The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-12-15
ENORMOUS CROWD WATCHES
DICK SULLIVAN BEAT AYRES
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Sullivan rapidly climbing up on the
leaders. Before quarter of mile
had been covered Ayres and Sullivan
took the lead and Sam Hop had given
/ place to Chatham who was striding
easily and with little arm movement.
Hang Chack came up about this time
and took fourth place to Cheatham,
then came Sam Hop, Fahy, Bill Huihui,
Henderson and Oscar Lind with the re-
corder of events struggling half way
between them and the big bunch of the
field, all massed in crowd of flashing
legs and arms in the rear.
Each walker had some friend to
cheer him on, either on foot or in a
buggy. The crowd seemed to sympa-
thize with Dick Sullivan and the lead
ers were hemmed in with automobiles
from which excited spectators many of
them of the fair sex, cheered the ath.
letic boxer on to victory.
BY the time the car line was reached
where it turns from the rice sloughs in
), to the Waikiki road, Ayres and Sulli-
van were neck and neck hundred
yards ahead of Cheatham and Hang
Chack hundred yards behind him.
Sullivan Spurts.
\ Then it was that Sullivan began to
squirt. In magnificent style, with arms
keeping an easy accompaniment to his
flashing stride, Dick literally spurned
the road from him and shot ahead of
Ayres while the crowd reared with de-
light. Ayres had some more shots in
his locker but he thought that Dick
could not make the pace last. That
was where he was wrong.
Without the least slowing of his
speed, Sullivan kept going, and, try
as he would, Ayres could not catch
him. The latter finished with per-
!, fectly wonderful burst of speed, but
Dick was too far ahead and the best
the Britisher could do was to close the
gap appreciably before the tape was
reached.
Cheatham followed fifty seconds
later, and the recorder of events,
wantonly called the jingler by scot
fers, having discovered that he was
really in good condition, had passed
eight or nine contestants and came in
bad fourth just thirty seconds after
Cheatham.
Fahy. Hang Chack and Sam Hop
followed with only short distance
between them, then came few more
strung out, and finally the tail-enders
seemed to all finish in bunch with
only a yard or two between any of
them.
Pace Surprising.
The surprising thing about the race
was the terrific pace that was set and
: the way that everybody, even the last
of the tail-enders, kept up to it
| Al -.
showing and there is little doubt that
the last mile was done in better than
nine minutes, judging by the increas
ing pace set by the winner.
Ayres, considering his age and lack
of proper preparation, put up won
derfully gritty race. He was there
with another burst of speed whenever
it was called for, and had he not made
: the fatal mistake of allowing Sullivan
L to get ahead when he thought the lat
ter would not keep it up, the result
might have been different or, at any
0 rate, dead heat
Lambert Walks Well.
j The heavyweight race was. not ex
a citing to watch, but was interesting
x on account of the truly splendid wall
!. that Charlie Lambert put up. ii,
d started fast pace at the gun fire ant
G kept it up without slowing for sec
[. ond during the entire race. His styl
n showed that he was quite walker il
c his younger days, and without exag
d geration, it may be said that neithe
e Ayres nor Sullivan walked in neate
g and more effective style than did on
e jolly old plug hatted umpire.
IS Many people who thought that tn
d heavyweight race was to be jolS
were very much impressed and mad
n no bones about expressing their SUI
g prise and appreciation of Charlie Lam
IS bert s splendid athletic achievement
lie 1t seems doubtful if there be anothe
y man of his weight and age who coul
come anywhere near making even
race of it with him.
N After the heavyweight race a ma
I. with the requisite amount of avon
a dupois, who had not put in his nam
Al as an entry, although he had had an
n. pie warning to do so if he wished t
70 walk, made much fuss about the rae
"a being started earlier than schedule
in the first place. His attention wa
20 drawn to the fact that he would nc
"a have been eligible to enter since h
Nv name was not in, but he grand
re- waived that argument to one side 6
" though the overwhelming important
ii of his personality were more than su
lie fcient to enable him to enter any oil
no thing at any old time. This, howeve
". was the only unpleasant incident of
III very successful event, and the sal
heavy man was soon soothed down an
as his injured feelings repaired in IL
In best way possible.
he Matt Was Not There.
nd Matt Heffern's detection did n,
ut make hit with his friends. He
he was who asked to have the race star
d. ed an hour sooner than scheduled.
he he had a date at half,past eleven, an
at some considerable Inconvenience
this was done. The interest in II
lie. race attached principally to the riva
Ter ry between him and Lambert. and Il
~ crowd made no bones about expressiI
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