The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-10-05

Tsukamoto, the Japanese winner of
two ten-mile races, and Nigel Jackson,
the old wardog of long distance was
one of the greatest races ever seen up
to the fifteenth mile. Then the Jap
quit. He quit cold. If he had tumbled
all over, the track and had had to be
carried off, even though it were bluff,
we would all have been satisfied. But
he did not. He stopped to have his
feet attended to and allowed Jackson
to gain one mile and one lap.
Then Tsukamoto started again with
bare feet. He ran one lap magnificent
". spurted out ahead of Jackson but
stopped at his kokua station while
Nigel went ambling on. Then began
much pilikia. Tsukamoto's managers
and trainers talked to him in his own
language. The haoles could not un.
derstand, but some of the judges who
handle the banzai lingo pretty well,
put their fingers to their ears. They
did not like to hear such talk on
Sunday.
But Tsukamoto would not 60 on
again He pointed to his bleeding toes
and the gaping bisters on his feet and
said. rather plaintively, 'Me pau.
The hordes of japanese spectators
ranged along the track, out by Left
field where Tsukamoto's kokua station
was, made hardly murmur. One of
them had megaphone and he used 1t
to good effect but the others merely
filed sadly away. muttering unrepeata.
BILE things about their countryman who
quit.
jackson Drops to Walk.
Jackson kept up fairly good pace
until he was sure that the Jap had
quit, then he began to walk and take
it easy. This was not very much worth
while for the spectators, so the judges
had conference with the management
of the park. The latter agreed to
waive the article in the agreement to
the effect that the entire distance must
be run and agreed to pay over the
stated percentage of the gate receipts
to the two runners. The race was
then declared won by Jackson and
everybody left, the japanese sore at
their representative and the others
with a comfortable knowledge that
jackson would have won any way.
A Record Crowd.
The crowd was far and away the
4 largest ever seen at the Athletic Park.
There are no statistics but it looked
ms though four thousand people were
there Every seat in the grandstand and
bleachers was taken half an hour be-
fore the race started and then the
crowd began to overflow along the
track lines.
The bandstand filed up first, then
4 the boxing ring standing beyond third
base was jammed tight with thick
crowd on either side of it and, finally,
the spectators wandered round to the
outfeld where they squatted on the
grass or stood up. By the time the
race was half over the entire track
was ringed with four deep crowd,
save only where the track runs clpsa
to the fence and there was no room
4 for spectators on account of the score
4 board.
The free gallery was filed early in
the game. In fact it was so well filled
4 that the police had to order them off
as the fence was beginning to groan
under the weight of the live load on
top of it. Automobiles began to roll
in by the mauka gate and it was hard
for them to find a place where they
could poke in behind a part of the
crowd thin enough to be seen through.
Perfect Management.
The management of the thing was
! excellent in every way. The crowd was
4 handled to perfection, nobody who had
no absolute right there, was allowed in
side the ropes and the spectators were
4 distributed without any undue crowd
ing at any point.
The scoring arrangements were per
! feet. A large board against the fence
where everybody on the grounds could
/ see it, had on it the names of the two
4 runners printed in large letters. Below
4 this We're spaces for laps and miles
4 the captions painted in letters large
4 enough for all to see. AS soon as the
runners had covered lap the figures
were changed and everybody could see
I exactly what distance the runners had
covered.
Judges Entirely o. X.
The Judging was also well done in
! every way Before the race the judges
and runners had a conference and all
/ the rules were explained and agreed
i on. The main points were that each
4 runner might have two rubbers. Each
4 competitor, if he left the track for aid
& must do so entirely unassisted. Neither
runner must take the pole until he was
full ten yards ahead. The judges
4 should use their own discretion abso
lutely in all cases where events called
for judgment.
Moving Pictures.
Then the moving picture bunch got
busy. Both Eddie Fernandez anC
. BONNIE were there with the --latest
\ things In machines. The runners were
taken, the judges were taken, the crowi
coming in was taken and everything
else that they could possibly think Of
was taken.
out for the Start.
Then the runners came out for thu
start, jackson was aTrayed In a gor
geous shirt with the British. American