The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-09
CLOSE TIME
OF HORSES
Retention of Entries
Brings Kick From
Visitor.

With running horses that have made
and trotting horses that have been
marked within quarter of a second,
you have all the elements of first-class
racing and the competition between the
contestants at Kapiolani Park is just
as closely matched. With the ever
present possibility of a horse being
start for half a second it will take
clever man to pick the winners. how
ever, keen a judge he may be of horse
flesh and form.
The entries closed yesterday after
noon at one o'clock but were not open
ed nor any information concerning
them given out, much to the disgust of
certain horsemen who wanted due
notice of how to scratch their entries
The information was withheld, it is
said, to protect the program privilege
but one man who has brought string
from the other islands and has $40
worth of entrance money invested in
the races entered a. strong though
futile protest with local officials over
the closed proceedings.
II want more than a few hours
notice in which to arrange the scratch
ing of my entries which have been
made to cover all possibilities" he said
yesterday afternoon, and L don't care
whether it benefits some one who has
the program privilege or not. The
Jockey Club certainly does not get as
much out of it as my entrance money
amounts to and to man bringing
string from the other islands it isn't
a square deal and l have so expressed
myself. 1 was told the matter is in the
hands of a committee and that | Will
find it in a paper tomorrow afternoon"
meaning this afternoon, but [ want
all due notice"
If the news is published in the press
of this afternoon it will still leave am
pie time for anyone to set up and print
another program so that the protec-
ton plea seems rather to fade into
question of privilege for certain pub
locations to the discontinue of men
who are paying big money and put to
trouble to bring a string of horses to
Honolulu to make the program OF
events attractive enough to draw the
public. The protesting horseman yes
terday after vainly trying to gain sat
isfaction over the telephone gave up
his endeavor with the remark that he
was disguised with the meet. A man
enters his horses for all races to cover
contingencies and naturally waits until
the entries are opened in order to know
how his competitors horses are placed
so that he may scratch here or there
according to competition or his horses
latest form.
Sambo, the rival of Cyclone in the
harness event which promises to be
the big race of the day, yesterday
went the rounds in 2.16 coming back in
Pr 1-2. a splendid showing on the
local track. The best Cyclone has
shown this year is 2.16 1-2 but he has
not done this within the last week and
Will not be worked anymore between
now and Saturday. Sambo despite his
corns warns up wonderfully as he
works and has bigger heart than his
adversary. Cyclone is at his best when
he has the pole and a slight lead but
there is a doubt as to his pluck in
of the nose bleed trouble which has
bother him before. Billy Lemps is
SONG To be placed in the free for all
and the 2.2O class and Charlie Bellina
evidently considers him fit to go
against Sambo and Cyclone. Billy's
mark is 2.18 10
Creola. Isenberg's green filly. Oak
Grove and Dennie Haley have all gone
e, "a
of each other and with even scoring
this trotting race should show a shout
ing finish.
Egyptian Princess looks good for the
fiVe-e;ghths but has not locally shown
herself tried out at a longer distance.
Yesterday she covered the five-eighths
in 1.02 $3.50, the likely looking colt
from Hilo, may be reckoned with in
the mile against Racine Murphy and
the rest but the wise ones will wait
and see which of the HiIo string Bur
linghame mounts. He is a clever jockey
with successes on the coast and was
down here some seven or eight years
ago. McAuliffe. as plucky a little man
as ever straddled a pigskin, will be
MP on Racine Murphy In the mile and
Bruner in the mile and a half
The mile and a half between Dixie
Land and Bruner ought to be close.
Neither of them have phenomenal
speed but they can go six quarters or
eight at a push in even time and
Bruner is thought to have more than
a passing show. The initials c. b
will act as starter with Willie |
Love as timekeeper and c. Durphy, |
Captain Quincy and Frank Halstead as
Tom Cummings will be |
clerk OF the course.