The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-08-31
Six Thousand Enthusiasts Wit
ness Clever Riding and Fast
Finishes At Wei Conducted,
Enjoyable Affair At LeGehpa
SOME AcclpENTSi But, ss,..j
= NONE BADLY INJURED
HonoluIans Patronize the Races
And Two Hundred and Fifty
Machines Parked Along the
Grandstapds In Brave Array

0ne OF tne DlgRest, most enbnusi
astie and representative crowds which
ever attended q sporting event in the
Territory applauded the efforts of
Lieut.. =. M. Whiting, sergt. Major
W. F. Sapoftas and their associates
at Sehofeld Barracks yesterday after.
noon, as IL was the Efforts OF these
men, coupled with the sportmanshipl
and horsemanship Of officers and prt
Yates, mounted on well trained and
well bred horses, that made the first
big race meet held at the big army
post p huge success.
Fully six-thousand spectators atten /
ded the meet. Schofeld Barracks
naturally contributed the major pot
tion Of this crowd and 1t seemed as u
every man, woman and child OF the
garrison was ont TO cheer. Town
people, though, did their share, about
a thousand Honolulu citizens being
present. No fewer than two-hundrehI
and Fifty automobiles turned in from
the road to the post and were lined
mp on both sides Of the grandstaud
when the bugle blew calling the p0nissi
to the post for the first race. These
automobiles, from the two-seater To
the seyen.seater, presented a great
scene and was but another testimonilr
that clean sports will receive msgHifi
cent support.
Grandstand Is Packed 4
Hundreds of the occupants of these
automobiles elected to remain within
their ears and witness the races froh
these points but many others occupied
seats in the grandstand and reserved
seats section and in their gay colors
presented a scene not alike that Of
Polo Day ut Moanalua or Derby Day
ut Brighton Beach.
Well Conducted Meet
Every promise made to the public
by Lieutenant Whiting AM lis assoet
ates was faithfully carried out. The
crowd did not have any long tiresome
waits between races and what ittle
waiting there was, simply had to be 4
Even at that, these waits were made
lively by the Fourth Cavalry Band
and the First Field Artillery Band,
, alternately playing something worth
while.
At five minutes to two o'clock the
bugle railing the ponies In the first
event to post was blown and at two
o'clock sharp, the rescue race was %
Sergeant Harmon and Private Elliott,
of Troop C., Fourth Cavalry, performed
this stunt in the neatest and Quick
est time and were awarded first prize.
Corporal livingston and Private Jones
Troop l., Fourth Cavalry. finished see
ond, and Sergeants Hawkins and Hui,
Troop X, Fourth Cavalry, third.
Lerka Rode Wei
The second event, Roman race
L. =,
Of horses to the post and after n
brilliant piece Of horsemanship, Pri.
waite Lerka, Troop D, Fourth Cavalry,
brought his pair under the wire first
a winner by two yards over Private
Evans Of Troop A, Fourth Cavalry.
Private Farley, Troop II, Fourth Cav
airy, was third.
The third event, q jumping eompe,
program and the eight men who com
rare ability. Clearing the high and
low hurdles, the water jumps and two
high hurdles within twenty feet Of
each other taxed the nerve OF every
competitor bit each stood up wonder
fpl well and their efforts brought
Vm Hook, Battery b, First Field Ar.
tillery, proved the BEST hnrdler aud
was pwarded first place. Private En-
low, Battery e, First Field Artillery,
ehfried2 Of second prize and Private
Harmon, Troop G, Fourth Cavalry,
was third prize winner.
Dandy Runs 0leverIy "' e.. e. s.,
This closed the special events and
o. three minutes past three the polo
ponies lined up for the first race, D
ope-quarter mile dash. Captain Lau..
renee W. Redihgton, n. G. H.. officiated
as starter.
The entries in this event were; Sin
bad, owned BY Walter i. Dillingham;
and ridden by Lisgt BeSrd; nay,
ridden BY its owner Dandy, owned
by Frank F. Baldwin OF Maui and
ridden by Arthur H. Rice Of the
Oahu Polo team; jag, owned by Lieut.,
Gay and ridden by Second Lieut.,
Daily; Kehap. owned BY Robert W.
Shingle and ridden by Billy Love;
kilauea, owned by Walter Maefarlane
and ridden by Charles Lucas, and
Glitter, owned by Lieut.. W. s. Win
ton end ridden by its owner.
on to perfect start, Kay on the
rail went to the front but was soon
passed by Rice on Dandy with Jag
b2g9ing the peacemakets.' Rice made
his squirt seventy Ave yards from the
pole, and in "a driving finish, won by
a length In 26:2,5 from Kay with jag
three lengths away.
Riders Are spilled 49,
The second race on the program was
billed as the Feature event Of the af-
ternoon and 1t proved 4 feature In
more ways than one. Of, the Ave rid.
ers who faced the starter, four were
thrown from their mounts at the differ,
ent jumps. Two Of these riders, Lieu,