Patrick “Paddy” Pauline
Year Inducted: 2001
O'ahu
Known to all his friends on the roping circuit as “Paddy”, he didn’t exactly start out as a paniolo. In fact, young Paddy would walk miles to the nearest stable to help feed and care for the horses just so someone would loan him one to ride! That was at the old stables of Waimanalo Sugar in about 1947. Someone finally gave him a young colt that was Paddy’s first horse. Nothing stopped Paddy when he wanted a horse. He once rode one from Wahiawa to Waimanalo – a two day ride – bareback! Paddy eventually leased land in Lualualei to start his own family ranch, raising cross-bred Santa Gertrudas and Simmenthals; but not before he met and married Lola. They bought a farm in Mikilua, Wai`anae that had cows, pigs and of course, horses. It was about then that Paddy fell in with Juaquin Joseph and Albert Silva. and got into roping, which led him to building an arena and holding an annual full-scale rodeo. Paddy is still widely known for his annual cattle drive and round up on his leased Kunia range land, which now are a happy memory. Retired from O`ahu Sugar Company, Paddy now enjoys doing his ranch work and is still an active roping competitor.