Evening star., 1948-01-18
SOC, OO0-Acre Ranch in Hawaii
Ranks Second Under u. S. Flag
Manager, Visiting DC.
Helped Provide Gore
For Marines in Wor
By Jessie Font Evans

The supervisor of a hereditary
American area as large as q Euro
pean principality is A. Hartwell
Carter, here from Hawaii as the
guest of Rear Admiral w. Ray Fur
long, U. S. N, retired. Mr.. Carter, q
tall, low-voiced executive schooled
at Harvard University, is manager
Of the Parker ranch, second only In
size to the King ranch in Texas.
Mr.. Carter exercises .an almost
patriarchal surveillance over q do
main of approximately 100000 acres
upon which grow the lush grasses
that maintain vast herds of beet
cattle, 5000 sheep and 1000 Palo-
mino horses, as well as famous
thoroughbred racers and polo ponies
So well fortified In minerals is the
land that grazing never fails the
year around and supplementary salt
licks are placed In relatively few
areas.
This fabulous ranch is situated
upon the slopes Of Mauna Kea In
the Island of Hawaii, familiarly re-
ferred to as "the Big Island" AS al
most every student of history knows
the Hawaiian Islands, formerly
known as the Sandwich Islands
were discovered by Capt. James
Cook In 1778. Hawaii is beloved OF
all the islands by the people as the
birthplace Of King Kamehameha
who consolidated an island empire
during an illustrious reign.
Richard Smart Now Owner.
The sole owner of the Parker
ranch is Richard Smart, well knowr
in music and stage circles, whose
mother was q descendant Of John
Parker, a New England sea cap
tain, who, in the course of hi.
voyaging, settled upon "the Big Is.
land" in 1885 and married a native
Hawaiian. Capt. Parker enjoyed
the friendship of powerful King
Kamehameha and his enterprises
f1ourished during the reigns of five
successors, each Of whom paid an
Fnual visits to the ranch.
Mr.. Smart's mother, when a small
child, became the ward of Alfred
Carter, lawyer of New England
descent living in Honolulu. He Is
given much credit for consolidating
the interests of the various Parker
heirs to keep the ranch compact
and under his wise guidance the
herds and acreage were improved
and expanded more than double
their original size. Alfred Carter is
the father of A. Hartwell Carter,
the present manager, and he is often
consulted on vital matters that
concern the property, although he is
Of advanced age.
500 Miles of Fencing.
The elder Carter was confronted
with no mean task in developing
the great holdings into q workable
property. Engineering tasks were
difficult. There are now 500 miles
of fencing on the ranch and 300
miles of piping has been laid to
carry water.
The grazing animals range over
vast sweeps Of hillsides and valleys,
climbing to the limit Of the govern
ment forest reserves at 1000 feet
elevation. Picturesque, cloud -draped
scenic effects are the rule rather
than the exception.
Parker ranch racers and polo
ponies out of the Royal Flush II
strain are known around the world.
A photogenic and famous mount
was Gen. Patton's trophy winning
big bay polo pony, and others famed
in track and rodeo annals were bred
there. But scarcely less famous
than the animals are the "paniolos"
(Hawaiian for cowboys, who are
descended from generations of men
who served the ranch in like capac-
ity. Ikua Purdy won the worlds S
steer-roping contests at Cheyenne,