The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-01-19

Course record cut from 10 minutes
by first three men to finish.
The walking festival hela yesterday
afternoon was an immense success, the
races being witnessed by over two
thousand people. 1t seemed as if all
the rigs and automobiles in town were
at either the start or the finish.
The weather was all that could be
desired, and the arrangements went
! through without hitch
Interest centered round the cup race,
| in which there were fifteen entries, all
of whom had qualified by negotiating
| the course in less than nineteen min
utes.
The race resolved itself into a con.
test between Dick Sullivan, II. NJ.
Ayres and +. NJ. Cheatham The for
mer confirmed his previous victory by
! beating Ayres out of first honors, but
| only by the scant margin of four sec
onds a ding-dong race for second
! place between Chcatham and Ayres re-
| suited in the latter winning almost at
the tape by three seconds.
| The pace was a cracker from the
start, Sullivan covering the mile and
| three quarters in the remarkably good
| time of 10 min. 80 see. Ayres' time
was Is min. 80 see. The record for
the course was shattered by 20 Sec, the
the first three men home beating the
| previous best time Of 10 min, made by
Ayres week ago.
! Sullivan is wonderful athlete. His
condition was perfect, and he had about
fourteen years the better of Ayres in
the matter of age. The latter is in the
newspaper business and it is mighty
hard for him to train. At that his
time yesterday shows that he is coming
along hand over fist.
Ayres was walking in England
twenty years ago. Yesterday after the
race two strangers in Honolulu accost
ed him, and one said that he remem
bered him racing Fetterman at the
Pastime Athletic Clubs sports in New
York in 1897, while the other was pres
ent when he captained the English
team to victory in the eighteen miles
international walk which took place in
Shanghai four years ago.
Walking is enjoying a rare boom here
and three other contests are in sight
1t is portable that the Chinese New
Year field day management will add al
invitation mile race to their program
next Saturday. Then there will be tn,
go-as- you-please race to Haleiwa, and
finally, the Y. NJ. C. A. invitation mill
walk, which comes off on February 81
and in which Gibson, the association
crack, will be seen against Sullivan
Ayres, Cheatham, Fahey and other fas
men.
The leaders in yesterdays race stat
ed that they intend to keep in trainin,
for the coming events, and if they d.
so some interesting racing is bound IT.
result and new record for the mil
is extremely likely to be set.
Fat Men and Veterans.
The fat mems race was won by Al
thur McDuItie, who went the course i
2l min. S Sec, and who won by hun
i dred yards from Charlie Lambert.
, A post entry in the shape of A
Warts took place in the veterans race
, defeating evergreen Kalbe, tn
,, winners time being 81 min. 45 sec.
The fat mems and veterans rae
were started togther at 2:15 p. M, tn
n following facing the starter:
n Veterans-A. Kalbe, A. Warts.
Fat men-L. Twomey, Nate Spence
/ Bob Ingersoll, c. Lambert, w. Nj
!, Duffie.
4 McDuffie won as he liked without b
!. ing extended. Lambert, who followe
h him home in his class, covered I'll
4 course in % minutes.
Warts split the first two fat me
!. home, winning his race in 81 min.
!. sec. Twomey was strongly fancied
beat Lambert, but failed to walk up
expectations, finishing absolutely las
The times of the men in the fl
mems race were as follows: McDufii
N 21:0S: Lambert, %; Ingersoll, 23:4
Spencer, 24:04; Twomey, 24:40.
.r The Cup Race.
Fifteen starters tOed the scratch
I the cup race, for a trophy presente
Dc by the Honolulu Brewing & Maltir
Co.
Sam Hop and L. Rosa went away
the lead, with Sullivan, Ayres al
~ Cheatham in close attendance. Ayr
y let Sullivan make the pace, which WI
extremely hot, until the McCully swift,
~ was reached, when he drew eve
"A Cheatham also being abreast of Il
~ :, other two at this point.
y From then on the pace quickened al
II the three leaders drew away from t
~ y, rest of the field. At Levers road 81
VI Ivan led by yard, with Ayres al
70 Cheatham locked. Sullivan tn
P, spurted, and at the Seaside had
ie creased his lead to twenty-five YARD
60 Ayres spurted and began to close t
j. gap, but Sullivan, walking We
- y. strongly, won as stated. A heartbrea
&c ing race for second houors resulted /
~ tween Ayres and Cheatham, the latt
Nc showing surprising improvement a
y walking splendidly. The men we
~ abreast between the Seaside and t
~ Moana, and each walking for all
ls was worth. Then Ayres forged ahea
but Cheatham Immediately equaliz
: matters. Passing the Moana, AyI
=, spurted desperately and secured t
ne lead, which he maintained to the tai
Ut The order of finish and the tin
follow:
ne !, Dick Sullivan, 1898; Q, H.
gu Ayres. 1879; 8, E. M. Cheatham, 1854
as A, Dial Fahey; 5. II. Chillingworth;
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