The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-23

OF the bitter dregs of defeat yesterday
afternoon, when Antoine Kaoo. the
Waialua Horse, successfully defended
his title as the champion long distance
runner in the Islands. 1t was a heart
breaking experience for King, for at
one stage of the race he was slightly
over a mile ahead-and yet he WAS de-
teated. He ran well to nineteen and
half miles, but at that stage his
condition gave way and he collapsed.
He tried again, but had to quit once
more in the twenty and twice i'm
the twenty.second. In the meantime
I kaoo had not only wiped off the de-
ticiency he had long faced, but he
gained lap after lap and when he had
completed his twenty-third mile he
was a mile all but few yards ahead
of King.
Thence to the finish it was a process
sion, kaoo running as gamely as AT
any stage of the race, while King was
palpably beaten man and simply
walked and ran the succeeding laps
Tor second money. Charlie was also
IN the race at that stage but he was
tour and one-third miles behind Kaoo.
He struggled gamely on. however for
in the event of King quitting It was
cinch that Charlie would get second
prize by walking round So he logged
along, but after Kaoo had finished il
was decided to award King second
money without either King or Charlie
completing the distance and Charlie
was quite willing, for during the af-
ternoon Nigel Jackson had taken
round the hat for him, and he had
S32 to draw.
There was very large attendance,
the stands being packed to their full
limit, while round the track couple
of hundred people had gathered. The
crowd was orderly but enthusiastic.
and in the earlier stages of the race
King was warmly cheered while to-
wards the close, when it was seen
that nothing short of an accident
could prevent Kaoo winning, the
cheers were all for the old Hawaiian.
Charlie and Hau were in the race. but
Hau quit at eight miles after stopping
a couple of times. Charlie remained
in until the finish, but he was some
thing over five miles in the rear when
Kaoo won
Charlie kept the crowd good-temper-
ed by his antics Though he was fall
ing farther and farther in the rear as
the race progressed, he occasionally
broke into sprints and raced past the
others, keeping the sprint up for one
hundred yards or more. Then the 9th
ers would slowly gain on him and lap
him once more. He did a fine run af-
ter imbibing the contents of flask,
which looked like milk, and later on,
after snatching an orange from his
trainers hands, he sped round the
track sucking joyously at. the luscious
fruit When the collection was made
for him and the amount announced,
Charlie jumped with joy and lit out
after the other two competitors. To
wards the end he was distressed but
in response to the eXhortations of
his trainer and friends, he kept plug
ging along in the hope of getting sec
ond money. But this was not to be
and he had to be satisfied with his
present.
There was a tedious delay before
the race, which was scheduled for two
o'clock At that hour there was a good
crowd present, but no signs of the run
ners, Kaoo and Hau came out shortly
after two o'clock and trotted round
the track together, and few minutes
later King logged round, but it was
2,25 that the announcement was
made that Tsukamoto, the japanese
runner. would not compete, he having
= fallen off train last week" and be
ing at present in hospital. AT 1927 thc
men lined up on the track and were
sent away well, the odd $50 yards be
ing run off first.
The pace was comparatively SLOW
p for the first mile, which, together will
. the 1856 yards, was run in seven min
utes eighteen seconds. King and Char
q lie were in the front with Kaoo an,
Hau behind, but as the laps were lief
behind King gradually left the res
of the field, and began to establish a
advantage which babe fair to land hin
p a winner, The second mile was lef
behind in 5;57 by King and the thir
" in $3.50, but thereafter each mile too
N over six minutes to cover, averagin
A round about the neighborhood of 81
Il and a half minutes for each mile u
Il to the end of the tenth:
King Laps Kaoo.
70 After three miles had been run Kin