The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-19
Old ENGLISH
GRIT THAT WON
Nigel Jackson Describes How
He Won the Great Race
Yesterday.
By Nigel Jackson.

1t was the "Old English Grit that
comes to me from generations back that
enabled me to keep on and win the
race yesterday after twice feeling that
I really ought to quit.
l must give greater to my two
trainers who stayed by me all the time
and especially to my. brother Sydney
jackson and Parker, who rubbed me
down in so snort time that it seemed
Impossible that man could do it, and
then encouraged me to go on and win.
l feel very proud of my victory and
| want to say through the columns of
the Advertiser that this proves con-
clusively to the people of Honolulu that
my winning of the race to Haleiwa was
not due to any illegal help given by
the Cavalry boys, the which was made
the subject of a great deal of talk
round town.
y Marathon race is certainly run as
much with head worl1s as with foot
work. | know my own peculiarities
and, when lots of people thought that
II was foolish to put on those hard
thing. I sprinted when I felt fresh
and made large gains; when 1 began
to feel heavy and logy and the weight
of my shoulders bothered me, / walked.
The worst time for me during the
race was the fifth mile. I twisted my
ankle slightly and my feet felt as heavy
as lead. Here it was that Parker be-
gan his good work and | soon felt en-
couraged and began to feel better gen.
orally
Towards the end of the race I liter
ally felt fit to go on for ever. There
were times. when I sprinted that it
seemed as though I were just out for
little jaunt over the roads. When
I found that I was two laps ahead
of the whole bunch and that Fahy had
to make up that much in less than
three miles, I naturally followed him
and took his pace. When he walked,
I walked. When he ran, | ran and
there was no chance for him to get
away from me.
IF there are to be any more long
distance races / shall certainly enter
and I expect to maintain my title of
the champion long distance runner of
the Hawaiian Islands.
With regard to training, | have
learned much from my late experience.
would not run quite so far and |
would not run every day. l would
start. in at short distance and grad
ual1y increase it until | was running
trifie more than half the distance.
Four days before the event ] would
quit running and eat plenty, with moth
ing but some hard walking for about
three miles each morning and massage
for exercise.
I want to thank all my friends who
have stood by me and even wagered
their money on my winning the race.
| wish to state that l believe that L
can still successfully defend my title
and / shall continue to do so until such
time as | feel that / am too old
for it.
In case of future events [ want to
warn everybody who thinks of going IN
such race that the best time to train
is in the daytime. Many Of the boys
who gave out today did SO on account
of the heat. They had been running
in the evening when training and were
not used to the heat of the sun.
Keep your head and don t get dis
couraged is the way to win Mara
thon race; if you have a few hundred
years of good old breed behind you,
you are that much better. But the
main thing is just not to let yourself
quit.