Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-03-22
Jackson brilliantly
Jig joys Journey
Nigel Jackson Wins EasiIy--Gorman Runs Well
Feager Gets Into Third Place
Most fayoIiteS rack Up

! isb'h' is'Oh's lutIt lhtt WV
1hriGkod girlish voice. over be-
hind the kiawe bushes, ana Mr. Nell
son Is in the lead, ! think" Wow!
what chorus OF Where's" went
to locate the Marathon runners.
Gee! but II you amt the limit"
yelled a candid friend. why. that's
the cemetery, and them's the tomb
stones!' The laugh that went up
was enough to wreck the train. But
why mention wreck" - hat came
later. The young girl blushed Grim
son and remarked, We'll, anyhow,
thought they were the runners. and
perhaps maybe some of 'em have
died." Then the girl got three
cheers.
The scene was laid on the Hale
iva special train. which consisted OF
i've passenger coaches, all of which
were crowded to their utmost capac-
ity. Even standing room was limit
cd to inches. and second-Class car
Rad to be requisitioned to accommo-
date the intending passengers.
We had all arisen at an unearthly
hour--for Sunderland had Jour
neyed down to Aala Park to witness
the start of the two events - bicycle
ond Marathon races. And what
! crowd II was. All Honolulu appear
ed TO be present. Every nationality
under the sun seemed gathered
around the square; even Hindoo
looked on with an inscrutable coun-
tenance. What was this game the
Sahib-log were up to now? Was II
some religious festival? Ha! that
was II: doubtless soon the car Of jug
gernaut would emerge from the tenn
pie wherein dusky. Whitehead musi-
clans played strange airs. But moth
ing like that happened. Instead, VIII
Prestidge lifted up his loud, strong
voice and reminded the cyclists that
1t was time for them to line up.
Ten competitors out OF the thir- |
teen on the program started. At
1880 a. M. Mayor Fern sent them
on on their long journey, and Sem
ator Chillingworth, Judge Mahaulu, |
and T. Orme awaited their arrival at |
ialeiwa. The last seen Of the eye
lists was as they swung out at a
good pace along King street.
The runners, walkers, and half
and-haliers were then lined up. This
took some considerable time, as the
crowd encroached lot on the re-
serve Still, 1t was a holiday gather
Ing and good-humor prevailed every
where. Mothers, sisters, aunts, wives
and sweethearts were there in force,
and many were the cries OF There's
Bill; next to the guy with the
feet" and, Gee! but Joe is the limit
In those kind Of clothes; why, he is
all knees and elbows!" All the fam
lily relatives of every embryo hero
were perfectly satisfied In their own
minds that their boy" was going to {
win by about ten city blocks.
A. X. Vierra, Densham, and Pres
tldge were host in themselves. Ev-
crything fell on their shoulders, and
well they managed the affair. Jack
Scully, good sport and sort that he
Is, made the special train proposition
possible. He backed the venture, be-
lieving that the Honolulu public
knew good thing when they saw II.
And well was his faith justified. for ,
300 people purchased tickets for the
trip, and thereby guaranteed the sue
less OF the undertaking.
But let us resume the tale of 10y.
rhe forty-six runners toed the mark ,
At 1885, and mixed bunch they ,,
were, too. SiX-footers stacked up -,
against siXty-inchers; n hundred and
eighty Founders stood alongside of -,
3O-pounders; lean men and stout
men; dark men and fair men. and
hairy men and one bald man. One
II the little men-he was not five
.eet high-moaned Gosh, but what ,
am | up against? Why, II takes
three of my strides to equal one of :,
that long guys" Still, the little =,
hap beat-more than beat-him,
and now swears he Is going to train ,
Tor twelve months, so as to make a '
rinch of the next Marathon Good -,
luck to him; that's the kind of dope
TO admire In man; and Olympic
Hayes Is small man, too. 10
At 7:41, the runners started on
the long journey. Some of the youn- !.
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