The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-01-04

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well enough. II was only for the ppr.
fpose Of Keeping the racing game alive
here that the meet wac planned and
there was no thought Of financial reim-
bprsement 81 N b, ,.,s 81,
/ TAe offieials bf the meet also come
in For public thanks. They did their
work satisfactorily. These officials,
who acted yesterday we're. Alhert
1 Homer, H. NJ. Won Holt and n. ".
Wodehouse, Judges; s. s. Paxson and
r. s. DnsehalsIty, starters; George H.
| Angus and John s. Grace, clerks Of the
course; Ben Clark and Ululani Lemon,
assistant clerks; @. Brown, Il. L.
Schwarzberg and James Laird, clerks
of the scales; Capt. Harry T.. Murray,
annopneer; Or. w M. Monsarrat and
i Doctor Case, u. 8. A., Veterinarians;
Or. Q. B. Cooper, surgeon, and II. b.
| qiffArd, Lester Petrie and George /.
4 Brown, timers. "a.
Al quarter-paet two O'Clock Tom Hol.
finger e Welcome Boy and Mrs II. M,
lSwanEy 3 chestnut mare Zorene left
the paddock. Gibson was driving Wei.
come Boy and Bonnie Judd the SWanzy
mare. Zorene had the pole hut they
were unable to get OF to q good start
for sometime. They got away to a
good start on the third attempt, We'll
come Boy leading by a length, at the
eighth. Zoreue closed the gap consid.
erably but fell back and was still a
length behind mt the half. zorsne squirt
ed at the Ave eighths hut was unable to
keep The pace, Welcome Boy pulling
steadily away at the stretsh, winning
by five lengths. Time first heat 2;17 40.
Capt. Harry Murray substituted ac.
lceptably rs announcer for Elmer l..
Schwazberg, who aetedlas ofieiaI mega
phone man for the Christmas events.
Due to some hitch the blackboard was
not in readiness for the first race Of
the day and the entire seventh race Of
last Tuesday had NOT been erased.
AT two thirty five the mounts for the
-four furlong named race appeared be.
fore the judges. Termont, the Mont
gomery stud, owned by Charles Lucas
Jr. was scratched. He has been lame
for q number Of weeks, his shins having
been bpcked early In the training sea.
son. Charlie Tyler was up on, Mrs.
Chas. Lucas Mary Louise; johnny Car
roll on Mrs. Walter Maefarlane 3
Lahonton Water and Henry Donivitz ON
Y0shida's Golden Spray. Al
Lahontop Water, off TO a good start,
took the lead with Golden Spray sec
ond. Mary Louise, of to q bad, start,
did not get into her stride until the
first quarter. She gained steadily over
Lahonton Water and the two hit the
stretch neck and neck. Mary Louise
plainly outelassed the Maefarlane en-
try and pulled away, winning by four
i lengths. Golden De. Spray was poor
Zorene and Welcome Boy lined up for
the second heat at threo.forty. The
start was poor but they were sent on
their way, Welcome Boy a length in
the lead. The Hollinger horse gained
another length at the quarter, which
he maintained to the hall when he
commenced opening the distance stead.
lily. This remained unchanged at the
three quarters and il was apparent at
the stretch that Welcome Boy, Would
win handily. Zorene was plainly out
elassed and the old Island favorite won
the heat and race in 1894 l-5. y. q,
Society Event Hummer
|gsn The society event of the day was
the one-mile mule race for gentleman
jockeys, the nine entries lining up at
the barrier at three o'clock. They got.
away to standing start and excite
iment was keener than at any other
time of the afternoon. One mule threw
his rider and started back for the
iudge's stand evidently bent ON being
first home regardless of direction. -
H. G. Dillingham; on Dusty Roads
won by nose in .2:2D do. Reynold
McGrew was fined ten dollars for pull. =
ing his mule on complaint Of John s.
Grace, who appeared to be sorely grew
ed. ..
Without doubt it was one of the
most interesting events of the day and
O few more 6eomic races" of this ma
ture could easily be sandwiehed in any
meet to good advantage. q
Twenty five minutes ahead of sGhedI
,ple time Mrs. Walter Macfarlane' 8 Din
ner Bell and ,Ramark, the latter carry.
ing the eolprs Of Mrs. George Ahlborn,
passed the stand for the baby race,
three furlongs for two-year-old filliesa
Remark Beats Dtnner Rail ".
Saunte was scratched on account Of,
lameness and Dinner Bell substitutedg
Frank Moniz was up ON Dinner Bell
and johnny. Carroll on Remark. The
start was one of the best Of the day.
and the babies kept neck and neck,
down the stretch, Remark winning by.
a nose In 00:38 A-5. Ut was certainly a.
pretty race and Mrs. Macfarlaue de-
serves the thanks of the racing CON-
munity for making possible this baby
event. Both animals belong to her
and there is no doubt hut what both
riders were instructed to ride win.
ming race. az III 3"-..'f
|. The four furlongs for mounted pa
ttrolmen waaS threelquarters Of an hour
ahead of the programmed time. Five
entries took their positions ut the post
ut three+fifteen. The starters were
,Espinda's Self, Kapealii's Oysterlip,
M. Lopez's Halifax, Kankani's Black
Harry and Kihaehi's Sweet Sam. All
are speedy animals and most of them
have been winners in similar events
Of previous years. A sigh Of relief was
heard over the grandstand when an
nouncer Murray Informed the specta-
tors that the "fifth race was about to
start .... a. NJ NJ.
iKanealii Is Boss Rider G.,
They were off to good start, three
mounts punching at the eighth with no
advantage 10 any. Rapealii took the
lead at the head of the stretch and
won handily by two lengths. His Oys-