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TRACK MARKED
Contestants in Coming Mara
thon May Practise on
Actual Course.

From now until Saturday. April II,
the league grounds will be open to all
competitors in the big Marathon race
for practise. The rope posts have not
yet been planted but the surveyor s
stakes are driven and mark out the
course. The latter is exactly five laps
to the mile and the extra 3S5 yards
will be made up by the difference be-
tween the start and finish.
The management has run up against
many details that have to be looked
after and require much thought and
experience to finish them off properly.
The latest brain troubler is the matter
of scoring, but this has been solved
and there will be a method of showing
the number of miles and laps that each
contestant has covered.
There will be a large score board
placed in the center of the field where
everybody can see it. On this board
will appear the numbers of each run
ner from l to- 81 and opposite each
number will be two spaces, one for
miles covered and one for laps.
In each of these spaces there will be
block of numbers printed on paper.
The lap numbers will range from /
to twenty-six times and the mile
numbers will range from / to 20. AT
ter contestant has covered lap the
lap number opposite his number will
be torn off and will thus display the
next higher number. After he has COW
cred five laps, that is one mile, the
on the front of the mile pad will be
torn off and will show 1 mile 0 laps.
It will require four able scorers to
look after this end of the management.
One to call off the numbers of the run
ners as they complete each lap and
three to see to the registering of the
numbers on the board.
For instance, number &c has covered
sixteen laps so that his score shows
8 miles / lap. The next time he comes
around the chief scorer calls out
- Twenty-six - The board scorer who
has charge of the last row of numbers
tears the number off the lap score
opposite number 26 and the score shows
miles 2 laps.
The recent report that Jackson had
decided to withdraw was unfounded.
There is no keener man in town than
this same winner of the last race to
Haleiwa. He is training faithfully and
feels sure that he can make good time.
Yesterday he stated his intention to
be out early this morning and have
tryout over the actual course at the
league grounds.
The rules for this race will be taken
verbatim from those which governed
the recent Olympic Club Marathon in
San Francisco. The placing of kokua
stations and the limit of help that may
be allowed to each runner will be de-
cided by these rules. Having been
cabled for they will arrive on the Man
churia.
According to DR.. Hand, of the Y. NJ.
G. A., one of the best posted sporting
authorities in town, no rubdowns should
be permitted and no assistance in TAX
ing a man off the track or on again.
This is probably in accordance with the
rules which viii come from the Coast
and will be strictly adhered to should
such be the case.
Each contestant will receive three
passes. One for himself and two for
dss1StdHtS. NoDOuy out contestants,
helpers and officials will be permitted
on the track and the runners may rest
assured that there will be no crowd to
interfere with them.
Paddy Walsh is anxiously awaiting
the delivery of expressage off the Ala
media today as he expects to receive
his patent elastic silk socks. Without
these Paddy has expressed his intention
of not attempting to compete on ac.
count of varicose veins, but should these
appliances arrive before the date Of the
race, he will certainly enter and there
will be some youngsters that will have
to come in behind the able veteran.
Major Camara is another veteran who
is training very religiously. The day
before yesterday he ran for two hours
without halt and states that he is
feeling fine and really expects to win.
He is just one year older than Shrubb
the British champion, and may be relied
on to make hard finish.