Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-09-30
Baseball
Boxing
Boating

an Gnu ItCtHtlN ~ Inv "S"uo"'
track, near Seattle, was a remark
able one from several view points.
From first to last The attendance av-
eraged close to 1000. there being
scarcely Saturday or a holiday
whore the gate did not show that
10000 persons were present, while
on two or three occasions the 1900
mark was overtopped. This demon
strates that Seattleites love racing
far better than any other sport. The
class of the horses competing during
the season Just concluded was better
than during any previous season, for
about every track or Coast record
from four furlongs to and including
one and a quarter miles was either
eQualed or beaten. while the worlds
record of 0.5S 3-5 at five furlongs
was tied by Silver Stocking, at five
and half furlongs I.05) broken
and at a mile tied by Fern H.. when
she went the route in 1887 2-5. This
little Missouri-bred mare. by the
way, was the wonder" of the meet
ing. Toupec equalled Roseben's rec
ord at six furlongs, III 3-5 - but
Nimbus set the mark few days la
ter ut Ill 2-5 over the Ionkers On.
W Empire track. VoX Populi broke
the worlds record at u mile and fifty
yards and Convent Bell, the mile and
seventy yard record, 1:42 3-5,. this
over n track made somewhat dead"
by showers. The mile and sixteenth
mark was shattered. that at a mile
and furlong eQualled by Green
Seal G:50 3-5), while Stanley Fay
set the Coast mile and a quarter mark
at 2:O5 2-5. High Gun easily went
n mile and three-siXteenths in 1858
As, new Coast record at that dis
lance. That he could have gone
close to 1:5S is certain. or these rec
lord-breakers Silver Stocking was bred
in Kentucky, Fern L. in Missouri, To-
upee in Kentucky, also Vox Populi
and Green Seal. Convent Bell and
Stanley Fay are California bred and
native of Sacramento County. High
Gun is n Kentuckian. There is no
question about the track being a full
mile three feet from the inner rail
for 1t has been measured seven times
by competent surveyors.
Form Was Very Bad
As for the performers, w. Cahill's
big colt, Smiley Corbett, who set the
Coast record for four furlongs al
0:46 As, was undoubtedly the fast.
est animal at any age up to five fur
longs; then came Fern L., another
3-year-oId, to show ability to breal
all records from FIVE and half fur
longs to a mile and furlong.
should say DR.. Child's 4-year-old Vo
ter Colt, Vox Populi, was the cham
pion of the older horses, though w
Walters Stanley Fay, at his best
could probably beat him at anythln,
ike weight for age. r. Bauer's Crit
ic ran very fast seven furlong
l:25 l-5), but he was not carrying
much weight, and the same can b
lsaid of the other record-breakers, bar
ring Smiley Corbett and Stanley Fay
The 2-year-old championship reste
between Sam Hildrcth's Achieve an
J. J. Walsh's Lee Rose, though RIOS
Queen was not ia away. Taken a
a whole, the 2-year-olds were pref
| ty fair lot, the three mentioned abov
being in class by themselves, how
ever.
Many Reversals
From the viewpoint of the forI
student the meeting at The Meadow
will go down into history as 9TH
limit" for form reversals, so far a
this Coast Is concerned. The numbo
of Biblical runners performing wa
legion, and they turned the hair {
the midnight sas-burners whit,
drove them to drink and despair, an
made the bank-rollg of a majority {
the bookmakers dwindle as II affec
ed with galloping consumption. Pei
haps that is the proper term for sue
a state of racing affairs as existed {
Seattle. While many of the pencilel
recouped most Of their losses durin
the closing weeks OF the meeting, pc
\ haps dozen decent bank-rolls wei
totally annihilated during the SCI
sion, and not above six Of the bool
makers operating at The Meadow
could show an increased bank accouI
at the close of the war last Saturda
Hugh l.. Jones went to Denver abo,
ten days ago, over $4,000 to q
good; "Mollie" Lindncr was $1,000
or more ahead at last accounts, Bill
Engstrom is a few thousands ahea
also Argyle & Co. and w. G. Yank
Ed. Soule and Joe Harlan were n,
enough ahead few days ago
brag about, for bad day would p,
the balance on the wrong side of [!
ST0DDARD DAYTON