The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-16
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next Sunday, yesterday afternoon
There will be an announcer with a
big megaphone to notify the spectators
of the names of any runners who may
drop out, of the various times made
and any other incidents of interest.
John Anderson has been asked to I'M
dertake this important position and 1t
is understood that he will act.
A change has been made in the list
of timers. Mr. Smith will be unable
to officiate and Charles Crane has kind
ly consented to act as the third man
with the stop-watch.
mayor Fern has Consented TO start
the race Mr.. Fern made great hit
as starter of the race to Halelwa and
nobody more efficient as starter could
possibly be selected.
The rope for the inside of the track
has been purchased and will be stretch
ed in position on the posts tomorrow
afternoon. There are some rough
places on the track to which attention
will be given and the track itself Will
be as smooth and easy to run on as any
five lap track could be.
Interest in the race is very much IN
evidence all over town. Jackson, the
present champion, has a number OF
supporters but Vincent tones ana
Young Downey seem to be the chef
favorites at present. Jackson will have
private tent pitched in the field for
use as his dressing room. He Will be
attended by Billy Woods and Parker,
the colored masseur, and will have the
very best of all kokua arrangements.
Vincent Comes has been training
very Systematically. He started IN
when the race was first mooted and IS
now in excellent condition. In tram
ing he covers long distance every
day and has worked up, to a point
where he can keep up a surprising gait
for many miles. On Monday he ran
fourteen miles at an average of seven
and half minutes to the mile and
Yesterday afternoon he did twenty
miles at the same pace.
Downey came in sixth in the Halei-
wa race and he states that only one
position in the first six will be good
enough for him this time. He expects
to win and has certainly been tram
ing wisely and carefully. He gets out
on the track every evening and states
that he is well satisfied with his own
showing and believes that he can
easily beat the coast time of three
hours, thirty-six minutes.
Corporal Merck of Leilehua is work
ing hard up in the hill country. The
camp is taking great interest in the
chances of their representative and
Merck has a corps of willing workers
to assist as trainers, rubbers and as
sistants generally.
One of the most stylish runners who
will start in the race is COMFY Hayes.
He has beautiful stride and tears
off the laps with an apparent ease that
speaks well for his chances. Frank
Enos is another runner who runs with
good style and there IS a big bunch
of local Portuguese sports who figure
that he will take the prize. He has
been named, in fact, 1.-THE hope of the
Portuguese colony although Comes
must be just about as much of a fav
orite with his countrymen, judging by
the great showing he makes in train
ing.
antOHC MANU. tue w hOIoCt
will return to the track after nearly
twenty years and his many friends ex-
pect him to make great showing in
the race and most of them are quite
confident that he will win. He was
the first man to make record from
Honolulu to Waialua. This was many
years ago, long before the Haleiwa
hotel was ever thought of, but Kaoo
ran the distance to Waialua and beat
all competitors doing it in nearly as
good time as Jackson made in the
recent race.
Kamehameha School Alumni have
a great favorite in David Hakuole.
This young athlete is built typicaIly
from Kaiihi way state very confidently
that he wilfwin the race.
Howard Grace, the 'Tiser boy, who
made good record in-the race to Ha
leiwa is a prominent contestant. He
delivers papers in the Kaimuki dis
trict and has bunch of friends who
live out that way He is the youngest
contestant in the race and will most
certainly finish. There are many who
believe that he will carry off first
h0norS.
Frank Scharsch, the veteran long
distance man, has it all figured out to
make an even pace and wear down all
competitors. He made too fast pace
in the race to Haleiwa at the start
and could not last, but he has learned
a good lesson from this experience and
will be there with headwork during
the gruelling race round the track.
For the benefit of contestants it is
again announced that the necessary
certificate of fitness may be obtained
free of charge from DR.. Walters to-
morrow between II and ) clock. and
that three passes admitting to the
track Will be given to each contestant
on application at the Hawaiian News
Company today and tomorrow.
The following are the names and
numbers of those entered in the big
race:
]. K. Kanohi, Hooulu Mana Kaai
Kueha. 3 Corporal Merck, 5th Cav.
4 Nigel f. G. Jackson. ) COMFY Hayes.
6 Frank Mariposa, = Antoine Kaoo.
David Hakuole, 9 Frank Scharsch. 10
VIM. Forrest. II W. Johansen. sI2 H
f. Diehl, Is H. Grace, IA Frank Enos.