Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-03
All Honolulu turns
out to Witness
Clean Sport at
kapiOlani Park---
Jockey proves his
Ability with Sulkv
mare, Dora d..
Wins in Hand
some Style From
Dixie over the half
Mile Route
"Wednesday, January |.

Wednesday, January |.
Under cloud-f1ecked SKIES radIatin.
TIE cheerful warmth of 4 tropic New
Years morning, the race meeting tnat
all Honolulu has been looking forward
10 for weeks passed, opened this morn
inc at Kapiolani Park.
J. Pluvius must be d follower Of t.,
Sport of kings, for when the flag fell
fC1 the first race great black rain
cloud hung threateningly over old Dia
Fond Head, causing the weather-wise
to cast many apprehensive glances
a.oft. However, aside from throwing
y scare" into several thoutand race
fans, the rain God did not, interfere
with the mornings sport.
A fair sized crowd was on hand for
the opening race, but these were only
a mere fraction of the holiday pleasure
seekers that the combination of good
weather and good sport is expected
tc tempt to the park before the last
numbers are flashed on the board.
1t was a typical Honolulu crowd
that watched the merry go-round"
tais morning. Kamaairas and mali,
k:Eis, orientals and tourists from the
etrete East met on a common ground
to pay homage to King Horse, a
sovereign long neglected in Hawaii
rel Bar the mixture of nationalities,
GLd the Kapiolani Park races are more
like an old country meeting than one
Of the cut and dried affairs thHt were
staged in continental United States
when tie game flourished there. The
orGered herding inside of high fence
OF the betting ring and the excitement
of the biting ring and the excitement
o. the paddock just, before the big bell
clangs out the summons to mount.
These are missing in Hawaii, where
the races are less formal-more in
keeping with the easy and care-free
spirit of the old regime.
In England racing is not hedged in
by too many dreary formalities, and
there are points of vantage on the
open downs that are as free as Gods
air above, where whole families gather
to spend the entire day in enjoyment
of the sport. This is the sport that
prevails in Hawaii, and while it cheats
the box office out of some much-need-
ed coin. still, the general atmosphere
of leisurely enjoyment does much to
make up for the financial shortcom-
ings.
This morning, as a matter of tact,
those who purchased seats in the
grandstand paid dearly for their con-
trihutions to the cause of sport, tor
a pitiless sun, seemingly intensified
by the scudding clouds, beat on the
unroofed stands, and. provided a
severe test of endurance. 1t was far
pleasanter on the shady lawn, but the
grandstand guard stuck loyalty to its
position, rent on seeing all that VAS I
to be seen irrespective of weather con !
iitions If the heavens had opened !
and poured a deluge on Their devoted j
heads it would probably have been |
the same with the grandstand patrons. !!
Once set, nothing but an eruption Of
Diamond Head. or the mOrtars OF Foit !
Ruger could have dislodged them.
The sport itself was somewhat :
marred by the fact that entries were !
90 scarce 1t is the big fields, with !
III" thud of a score Of flying hoosS !
and the sharp crackle of a whole rain |
DOW of silk, that makes real racing
,rd catches the fancy of the crowd.
However. this is more of an obser,a-
ion than criticism. for certainly
he committee did it's part Tow 2:d
drumming I'D entries, and race horses
;an't be produced over night
Late this afternoon will come the
zig New Years Handicap so that
hose who are held in town by D,si-
less may see the cream of the sport
wen if they are on the course Is 'ut'
Is O'clock This race, best three in
i've heats for a 5000 purse WIN 500 /
corner added, has four starters.
Everyone is looking forward 10 Ia"