The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-03-22
NIGEL JACKSON
TELLS HOW HE WON
BY Nigel Jackson.

w men Tue plstol was HTeu, ScnarScn
went off at great pace and I follow
ed him, but with no idea of maintain
ing any such speed as he started off
with. Nelson was@well to the right of
me and was also setting a minute
gait, but / knew about how fast I
meant to go over the first part of the
road and let them get ahead.
Before we had reached Fort Shafter
L was well down on my stride and
knew that I could keep it up for the
first ten miles, anyway. Nelson and
the others had dropped back with the
exception of Scharsch, who was tear
ing off the macadam to beat the band.
Down into the Moanalua dip&we went
and up the hill on the other side. I
! found the climb easy and took no no.
tice of Scharsch's disappearing form
some half mile ahead of me. At
Pearl City I found Scharsch taking a
rundown and we left there together.
/ stayed with him until the point
where the old road leaves the new one,
and then I found that he was giving
way, and so barged on by myself.
The gulch was hot, but 1 still felt
well and made the climb on the far
side without trouble. Going down the
slope I used the down-hill step and
must have gained well on Feagler. I
was nearly up to the railroad track
when I locked back and saw Feagler
just reaching the new road. / walked
up the rest of the hill and then ran
again when I reached the level.
When Feagler reached the level of
the plateau he put on an awful burst
of, speed and passed me. let him do
it, knowing that squirt would do me
no good. About this time the bunch of
cavalry boys joined me, and you have
no idea what help it was to me to have
those fellows encouraging me all the
time.
1t was after I had passed the dam
that my leg began to make trouble. I
could walk fairly well, but the running
hurt me badly, and I began to feel the
call of the tired. I struggled up the
bill on the far side of the gulch and
then almost collapsed.
One of the cavalry fellows had a sad
die number 80. That was my number,
and the soldier was bound that I should
win. He jumped off his horse and call
ed to his comrades to help in giving
| me rub down. The rubbing and the
cheerfulness of the boys put new heart
into me and / went on again feeling
| much better.
Then one of the cavalrymen shouted
| that / was gaining on Feagler and that
put so much heart in me that / began
to spurt. Jackson, my boy l said
to myself, "you MUST win," and /
put on more pace. l gained rapidly on
\ Feagler and passed him, but still man
aged to keep up my speed. Going
down the hill, the sight of the ocean
and a glimpse of the Haleiwa Hotel
| made me feel better than ever and |
skipped down the steep slopes of the
road easily.
But as we reached the lower part OF
| the road / began to feel pretty bad
The boys kept talking to me all the
time. Number thirty three was per
fectly certain that I could not lose, and
he simply made me keep on.
Just before the turn where the road
branches off to Haleiwa an automobile
came along and scared the horses.
took no notice until I felt blow on
the back of my right leg. The shock
and the pain knocked me over, and
Law on the road actually crying 10
| think that I was out of it. But those
cavalry boys would have nothing of the
sort They gave me another rubbing
and a good talking to and 1 determined
to keep on.
The result you know. I just managed
! to limp in nine minutes ahead of the
second man. But if it had not been
for the cavalry boys I should never
have finished They kept me going
with their encouraging talk, and car
not say how much / appreciate theii
friendship and the work they did foi
me.
Nigel Jackson is thirty-six years old
He was born in Auckland, New Yea
land. on December %. 1872. He camf
to Honolulu in 1873 and has lived here
mostly ever since He has Away
been interested in sports and has beer
great promoter of baseball leagues
as well as a player. BY winning thi:
race he takes the Haleiwa cup, the Di
mond cup, the Art Theater medal, the
Advertiser prize. and, incidentally, TIVE
,,oSeas 70 tho Ii1Iinuffan show