The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-04-02
NIGEL JACKSON
HAS ENTERED


Jackson went down to E.O. Hall & Son 5
store and formally made his entry as
a contestant in the coming Marathon
race, thus quieting certain unfounded
rumors that he would not enter and
would demand bonus for doing so.
Jackson states that he is in such
good condition that he surprises him.
self with the ease with which he covers
the longer distances in training. He
has secured the services of a clever
professional rubber and trainer and is
taking the very best of care of himself
and looking out for every detail in
training.
Jackson is very certain that he can
maintain his title of champion long
distance runner Of the Hawaiian ISL
ands and states positively that the time
made in the next race will be close to
coast professional time, and that the
big runners on the mainland will prick
up their ears when they hear, what is
doing in Honolulu in the way of max
ing time over the Marathon course.
There were two other entries besides
Jackson s on Wednesday, making SIX
in ALL COMFY Hayes and Frank Mari
posa are the two and they are both
likely longsdistanee men with chance
to make 1t hard for every man who
tackles the long race.
There were four more entries yes
terday afternoon. Antoine Kaoo, Dav-
IA uoly,,nIa Eraply Gal a rGah aud Vim
Forrest. Kaoo was not at the start of
the last race but had been touted as
hard man over that distance. Frank
Seharseh was the paee-setter for the
first ten miles and states that, being
now in better condition, he hopes to
maintain that position all the way in
the next race.
1t must be remembered that entries
will close at one O'Clock on Saturday
afternoon, so that those who intend
entering had better make sure of get
ting. there in good time.
There is much talk of international
entries round town and it has been said
that several Japanese will enter the
race. Some of the little brown men
have the blood of long -distance running
ancestors In their veins and it is likely
that some runners whose fathers were
used to running thirty miles day
pulling 'rickshaw, will make it hot
for the Chinese and other contestants.
Paddy Walsh is taking the coming
race very seriously and will make a
hard endeavor to show that, despite
his age, he is still there with the
steady pace. 1t will be remembered
that Paddy made very great record
in the race to Haleiwa. Up to the time
that he gave out on account of varieose
veins in his legs, he was not passed by
a single runner and, from being the
very last man, he atually obtained sixth
place, thus passing thirty-nine contest
ants.
German is probable contestant
around whose possibilities much inter-
est centers.s There have been many
spectators of the race who affirm that
German would have come in first had
he not lost his way on the course to
Haleiwa and thus lost several minutes.
1t must be said that he arrived as fresh,
If not fresher, than anybody else and
made wonderfully fast pace over the
hardest part of the course. He is spok-
en- of as one of the soundest possibili-
ties to either wrest Jackson s laurels
from him or make the pace for the
present holder of the title.
Interest in the coming race is grow
ing now that the entries are coming in
and each contestant has bevy of
friends to assist in his training by pac-
ing him or acting as rubbers. It looks
as though the event would be more of
a success even than the race tn Hale
iva and will doubtless result in great
boost for the islands when the time
and result of the race is sent on to the
mainland by the far-reaehing power of
the Associated Press.