The Hawaiian star., 1902-04-12
TRAINERS GET THEIR CHARGES
IN SHAPE FOR JUNE.
How the Trotters and PAGERS are Work
ed out at the Track-Many Out Every
Morning


ing stables at Kapiolani Park these
days. Now that the rain has apparent
ly departed for good the satin coated
racers, no longer stand disconsOlate in
their stalls or content themselves with
exercise in the paddock. Early every
morning the trainers come out from
! town behind their favorite driving
horses and inspect their charges who
/ have been got ready for them by their
assistants
Before the sun is well over Ieahi and
the crater is still purple in the early
morning light, the sullCies are oiled and
the tires given the least little taste Of
air from the pump and then the bright
eyed, eager horses are hitChed, the pad
dock gate thrown back and off they go,
once, twice perhaps around the mile
track at an easy gait, four minutes or
perhaps five to cover the distance that
can be spurned upon occasion in two
minutes and those few seconds over
which make the constant rivalry be-
tween the horses and the men that
drive them.
Into the stable again and mysterious
bottles are produced and their con-
tents splashed over the racer, a mar
vellous arrangement of suspender like
bands are eased, the light harness re-
moved and hooded and covered in a
blanket, the future winner on Kameha-
meha Day goes out to walk up and
down the paddock led by a stable boy
while the driver pays his attention to
the next of his string or talks in the
language of the paddock about toe
boots and drenches of the mysteries of
bits and shoes and the hundred and one
little things that seem so trivial but are
yet so important to ensure the best per-
fOrmance of that complex piece of me-
chanism a trOtting or pacing crack
Mere machinery indeed were much
easier to manage There would be no
whims, no nervousness, no sullting and
none of the constant humoring of the
racer that becomes imperative as race
day approaches.
Waldo j., king of the Kapiolani track
is ready for his third work out and with
his skin gray and wet from his sweat
ing beneath the blanket, is into the
green sulky and away with Quinn driv-
ing. The first half mile is taken at an
easy gait the big horse moves like clock
work in long swinging stride. You
could put a tray on that broad back and
eat your breakfast as you drove with
out a drop of coffee being spilled or a
plate disturbed, At the half mile, the
wide nOstrils dilate still more, the
wide chest expands. the stride length
| ems, quiCkens and the ghost" comes
laundering down past the judges
stand in the full enjoyment of his speed
and glory of his strength. Two or three
watches snap in the shadows of the
grand stand where one or two owners
are watching, having driven out leisure
ly after their breakfast, and the last
half is announced at LOS And Waldo
was not trying his best nor capable Of
doing it at this early stage of the
game.
Others are out on the track now hav-
ing little trial bursts of speed side by
side or being sent round for the owners
ediicatlon. Cyclone" a big blacK
bigger than Waldo, with high rangy
action, goes around. No great speed
visible in Cyclone" a good gait and
the makings of a handsome road horse.
DirecUess, petite, dainty pretty as a
picture takes a spin and covers the
ground in good time for the little thing
she is DireCtress has not been work.
ed out for some time and enjoys it. A
mate to her would discover the hand
soonest, SWEETEST team in the city. Here
comes "Sambo" Steam Plough of whom
great things have been expected but
which have failed to materialize. Why,
it is hard to say He shows good speed
and plenty of it, Perhaps next June he
will vindicate his reputation. Violin,
winner of many race, has just ar
rived at the stables, being brought in
| ny IIlLtt Cuplut ueI OWH one Is dS
fat as butter and today takes only a
walk up and down the paddock To-
morrow her schooling begins for the
amateur road race, owners driving,
which she stands a good chance to win.
| Prince DaVid's weller" champion of
the runners, who can gallop easily home
in the mile or mile and a half lengths
ahead of his competitors and ready for
another round of the track takes a
xuro1 IL h.,
the park with his jockey on his back.
He is fat too, but every muscle is firm
under that satiny coat and he could
run this afternoon, if necessary. A
game fighter weller" never running
the hardest until challenged, but his
| temper is noted the sweetest. Despite
a gentle wind, the day is getting un-
! bearably hot and most of the horses
| have finished their working out for the
day Gentlemen drivers who will COM
| pete in the road race have driven their
! horses round the track for the last time
and go in to town. The paddock is full
| of horses being gently exercised while
| others are being scraped off i'm their
stalls after the final turn when they
We're let out a link.
The walking animals are carefully
watched for symptoms of a leg or a
! sprain Broken straps are repaired or
| holes adjusted, while chances are dis
cussed and comparisons made among
! the helpers the head trainers being
usually dlplomatlcally complimentary
of each others string.
From now on, any morning will see
the glossy coated champions, bay,
| brown gray, black roam and white out
on the track gradually increasing their
speed until the limit of their condition
| is reached just as the races are due.
| Men whom you instinctiyely know as
/ belonging to that vaguest Of classes,
| horsemen, even when their clothing
! does not hint Of it, watch the perform
ances with calculating eye and ready
| stop watch; intent on knowing which
/ way to make their books" when race
! day comes around,