The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-01-06

WON a RACE
Old Age Wonder Takes
HiIo Purse From
Alpheus.


Years Day interfered very much with
the Hi1o people in the enjoyment of
the sports and but for that fact the
attendance would have been a record
breaking one The horses were evan
Y matched in al Of the events and the
results were as satisfactory as could
have been expected On a track that
was in places little more than a mud
bottom. There was no jockeying for
a place in any Of the starts and all
ideas Of attempted thickness were
eliminated; the gambling element oc-
cupied nothing better than third place,
If anything, and for that reason the
events were enjoyable.
The day opened with q baseball
match between the HakaIau team and
the High Test nine but the result was
Disappointing 70 the Eakalau boys as
well as those who had paid admission
10 see something good There was
something lacking in the team work Of
the visitors and the High Test boys
walked all over them in everything
connected with the game. The result
was rather surprising. Score: High
Test. u: s4akalau, l.
Probabl@ the best race Of the day
was the Hrst on the program. a half
mile. and he winner Of the event could
have done better with a little urging
The racl IS were well matched and
there was q good start The horses
kept about the same distance apart
from the start 70 the quarter when
Jack Full made q squirt and left Lillian
in the rear. 3 position she held 70 the
wire. Time. 3 ".
The second Gent q szaurzzzzfor three
eighths sbetweef two OF old Hawaifs
colts: Major, owned by r ]. Lyman
and Ikaia, the property Of Theo. Row
land. Major never had a saddle on
him until three weeks ago and con-
sidering everything ne did wonderful
y we'll Ikaia Is the bay riding horse
used every day on the street by Cap
tain Rowland. There was a good deal
Of interest manifested in this race and
il was not altogether surprising that
Ikaia won out in AZ.
The Stables had d winner in Sleepy
head il the third race, a half mile.
with TWO entries, Judge, entered by
kukaiau Ranch and SIeepyhead by
The Volcano stables co. The time was,
lo3
Old Antidote. the perennial. came CT
the track as frisky as q rwo-year-old
and not a whit older looking than when
-F,7
Is a phenomenal horse and while he
has moi the going powers he formerly
had he Is still able TO give some OF the
younger blood some inside information
He Is as anxious al the getaway as
any horse ever seen on this track and
when he punched off with AIpheus for
2 rhree-quarter mile canter there was
2 rluruur OF admiration for The old
standby. Alpheus showed up IN fine
form but for this event kukaiau should
have sent d. better horse. Anddote
won IL 49,
Tiff race. for ponies. was in
teresting the entries being Annie,
Watertoot and Daisy. all by Parker
Ranch and the first named won II
104 II Il vas a pretty race and
some day the winner viii give Niger
q chance
The SIKH race for Iunas did not
come CT owing TO business engage
uen-s that kept one OF the owners al
the plantation.
The seventh race was run twice
owing % . dispute over start and
ne result vas the same OF both oc-
casio-s. u was for q half mile and
TIE Kukaiau entry, Easterday, was
the winner OF both occasions Time
! s.
The final event was for a half nile
for selling platers, the entries being
Ikaia- Good Boy and General Arthur
the horses winning in the order named
Time Is -
There vas 10 consolation race The
next meeting vii be on February 2.