The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1916-01-07
Vew Years Racing
Was Great Success
Honolulu Horse Takes Money In Big
Event But Maui Horses Do Well In
Other Races Cowboy Sports Good

Mauis New Years races and |
frontier sports celebration was a |
glorious success in very way except |
from money-making standpoint. In |
this last, however, the promoters of |
the big enterprise, Angus McPhee and |
Frank H. Locey, are feeling good
over the fact that while they did not
make money, they at least broke
even.
But the day was probably the big
gest one ever held at the Kahului
track. Over 2500 paid admissions
were recorded, and best of all the big
crowd felt that it got it's moneys
worth. The racing was good, but
< track was heavy from the recent
ms. and the time in all of the race
,ents was rather slow. The fact that
Honolulu visitors took back the
lrse in the big trotting and pacing
ee-for-all won by Tom Hollinger's
'elcome Boy, and good bit of Maui
,oney besides this, did not dampen
the enthusiasm of Maui sportsmen.
The amount of the purses paid
amounted to between $500 and $1,000,
while the gate receipts totaled a lit
tie over $4,000 Other expenses and
profits about offset each other.
While the failure of the excursion
steamer to come from Honolulu, ow
lg to the fact that the men of the
ourth Cavalry were prevented from
oming by storm damage to their
uarters, there were about 100 visit
rs from the city. The Fourth Cavalry
,and, which did come, added greatly
D the success of the occasion.
;owboy Stunts a Novelty.
The frontier sports events, which
coupled most of the afternoon, fol
wing the race program, was great
ovelty to the Maui audience, and it
quite certain that this was but the
irst of many more elaborate affairs
If this kind. From the fact that the
game was new one, many Of the
best cowboys on Maui were a little
difident at first, and it took some lit
tie persuasion to get them into the
spirit of the game. However, before
the day was finished a more enthu-
siastic bunch would have been hard
to find, and it quite certain that the
next contest of the kind pulled off on
Maui will find more candidates. Tor
the honors than can be accommodate
ed ~
Denervo Wins First Heat. a.sS
| Welcome Boy got his revenge over
last Fourth of July's defeat from
Angus McPhee's Denervo, by taking
the second, third and fourth heats in
the big trotting-pacing event Den
.yo took the first heat in the rather
SLOW time of 2:19 3-5; but was unable
to keep up the strain, and in the see
ond heat Tom Hollinger's entry claim
edsfirst place in 2:24. After this Vel
come Boy improved, making third
heat in 2:19 rs, and the final heat in
1928 3-5. Betting was even on this
race, and a good deal of it changed
hands as result.
Other events were as follows:
Third Event-Half-mile dash, free
for-all - Won by DR.. Fitzgerald's
Copra over Jerry Broderick's Harv-
ester. Time, So.
Fourth Event-Fat Mans Race, 100
yards. First prize $40 - Won by
Sheriff Glen Crowell, with David Ka-
ina taking second place, and the IS
that Went with it. George Cummings
4 formed the field. This was one of the
funny stunts of the Cay
Fifth Event-Japanese Race, half
mile dash, Purse $100-Won by Lai-
den, Yokohama End. Time 0:55 Is.
Sixth Event - Three-Year-Old, y
mile dash; Purse $25O-Won by H. A.
Baldwin's Senator B., Copra End. Time
1922 3-5.
Seventh Eevent - Foot Race, 220-
yard dash, Purse, gold medal-Won
by Tommie Cummings; William Nor
ris, End; Frank Coelho and A. Taylor,
also ian. Time 0:24 AS.
Eighth Event-Trotting or Pacing.
2:15 class; Purse S400-Won by Har-
old D, entered by Joe Silva, over Maui
Boy, of James Cornwell. Time, 2:29,
2:28, 1928. Harold d. took all heats.
Ma. Hotel Cup Novelty Race
Mile-and-a- -half-dash. - This race was
between Frances B. (H. A. Baldwin,
and Harvester (Jerry Broderick)
Harvester won the race in the finish
in 2:52 2-5, taking the cup and 500
purse, but Frances B. led almost to
the finish, and took each of eleven
S25 purses offered to the horse in the
lead at each eighth-mile post.
Steer Riding Contest
Willie Smythe and Manuel Francis
shared honors in the steer riding con,
test, probably the first of this kind
ever seen on Maui. The possibilities
of this sport were isufficlnyet aota
of this sport were sufficiently demon
strated in this event to make it GER
tain that it will be of much interest IN
future affairs of the kind. Roth mer
were awarded SIS for their owing
Hoping Contest.
George Richardson won the steer
T5ping contest from Ed. Lindsay rop
ing and tying his animal to tree II
AS seconds Lindsay did his trick II