Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-22
TWO SPILLS Blu 7
NO ONE HURT
At RACES
hTYIHb
Jack Gibson, Harold D, and a
Bike SuIkey Land in a Mess
lust After Passing the Wire.
Lieutenant Hall Gets Fall in
GentIeman's Race Ill J..

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Lieutenant Hall Gets Fall in
GentIeman's Race Ill
The cycle OF accidents and disasters
that has been swinging around Oahu
touched KapioIani park yesterday aft
ernoon, but by a miracle no one was
hurt a bTokCn-doWn race horse, g
BROKEN sulkey, and two badly shaken
UP men is the sum total of the dam
age.
What looked like the worst kind of
q smash-up happened about O'Clock,
almost i'm front of the grandstand, and
for few minutes the spectators
thought that they were witnesses to
another tragedy. FL Orc, driven by
DIR. O'Rourke, had just pushed his nose
under the wire in front of Harold ID,
with the veteran Jack Gibson, the Ed
Geers of Hawaii, handling the reins.
Gibson was on the pole, and when
OI;ourke closed in on him after CROSS
ing the line. he could not give. ground,
the result being an. ENHANCEMENT OF
the two sankey's, and the oVeruurning
OF Gihs0n'S outfit. Harold ID went
down with a crash. but Gibson shot
clear of the wreck and the struggling
horse and was uIlhurt Half a dozen
men rushed out and held the horse
down until he could be taken out OF
the Shafts, and he also was unhurt.
Whether DR.. O'Rourke misjudged the
distance between the wheels, or wheth-
er I'll ORC bored i'm on the pole, is not
quite clear.
The race ended with honors even
between the two horses, for by taking
the fourth heat late in the afternoon
FL Orc made it two and two. The fl
nal heat will be driven this afternoon
at 2 O'Clock, before the military sports
commence.
Another spill came in the gentle
mans riding race, when Lieutenant
Hall, riding Lieutenant Lyman's horse
Robert, came a crOpper by the three
cighths pole. The going on the inside
Of the track was Doggy, and wheh
Robert was forced in he tangled his
feet UP and fell heavily. The rider es-
capped with shaking up. The race
went to Loyedale, ridden by his owner,
James Laing, although Old Red, own
ed and ridden by Lieutenant Richard,
was dangerous to the last jump. Had
the officer came up on the outside, in
stead OF trying to take the pole in the
stretch, the chances are he would have
landed his mount.
Poor old Merlingo, the veteran cam
paigner, owned by John O'Rourke, ran
his last race yesterday, in the mile
free for all. He was in against Har-
yester and Oneonta. and rounding int
tile stretch at the tail OF the process
Sion he was caught in the cuppy go
ing and broke down. IL is doubtful II
he will be able to put the foot to the
ground again.
II wa a pity that only two horses
started IN the big harness event OF the
meet, the Mid-Winter Carnival Sweep
stakes, free for all, worth a Thousand
dollars TO the winner. Angus NC
Pieces good horse Dinervo and w. II.
C. CampbelI's Welcome Boy were the
only contenderS, the latter taking the
first heat in 2:14 1-2, but dropping the
next three to Dinervo.
The race meeting was not a flnan-
cfal success, for the crowd vas much
simmer than the one which attended
the New Years Day meeting. As TO.
the racing itself, what there was of ii
TOO small TO keep up the interest. The
gentlemen's riding race was the only
ono that drew more than three start
ers, and most of the races saw only
two. 1t would be a good idea to have
fewer events and more entries at the.
next meeting. -ts
Afternoon Results. H."
Following were the results OF thC
afternoon's races:
Seventh Race--One mile, Mid-Paci
fic trotting and pacing, best in b
Purse $1,000. Dineryo q. Gibsonl, ;;
/: /: /: Welcome Boy CDR 0'Rourk6
and Jim QUINN, /; ,; ?; ?. Time
2:I4Ia, 2:22, 2: % 3-5, 2:24.
Eighth Race One mile, free for all
Purse, 500 Harvester CARROLL
won; Oneonta Rawlingl, second;
Merlingo (Gilbcrt), third. Time.
las 40.
Ninth Race-One mile. 2:15 class
trotting and pacing Purse, $3.50. Ha
I,old ID. G.. Gibson, /; ,: p. /: FL Ore
Dr. O'Rourke), >: /; l; ,. Final heat
to be run at = p. IN. today at kaplo
lani Park. .~. ....... II ~, 4
.Tenta Three quart rs mile.
free for ALL Purse, 5000 Sonoma
g. (CarrOlD. first: Oneonta lIliDeFlt
second: Harvester Rawling) third,
Time, 1:l4i2.
Eleventh Race-Gentlemen's riding.
Purse and cup. Lovedale 81, B. Laingl :.
first: Old Red lit. Ricards), second
Noble (Tom Demilo), third; Sporting
Boy (Phil.. Cordes). fourth; Robert
G4 HalD, fell. Time, "a.
Twelfth Race-One-half mile, Ha-
waiian bred. I4.3 high Purse. 800. /
Indian Boy COpiopio), first; Dixie, (B.
Rawling), second; Dora d. (Gilbert) !
left Time, :53.
Pacing against time. w. w. Woods,
twenty-five years old, driven by ]. Glib
son. went mile in 1855 As. !
Miss Eleanor Douglas Wise, daugh-
fer of the late Commander Frederick
nj Nyicn II = < WAS married III