The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-12-19

this year A grey sky grey showers
of rain. an over-shadowiug tinge of
grey i'm the costumes ON the lawu-aIl
was sad u tone When the day broke
the remains of the wet weather were
still mdtspoued. and during the fore
noon. heavy passing clouds sprinkled
| their contents over Melbourne streets.
By the time trains began to carry their
loads of humanity to Remington there
were glimpscs of blue which were en-
upur1giug enough to raise expectations
of % fine afternoon. and with the eNcep-
ton off one or two light drizzles now
and again during the day, which We're
scarcely sufficient to drive the ladies
tb shelter there was nothing i'm the
weather 10 interfere with splendid
days racing. In fact, the pleasantly
cool atmosphere was better appreciated
than the dazzling heat and glare Of last
year. and when am occasional break i'm
the clouds allowed the sun to brighten
up the scene for a brief space all was
as pleasant as could be desired.
The uncertainty. however had not
telling gffect-it was not "A brilliantly
colored Cup day Of blue skies and
golden sunshine The crowd was not
any the less but many of the ladies
had put away their light summer dress
as with a sigh, and come out i'm tweeds
ana furs There was the same garden
Of flowers the same mass of chiffon,
fluff. and feathers floating on a sea of
fair faces in the grand stand-but these
We're the ones who had dared. They
had CHANGED the weather, and brought
out the latest Partisan confections
they had made for seats, and and pre-
ferred to keep them to ventTing
stroll with the risk of being crowded
out i'm shower in the expensive pro-
ductiuus of milliner and dressmaker.
So it was that for part of the day the
moving. soft-toned Kaleidoscope on the
lawn and terrace was not the maze of
harmonies in pale evolutions from the
] primary colors which usually Concen-
! trates at Pennington on the first Tues
| day of November i'm each year. They
/ ( became more confident. however, and
! by the time the great race Of the day
was about to be run it seemed as if
there was no further occasion for re-
/ tirement, and the colors spread out and
out. ever moving, interchanging, ming
ling. and unfolding, with the rich green
sward as a background.
1t was estimated that there We're
over 10000 people there. The fiat at
. that part opposite the stand, which is
: enclosed in corner by the sharp con-
>, tour of the course, where it turns out
II Of the straight, was packed with a
= huge mass from fence to fence; there
. were people on the hillside over the
- river; there were people on the rise
=, a. Of 40
- and the hill was covered with a dense
swarm in every part, When the grand
stand filed for d race there was no
room for many thousands who had to
4 get the best points of vantage pos
sble on the terrace and elsewhere As
usual. Melbourne had been filling
steadily with visitors for days and
days before. All corners of the con-
tinent and New Zealand had sent their
quotas to see the great race. The Gov
errors of two States were present:
there were people from Europe, from
| America, from India; there was a high
Il official from the Pacific Islands, there
were-Japanese; there was a Mandarin
from the court at Peking; there were
people from Hawaii.
1t was Poseidon day-Poseidon, the
hero of the hour, the hero of the season
d All other racehorses were insigniican
compared with the intense interes
is raised by the performance of this grea
colt from sydney His wins were pilet
up hot one on another. The purple
had come home so many times tina
there was misgivings in many mind
whether the Melbourne Cup could b
added to the unbroken series of prize
Al Could he carry on his wonderful sue
st cess? Sydney-siders apparently had n
doubt about it. The line of figures Of
the sheets of the bookmakers unde
the heading Poseidon was a long one
which stretched and stretched as tn
men of New South Wales helped t
swell the backing.
As the time approaches for the rae
eXcitement is becoming greater an
greater. From the betting paddOc
comes a hoarse, dull roar as the odd
are being called, and the seething O
. the fiat is getting more and more vic
lent as the throng moves to and fro. A
are now looking towards the gran
he stand. As the bell rings the stand
packed to its utmost. Presently OF
comes a horsce. 1t is Zepho, his rid,
in bright blue with a red sash over h
shoulder. He is followed by the han,
II some Simoda. This raises the bah
of talk in the grand stand, for SimoC
~. is high in the public fancy and the
nm are many "on him" Shortly afte
CT wards Osslan ana Noreeh <" pas
Each one is hailed by name and CT
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an ts
The talk becomes vociferous. The
are shouts of "There he isl" The purT
jacket and cap of Poseidon is seen
the gate. There is more shouting VIII
cardinal jacket with white spots
res it is seen. 1t is Solution-Solution, t
81 mare from whom much is also expeC
she ed. They go down the course, and o