The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-02-04
PRIZES FOR
BIG PARADE
Interest in Washin ston's
Birthday Celebration
Is Growing.

As Washington's Birthday looms up
the interest in the Floral Parade in
creases and the committee in charge
now looks to most successful out
come. The auto owners are planning
the decorations for their machines,
carriage owners are studying designs
and Pau riders are trying horses. The
Promotion Committee, in whose office
the details are being worked out, is
thoroughly alive to the matter, and at
a luncheon given at the Hawaiian Ho-
tel yesterday by A. Gartley, vice-chair-
man of the Promotion Committee, and
in general charge of the special COM
mittee's work, the general plans for
the parade were outlined.
Mr. Gartley's guests were A. A.
Young, Walter F. Dillingham;, A NJ.
Brown, Frank Andrade and A. F. Judd,
Gerrit Wilder, a member of the COM
mittee, is absent from the city.
The committee decided to award only
blue ribbons for first prizes and red
ribbons for second prizes in all classes
Mr.. McCandiess has charge of the
classification of automobiles as fol-
lows:
Motor cars, runabouts and interme
diate machines. Each class will have
two prizes.
Entries made with A a. Young or
Secretary Wood of the Promotion
Committee.
Carriages have been classified, with
prizes to be awarded, as follows:
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best tandem; best pony, or juvenile,
turnout; best trap; best decorated
surrey, driven by span or in single.
Entries for carriages can be made TO
A F. Judd or Secretary Wood
Pau riders will be looked upon as
a special feature of the parade. Such
riders have not been seen in Honolulu
for many years. 1t has been decided
TO offer prizes as follows:
Pest lady Pau rider. s25; second
best, $15; third best, SO: fourth best,
So.
Best juvenile girl Pau rider. S.:
best Juvenile boy rider, s.; second
prizes in each class, $3.50.
Best appearing cowboy, $50.
Blue ribbon for best appearing lady
rider and blue ribbon for best appear
ing lady rider in other than Pau
costume
Blue ribbon for best appearing
couple.
Best original character subject on
horseback, S..
Mrs George r. Carter, wife of the
Governor, will present the prizes to the
winners Queen Liliuokalani has been
given a special invitation to be pres
ent as the guest of honor and she has
accepted. The judges in the various
divisions have been grouped as fol-
lows:
Automobiles-Mrs. F. NJ. Swanzy'
Mrs E. Faxon Bishop. Mrs. Cecil
Brown. Mrs. r. c. Van Vliet, Mrs. r
de B. Layard.
Carrfa ges-Mrs. F. A. Schaefer, Mrs,
c. 3. Cooper Mrs. Samuel Parker
Mrs. F. w Macfarlane, Mrs. w. M
Giffard.
Pau riGers-Mrs Helen Noonan,
Mrs H. w. Lyon. Mrs. C. H. Holloway,
Mrs Eben Low, Mrs. Helen Holt.
The plans call for the assembling OF
autos and other vehicles around
Thomas Square. The horseback riders
will assemble within the square. The
Judges Will occupy poSitiN'4-''
King street. The autos and carriages
will be inspected standing and after
wards in motion, and the Pau ana
other mounted riders will be reviewed
only while in motion
Supervisor Lucas assures the com
r7ittea that he has in mind the COM
ing parade and will have Waikiki roah
in proper shape for use on that day
TIE parade will be reformed AGAIN
in Kapiolani Park and will he review
cd from the old race-track grand
stand. Mr.. GartIey. Marstcn Camp
hell and Roscoe Perkins viii study the
landscape at the park meantime, VITA
view to selecting the best back
ground for the panoramic photograp pms
which are to be taken of all dlVl-
sions.
Sheriff A. NJ. Brown Will be grand
marshal of the Floral Parade anu
Frank Andrade is in charge OF the
PAU riders; \. A Young of the autos
and 4. F. Judd of the carriages