The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-03-22
HORSES GATHER PRIZES

Nigel Jackson, who covered the dis
lance of between twenty-nine ana
thirty miles in 4 hours 50 minutes 80
seconds. H. German was the run
uer up, his time being zen minutes
longer than that made by the winner.
w. Flaeger was third, doing the dis
lance i'm hours If minutes.
The bicycle race was won by c. Pade- |
ken the winners time being 2 hours |
l3 minutes.
The race was from Honolulu to Ha-
leiwa and the course ran through the
papa gulch and across the Leilehua
plains.
Forty-six men started from Aaia
Park and of this number 81 finished
within the time limit Of seven hours.
When Mayor Fern fired the gun
starting the race Scharsch made the
! pace, followed by Jackson. Nelson
was also with the leaders At Fort
| Shafter Scharsch was setting a merry
clip with Jackson easily in second
place. Nelson had dropped back some.
At Moanalua Scharsch was half a
mile ahead of Jackson The pair left
Pearl City together. At the point
where the old road leaves the new one
Scharsch gave way and Jackson went
away with the lead
jackson negotiated KiBapa gulch
could see Feagler just reaching the new
road. On the plains Feagler forged
ahead of Jackson, going very strongly.
Passing the dam Jackson's leg COM
menced to bother him and he nearly
collapsed doing up the hill on the far
side of the second gulch. Some OF
the cavalry boys gave Jackson a rub
down and other encouragement and he
\ got going again, feeling much better
4 On the down grade to Waialua Jackson
passed Feagler who was firing rapidly
i Near the turn where the road branches
off to Haleiwa Jackson was kicked in
I the leg by a caYalryman's horse which
| had become scared by an automobile.
The pain caused him to roll over on
| the ground but he got up gamely and
limped over the finishing line nine mi
nutes ahead of German who finished
very strongly and who came mighty
near winning the race.
Jackson gave great exhibition OF
gameness and thoroughly deserved his
| victory. He is thirty-siX years old
and native Of New Zealand. He
came to Hawaii in 1878 and has been
! here ever since. He has always been
actively identified with sports particu-
larly baseball and boxing. His prizes
for winning yesterdays race consist OF
the Haleiwa and Dimond cups, the Arr
Theatre medal for the first man over
thirty years to finish, the special Ad-
vertiser prize ana minor prize or two.
German made a splendid showing
and with more experience in running
down hill would have won. He is
likely to develop into a first-class long
distance man.
Feagler, the third man home, pos
sesses remarkable endurance. He has
walked $4,000 miles when working on
a plantation as luna and is the kind
that never gives up. His leg bother
ed him toward the end of the journey
or he and German would have fought II
out for second place.
Neither Of the first three men home
were strongly fancied to be in the frs
six. The favorites, in the shape OF
Cheatham and Nelson, both succumbeC
to the hardships of the course after
running themselves into the ground
Cheatham had to have medical assist
ance when he collapsed, and Nelson
keeled over and cried like child.
p. j. Walsh ran a remarkable race
He was the last man but one to leave
Aala Park and was running strongly
i'm sixth place when his leg gave out a
, Leilehua. He had passed forty mel
on the road and looked to have TIT
race well in hand. 1t was the hrs
time he has suffered defeat in tn'
, course of thirty-two years of activ'
participation in athletics in differen
}. parts of the world. The previous sun
S day Walsh went over the course in
q hours 2 minutes. He states that h,
intends to try and lower Jackson's time
as soon as an opportunity offers.
Ayres out for a toe-and-heel record
d walked all the way to Leilehua anC
e than feel a victim to the heat, com
pleting the course in a rig. He walk
ed the first twelve miles in about two
, hours and the first eighteen in hour
35 minutes, including the trying XII
papa gulch. His time at the end o
the twenty first mile was hours 8
minutes.