The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-02-02
SPORTS
PETER PLEMER SHOWS
ABILITY IN BIKE RACE
AFTER MOST CRUSHING GRIND OVER TWENTY I'VE NILE
IA COURSE WAlALUA YoUNesTER NOSES OUT HENRY
AlAU AND ANTOINE BRIGHT IN FAST TIME
(Fron Monday Adysrtiser,)

From Monday Adveftiser,)
II the course mapped out by Messrs
IL. p. George and Il. G. c6inte was
| twenty Ave miles IN distance and there
lis no reason 10 doubt the accuracy OF,
their meAsurements, for every care was
taken to get the distance correct, young
Peter Plemer Of Waialna, Henry Alan
Of Waialua and Antoine Bright Of Ka-
| Iihi showed rare slxiil and rndufance in
Towering the distances In hess than one
hour and seven minutes yrsterdny for
The Advertiser medal and other xaln-
able prizes, II,
These three men rlring an almost
perfect race from start to nnish nt .
breakneck speed, were the nrst three
over the tape and II Is donptful e a
better exhibition Of bicycling mas ever
been seen in Honolulu.
Following these riders came eight 9th
er huskies Of the wheel and while some
of them became leg weary and tired
after the FIRST time around the course,
they gamelY stuck to the task ana
each completed the entire distance.
Young Plemer and Aiau proved
clark horses Of the neer and wnen
they faced the starter, +. 9. Cointe in
front Of the oatrigger CfuD ana took
10 the long grind at exnctfy thirty,
minutes past one, few IL any Of the
vast crowd there gave them tho least
consideration. Soldier King, Antoine
Bright and King solomon doomed up
the fayorites, hut Bright whs the only
one who showed, the least form during
the long grind King Jagged II ali
around the course while solomon failed
TO increase his pace 70 any extent at
any time Bright though role a'clever
race and gamcly fought every inch OF
the way for FIRST place.
As the riders came down the stretch
toward the tape in the first time around
the course, Bright was out in front
riding like wild FIRE with the two
Walalua youngsters, Plemer and Aiau
hanging on grimiy and as the three
crossed the tape, they, were all within
a space Of three feet.
The time for the irst time around
the course was 20;l0. "
Struggling behind the first three came
the rest Of them bal. IL was to be seen
that Plemer, Bright and Alan would be
lighting IL out for the point prize and
the medal at the finish.
| Entering upon the second lap, Bright
put more steam behind his pedalling
but the two youngsters hung on like
lleaehes and the three crossed the tape
as closely punched as before. Their
speed was much greater TOO, the tune
being 1880. n
The third heat VASE even moro excit-
| ing than, the other two and the three
lriders increased their speed. rather
than diminished Il and again crossed
the tape neck and neck. Plemer
though was in advapce this time, with
Bright second and Aiau third. Time,
Is minutes fat. N 4
i Into the fourth lap went the three
riders neck and neck and clear around
the course the grind was terrific. Pass
i ing the three.qnarter pole and breaking
into the home stretch, PIemer was ONT
4 i'm front, Aiau was second and Bright
was third. Riding with rare skill Ainn
and Bright tried to overtake Piemet
fbut he proved the stronger and by
( Igamely holding on, passed over the
tape in Is minutes. Aiau came next,
one second behind Piemer while Bright
finished third, a second behind Aian.
Piemer and Aiau continued on pas.
the crowd and rode in safety to their
dressing rooms. Bright though was un,
fortunate enough to collide with q small
boy who dashed across the track and
was thrown from his wheel. The boy
outside Of spelling new SUIT Or clothes
was little injured but Bright receives
a nasty cash over the right eye. ~
. was ut once placed in an ,siltomobill
and rushed to the Queen = Hospita
where his injuries were attended 70,
q As a sporting event the race was !
huge success and fully 5000 people linet
both sides of the track At the hnish
Messrs cointe and George "A charge Of
: 1.-THE affair handled everything in hrs
= class manner and the next bicycle race
. under the auspices of these two mel
= for the Mid.Paeifc Carnival Shouts
lproye equally as interesting as wer'
!, those Of yesterday t8
I The following officials handled IN
! meet: d.
gudges--L. p. George, p. p, Rel
tow and G. G. Clark.
|, Timers Frank Stevenson, IT.. N
Ayres aud c. w. Chiffon.
Checkers-sam Carter and Edfi
Cook
~ Clerk of the course ana starter
Emile c. Cointe. g,s..i
Following were the list OF prizes an
\ tho winners of SAME can receive thei