However, he suffered from his own question 'whether to go to Europe for a mere foot race' as well as from the lack of understanding by the Ministry of Education which misunderstood that a student of national school was sent off to a sports show by Westerner.
しかし彼は「『かけっこ』如きで洋行してよいものか」という自己内部の迷妄、欧米人のスポーツショーに官立学校の生徒が派遣されると誤解した文部省の無理解に苦しめられる。