The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-15
NJ 'PHEE HAD
HARD LUCK
Record Breaking Chance Was
Spoiied---Maikai Did
Good Roping.

The largest crowd that ever watched
a performance in the baseball park
shouted and cheered yesterday as the
representative cowboys of Hawaii
proved their worth in competition
against the best roper that ever threw
leg over horse on the mainland ranges,
and tested their skill as sahorsemen
against one whoshad won laarels for
himself in the biggest broneho-b busting
contests in the world. On the baseball
diamond Hawaii has shown that her
sons are capable of holding their own
with the best. and yesterday proved
to the great satisfaction of the thou
sands who watched that the ranches
of the Territory are good training
fields for the users of the quirt and
lariat
Angus McPhee, the worlds champion
roper, fell away behind the time made
by two or three of the local riders,
although Tor this the fault lay not
at all with the husky puncher from
y
that the horse loaned him proved to
have an off day yesterday, an event
deplored by all but the most ardent
and rabid partisans of the local men.
In the three trials made by the cham
pion he showed wonderful speed in
certain parts of his work. At. one
Sme, after he had twice thrown his
steer, the horse allowing it to strug-
%r ;fc frcf 11n did
the tying in fifteen seconds, a really
wonderful performance. In another
trial he had his steer caught and
thrown in eighteen seconds. and it
seemed that he was about to break
his own record time, but, as he ran
towards the stretched out animal, his
horse Stacked up on the rope and the
steer was able to get up. 1t was hard
luck, but McPhee took it philosoph-
ically.
A splendid showing was made by
Maikaf Keliilike of Kahoolawe, the
best in all the contests of the Wild
West Show, the sturdy native making !
spectacular cast and throw before |
the grandstand and throwing up his
hands for the timekeeper in ffty-six |
and one-half seconds. As Keliilike's |
time in the contest of the day before /
was the best of the day. one minute /
and two seconds, he is the winner of |
the contest and the island champion. |
The other ropers yesterday also did T
good work, the time made being a de- |
cided Improvement over that of the /
first day.
REALISTIC STAGE HOLDUP.
The attack of the band of Indians
on the stage coach skilfully driven by /
e H Lewis, was one of the best
stunts of the day. The coach dashed
around the field at a rapid pace, hotly
pursued by the bunch of yellow red
skins. the attack eliminating in the
stopping of the coach before the stand
and the rifiling of the passengers bag
gage The Uncle Sans boys dashed
to the rescue and there was much
powder burned, surprisingly much for
the number of casualties reported.
BRONCHO BUSTING.
Johnny Winters, the lad from Wyo-
ming who wore the wavy chaps, re- /
eeived an ovation from the stand at
the pluck and cleverness he showed in
the broncho riding. Stiffened as he
was from the fall of the previous day,
ne tackled the toughest horse in the
punch and rode him to a standstiN
At one time. when he had TO jerk his
horse over to prevent it bucking into
he crowd, and the plunging animal
went down under him. he kept his
seat and came up smiling when the
horse regained its feet. This boy
seems absolutely fearless of anything
n the shape of horsefiesh. To add
still further to the entertainment Of |
he big crowd, he rode the btrcklng