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

Dare1OOted, during Whlcn lap he maze \
a vigorous sprint and Jackson, being |
so far ahead, allowed him to sprint by. |
The runners ran a trife more than |
a lap before any scoring was calculat. |
ed. This was on account of the extra |
3S5 yards. The start was 175 feet |
back from the finishing line. After |
they had crossed the finishing line
three times, one lap went up on the
board. This meant that they had COW
cred one lap and 3s5 yards and miles
and laps marked up afterwards were
understood to include the extra dis
lance.
Jack Doyle Starts Things.
There was not much enthusiasm dur.
ing the early miles. Then Jack Doyle
got busy on the first base bleachers
and worked his good old back and
forth stunt by getting first one bleach
err and then the other to stand up and
come. through with three rousing
"Banzais.'
There was a large delegation of Rus
sian war veterans present. They had
the flag of their order and, before the
race, presented Tsukamoto with n
gaudy and very expensive looking red
banner which was installed at one cor
ner of the grandstand.
Not a Fast Pace.
jackson set not very fast pace
from the start. For the first few miles
he kept jogging along but the Jap
chung to his heels all the time. 1t
was quite monotonous until the fourth
lap of the fourth mile, then Jackson
I began series of sprints that kept the
Jap chasing him pretty hard. 1t was
noticed that jackson always went
ahead in the sprints but, of course,
Tsukamoto caught him up when he
slowed down.
That fourth lap of the fourth mile
was the fastest one made during the
entire race. both men sprinted prac-
tically all the way round and COM
! pleted the sixth of mile in Sc sec
onds. After that Jackson slowed down
until the first lap of the fifth mile
when he did another spectacular sprint.
When five miles had been covered
the time for that distance inclusive of
the extra 1856 yards, was posted on the
score board as 1875. This seemed
like pretty good time and, with both
men breathing easily and making no
| fuss, it looked as though the race
would be over in very little more
than three hours.
Jackson's First Drink.
In the first lap of the eighth mile
Jackson took his first drink. One of
his trainers handed him bottle just
round the right field turn and the
other man stood ready to take the bot
tie few yards further on. This first
drink was the signal for loud cheers
from the japanese fans who evidently
thought it was sign that Jackson
| was weakening.
In the second lap of the tenth mile
Jackson started his hardest sprint. He
came down the home stretch at a ter
rife speed and the Jap was left well
! in the rear. Just as they passed the
boxing stand there was an incipient
scrap which was quickly quelled by
the police. 1t seems that two Hawai-
ians had an argument as to which way
they had bet their money and came
to fisticuffs over it. They We're told to
be good and they were good.
Good Time for Ten Miles.
The ten-mile mark was passed in the
excellent time of 1.l7.17. Deducting
the difference for the extra 3S5 yards
it will be seem that this was within
eight minutes of the time in which
Tsukamoto ran the recent ten-mile
race in which he and Kaoo made such
spectacular finish.
The actual half way mark was pass
ed in 1.42.01 and Jackson was still
very fresh while the Jap showed signs
of bitter distress He was actually
limping and favoring his left foot
enough for everybody to notice it. 1t
turned out afterwards that he had
complained to his trainers early in the
race about his shoes and bandages and
they had told him to wait until jack
son stopped for his first rundown. But
Nigel did not stop so the Jap kept on
going, with his feet getting in worse
and worse condition with every stride.
Tsukamoto Quits.
The score board showed IA miles 4
laps when Tsukamoto stopped. Jackson
kept on running and the judges went
to see what the pilikia was. The band
ages had cut deeply into the Jap IS
flesh. They had to be cut off. Then,
when his socks and shoes were pulled
of, it was seen that his feet were
badly blistered and bleeding in some
places.
Tsukamoto wanted to quit. After
a time he was persuaded to make one
more attempt. Jackson had gained
seven laps when his competitor made
his last appearance. IL was but a flash
in the pan, however, and that one lap
finished the Jap.
Patent Scoring System.
Chief Scorer Reinecke had a new
wrinkle in keeping tab on the time
and the miles, which he states that he
took from the Scientific American.
Wherever II came from it was very
effective and he provides the following
times taken from his list Up 20 the
end of the fourteen milo TsukamOto =
time is the same Ne that Of Jackson
as he was right with him all the way.