The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-01-02

That the wheel is not obsolete yet,
for sport as well as utility, was strong
~ demonstrated at Kapiolani park race
track yesterday afternoon. It was
the first meet of the japanese Bicvc'e
Club lately organized, which the other
day showed forty-seven wheelmen in
line on the streets of Honolulu.
There was an attendance on the
grand stand, which had passed through
the pay gate. of seven or eight hum
bred people, while on the margin of the
track below the stables a crowd of
twelve or fifteen hundred was assem-
bled, which had awaited of the public
privileges of the park with the dis
advantage of having but a distant
view of the starts and finishes. In
GLIDING the group of racers with their
helpers and those occupying the
judges stand, the total attendance
must have been two thousand in round
numbers. A vast majority was Jap
anese.
Fifteen events We're on the program,
most of them being well contested.
Some of the finishes We're close and
exciting. The starts were well man
aged, although there was perhaps
trif1e more talk over them than neces-
sary. Favorers of the respective con-
testants We're enthusiastic with their
encouragement and not stinting of ap-
plause at the winning spurts.
Two prizes were given in most
events, consisting of useful and fancy
articles. A handsome clock, a par
lor lamp. an elegant album, blankets,
trinkets, ETC., were grouped about
Columbia Model bicycle, the last
named the championship prize, upon a
stand. The prizes Were delivered to
the winners Immediately upon their
names being announced. Entries for
the championship race were limited to
winners in other events. Two conso-
Iation prizes were given in this race, a
pair of trousers to second man and a
purse of $3.50 to third. So far as a
race was concerned, it was all for the
The champion was pur-
sued only for the first mile, which he
finished in the lead. For the second
mile every tread he made Increased his
lead, so that when he came spinning
over the lire at the finish the second
man was just entering the home
stretch. Nakashima won the cham
pionship by more than the eighth of
mile. His time was not taken, but
was calculated as under five minutes.
In previous mile race, when not
pushed, he made the time OF 2:39
Following is a list of the events with
the names of the winners:
1. One mile-Matsumoto 1, Saki 2
2. One mile-Abe L, Ogata 2.
g. One Mile-Geo. Uyemura 1, Hama |
oka 2.
T. Boys one miie-Tanaka 1, Hida g.
s. Slow race, eighth mile-Nakayama |
|, Isoshima 2.
6. One mile-Kawasaki /. Horiyu-
,hi 2.
Z. One mile-Nakashima 1, Kawado-
mari 2.
8. One mile-Zamihiro /, Nakayama |
9. Trick riding-The japanese who
was to perform being absent through |
Illness. Edwards, a native boy, per-
formed some clever feats.
10. Slow race, eighth mile-Moriji /, |
40 second.
IL. Gentiemen's mile race-Kishi /.
Lshikawa 2.
close finish. I
Is. One mile with running start on
foot 80 yards-R. Mkt L, Zenihiro 2.
Mkt is a boy of Is years. The finish
was close.
IA. Candle race-Saik 1, Kawado-
mari 2.
15- Championship two miles-Naka-
;hima 1, Matsumoto 2, Abe 8. The 9th
er entries We're Uyemura, Kawasaki
md Zanihiro.
Mr.. Mkt was the starter and the
Judges were Messrs. Yamashita and
Starting about noon the races were
,ver at 4:50. Nakashima, on coming to
he judges stand to receive the cham
oionship prize, was seized by his admir- |
.rs and given 1.-THE grand bounce above /
their heads.
The Japanese Bicycle Club will hold |
another race meet on February IL, the |
anniversary of the japanese Empire. |
On that occasion entries of other ma
tionalities will be received for the |
events.