The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-06-05

tale of under or over training will be
plain to read to the experts.
The jockeys have started in to re-
duce themselves by discarding any
supertluous flesh that may have accu-
mulated during the idle months when
racers in Honolulu eat their heads off
with never a race to relieve the mOnO-
tony The boys find little difficulty in
/ losing a few pounds through the me-
dunn of few joys around KapiOlanl
Park under the blazing tropical sun.
The stables present a busy appear
| ance and every morning, long before
the shadows begin to crawl up the side
OF Diamond Head, trainers and their
assistants enliven the quarters with
cheerful 'so-ho's" and hut there's" as
they inspect their glossy charges for
any Improvement or retrOgressOn un-
der the careful bandaging of last night
while getting them ready for their
"work OUT in the cool of the morning.
The stable yard is full of banketed,
hooded racers walking up and down be-
tween trials, bride led by some of the
numerous boys whose delight and glad
privilege it is to hold a bucket for a
trainer and play Chambermaid to the
horses. The horses themselves are as
fully COgniSant of the proximity of
race day a S those in charge of them and
their temperaments show to the fore as
pldlllN dS any .lNO leSStu competitor IN
field or track sports. There is the
phlegmatic horse who eats regularly
and nothing worries, the hysterical lady
like mare, nervous as a cat and liable
to fret herself into staleness unless hui
mOred, there is Weller. conscious of his
ability and refusing to exert himself
unless he feels like it, responding to the
last drop of his endurance when press
ed but wanting his own way about the
M h., -
grey PAGER gentle as kitten and
always willing to respond to the signal
of the reins, AmarinO, General Cronje,
veterans of the track and others fdget-
tv and steady, over anxious or too much
the other way altogether 10 suit their
trainer all await the coming races
which their experience or sagacity tells
then in imminent. By virtue of num-
bers and apparently general interest
the trotting and pacing will be made
the feature of the meet and several of
the drivers are carefully endeavoring
to mislead their opponents and conceal
the real speed of their own entries
Proximity on the track with two horses
eager for a brush, usually terminates
in one dropping behind without an er-
fort and though the merits the per-
formers are fairly well sized up by this
time, there is yet the delightful element
of surprise that may upset all calcula-
tons on June II.
Ten races, Including the Hawaiian
bred" are set for Wednesday and seven
for Saturday, three of which are trot-
ting events on each day. The running
races vary from five eighths dashes to
mile and a quarter, including a polo
pony race entered into by five members
of the jockey club. The entries for the
various trotting and pacing events are
about as follows although no envelopes
have been opened as yet and the pro-
gramme of entries will not be made up
until Monday, having been held over for
the arrival of owners from the other
island
Free-for-a ll-Waldo d., Wayboy, Ed
ma G.
Gentlemen's driving race-Steam-
plough, Edna G., Frank Murphy, Wait
a-Little, Violin, Abdine, Tout, Los An
geles.
Hawaiian bred-Edith B., Boswell,
Jr., Leahi Madeline
2:9O class-Albert NJ, Oak Grove, Cy-
clone, Billy Lemps, Steamplough, Dusty
Rhodes.
2:24 class-Directress, Edna G., Los
Angeles, Steamplough, Oak Grove, Cy-
clone.
PA class-Abdine, Wayboy, Violin.
The committee state that there is no
certainty a all of the entries to be
made for the running races but the
horses are: Weller, Prince David; So !
cialist and General Cronje, Mckenzie: |
Amarino Del Vista and Molly Connors, |
Ballentyne; Carter Harrison, O'Rooke |
and Alta Stacey, the Amarino colt, |
Thomas, with Rejected and Nullah. 1t !
is doubtful if Socialist will face the |
starter as he has apparently come lame
beyond immediate redemption.