The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-09-12
By Jack Densham.

Awards given by the judges in the
tenmile race Yesterday: Antoine kaoo,
the Waialua horse, first; Tsukamoto, the
Hilo japanese runner, second; c. K.
Charlie, the Kaimuki Pake, third; Nigel
Jackson, fourth.
More pilikia than was ever aroused
OF the ten-mile race at the Athletic
Park yesterday afternoon.
In justice to the park management
it must be stated that the park was
rented from the management for the
event, and that the people who have
made a name for pulling off attractive
events had nothing to do with the
management of the race. They have
learned a lesson, and | have received
the personal assurance of all the direc-
tors in the park company that they will
never again rent their grounds for any
such event, but anything of the kind
will be pulled off by the management
itself, and they will see that things are
up to snuff.
Before telling about the pilikia ]
must be allowed to say something about
the last Jap of the race. 1t was one
of the most dramatic finishes that could
be dreamed by Phillips Oppenheim OIL
any of the other pupule magazine ex
aggerationists. For more than fifty
laps Antoine Kao0, the Waialua horse
had made the pace, and Tsukamoto was
chnging to his heels. When the score
showed that there was just one more
lap to be run, both the Jap and the
Horse started to sprint They ran that
sixth of a mile in time that you and
I could not begin to make if Harry 7
Mills and the Devil himself were after
us.
First Tsukamoto was ahead, then An
tone took the lead, round the second
base curve against the wind the Horse
was ahead; the Jap took short LEAD
until third-base was reached, and ther
the Hawaiian veteran began to really
speed.
Down the Stretch.
He came down the stretch like shot
out of a cannon and the Jap could no.
touch him. At the finish of the stretcl
the Hawaiian curved round the fnisl
and tripped He fell with his hand
outstretched and not more than a foo
from the finishing line. Like lightning
he squirmed up to the line and place.
his right hand over it some two seconds
before the Jap romped over the chalk
Then pandemonium with a larg'
''issimus'' was let loose. The GROVE
surged from the bleachers all over tn,
track and the three policemen presen
were unable to cope with the mass O.
humanity. The two judges, Eben Low
and John Wise, decided in favor of An
tone Kaoo, and Referee Ayres upheld
the decision.
Then the Japs made demonstration
They surged round the scorers tabl.
and made threatening gestures. On tn,
outskirts of the crowd were a buncl
of boys from the fleet They did no
sabe the pilikia, but they were achin:
for scrap. There were representa-
tives of many other branches of tn.
service. and they were all lust waitin.
1pI one Single id tdHtSe IAN 10 make
break. Luckily enough no break wa
made
Intensely Dramatic Finish.
1t Is impossible to describe the dra
matte effect of that last lap. The thou
sands who had assembled to watch tn
race, many of them. in fact most 0
/ them. Japanese, rose to their feet an,
yelled themselves hoarse At the fnisI
the crowd surged over the track AM
blocked the other runners so that nc
body seems to know whether Herber
Cordeiro or Charlie finished third
Protests galore have been sent in
The Jap protests, Cordeiro protests, Ne
Candless protests, and others 10 tn
same. But pilikia at the finish, pro
tests and everything else notwithstand
ing, it was grand race.
Kaoo Led AL the Way.
The grand old athlete who wa:
awarded the race deserved it by ever,
foot of the way. Forty-six years Old
running against well-trained Jap
! against youngsters who should hav
| been able to put It all over him, Anton,
Kaoo made every Hawaiian proud t
watch HIM. Also he gained the syn
pathy and admiration of the Who'll
crowd.
Kaoo took the lead during the fourt