Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-19
Volcano Run Committee Will
Discuss Plans This Evening
Representatives of Various Organizations Asked to Be Present
For Conference-Athec Officers of Regiments, Represent
atives From Schools and Clubs Preliminary De-
tails Will Be Outlined for Big Pee to Neptune Road Race
Rules and Regulations

/ Rules and Regulations
The Hile committee has issued G
iolder giving the rules and regulations
for the dig race, which is as IoiloWs
/ l. The kilauea-Hilo relay race will
be run over a distance or thirty
miles, /. e., from a starting line in int
| vicinity or the kilauea Volcano House
to Mooheau park, Hilo.
z. The competing teams. will con-
sist of six men sue and each runner
Will be required to run OLD miles. be-
lore leaving the starting point the mi
tIal runner III each team Will be hand
ed a copy OF Goddess Peles message
to kamohoaiii tGod OF the Seal, which
is to be transferred to the various
members OF MS team until 1T is finally
delivered TO the Intended recipient at
the finishing point
g.. No man can run two relays in
any one team
4. The race will start at 9:30 a. m.
on January ., 1918, and the initial run.
ner for each team will beIrequired to
present himself at the starting line at
9:25 a. IN. in readiness for the start
er's orders.
5. The race will be started by the
report of a pistol and once on the
starting lines all runners will be under
the control Of the starter, who shall
be the sole Judge as to whether each
runner has staHed fairly.
6. The positions of the teams at the
start will be drawn for.
fTI,a, .ooYlrco mill hc fynY,a the Kil.
auea Volcano House, via Volcano road,
to Richardson street, thence turning to
the right along Richardson street TO
Mooheau park, thence encircling the
park twice along the course specially
laid out, finishing in front of the
grandstand where Pele's message will
be received by Kamohoalii. In the
event of close race the first runner
to cross the finishing line will be the
winner
s. The course will be marked off
ing SIC miles and it will be necessary
for each runner, upon completing his
section of the race, to hand over to his
successor the message which he is
carrying, as any team to finish with
out the message win be disqualified.
9. A line shall be drawn ten yards
on each side of the starting line III
each relay to be known as the starting
zone. Within this zone each runner
must pass the message to the succeed
ing runner. The message must be pass
ed, not thrown or dropped by COM
petitor and picked up by the one sue.
ceeding him.
10. Any competitor failing to run
the distance required shall cause his
team to be disqualified.
II. Each participant in the race
must be over eighteen years of age
and must present himself for physical
examination, to a physician appointed
by the Kilauea-Hilo relay race COM
mittee. ..",2
IL. The captain of each competing
team must file with the secretary OF
the Kilauea-Filo relay race committee
by noon on January 5th, the day prior
to the race. the composition of his
team and the order In which the men
are to run. No change can be made in
the composition of the team nor in the
order of running after this notification
has been filed
10. All teams shall be lettered, |
with the letter "A, !" and
each runner will be numbered as we'll,
indicating the section of the race he
is to run. :.
IA. Violation of any of the above
rules and regulations will result in tie
disqualification of the team of which
the yiolator is member.
16. The Kilauea-EIilo relay race
committee will make the necessary
relative to conveying
the runners by automobile to their re-
spectiye starting points on the day of
the race and will pick up runners who
have completed their sections and
hiring them back to town.