The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1919-07-08
CLOSE RACES
At WA|P0UL|


ord for the Waipouli Race Track
was the unanimous opinion Of ilI
who attended the races held there
last Friday. Not only that but
some very close races and snappy
ball game between punahou and
McBryde teams made the Fourth
of July celebration there a COM
plete success from the standpoint
of those who believe in true sport
of the safe and sane nature. The
horses in most of the races were
well matched and some of the
races were so close that the
Judges had to be extremely alert
to decide the winners. But clean
sport marked the races through
out, and though there were some
heavy losers there was never a
trace of any dissatisfaction on
the part of the unlucky ones.
The first race a match between
Skyboy, owned by Tashima and
Charley owned by Joe Marian
was fast and close. There was
considerable speculation on the
race, the japanese fans backing
Tashima's horse and the POrtu-
guese backing Marians horse.
Charley won the race, making the
half mile in SO 3-5 seconds.
The second race between Hale
maumau owned by J. Malira and
FOurchette owned by j. Spald-
ing was won by Halemaumau who
made the 3-S mile in 81 2-5. The
race was close, and the horses
made a bad start.
The third race was the quarter
mile between KealOha owned by
Chas Rice and Mamie owned by
J. Spalding. Mamie won in 25
fiat.
The fourth race. three-eighths
mile three entries, Skymaiden
owned by J. Spalding, Welcome
Boy owned by M. Bettencourt,
and Fly owned by MomOyama.
The race was won by Fly with
good lead in 80 2-5 time.
The fifth race which had a.
reused good deal of speculation
between the Japanese and Chi
nese race fans did not prove to be
at all spectacular. In this race
Tashima's Skyboy was matched
against Sam ChOng's racing mare
entered under the name of Sam
johnson but also known as Char
ley and Mary Jane. The Chinese
mare fell behind from the start
and the race was easily won by
SkybOy who covered the 3-S mile
in 81 fiat.
The sixth race of the day and
the last before the call for re-
freshments was a vivid and spec
tacular exhibition between the
two racing mules OkOlehaO and
Swipes owned by Grove Farm
Plantation and Lihue Ranch res
pectively. True to his name Oko-
lchaO finished a nose ahead of
Swipes while the grandstand
cheered in disapprOval.
The seventh and last race be-
fore the ball game was an inter
esting one for the reason that the
runers were all colts and untried.
The entries were CZarOvitch own
ed by c. Rice, Bellim owned by
Spalding and Gray owned by
Chas. Wilcox. The race was won
by Bellim who covered the quar-
ter mile in 25 Is. Gray finish
ed close second coming up from
the rear near the finish.
The eighth race came off late
in the afternoon after the ball
game. This was fast race be-
tween three fast race horses,
Charlie, Black Lady and Annie
Lesley, owned by Joe Marian, Sa-
kamoto and j. Spalding respec-
lively. Annie Lesley finished
first with a good lead over Char
who took the second position and
finished some distance ahead of
Black Lady.
The ninth race proved interest
ing in that the two horses match
ed Bellim and Gray had run in a
previous quarter mile race. In
the ninth race they were matched
for the 3-S mile distance and
many were of the opinion that
due to the strong finish made by
Gray in the previous race that
Gray would take the honOrs in the
longer race. The race was close
and fast for the two horses finish
ed neck to neck with Bellim a
nose in the lead. Time 80 fiat.
The tenth race between Boy
and Homestead Girl was close.
Boy covered the quarter mile in
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