The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-11-25


ave milos' race for machines of throo
aud a halt powor Ond umder via, \.
\, COmphclL r. j., norgor and James
WONG Campbell rode u throo horsa.
power Reading standard; Rorgor a
three aud a half power Indian, an
Wong u throo power Reading stand.
ard.
NorRor was about length bohlnd
Campbell and Wong az tho atart I'm.
he was soon level with Wong, and
the pair raced ahead of Camphell.
For three mlloa the rnco waa a very
close ono between tho two leaders
Wong gaining In tho sralght strotoh.
os aud Berger picking up ON tho
turns, In tho fourth mile Berger pe.
cured an advantage, which no sradu.
any improved and crossed tho finish
thirty seconds ahead OF Wong, Result
Il, y, norgor . ~ u, Indian .,,1
James Wong, 3 y, Reading stand.
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Wmncra tImo' minutes, 90 eeo,
onds,
Harvey Chiffon, In his ak horse.
power two cylinder Thor, nny o..
valid, In HIS Ave horse power Indian,
ana H. j horgor In hla shroo ana II
holr powor Indian, started In the ten
mile race Chiffon led In the arat Ian
nut 7oon come TO grief hls machine
COINS back on him nftor no hnd se.
cured u crodItNblo advantage wan
Ohllion ont Of the rnco, Oawald md
llrsl plNco ana no continued to IN
crease his advantage with every lop.
llorgor stuck TO bis task we'll but n
w0a carly soon that barring accldonts
Oswald would have Nh oasy win. ANA
10 II proved for he finished the Afth
mile lust oa Berger had ontorod M
IN the fourth, While Berger was con.
ending the flrth Oswald lnppod him
'ul Iorgor shot oboad ngon aud saw
nd doroot by lap Result.
Billy Oswald, D. indian ....,..
H. j, lorgor ~ y, indian ... 2
Winners tlmo' n minutes, r SOC,
'nd' second time, 10 minutes, 3s SOC
judB.
The SLOW" race proved farce ana
WAS won by The tncllcs Of Hnrvcy
hilton The conditions provided that
Zach machine was 10 go straight
lhond, no turning back, and that tho
'nglncs were ~ be Kept going tho ,
yholo time, Shortly after the race
commenced, FIRST one engine, then an
,ther, ana finally the third, died, By
onson Of the riders trying 10 hold
mex too much II was then decided i
o pcnalIse the driver whose engine
He'd again by sending him ahead ~
he other two, This gave Chiffon an
dea, and when his engine died nc
vent ahead Of the Others, and moved .
IowIy around, waiting for the others /
o die. Todd and Wong were the 9th.
r competitors, and while Harvey was
lowly getting round both their en-
Ines died They then had TO go ahead
II Chiffon 10 be In the race, but thot I
vas exactly what Chiffon would nol
'ermlt them 10 do, and he raced IN 4
winner, with the other two eDdeayoF.
ng 10 get ahead Of him 10 be IN the
ace. The race was over I'm six min
ties fifteen seconds.
-Four cycles entered for the TWEEN.
y-mlle event Harvey Chiffon rode a I
I've horsepower Indian, belonging -
soldier at LciIebua; James Wong
ode q three and half power Indian;
l. J. Berger rode the machine he had
idden IN the other events; and Billy
oswald rode FIVE horsepower IN
Ian. For five miles the race was
lose, but then Oswald dropped out
through the mechanism Of his machine
,Oing wrong, and IN the fifteenth mile
'ergor also retired from the race. ~
he meantime Chiffon was rapidly
Orglng ahead, and won by a VERY
arge margin, completing the distance
n minutes 10 SECONDS. Result,
Harvey Chiffon, .. Indian .... + 4
James Wong, . ~ .. Indian, ....z
Winners time; ~ minutes 10 nee
Indg; second time, ~ minutes q sec
nds.
The b0ldinE Of these events gave
ise 10 considerable comment ~ 10
motor racing generally and % 10 the
perits Of The cars owned locally
here we're several suggestions made
N other races, but one which seem
d popular was a suggestion for re-
liability contest round the island. n
vas argued that the race 40 the PAIL
own the other side ana round 10
own again, VIA Halciwa, would tent
he cars thoroughly, ~ well ~ re.
uire extreme sHilI on the part Of the