The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-06-13
GREAT DAY.
At THE zoo
Hundreds of Youngsters
Contest the Sports.
Grand Luau.

What several hundreds of youngsters
would have done with themselves on
Kamehameha Day were it not for the
Kaimuki Geological Gardens is a poser.
Certainly such a crowd of brown and
yellow, dashed literally with white. of
the juvenile population had not ever
before assembled for competitive out
door sports, especially arranged for the
little men, and it had better be be-
lieved they made a day of it in good
earnest
It was exquisite enjoyment witha1 for
the hundreds of grown folk and little
girls who swarmed in the openings of
the picturesque buildings overlooking
the roped arena and upon the border
ing grounds. The climbing of the
grea sed pole was no doubt the most
the creased pig was the most comical.
Some scores of lads made desperate but
futile attempts to touch the beam
above the ten-foot pole before Harry
Decker achieved the feat. winning the
prize of s. and being swept off his
feet by a whirlwind of admirers in
Guiding his disappointed rivals. There
is nothing more chivalrous than the
real boy. and the tints of the orient and
the tropics do not stain the quality
There was false start made by the
pig, causing quite two hundred pairs
of feet wild chase through the tor
tuous alleys of the compound. Piggy
was recaptured and placed for the start
far out in the open. Yet it dashed for
the alleys again and a fierce clamor
surged about the paviIons for a min
ute. Then a shrill squealing arose as
a husky young Chinese bore the ami
NAL feet up in his arms, with the
shouting crowd around him, to the mid
die of the arena. The pig itself was
the captor's prize.
All of the sports We're spiritedly con-
tested and perfectly regulated by Ed.
E. Hartman, assisted by E. Buffan-
deau. Prizes of value, such as base
ball bats. balls, ETC., were given the
winners.
AS a matter of course the animals
and birds from foreign chimes drew con-
tinuaI attention of both old and young.
There is quite a large and varied ag-
gregation of living creatures in the
compound. Everything is scrupulous-
Iy clean and, with one or two excep-
TONS beast and fowl appear to be as
comfortable as could be expected in
a state of captivity. The bears growl
healthily, the 'possum sleeps peaceful
ly. the raccoon looks wideawake. the
wild cat snarls naturally, the wallaby
leaps gaily and the crow is garrulous
as on his native cherry tree. Only the
kangaroo seems to suffer from home
sickness
There was a grand opening, indeed,
of the Hawaiian village, whose en-
trance is from the Zoo. yesterday. A
sumptuous luau-the viands being pre-
pared in linus upon the ground-was
spread in a specially built lanai rooted
with saiIcloth. At the head of the
banqueting apartment the ancient
dances, somewhat modernly refined,
We're going on all day. Expert hula
artists were employed, who appeared
in brilliant costumes, and in addition
to the regulation music the Hawaiian
quintet club played and sang at in
tervals
The village opening was very we'll
patronized throughout. According to
close estimate, fully 1000 people entered
the Zoo gate yesterday. From an early
hour in the forenoon until well on in
the afternoon two large trolley cars
Overlooking with passengers went out
every half hour. The best of order
prevailed in both departments of the
show-the Zoo and the village-so that
the few policemen detailed to the place
had little to do but enjoy themselves.
1t may be mentioned that the village
is not a mushroom congeries put up
for a day, but a group of grass houses
substantially, constructed in real an
Gent Hawaiian style. There is not
nail used in the construction.