The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-07-09

that is, all those who did not miss the
boat or who waited to see how they
would come out on the pools, and very
few of them have anything very good
to say about the way in which the races
were run there.
The amateur affairs were all good
The soccer game was won easily enough
by the Hilo bunch with a score of 2
to O, and the Hilo team also won the
baseball game by 10 to s. But the
other events, on which there was any
chance to make money, seem to have
been about as crooked as a corkscrew.
The less said about the horse-racing
end of it, the better. There were so many
evidences of crooked work that, in spite
of the unimpeachable fairness of the
Judges, Moir, Prince Cupid and Frank
Woods, nothing could be done to stop
it and the supplemented people from
Honolulu got theirs as usual.
The whole thing eliminated in the
big event of the meeting on Monday.
In the Merchants Stakes for which
there is a purse of $500, O'Rourke IS
Banonica was blatantly pulled and
Weber allowed to win.
For the protection of the public the
Judges called the event no race and
ordered it rerun. Then O'Rourke made
howl and said that they could not
do this according to the rules of the
California Jockey Club with which the
Hilo race.track is affiliated and there
was a deadlock. Now people are won
dering whether they will get their
money back from the pools or not.
The Tip Goes Round.
Well before the race, the night be-
fore in fact, the tip flew round that
O'Rourke had something commissioned
ON Weber. Whether this is true or
not, it is hard to say, but the fact re-
mains that O'Rourke IS horse was pulled
and Weber won easily.
The most satisfactory races of all
were those for Hawaiian breds. In
these events the owners had more than
their money on their entries, they had
keen feeling that the honor of their
establishments must be upheld. Most
of the horses were owned by Japanese
huis from the various plantations and
not a one of them would sell out.
jackson Makes Hints.
Nigel Jackson limited, and not so
very vaguely either, that it was worth
more to him to come in second in the
Marathon race than first. He said that
i the first prize was only $50 and that
. there was considerably more in it fol
him than that when he landed only sec
ond.
1t seems to have been a case of grail
all the time. Those who did not &C
with the intention of making stake
4 by betting on the races, all had good
( time and have little to say about any
crooked work. 1t may be assumed that
4 the crooked cry is more or less due
TO disgrruntled losers but there comes
sufficient information from people WHIT
are above suspicion of such thing, Il
make it certain that the races wer'
pretty well framed up.
way Up Prices.
There have been many complaint
made, too, of the prices in Hilo. On,
1 man said. "It seemed as though every
4 body on Hawaii had joined a vast hu
for the purpose of taking the nimbl
dollar away from the Honolulu people
1 Shaves were forty cents, shines tw'
4 bits, two sandwiches one dollar ant
everything else in proportion.
Those who innocently went up to tn
Volcano House had very sad expert
E ence. Although the management of tn
hotel knew perfectly we'll that hun
4 dred and fifty people would come u
from the Mauna Kea, there was n
extra accommodation and, after tn
ladies had been looked after, the fe,
beds that were left were given to tn
4 older male members of the party Will
the Others did the best they coulC
which consisted in "fiopping' on tn
floor wherever there was room.
Z Not Even Blankets.
There were blankets somewhere bu
the management did not give these ou
One fortunate man got blanket froI
a Japanese employe by tipping him 2
cents. He was offered dollar for tn
use of IL but stated that he would nc
give It up for five dollars.
In order 10 keep warm some Of III
party had recourse to stimulant wit
the inevitable result that there wa
little asleep even for those who ha
a covering and somewhere to lie.
On Monday morning the disheveie