The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-04-11
READY TO RUN
AGAINST RECORDS
ALL PREPARATIONS COMPLETED
FOR TOMORROw's BIG FIELD
DAY.
MEET WILL BRING OUT MANY
SPECTATORS.
Business Houses to Close in Aid of
Boys Brigade-Committee Make
Preparations for Successful Meet.

The complete entries and heats for
the Field Day tomorrow have been
completed by the committee and are ap-
pended below. The withdrawal Of the
Honolulu Athletic Club team and the
reopening of the entries after the last
postponement necessitated an entirely
new arrangement and great deal of
arduous work to get everything COM
pleted in time.
As viii be noticed in reading over the
entries, every competitor has been
given a separate and distinct number
which he will carry displayed on his
person so that a reference to. that list
will show spectators the name of the
victor and enable both onlOokers ana
judges to decide winners i'm close race.
with greater certainty The time o.
starting the events has been carefully
worked out and will be rigidly adhered
to with the exception of course of pos
sible accidents to competitors or para
phernalia. Excitement has keyed up
to high pitch among competing athle-
tes the last two or three days and the
unanimous expression Of determination
to be present has assured a concOurse
of spectators that will probably be un-
paralleled in the history of Hawaiian
sports,
| Probably all the business houses will
! close at one tomorrow a number of
/ them having already arranged to do so.
/ There will be few seats vacant in the
| grand stand. The carriages will take
! their usual places as on race days with
( the exception of such space as will be
allotted to the field sports near the grand
| stand. The committee will confer this
morning with the police department ana
/ a strong and special effort will be mad
| to pull off a race meeting at which the
/ track will be kept absolutely clear of
/ everyone except the runners and Off
/ Cials. The scattering across the track
! at the finish has always been a MARI
ing feature of Hawaiian meets and the
men in charge of the Field Day, many
of them indentifed in former years
| with big public school events are de-
termined tnat tomorrow Afternoon
things shall be conducted to the com.
fort of everybody and trust that the
general public will assist them in en-
forcing the measures to be adopted.
The dispensing of the victor's wreaths
by the Princess kaWananakoa will be
made as dramatic as possible. Two OF
three ladies viii assist i'm the bestOW-
ing of the laurels and the committee are
considering the most effective way OF
presentation. 1t is probable that the
victor of each race as soon as proclaim-
ed will run on, without stopping where
the victory is self evident and com
plete passing the tape where the rest
of the runners will stay and, halting
under the platform where the princess
stands, claim his wreath and receive i
while the excitement of the race is still
high and the plaudits of the on lockers
Will assist in the climax.
1t is not probable that the competitor
tomorrow viii claim their award will
the same dramatic pose that the GreeI
runners used in the stadium during tn
games at Olympia or Athens Their
the supreme moment of triumph was
not so much at the end of the cours
where the victor passed the termina
pillar ahead of the rest but rathe
when, still painting from the flight tn
1.-THE athlete, his naked limbs a mode
Of agility, OutstretChed the arm ant
stood in effective posture to receive tn
wreath while. the amphitheatre rams
and echoed with applause. Some sucl
effect will be aimed at however in con
ira distinction to the usual shamefacet
, / aSsemblage of winners that usual!
stands in a sheepish herd around tn
prize giver after the excitement is owe
and the crowd are leaning back in thei
seats.
Local athletes are resting on thei
training today though one or two Of tn
competitors i'm the field sports will per
! functOrly go through a trial so a
not to lose their suppleness. The fiel
! sports, which with the exception of tn
pole vault, are not dramatic and entai
much lengthy measurement and tim
! between efforts, will go on while tn
track events are being run off Wit
the present condition Of the track 1t /
; confidently expected that the local re
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