The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-22
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MARATHON
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sharp, and, if a runner understands,
like Jackson did, how to hop-skip on
a steep slope he can make much faster
time with less exertion than a man who
is running.
1t was on this down grade that Jack
son made his great gain over both
Feagler and German. 1t was on the
slope of that hill that he said to him
self, Jackson, my boy, you are going
to win,' and it was there that he
worked his skill in going down grade.
Four Possibilities Fail.
Cheatham, Nelson, Walsh and Ayres,
all of them possibilities as winners,
| were brought in by automobiles and
rigs. Every one of them made good
race for more than twenty miles, but
were unable to hold the pace.
Cheatham stated that he was over
trained, and, through nervousness,
had been unable to sleep and eat
properly. Paddy Walsh, the grand old
veteran, was not passed BY a single
contestant up to the time that he gave
out. Nor would he have given out had
it not Leen for swelling of the veins
on his calf muscles which made it alb
solutely impossible for him to go far
Their. Mr.. Walsh stated that he be-
lieves that he can beat Jackson s time
and is anxious to race him over the
course again.
Ayres walked every foot of the way
| and gave out only eight miles from the
| finish. He was well up at the time and
would have finished within the prize
| winners had he been able to stay by the
terrific walking pace that he had main
tanned all the way
Nelson was the victim of stomach
| cramps, brought on by not sufficiently
reinforcing his stomach with food be-
| fore the start of the race. Instead of
getting outside of three soft boiled
eggs and large amount of toast, he
took nothing but cup of cocoa and a
| piece of bread, and his interior econ
omy refused to stand for it. Had he
| not allowed himself to get nervous and
had eaten heartily after a good night s
sleep, he would certainly have finished
strong and made it hard for the win
| ner.
The Race Starts.
Lung INC tIihC SChCuuiCo Luz
the start of the race Will Prestidge was
down at Aala Park making everything
| ready. By seven clock a large crowd
| had collected, and the contestants were
busy getting their numbers and regis
| tering their suit eases at the depot to
| be sent on the special train to Haleiwa.
A number of boys were busy dis
| tributing the programs. These were
/ I'll hhaI md hn rcf % oc
scanned SO that the number of the
favorite of each reader could be noted.
| At the depot there was brisk demand
| for special train tickets, and Mr.. Scully
was kept busy ordering extra cars put
| on the train.
| All the contestants were there in
good time and, at 7:20, the bicyclists
were called out to get in line and
were placed in position on King street
between the King and Hotel street
bridges in plenty of time to let the
| photographers do their worst and yet
allow Mayor Fern to fire the pistol on
the stroke of half past seven.
Before giving the signal, the Mayor
spoke to the riders telling them to keep
| to the road and take no short cuts.
| Then he fired the pistol and the eleven
pedalers shot off along King street to-
/ ward Kalihi. while the crowd surged
in behind them and the police had to
work hard to keep the way cleared for
them along the street.
Crowd Well Managed.
The crowd was very docile and it
took less than the scheduled five min
utes to line out the Marathon run
ners on Aala Park. Will Prestidge
checked off the names of the forty-siS
entrants, the photographers set theiI
cameras and then Mayor Fern address
ed the runners. He told them what
short cut they might take and warned
them against taking any aid in locomo
| ton Exactly five minutes after the
| bicyclists had started he fired the PTS
toll and the runners started forward
into the road.
For the first few yards the pace was
hard. Cheatham and Ayres were the
only two who failed to run and were
soon swallowed by the crowd. The
number of spectators was surprising
Great as the interest taken in the race
had been, it was astonishing to see the
huge crowd that covered the park ant
the nearer part of King street. A CON
servative estimate would be five thou
sand people and many spectators state
that here were double that number.
As soon as the runners were out OF
SIGHT there was great rush for ticket:
for the special train. 1t was thought
that three cars would be enough but
two more had to be put on and ther
there was only just room for the PEG
pie who were anxious to get to HaIelWs
and see the finish of the race.
White to the Rescue.
The Won Hamm- Young people came
to the rescue of the committee IN great
shape. They sent down a big White
steamer, with Mr.. Hughes in charge