Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-01-03

once more has Antoine kaOO dem.
onstrated that he is the best long dis.
lance runner In these islands. and by
winning SO easily from Tsukamoto on
Saturday. he set the seal on his abli.
ity as an athlete.
The old "Waiaiua Horse" won with
the greatest OF ease and he was more
than two laps ahead Of the Hllo man
at the finish. Kaoo ran In his usual
style and form. and It Is hard to say
how much foster time he could have
put up II he had been pressed by his
opponent. However. tho Japanese
was not In kaoo's class over the dis.
lance. and the old fellow simply
romped In winner.
The time. sixty.eight minutes and
thirty.hve seconds. In good considering
the state Of the course. The back
stretch OF the track was nothing but
mud puddle. and the men had lot
taken out Of them when running
through the sl'ish. Kaoo seemed to
NC tIOuDICu ICbb tufu anu
the old fellows beautiful action
helped him lot when going through
the mud.
Right from the start Of the race 1t
was apparent that Tsukamoto meant
to run Kaoo on his feet II possible
and to get such lead that the race
would be his. barring accidents.
The Japanese started OF at the PTS
tol fash and cut out very fast lap
In 50 seconds; Kaoo was . yard be.
hind and runnipE we'll The Hiio man
forced the pace In the second lap and
although II was done In 50 seconds.
Kaoo was close behind the japanese
The third lap was cut out in sixty.
Ave seconds and everybody began to
think that the pace was too hot for a
ten-mile race. Lap after lap Tsuka.
motto led the way and. every now and
again sprintcd. In hopA OF getting
away from his doughty foe. But there
was nothing doingS as Kaoo had the
foot OF the other man and simply ran
In easy style behind him.
The mile post was thrown behind In
8 minutes 80 seconds. and at the end
OF the next lap KaOo took the lead
and began to get away from the Jap.
anese.
At the end of two miles. which Kaoo
cut out in 10 minutes fat the old run.
ner was $50 yards ahead OF Tsuka.
motto and the latter was rapidly fall.
Ing further behind. Kao0 was running
In perfect style and his easy stride
that takes the Jar on his hips helped
him lot. Tsukam0to plugged along
gamely enough. but his chance OF win.
ming was getting very remote.
At three miles Kao0 had increased
his lead to nearly lap and he did the
distance In 10 minutes 30 seconds.
Tsukamoto took 20 minutes 81 seconds
and was showing signs OF distress.
At the end Of the twenty.nrst lap
kaoo overlapped the Japanese and
great yell OF delight went up from the
Hawaiian and haole spectators. The
"Waialua Horse" Just smiled and
started out to make another lap on
the Hilo runner.
Four miles were covered In 20 min.
utes Is seconds, with Kaoo over lap
In the lead. The old fellow was run.
ming as II NJ to continue at the same
pace for a week. The Japanese was
clearly w0rrieS but ran on In dog.
ged way that showed he meant to I'm.
ish the distance or die on the track.
The half way mark-five miles was
passed by Kaoo In SO minutes is sec.
onds. and Tsukamoto took 81 minutes
~ seconds to do the same distance.
In the Marathon race few months
ago the Ave miles was done In 80 min.
utes SO seconds. but that was ON dry
track and much faster one than that
OF Saturday. Nlliji|
I In, the thirty-second lap Kaoo start
ell out with a wonderful sprint but
Tsukamoto gamely- responded and
then the two settled down to a stead
Ter pace. The men were having al
tough time OF II when ploughihg
through the mud and the track was
not improving with the padding OF
the men on II.
Six miles was thrown behind In 40
minutes 10 seconds. and the runners
were In the same position to one an.
other. Tsukamoto looked tired. and
had shortened his stride a lot. The
next lap was cut out at great pace
and both men ran II as II they were
only engaged In a quarter mile run
instead OF a ten mile event, Kaoo
headed Tsukamoto In the sprint and
cut out the lap In 63aseconds. \ 81 n
Seven miles saw Kaoo one lai, and