Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-07-08
HhO'S RAGE DAY
RACES WERE GREAT AND
CROWDS WERE SATISFIED
WOMEN'S CLUB GAVE CONCERT
I'M EVENING THAT DREW
MANY-HONOLU
DROPPED DOLLARS

Especial to The L ] ! e t NJ
HlLO, Hawaii, July Oahu or Ka-
uai did not get look-in except az
sightseers at the Hawaii Jockey Club S
Fourth of July meet. All of the horse
races were won by the Hawaii owners.
Even the big Merchants Stakes, the
muCh-advertised $1,000. purse, re-
mains in Hilo, as Lazelle, the race
morse that came under the wire first
In the hottest-contested race of the
day, is owned jointly by a HiIo man
and John O'Rourke, who brought tho
aorse from California for the race.
Two thousand people viewed the
races, banner crowd for HOolulu
Park. Nothing marred the day. There
were no serious accidents and even
I1ilo's most threatening weather clear
'ed early IN the morning and by noon
The track was in fair condition for the
program of ten races that was pulled
of
O!aa Bill the winner of the one
mile lunas race, also won the fifth
race, the gentlemens riding contest.
The second race was a half-mile for
itawaiian-bred horses Easter Day,
owned by C. L. Wright, secured the
1875 purse offered for the winner
The third race was for the big
stakes. 1t had been generally conCed.
icd that Lazelle, the imported horse,
was the probable winner but the other
entries looked good to many and there
was much side-betting. And it was a
race! Bruner, l.. Petrie's horse, fol-
lowed the winner a close second un-
der the wire.
There were two Japanese races on
The program. And it looked like tho
Japanese had the racing game down
pat from the way they jockeyed for Il
start and the trouble they gave Start
cr W. H. c. Campbell
In the ninth race, q mile and a half
free for all, for d purse Of $3.50 and a
Primo Cup, La2elle was started again
hut the winner of the big purse los;
The smaller one, the race being won
by Fidia, a four-year-old owned by
lohn I. NlOif.
In the tenth race, the final one of
the day, Honolulu sports thought they
might get one race and played to do
SO. But they were all called to reas-
oning that totalled loss. On the pro-
gram were several entries, but the
starters were only three, the Kauai
norses being Withdrawn. This lett
only l.. Petrie's four-year-old indigo
10 contest the race with Major Col
der, from the Volcano Stables, as the
lhird horse was merely a filler to
comply with the rules for three To
start. The race was one of the best
and most exciting OF the day. The
Two horses got off well together, the
Honolulu farorite taking the lead and
was allowed TO hold it to the last
aighth OF the mile From here the
Hilo horse came on to the wire with
the other following. Then the back
ers of the Honolulu horse paid theil
bets and looked and felt various ways
while the Hilo racing sports jibed
them with You didn't win race. We
oven an old score today"
While Hilo got all that was coming
IN the horse races, the Oahus won the
football game with score of / to
and the Chinese from Honolulu took
The baseball game with a 7-to-3 score
In the evening the Hawaiian Wom-
ans Club gave a concert, which was
largely attended and much enjoyed
Ihe program follows:
]. Chorus, tito Thee, Hawaii Po-
mol ......... Julius Eighbea
z. when the Roses Bloom Again
..... Gus. Edwards
Miss Mercy Akau and b. H. Brown Jr
3. Trio, 'Pua Della ............
huulei Hapai, Mercy Akau and Alice
Stuplebeen.
4. Chorus, The Rose Queen
Walt" ....... A. {. Grove
Queen, Irene Keolanui; subjects, lrema
Maby, Irene Brown, Ida Desha.
Violet Brown, Kuualoha Akana,
Jessie Kai, Annie Kai, Ami Aka
ma and kau'i Piopio.