The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-13
ENORMOUS CROWD WATCHES
ELIMINATION WALKING RACE
Ten Walkers Qualify for Final Race---A Mean
Trick Played on Kaoo Spells
Exciting Finish.

the distance within nineteen minutes
had he not been interfered with.
A Close Finish.
Apart from that one unpleasant incl
dent, the race was a huge success. The
most exciting finish of the day was
that between Nigel Jackson and NJ. G.
Jardin. Jackson bent forward a trife
at the finish and just managed to push
his head across the line in front of
Jardin and so took first choice of third
prize. AS matter of fact both men
were breaking at the finish but they
were SO hemmed in by the crowd that
the judges had no chance to see.
A stricter Ruling.
Next Sunday in the final race the rul-
ing will be more strict. Every COM
petitor will be expected to wear short
pants so that his knees are visible and
the judges can tell whether they are
locked after every step or not. Kaoo
claims that he was walking straight
heel and toe at the time he was warn
ed, but that his long trousers made it
appear as if his knees were bent all
the time.
However that may be, there will be
no cance for any argument in the final
race as all knees will be bare and thus
visible to the judges who can then tell
at once whether man is walking
straight heel and toe.
A Perfect Style.
So far as style is concerned, Ayres.
the veteran walker, had it on all of
them. His style is perfection, and, as
he always stands erect when walking,
there is practically no possibility of
his breaking into a run.
Sullivan has a good style, but he
leans forward a trife, and. while he
did not break at any stage of the
game yesterday, there is always a
chance of his doing it unknowingly
when he walks in that position.
Police Did Well.
Considering the enormous crowd that
was out, the police did very nobly.
The leaders were kept clear. and Nc
Fadden might have got something he
did not like if he had not lodged from
the machine and back again so quickly.
His action was so entirely unforeseen
that nobody knew what he was doing
till it was all over.
Next Sunday, after the great show
ing that the Waialua horse made and
the possibility of a terrific three-eor-
nered finish between him. Ayres and
Sullivan, there will probably be much
greater crowd. The judges talked the
matter over yesterday after the race
and decided to ask the sheriff to allow
some of the patrolmen to take out FIRE
ropes and thus keep the crowd back at
the finish. Keeping the road clear will
/ be very difficult matter, as drivers
of rigs and autos insist on getting on
the course. But with only ten walkers
in the race it will not require so large
a space TO be kept clear. 1t is hoped
! that Ayres viii not be forced to do
the amount of rig-dodging which he
! did yesterday in order to reach the
/ finishing line.
! The Choice of Prizes.
/ There were six prizes for this race,
( and, after it was all over. the first six
/ competitors chose their prizes as fol
/ lows: Dick Sullivan. Manufacturers
Shoe Company prize; H N. Ayres.
! Dlmond & Co. 5 prize: Nigel Jackson,
/ Honolulu Brewing and Mailing Com
I pany' prize; NJ. G. Jardin. Fitzpatrick
Bros. prize; L. o. Rosa. Archie Rob
! ertson : prize. and G. 3. Henderson,
/ Dick Sullivan 5 prize.
! Ayres Took No Chances.
I With the exception of Sullivan and
kaoo, none of the walkers exerted him
/ self to any great extent. except those
/ who did not make It in the time. and
/ so it Is hard to say whether there were
any real dark horses or not Ayres