The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-05-12
HOW H|L0
TOWN WILL
CELEBRATE
Big Doing for the
Nations Natal
Day.

luey propose u nave u DIE liiue
down at Hilo on the 4th of July. Con-
corning the racing there, the Tribune
says:
Racing at Hoolulu Park this year
on the Fourth will be up to the stand
ard of former years. The purses
hung up to attract the horse men OF
Hawaii and other islands aggregate
$1,000. There will be eleven track
events, arranged to attract the best
equine metal in the Islands. Should
race number s fill, as the committee
hopes. 1t will be the banner race of
the season on any track. The purse
is to be $400 for this one mile free
for-all dash, providing the well known
quartet, Carter Harrison, Aggrava-
ton, Weller and Racine Murphy, will
start. If but three starters show up
in this race, the purse is to be $3.50.
The terms are, three to enter, three
to start. Entries close at noon, Thurs
day, July 2. Scratches must be made
before 8 o'clock a. m, Friday, July g..
Entries, 10 per cent of purses and no
stall rent charged except to winners.
The races will be under the super
vision of special Fourth of July
committee, consisting of f. Brughelli,
John O'Rourke, Alex Wilson, J. F..
Clay, John Fitzgerald, Chr Casten-
dyk, c. E. Wright, Albert Horner and
e. N. Holmes. This committee with
the sanction of the Fourth of July EX-
ecutive Committee has made an agree
ment with the owners of Hoolulu
Park. taking over the entire manage
ment of the races. The Park people
will be paid percentage of the gate
receipts.
Subscription lists will be circulated
for funds for general celebration and
races, two accounts being kept. Any
surplus left over from the racing this
year will be deposited in the bank
for races for 1904. No subscriptions
for racing will be used for any other
purpose than that for which it was
subscribed.
The races will begin promptly at 1
O'Clock on the afternoon of July 4th.
The barbecue, which begins at IL
O'Clock a. m, will be over in ample
time to give the people chance to
see the first race. Horsemen from the
other side of the Island will bring in
their strings and the public will not be
disappointed with the quality or guam
tity of racing
ne SuSScStlOn mas Dpen Iudue 10
the Tribune that the Wild West fea-
lures of the Hilo Fourth of July cele-
bration be given greater variety by
the addition of Spanish bull fight.
The suggestion is a capital one. A bull
fight would round out the day to per-
lection. AS toreador in chief we sug-
gest choosing a man who is an eques-
trian expert and close student of the
unr nj % 1l, 10
1.-the polo pony, attired in fiuttering
robes of purple, green and red, there
is not bovine on Hawaii that would
not show fight IL confronted by him
in the center field at Hoolulu Park.
His lance would glitter in the air with
dazzling effect before it sought the
heart of the OK. The OK could then
be turned over to the barbecue COM
mittee to be roasted for the multitude.
In the same connection the Herald
has this:
In addition to the racing events
there will be other attractions which
should bring large crowd to Hilo.
The events will all be in the hands
OF the committee and prizes will be
offered for base ball and polo matches
as well as for broncho riding and rop-
Ing and tying steers.
The ceremonies attending the for
NAL breaking ground of the Kohala-
Hilo railway will be made interesting.
There will be speeches, recitations,
vocal selections and choruses and in !
music by the Hilo band. |
The barbecue will be an interesting
feature: at least three steers will be |
roasted on the spits and the meat will |
De served to the audience.
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
The Hilo Agricultural Society held .
special meeting last Saturday after
noon at the office of c. Furneaux. The
meeting was called to consider COM
nunications relating to having rep
'esentative of the fruit shippers in
san Francisco who would look after
heir interests. 1t being the intention
" the shippers TO consign all ship
nents as whole to the one represent
tive, thus doing away with the COM
MISSIONS TO the various consignees,
which in the past has proved unprofit-
'Dle. The meeting was one of the
argest in attendance since the organ
zatlon and enthusiasm was shown by
he various talks made on the banana.
pineapple and forage plants. Tapioca
'aS ioullu 10 ne grown TO consider
'ble extent in the district, one MEM
Ter growing sufficient to supply his
household with all the necessary
tarch and for food. One firm on
<auai has been growing this cereal
or over twenty years and supplies
lot only the Honolulu market but
hips to California as well. The next
ocular meeting will be held on the
lrst Saturday in July at which. time
'apers VIII be read on Tapioca, For
ge Plants, Bananas and Pineapples.
-Hilo Herald.
ORGANIZED LABOR.
The Hilo Tribune thus rates the
Progress OF the labor movement on the
zig island:
The Federation of Allied Trades in
lilo Is fiourishing like a green bay
rec, II the acquisition of numbers
a guarantee OF success and strength