The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-09-14
WAIALUA HORSE AND JAP
IN VERY DRAMATIC FINISH
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lap. He stayed in the lead during the
rest of the race, with the exception of
once or twice when Tsukamoto sprint.
ed ahead for few feet. Tsukamoto
was foxy and allowed the Horse to
make the pace all the way. He relied
on his ability to sprint out at the end.
He was badly fooled The old warrior
had the Jap skinned to FRAGILE when
it came to the final sprint.
Stumble unaccountable.
Just how Kaoo tripped 1 can not
say Some say he was tripped by the
Jap, others say he was weak and fall
over hiself. Some say that the Jap
had the race surely and Others shout
loudly that the judges decision was
correct. SO far as l can see there is
no precedent to cover the case There
was no tape. A tape would have been
impossible on account of the press of
runners who were one, two and three
laps behind. Kaoo touched the line first
with a portion of his body. Tsuka-
motto was some two seconds later.
The crowd was so dense on the
course at the finish that the third man
had little chance. Herbert Cordeiro
was in third place at the beginning of
the. lap. with G. X. Charlie fourth and
Nigel jackson fifth. 1t was hard to
see what happened but it appeared to
me very much as though Cordeiro,
thinking the race was pau and that
he had no chance for third place, quit,
| while Charlie ran on and crossed the
line. Cordeiro states differently and
adduces the witness of three of his
partisans to that effect.
Japanese Are Polite.
A delegation of japanese visited this
Office last night to give their side of
the question. They were very polite
and sportsmanlike in every way. The
substance Of what they said was this
"We feel confident that Tsukamoto
won the race. We are willing to bow
| to the decision of the judges but we
| claim the right to enter a protest and
have the matter thoroughly looked into
| by the judges and committee APP
pointed for that purpose. We do not
care about the money end of it. 1t
is the honor of the thing
Another Race Perhaps.
When it was suggested that another
match be made be tween Kaoo and
Tsukamoto they stated that they were
quite willing. They even went so far
| as to state that they would hire the
park and put up good purse for
| the winner of the race.
This will probably not be neces-
sary. The management of the park
X will doubtless take the matter in hand
and pull off match race between
Kaoo and Tsukamoto in the near
future. They will also put up a good
prize, if tentative plans arrive; and
the question of supremacy over the
ten-mile distance will be decided once
and for all.
! Forty-Sfx Years Old.
| Antoine Kaoo, the winner of the
race, is forty-six years old. He has
been an athlete all his life since he
was a youngster and earned his name
| of the Waialua Horse' in most
dramatic way in 1894. A bet was
made that Antoine could beat a horse
! over quarter mile course if he had
| so yards start. Antoine made good
and nosed the horse out, thus earn
ing the title of the Waialua Horse.
| He also was named the "Canary
Bird " on account of the great hurdling
and jumping stunts that he did From
| 1890 to 1893 he won practically every
thing in the public field events and
made name as the unbeatable Ha-
waiian athlete.
Plenty Poi and Fish.
Kaoo's father was Portuguese and
his mother full.blooded Hawaiian.
Contrary to recent reports, he has no
Negro blood in him at all. He train
ed on plenty poi and plenty fish and
4 constant rundown of Kukui Kokua.
His trainer, George Lowe, used large
number of kukui nuts which he she'll
ed and then crushed. The resultant
grease he used as mixture for rub
bling down the veteran and both men
state that it is the grandest thing for
the joints and tendons. George Lowe
handed out a good one when he said
that Antoine ought to have a new name
"The Makai No Kid"