The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-04-19


es OF 80 each, respectively, were: Joe
Honan, H. e. Diehl, John Kepa. Geo
kanoa and Hooulu, Mana. Kaai. XII
oha.
1t was a great day and a great race
The weather might have been cooler
TO no mean purpose, but as kindly
clouds screened the track from the
suns hot rays, the contest was re-
lleVed Of its mightiest drawback in =
climate like unto this one. Given a
warm sun, the good time made by
jackson and Fahey would have been
impossible, and some of those who
tralled over the finishing line would
nave reached it never at all
The crowd was a big, good-natn,ad
one The bleachers were all to the
good and the grandstand was I'D TO
every expectation. RIOTERS in plenty
held up the sidelines, and Berger's
Dand OFF to the right COMPLETED tba
SetCing Oh a monster gathering. Off
clal headquarters were in a large shell
Ter tent at the middle of the park
and Immediately in front OF this the
score boards announced the progress
OF the respective runners. For a short
WhlIe considerable difficulty was ex-
perienced in keeping the score cards
straight, owing to the large number
OF runners and the short laps; but
this difficulty rightej itself as the lame
ducks gradually dropped out.
jackson won neat, clean, square
race, and finished remarkably strong.
AT no time was ne unduly tagged and
concluded the long run with a Won
derfully healthy squirt. He deserved
all he got. Dal Fahey made an equal
y clean run. He is a triae more clum-
silly stocked than jackson, however,
and that had a Gradual effect to the
bad. His finish was remarkably
strong, particularly when it is consid-
cred that he was forced to set the
pace for man already two laps ahead
Of him. A most unfortunate feature
OF the contest was the collapse of T.
Downey, after practically leading the
race for moIe than FIFTEEN miles. He
maintained a trerific pace while he
lasted and could he have held up the
results of the day may have been al
together different.
Frank Scharsch, like Downey, was
for a long time a most promising run
ner. He was a faVorite from the start,
but a bad leg slowly got the best of
him. A surpriser was old Antoine Ka-
co, who, despite his years, held pace
that brought him up close to rat
Tins, good finish
There were thirty-three entries for
the run, but only twenty-seven show
ed up for the start, Shortly before l
O'Clock Starter John Anderson lined
them up opposite the third base bleach
ers, and the rules were read. Shortly
after l o'clock Mayor Fern fired the
shot which sent them off.
Downey took the jump closely fol-
lowed by jackson, the others string
ing out behind. The few laps were
taken easily, Downey, Jackson, Dial
Fahey and Scharsch punching pretty
well together in the lead. After the
first few miles the scoring tangle
lighted Itself and everything worked
smoothly.
After the fifth lap Comes shot out
ahead but this was not for long. The
old stagers toyed with him awhile and
then gradually eased up to the lead
At the sixth mile Scharsch was in the
lead with Downey second, Comes third
and Jackson fourth. This was chang
ed again in the seventh, however, when
Downey took the lead. In the eighth
and ninth jackson made series of
pretty spurts which brodght him to
the front, and in the twelfth he had
gained a full lap over Downey and
the bunch.
In the thirteenth Jackson stopped
for his first rub down and was soon
overtaken and passed by Downey and
Scharsch. This was not for long, how
ever, for in the fifteenth Jackson had
caught up and passed his opponents