The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-15

than prefers the longer course as viii
be seen by the following communication
received last night:
Sporting Editor, Advertiser.
Dear Sir: Responding to your re-
marks in Yesterdays paper suggesting
another race between the first four in
Sundays contest, / beg to say that I
would be ready to enter such a race
if same is not held until the latter
part of January. I would like to
train properly this time, and would
he unable to begin such training be-
fore the first week of January.
do not favor the suggestion in to-
days Star that this be walked over
the track at the park for one mile
only. Either another over the same
course, or a course of equal distance.
A mile race would call for entirely
different kind of work at all stages of
the race than one of one mile and
fve-eighths, the approximate length of
Sundays course. Yours truly.
E. NJ. CHEATHAM.
This matter will finally be decided
at meeting of those interested. These
will include the four first men and
everybody who intends to enter the
elimination trials. Quite number of
enthusiasts visited or rang up this of
fee last night to approve of or COM
ment on the suggestion as published
ia the Star. Dal Fahy who came in
fifth, came up to say that he feels sure
he can do much better if he has a
chance to get in condition and is anx-
ious to have another event pulled off.
Trophy for Prize.
Instead of calling on different mer-
chants for prizes, it has been sug
gested that some prominent sportsman
be asked to donate cup or suitable
trophy. There are many who take an
interest in sports here to whom the
cost of cup would be a trife, and
there will doubtless be no difficulty
about that part of the affair.
Another suggestion that talks well
is to have long-distance go-as-you-
please race. This would come in very
well after the other walking event and
it is quite possible that it will be
taken up by the enthusiasts in the near
future.
Now that general interest has been
aroused it would be good idea if peo-
pie with suggestions would make them
known. This paper will be glad to
give publicity to all of them. In max
ing suggestions it should be remember
ed that the success Of last Sundays
event was due to the fact that it was
something that was novel, that it was
something that everybody could take
part in without any expense, and not
necessarily with any preparation. 1t
was a clean, healthy sporting event
that appealed to Tom and Dick as
much as it did to Harry, and all such
events are the greatest antidote and
preventive of ill-health and dry rot
that community, especially an insu-
lar one, can have.
Dick Sullivan is naturally pleased
at the fine race he put up and states
that he thinks he can develop into
quite a walker His physical condl-
ton is of the very best and all he
needs to clip piece off Ayres rec
ord is practise.
Ayres needs condition. He has the
style all patented and locked safely
away for use at any time. With
month or three weeks of steady work
he Could get into fine shape and then
there would be a race worth seeing,
especially as any of the entries who
can pass the elimination trial is liable
to make it hot for both him and Sui
livan.