Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-06-12
BY LAURENCE ReoINoToN.

when John Hau, after covering
cruel course of more than 80 miles,
made a brave attempt to break out
Of his dragging walk and cross the
tape with u squirt of speed, he nearly
duplicated the misfortune of Dorando
Pleui, in the olympic marathon Of
1908 Hau had the Haleiwa- Waikiki
race won For six hours and a half
he had been plodding up and down hill.
lighting FOR breath and strength to
keep on. against the combined forces
of burning trupC sun and clouds Of
choking red dust. For the last two
miles Of the race he had mechanically
dragged one foot after the other, his
brain numb with the physical weari-
| ness that made every patch of shade
along the road an almost uncOnquer-
| able temptation to drop down and let
everything slide. As he ncared the
finish the crowd of fully 1000 surged
| forward to see the first runner come
| in. leaving only narrow lane which
| the mounted police had some difficulty
| in keeping open. At lIau's side walk
| ed big man in white, who kept up
| u running flow of encouragement But
at the very end this large party's en-
| thusiasm got the better of his judg-
mont. and he told IIau to run IL out
| The Hawaiian took two tOtterinR steps,
| then stopped dead in his tracks and
| rcclCd backward Several made move
to steady him, but warning from one
Of the Judges stopped them just in
time from disqualifying the gritty run
ncr. Hau steadied himself with n
nerve breaking effort. caught his shut
| filing walk again, and compelled his
aching legs to carry him the last few
steps across the line Eager admir-
crs reached out to lift the winner to
their shoulders. but before his feet
We're Off the ground he had utterly
collapsed, and was to all ntents un-
| conscious
Test Too Severe.
Hau won, but it's victory that
should never be repeated by anyone.
| Yesterdays race pointed warning
which had better he needed before real
| harm befals. II showed COnClusively
that the course from Haleiwa to Wal
kiki. under tropical conditions, IL be-
| yOnd the strength of even the gameSt
| of athletes OF the eleven that start
| ed. only five finished mt all, and only
| three were within the time limit of
scven hours. The grind was more
than flesh and blood could stand, and
| no amount of nerve and training could
| keep the men on their feet and travel
| ing at pace that would carry them
over the finish line in anything like
| the time that was expected. Nigel
| jackson. one Of the strongest runners,
| the winner Of one Halciwa race and
| the second man In the other, collapsed
before he reached Fort Shafter, and
finished in an automobile. Teaster, the
soldier runner, who was touted as
world heater. cavcd In completely
| somewhere near Aiea and was picked
up by Mayor Ferns auto and carried
unconscious to the hospital at Scho-
| field Barracks. Fletcher, the young
marine, gave out seven miles from the
finish, absolutely unable to go another
yard And SO on down the long list
The exception, however, was Eddie
Brown, who finished second, q minutes
22 seconds after Hau. Brown came in
on the run, and didn't look very bad
| ~, considering the tax on his strength
Merle Kalama was third, but he pulled
| up very tired.
FiesIer's Tough Luck
The fourth man was Wilson Feagler
and his is hard luck story, He
crossed the tape just a few minutes
after the allowed hours was up, and
therefore the four points which he
| won do not count Twice before Fie-
gler finished fourth. and had his time
been even n little faster yesterday he
would have scored another four points
and won the Dimond Cup outright,
noslng out Nigel Jackson. who has II