The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-12


and spectators of the great walking
race tomorrow the following informa-
ton is published at the request of the
committee in charge. In the first place
and for the last time, this race has
long since ceased to be joke and
most of the contestants are going In
with a keen determination to win.
The race starts at eleven o clock to-
morrow morning from the junction OF
Kalakaua avenue (the old Waikiki
road) and King street and finishes at
line across King street opposite the
Waikiki Inn.
Contestants will congregate at the
starting point at 1880. They will re-
port to Jack Scully in the press automo-
bile and receive numbers corresponding
to those which will appear opposite
their names in tomorrow Advertiser.
These numbers are to be worn on the
breast for the convenience of specta-
tors and the finishing judge.
There is absolutely no responsibility
attached to making an entry. If you
think you can come but are not quite
sure, turn in your name anyway. The
race will start promptly at eleven
clock and those who are not there
will not be waited for.
There will be three classes. A vet
eran s class for those over sixty years
of age. A heavyweight class for those
weighing 210 pounds and over and an
open class for everybody under 210
pounds in weight and sixty years of
age.
There is splendid list of prizes so
far, with the expectation of more to-
day. 1t is probable that there will be
at least twenty-five prizes in all. These
prizes will be given by choice to win
ners in the order in which they finish
in proportion to the number of entries
in each class. The number of prizes for
each class will be published tomorrow
morning.
More Prizes offered.
Two more prizes were offered yester-
day. Joe Francis will give a very
handsome collie pup, thoroughbred and
valued at $25, and St. C. Sayers has
offered case of three dozen quarts of
Rainier.
Owing to the entry of three oldtimers
it has been decided to make a veteran
class. S. II. Webb, an Australian, who
once held some very notable walking
records is one of the veterans. Cap
tain Black, who was connected with the
Advertiser at its inception, is another,
and Captain Walker Gan appropriate
name indeed), is the third. Any other
veteran who wishes to enter has only
to send his name in to Jack Scully or
the Advertiser before six o'clock this
evening to be eligible to start.
Challenge for Eben Low.
One of the most interesting of yes
terday's entries was that of Henry
Witthof, a one-armed athlete who is
very sure that he can beat Eben Low
over the distance and offers to wager
$50 to that effect Should Mr. Low
turn up to walk, special prize will be
set aside for these two
A notable heavyweight entry is that
of A. V. Gear. He is quite sure that
he can frolic rings around Charlie Lam
bert and will be at the starting post
eager as a two-year-old to get away
and make the dust fly from his heels.
w. f. McTighe is one of the younger
enthusiasts and he has a grand chance
to lower the standard of the muchly-
touted Ayres. BY the way, why does
everybody seem to think that lAyres
has a cinch? He was out with Dick
Sullivan yesterday morning, and. judg-
ing by the speed the latter put up,
he has a grand chance to pad past him
of the Mauna Kea topknot. Also
Avres has been doing nothing in the
way of athletics for several years, and
a newspaper man s life is not one to
tend towards continual condition, by
any means There is a bunch of
youngsters whose fitness and general
condition entitle them to beat the
speedy Britisher What about Sam
Hop and Hang Chack. Dick Sullivan,
McTighe. Gibson and numbers of
others? They all have better wind
than Avres and it would not be sur
prising if he waddled in a bad fifth or
sixth.
Two Sailors Enter.
There will be two good sailormen in
the race and they may be surprises of
a very pronounced character. They are
Frank Peterson and Vicar Lind from
the missionary schooner Hiram Bing-
ham. They are, like all sailors who
take care of themselves. in the pink
of condition and can make it hard for
the whole bunch, judging by the looks
of them.
The following is a complete list of
entries up to date, and those whose
names are mentioned here need to