others were
simply logged for the purpose OF linn
bering.
Saturday there were several COS
which gave fast fractions but these are
dwarfed by the general showing OF the
harness actors. The time of Waldo J.
vas slow. but once. while Abdine was
alongside. the pair stepped the last
quarter. the eighth being as fast as any
ever Travelled on the track. and only
few brsaths behind the record. Way
boy was not given work below 20. but
once when feeling good showed a quar-
ter several seconds better. withal thet
little horse indicated that he wanted To
work and that ne viii take n deal OF
beating. II ne comes To Wednesday
feeling as well as he then seemed. he
should make Waldo ]. go faster than
did the game old Loupe. which means
in the region OF 2:i1 or even 2:iO. The
free-for-aiI entries are all fit. for Edna
q. has shown some quarters which are
Indicative OF speed enough TO get down |
into fast company. but Callan sneaks
her past the post and the watchers do
not get anything like the real speed /
that she makes. The mare Is con-
sistent and will give a good account OF
herself. The green one. Cyclone. Is
doing his work well and may show
some surprises. the fact that he stood
up under firing and never lost days
work being To his credit.
The gentlemen's driving race will be
one OF the greatest events in that IL
IL only a dash and there are many
chances In such a race. owing TO the
presence OF animals with both gaits. as
we'll as for the fact that there are en-
tered more good ones than have faced /
the flag here In similar race. John
Ouderkirk has sent his shayetail black |
in 2.23 and even yet does not know |
just how fast the animal ia The fact
that Abdine has showed eighths about
:i6 and finishes as strong as he starts |
makes the wise ones say the race lies
between Ouderkirk and Smith. though |
there are others in the event. Oak |
Grove - going well. and may readily |
show better than 20: Violin is in |
good form for the fine racer. and in |
fact there Is not a single one OF the
half dozen or more OF the flyers that Is
not ready for n game contest.
The runners are going well and there |
seems many chances that the track /
record for the half and perhaps the
Will be set aside. This is
the opinion OF some OF those who have
seen the fleet little mare Mollie Con-
nors work While she has one leg dec
grated with a lump. IL In no way affects
her speed. as there is no pain in IL.
The people from the big island look
with great favor upon their entries.
Del Vista and Carter II. Harrison. TO
beat Weller for the mile event at least.
They feel that there should have been
n handicap in the mile and half
event which would give Cronje n look
In. which the horse hardly possesses
now unless he has been remade by
Burns. who Is the artist OF the hos
pital corps.
The entries for the running events
will close today at 5 p. m. This Is due
10 the fact that the committee wanted
TO give C. s. Mckenzie a chance 10
see his animals before entering them.
He arrived Saturday with n number OF
others. and at once went to the park
and saw the animals sent along. He
said last evening that he was very well
pleased. He thought his horses. with
the exception OF Socialist. would give
! good account OF themselves and that
the public would see some OF the best |
sport that has been witnessed on the l
local track for years All the animals. |