The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-03-07
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/ ISLAND RECORD


$50 pounds, yesterday morning skitted
the island Of Oahu astlide stock
model Indian Powerplus Motorcycle in
the amazing time of twp hours, four
minutes and thirty'sx seconds. This
wonderful achievement was performed
in the face Of unlimited Obstacles, par
ticular,y regarding the condition OF tne
iouds over which Baker traN elCd and
proves him to be one of the greatest,
If not greatest motorcycle road riders
in the world.
Baker had intended skirting the Is
land last Sunday morning but a heavy
dOwnpour of rain the c,rning befo. Q
upset his plans, the roads in many
cases being imaassable. Even yester-
day Baker encountered str tch after
stretch Of tough going and time and
again was compelled to slow up to pre-.
vent accidents. Nevertheless rather
than disappoint the local agents OF the
Indian T.. q. Hail Son, and also
anxious to add the road record of Ha-
waii to his long list of performances,
Baker undertook the task and came
through with flying colors.
Hung Up Thirteen Records
\ DhhtT us ne Is KNOW II
all over the world where motorcycles
are used recently arrived here from
Australia where he hung up six new
world s records and seven Australasian
records. Previous to this Baker had
c'tab iShed The world : best time from
San Dicgojto New York and also from
Vancouver to Tia Juana, Mexico.
lis start yesterday was made from
an imaginary. line ,drectly in front of
the main entrance Of The Advertiser
and not in front Of the Occidental
! Hotel as eIroneously stated yrste day.
Frank b. Shaner of the Sehuman Car.
rage Company acted as starter and
when he give the word to Co. George
Johnson, Mark Ned, Henry Williams
and Captain Baker of the Police de-
p0rtment snapped their watches, the
starting time being fifty four minutes
aud twenty -four seconds past five
o clock. '"'s' stt'-Akt,
Troubles At LibbyviIle
Baker rode straight out King street
through Moanalua, past Rcd Hill,
through Aiea toward his goal. From
/ The Advertiser Office to Waikakulpa
! Gulch, Baker averaged seventy eight
miles an hour but at the same time
was forced to slow down or turn into
the heavy going to prevent collisions
with autos and wagons. What time was
lost going through the gulch was made
up over the fat from the gulch into
Cashier. Into Faleiwa Baker found
the roads good and continued to make
time. Beyond Haleiwa his troubles
commenced and at Libbyville he found
chnck holes into which he could have
almost placed his machine
Plotting his machine past the Indus.
I trial School his time was noted at
= eight minutes to seven, almost half
the distance. Here the going was
rough aDd retarded Baker cons d. rable
Lost Heel OF Shoe
From llauula to the top of the Pail
Baker said he was out of the saddle
neatly all the way and was continn
ally forced to dodge chuck holes, cob,
| 1T" stones, bJwlders and sand,
Near Hauula Baker lost the heel Of his
, shoe. He was speeding along at a
rate Of forty five miles an hour when
! his r!ghtfoOt was suddenly jerked away
! from the foot rest. When he brought
the foot back to the rest again he
/ foInd that the cI had been complete
| y ripped from the shoe.
Barring the almost impossible cOndi
tim Of the road at various places and
tn" losing Of the heel If his shoe tn,
I rI..r was made without miShap. Twc
| gallons of gasoline were consumed OF
, me tmp and Baker stated that without
>Ir1ng frame to the machine il woul,
! IDInDSSi, ln IN unnaH Al
/ roads AZ the present time.
Lowered Taveras Record
| Leaving the top of the Pail, Baker
drove his machine via Nuuanu street
t" King and along King street to tn,
starting line III fIOnt of The Advcr
tlscr office. As he crossed the lin,
the timers caught him at one minute
i I" e @ht q clock, his actual time fol
IN distance eighty nine and six tenth!
mites AZ shown by the Warner Speed
'm't AMI by surveys being 2 hour,
four minutes and thirty six sceon,;,
WEirh is twontE-three minutes an,
| tive ntY.fUur seconds faster than tn,
previous time set by Frank Tavera,
who also rode an Indian stock car.
Prior to Baker being given the wor,
| to 20, checkers were sent out in al
vance and later in the day notified
James w. Harvey Of f. o. Hall & Sol
that Baker had passed the points a
= which thcv were stationed. Thes,
checkers were to be found at Moana
lun, Waikakaloa Gulch, Cashier, Halei
O "a, Industrial School, MarcOni Wire
less Station, Kahuku Plantation, Lib
hNv'llc, Hauula, the Pail, King and M
uamu streets and The Advertiser office