The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-07-05


which the Fourth Of July committee
crowded the afternoon at Kapiolani
Park yesterday
There may have been ten thousand
people and again the holiday crowd out
at the big park might have numbered /
fifteen thousand, for it is hard to com
pute exactly just how many people
turned out to see the sports. In the
opinion of everybody it was absolutely
the greatest gathering, in point of num-
bers, ever witnessed here.
Long before the patriotic exercises
began at the Capitol grounds, strings
of loaded cars made their way Waikiki
ward and it took all of three hours for
the cars to begin to thin the assem-
blage at Kapiolani Park after the last
race was run and the days events
there came to finish.
1t was busy set of officials that
made things hustle and hum, the events
following one another in rapid success
sion without tiresome waits. The po-
lice and track officials had quite
time keeping the track clear of the
surging humanity but, taken as
whole, the crowd was a very orderly
one. Only one accident was recorded
and that was the trampling down of
a Portuguese boy by one of the mount
ed aids. A fractions horse probably ac-
counted for the occurrence.
Jackson Marathon Winner.
That old foot warhorse Nigel Jack
son won the short Marathon race which
started at Moanalua and finished at
Waikiki. He had things easy all right
enough till near the finish his nearest
competitor, Seharsch made beautiful
squirt, cut down the intervening dis
lance and made Nigel hustle some to
win ultimately.
The runners finished in the following
order, the time being also given: Jack
son, 5s:2S; Scharsch, 5s:37; G.. K.
Charlie, l:02:19; Hakuole and Kelii,
dead heat, 1:o3:36; Mele Kalama,
1.06:45; Fletcher, 1:10:11; Ed. Brown,
1:14:59; Jas. Kauwe, 1:15:35; Leaster,
1:17:02;>C. Barboza, 1:l7:20. Two 9th
er entries, Maria and Yernstein, did
not finish.
Motor and Bicycle Races.
There was only one motorcycle race
held. 1t was for FIVE miles, single cyl
Under machines, and was won by Han
nibal Phillip, time 1926. H. p. Chill.
ton finished second in, 7:43. The track
was not particularly adapted for this
class of racing and the crowd, which
densely lined the road on both sides,
was exposed at all times to danger, for
had one of the machines gone wrong
a number of spectators would have
been seriously injured. The crowd
lined both sides of the track and OBJ
structed the view of the riders on the
big curves.
This led to the calling off of the ten
mile race, in which more powerful ma
chimes had been entered. The entries
did not like the idea of calling off this
race. but w. R. Chiffon, who was in
charge of this part of the program, felt
that the safety of the people demanded
it and he was backed up both by the
police officials and those of the crowd
who appreciated the situation.
In place of the race thus called off
there was run a slow race of one mile,
last man in to win. The engine was
not 10 be killed neither could the run
ner put his feet on the ground or pedal
at any time. There were three entries:
M. G. Pregill who arrived LAST. b
Ponte and j. Roman, but they all VIC
lated the rules; still as Pregill was the
most innocent of the sinners he was
awarded first prize. Arthur Richter
and M. D. Abreu were the recording
angels.
Bicycle Races.
One-mile bicycle race, won by Jos
Guerrero in 3:11, America Grace see
ond.
,Twomile bicycle race, won hands
down by X Kanemaru, time 6:l7
Allen o 'Brien, second; Henry Plemer
winner of the Waialua- Waikiki race
-,
were William Makaelua and Joe Guer
zero.
Track Sports.
The track sports furnished gooC
deal of entertainment for the crowd
There were many entries in each event
100.yard dash for boys under four
teen years of age: Richard Lopes, frs
in 10 seconds; All Bun second, ant
George Nahoano third. Kai Fong, VIII
led the bunch, was disqualified TO
fOuhng the nearest man. Altogethe
there were dozen entries in this race
50yard girls race: This race ex
cited great deal of interest, the ladie
present crowding the lines TO witnes
this petticoat event. There We're seyel
entries. Aloie Prestidge, coming in first
The stop watch stopped and no tim
was taken. Christine caldeira fnishe'
second with Gerd Hlofth thlfd,
lOOyard open race; There wer
eleven entries. Clifford Melim fnishe
first with Solomon Makalena seeon
and Taijiro Miyahara third.
100-yard tbree-legged race; Thi
race naturally excited great merTimen
and after half dozen false starts tn
tnOnbe began IN real earnest. Fran
VivRs and Clifford Melim finished first
Taijiro MiyahaTa and Solomon Maka
lena rOmped in second, while Jane
Shaw and Luciano Maehado pulled !
third Just as another bog tied eoupl
biz the ground yard from the hnisl
The mile international relay, fou
men, was cut down 20 400 yards an
won by the following team, IN the o.
der Of the start Makalena, Taiiirl
Peter Lee and All Sing John souFl
ID. souza, Dan Maehado and a. Ben
son won seeond place, Antonio caWa