The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-09-05
Ponies Set
RecOrdsAt
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Race Meet
FiUc Ne,O Marks
Hung Up At
Beach Track :

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Labor Day but only In the
sense that nobody labored who could
avoid II. Certain Industries neces-
sarily were kept busy, and in fact
labored more than on, other days. But
they labored willingly for their efforts
contributed TO the pleasure of others
who made the day one Of merriment.
Prominent among those upon whom
fell extra work as a consequences Of the
idlehesk of the city, were the street
ear men. For them IL was a day of
alertness, crowded cars, special sched-
ules and extra runs. But they took il
oil in good part and performed the
added duties willingly, ~. H'4e-
SO far as could be learned the. pleas.
nre of the day was not marked by
any accidents. s,. ...,,
Others Work Hard TO Entertain
There we're many others besides tba
street car men who toiled to make il
nleasant for their more fortunate
brethren. These were hotel and restau-
rant keepers, attendhnts at parGs,
managers and the, STATS of theaters.
but most Of all the men, and women
who we're responsible for the success
full racing meeting that came TO close
at Kapinlsni Park yesterday. V.
Despite the fact that many. other at.
[ traeti0na competed with the races the
events ut Kapiolani park carried on
the lhurels for excitement, There, were
piauy rleh fa a. po1id 1Iaoes On tie
island hukildus we're the attraction, a
humber OF fast baseball games were
played, and last night the swimming
races at the Naval dip attracted a
lrr"" erNwd. Rnt the chief sporting
at Kapiolani which kept q large crowd
on the qui vive from early morning
until the consolation race was run just
before sundown. 3,b=. 4
Those who were fortunate enough to
be present at the raees-and they esti.
mated ut close to 1000 persons--vOted
the meet one Of the best held since the
revival Of the track. II was day Of
surprises and number Of records were
sent into the discard. Satisfax again
delighted civilians as well as army
men by establishing a new record for
Kapiolani Park track for the half mile
distance. -E.4--.
Dark Horse Does Stunts
When the cavalry mare, which was
known as dark horse up until Satur.
day, few across the tape in the record
time Of ~ As seconds, the great crowd
threw aside all restraint and went wild
with cheers. The speedy mare lowered
the previous record Of 4s seconds, held
by Venus, apparently without an ef'
fort. T.. ?. N, -
The smashing Of records became such
common thing as the different events
were run of that IL was accepted as
part of the program. Nearly all the
old records of the famous track went
glimmering, and are duly heralced be-
low. M..#S.I'
If anything, the turnout of promi
nent social personages was greater
than on Saturday. Army men from
all the posts were present, and three of
them, Lieuts. Swift Martin, A. X. G,
Palmer and J. o. DAILY, contributed
one of the most exciting events of the
program. This was the one and half
mile hurdle race for officers Of the
United States Army. In this feature
Lieutenant Palmet again demonstrated
his skin and the thorough training of
his stable of horses by winning by two
lengths. Lieutenant Martin followed
him during the. entire race and won
plaudits of applause by his splendid
effort in keeping down the time. .,
Patrolmen Make Big Hit
For genuine thrills and sheer reck'
less riding the mounted patrolmen =
race was voted one Of the most spec
tacular events Of the day. Nearly u
score Of Honolulu's ".fnest," " on
splendid mounts, entered this race of
three furlongs,. and 80 close were the
CIntestauts during most of the run
that II was anybody's race until they
tore down the homestretch
There was not an idle moment dur
ing the entire day. The races were
varied and closely contested. There
were no mishaps. Nobody was dis
gruntIed. There were some disap
pointments and some surprises, but
taking it all in all no better card OF
events could have been prepared.
Races as run in Honolulu are O
credit TO what is justly called tn,
"sport Of kings. Elsewhere they
have been under suspicion. Iegisla
lures haYe restricted them in. every
possible way. But in Hawaii the sport
is conducted with eleanness snd 9
sportsmanlike spirit that could b,
copied elsewhere. h 30 "a. r,.
That the sport is appreciated her,
was evidenced by the presence of prae