The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-10-26
VOLCANO-H|[0 RACE
. WILL Be BIG event
Marathon To Be Conducted In
der Rules Of Hawaiian
Society Of A. A. u.

That the long-distance race from the
Volcano TO Hilo is being well thought
out in every detail is assured, says last
Fridays Hawaii Herald Of Hilo. The
committee in charge Of the matter has
held meeting at which the course,
or rather the finish of the race, was
discussed. The committee has decided
to bring the runners in along Richard.
son Street to Mooheau Park and then
make them run two or three times
around the park. The number Of laps
to be run around the park will be an
bounced later on ah the committee
wishes to ascertain the exact distance
from the Volcano House to the park
before deciding as to whether it win
mean one, two, or three or more laps
around the field to make the exact thir-
ty miles.
On Sunday Manager John X. Kai of
the Peoples Garage will take Messrs
J. w. Bains and T.. d. Aires up in an
automobile to the starting point of the
race. Then the men will come back
and, at every FIVE miles point, will place
stakes to mark the distance. The stakes
will mark the points at which the diff.
ferent teams will start on the day of
the race. slg. n
The dividing up of the fve.mile
stretches is being done early in the
game so that runners in training can
have some idea of what distance they
have covered In their runs. The com
mittee is hard at work on the details
of the race and everything is coming
along well. "",.. s..s ...
The details of the long distance run.
ming race that is to be contested from
the Volcano of Kilauea to Hilo on jan
uary 6 next are being worked up well
and a great deal Of interest is being
taken in the affair both in Hilo and
Honolulu. The race should be splen,
did advertisement for Hilo and the
whole of the Islands. r. .E
From Honolulu comes the story that
Nigel jackson, the hero of so many
long distance races, win be on one
of the teams. This is good news as
the old warrior is always ready to make
the pace and to start something going
in speed when he is on the road. The
| stretch of five miles that Nigel runs
over won t be the slowest of the six
combinations. The members of the 9th
err clubs. who happen to be put up
against Nigel will have TO get hustle
on and this Notwithstanding the fact
that Jackson is well over forty years
of age, KITTY ..,,.,
There will be lot of planning by
| the different teams so as to fix il that
each member of each team be called
upon to run the stretch of road that
| will suit him best A lot will depend
upon this, for there are plenty of men
who can put forth far better efforts on
a piece Of steep downhill road than
on comparatively level stretch and
vice versa. r.. ~. a" ~. w.
That the finish of the race will be
a close one is the opinion of many
people who have studied the PROPOSE
ton. The men of each team who will
run against each other over a FIVE.
mile course will be fairly well matched,
it is thought, and this will mean that
no one team will make such great gains
pyer every fye-mile division as TO place
their finishing man so far in the lead
as to leave no chance for the represen.
tatives of the other teams being in at
the few last laps which will be run
around Mooheau Park by the leaders.
All the athletes who will take part
in the running race must have made
application to the Honolulu branch
of the A.A.U. for permission to run
in the race, which will be sanctioned
by the Union. The T,rst proposition
was to form branch Z the A.A.U. in
Hilo, but that has been found not to be
necessary as the Honolulu officials have
! agreed to sanction the race and also ia
register all the runners who are not
members of the organization. To still
further the race and to assist as much
as possible, the Union officials are moi
making any charge for the granting OF
sanction as regards the event. This il
i all good, for the runners who come
from Honolulu need not now be afraid
that they might be suspended for com
peting in an unregistered running race
Chairman ]. w. Bajns Of the race
committee reports that he is meeting
with success as regards subscriptions
for prizes and that he has not doubt
about being able to raise the necessary
money. The other members of the com
mittee are working hard on the propo
sition and everything is going on il
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