The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-06-10
IN 1ERDAT |ONAl RACE
WILL START TONIGHT
Seven Teams to Get Under Wav
on Neutrality-suspicious.
GO-AS- You-PIease.

Tonight at half-past ten clock
promptly, Mayor Fern will fire the
starting gun in the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
go-as-y ou-please race at the skating
rink. Tomorrow night at the same time
the same pistol will crack. ending the
most novel event pulled off at the rink
TINS season Everything is in readiness
Decorations and extra lighting have
been arranged for, comforts for the
contestants during their rests have
been provided. a refreshment schedule
has been worked out. and runners and
kohuas are alike eagerly awaiting the
hour for the starting of the long grind
All night long the men viii plod
round and round the track. in the cool
of the morning, beneath the scorching
sun Of midday, during the hours when
the shadows lengthen and in the dark
ness of tomorrow night, until the ten
thirty gun is fired which Will bring
down the laurels upon the team that
has covered the greater distance.
The teams will represent the United
States, Great Britain, Hawaii, Por-
tugal, China, Japan and Russia. and
each runner will wear, conspicuously
displayed, the emblem of his particular
| country.
! To enliven the occasion the band Will
| play from nine to eleven in the morn
! ing, from three to five in the after
noon, and from haf-past seven in the
| evening until the finish of the race.
There will also be a band concert be
| fore the start tonight.
| The scoring system has been perfect
! ed beyond the reasonable possibility Of
error and the standing of the teams
will be displayed from time to time on
! a huge blackboard.
The Chinese team will consist of c.
X. Charlie and Chung Lun, the Canton
wonder.
| The japanese team Will be definitely
! selected today. There are over a score
| of candidates for this team.
| Antoine Kaoo has decided not to be
a member of the Hawaiian team. 1.-The
trouble with the game, old Hawaiian
| runner is that he is overmanagered,
it was said yesterday. The Hawaiian
team will be Hau and probably Kaaea,
a very formidable combination.
Hayes will be unable to enter as a
member of the British team, owing to
press of work. An efficient substitute
has been found, though the crowd
Nbultl ilht 10 ste SAdttLuI 81 utlLiIN IL
a race of this description. Jackson ran
ten miles at the rink yesterday after
noon, and despite the fact thai he made
very good time he finished remarkably
fresh.
BAL Fahy and Wilson Feagler will
form the American team, and will make
a combination that is hard to beat.
Fahy is in rare shape just now, and
Feager has proved his mettle by fin
ishing second and third in the two
Haieiwa races He will come up from
Pearl Harbor for the race tomorrow
afternoon.
Vincent Comes viii captain the Por-
tuguese team and expects to send a
winning couple out on the track. He
will not announce the makeup of MS
team until the last moment, but 1t Will
probably be Ornellas and Enos, and II
il is they will probably come close to
pulling down the big money.
Harry German and NiImore Will
in all probability run as an American
team, making two teams to run under
the Stars and Stripes. If NlImore
doasn't pair with German he will prob
ably run unattached for a special prize
offered by the management. Other
probable unattached men are l.. Rosa,
! il Turner and O. \. Clarke.