The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-12-17
NJ 'PHEE HAD
HARD LUCK
cFrom sundays Advertiser,

performance in the baseball par
shouted and cheered yesterday as tn
representative cowboys of Hawai-
proved their worth in competitio,
leg over horse on the mainland ranges
and tested their skill as horsemel
against one who had won laurels 70
himself in the biggest broncho-bustin,
contests in the world. On the baseball
diamond Hawaii has shown that he
sons are capable of holding their owl
with the best, and yesterday proved
to the great satisfaction Of the thou.
sands who watched that the rancho.
| Of the Territory are good training
fields for the users of the quirt an6
lariat.
Angus McPhee, the worlds champion
roper. fell away behind the time made
by two or three Of the local riders
although 1or this the fault lay not
at all with the husky puncher from
Wyoming. He was unfortunate in
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
s'me, after he had twice thrown his
steer, the horse allowing it to strug-
gle to its feet the first time, he did
the tying in fifteen seconds, a really
wonderful performance. In another
so1 L. 1.g-
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
Maikai Keliilike of Kahoolawe, the
best in all the contests of the Wild
West Show, the sturdy native making
a spectacular cast and throw before
the grandstand and throwing up his
hands for the timekeeper in fifty-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
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 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-
he pluck and cleverness he showed in |
ne broncho riding. Stiffened as he
vas from the fall of the previous day,
he tackled the toughest horse in the
punch and rode him to standstill. |
1t one time, when he had to jerk his |
lorse over to prevent 1t bucking into |
he crowd, and the plunging animal
vent down under him. he kept his
;eat and came up smiling when the
lorse regained its feet. This boy !
eems absolutely fearless of anything
n the shape of horsefesh. To add
till further to the entertainment of
he big crowd. he rode the bucking
lorse which had fallen with him yes
erday, and did it bareback.
McPhee also gave an exhibition of
the worst his horse could do
'eing to rock the big fellow in the
addle.
Kaluahine again proved that he is a
rand rider. His horse proved to be
carer the real thing than anything on
he grounds. doing the stiff-legged
uck from one side of the field to the
ther, finally slamming it's way
trough the bars of the corral. Dur
lg all this the rider rode straight up
oubtedly the best Island rough rider.
BARREL RACE.
Eben Low Jr. did some nice riding
l the opening race of the day. a turn
lg contest. His horse took the cor
ers of the track in better shape than
ny of the others, getting a good lead
t the first barrel circled and keeping
to the finish. Bruce Hopkins took
econd place in this race.
Barrels figured in another novelty /,
ace, the riders having to pick one off
ne ground and carry it across the
nish line. This race was run in heats,
here being eleven entries. W. B. Hop
ms took the finals, with Paris a close !
scond.
FINANCIAL SUCCESS. II
AS a result of the two days show {
lie management announce that there
ill be a good profit to share with the
laval Yacht. committee, although un-
/ al the bills are in there can be no
efinite figure named.
NO ACCIDENTS.
There were no accidents yesterday ,
, mar the success of the day. although ,
lere were some narrow escapes and
xo or three ructions between the ,
rowd and the police. At the cattle
1rral the mounted officers used their i,
lacksnake whips to beat back a num-
er of Hawaiians who persisted in ,
imbing on the corral fences. AS a ,
esult there was an angry crowd of !,
len outside the fence shouting at the
Ulcers and daring them to come out !