The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-09

baseball park. At 3 o'clock, when it
began, the stand, which has n senting
capacity of about 1000, was packed to
OVERLOOKING with people and about 800
were standing in the sun out on tho
baseball park. The programme consist
ed of contest between the represen-
tatives of the several Pacific islands
for the best rendered numbers, and
each of the islands had q programme
characteristic of its own country.
Opens With Song.
The affair opened with the singing
of the Mormon song. owe Thank Thee,
ence, and prayer by ]. s. Woodbury..
The Hawaiians got first crack at ex-
hibiting. They had for their represen-
tation the Hawaiian character song,
"One, Two, Three instrumental
music by an orchestra and the dancing
of the "hula- hula by women, and all
of these numbers received great ap-
plause from the audience, The Society
Islanders gave the winning representa-
Mormon missionaries in Tahiti getting
breakfast 1t was well carried out.
The "poi'i dance was given by the
Maoris of New Zealand and won great
applause The participants were wo-
men, dressed in the kiki dress and
wearing the "lays' around the neck.
The only variance in the dance from
the way it is carried out in the native
country was the wearing Of q skirt
under the "kiki-'
The japanese put up an excellent
exhibition Of singing and sports The
singing consisted of the Japanese ma
tional anthem and the native war dance
song, and the sports Of fencing and the
noted jiu-jitsu.
The Samoans presented the "VI,"
which word in the Samoan language
means the singing of patriotic songs.
The crowd was very enthusiastic dur
ing the whole programme, cheering the
contestants heartily
Judges of Contest.
The judges Of the contest were Fl.
J, Sheffield of Kaysyille, Sam Brown
ing of Ogden and David Collins Of
Monroe. and they decided unanimously
in favor of Tahiti. The prize Of $40
was awarded accordingly.
The sports were held Immediately
after the conclusion of the song pro-
gramme and were watched by the full
crowd The 100-yard dash was the
only American event pulled of. The
winners were B. n Christensen and
Piilani, the former a missionary and
the latter native Of New Zealand
Climbing the cocoanut tree was the
second event A telephone pole was
specially drnped with rope and termed
a cocoanut tree for the occasion. The
number of contestants was two. and
they both showed remarkable skill and
speed at climbing up the forty-foot
pole. Charles Schwencke (Samoan)
captured first place by going to the
top and coming down in Is seconds
Clarence Davis got second, in 90 sec
onds
The obstruction race was participated
IN by long string of men and proved
very amusing to the spectators. The
run included dash of about 100 yards
over hurdles, tables, under wires nailed
close to the ground, through barrels,
and last, but not least, over a high
board fence. The contest was won by
H. j.. Sheffield, with Charles Hansen
second
Little Brown Men.
The Japs gave An exhibition of tho
noted jlu"litsu, and the performance by
the little fellows was very clever. After
the exhibition real wrestling match
Was pulled OF for a prize of So The
two Japs In the latter event gave
Gne exhibition, and it was plainly evil
dent that it is not size that counts in