The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-04-01
THE REGATTA.
The senior Six.Oared Race Given to
the Myrtle Club.

Yesterday afternoon at o'clock Captains
Mist, Cousins and Fuller, judges, and Mr..
T. L. Clarke, timekeeper, in the H. Y. & 3.
Clubs regatta of the 25th ultimo, met at
the Office of Captain Fuller to consider the
protests made by Coxswain SeeIey Of The
senior six-oared crew Of the Honolulu Yacht
/ and Boat Club, and by Coxswain Torbert Of
the senior six-oared crew Of the Myrtle Club.
Mr.. Clarke, the timekeeper, presented his
official record Of the time of the various
races, which report was accepted. Captain
| Fuller then read the following letter:
To the Judges Of the H. 7. & B. Club He
| gatta-Gentlemen: On behalf of the senior
crew of the Myrtle Boat Club, hereby beg
to enter a written protest against the Homo
! lulu Boat Club six-oared senior crew, which
| fouled our siz-oarded senior crew during
| race No. 4, which took place this afternoon.
! The circumstances Of the foul were as
| follows: Our boat arrived first at the bell
| buoy, and as we were in the act of turning
! in, with our port oars backing water and our
! starboard oars pulling ahead, the Homo
| lulu boat ran into us, steering into
| our starbOard side, and disabling for
| the time being our midship and starboard
oars, thereby violating rule 6, as set forth
in the programme published by the a. Y. 4
B. c., to regulate the races for the day
We then and there notified the crew of the
II. Y. / B. C. that they had fouIed US, aid
to the best Of cur ability. by holding up our
hands, conveyed the intelligence to the
judges on the steam tug in attendance.
After the occurrence of the foul, as already
related, we disentangled ourselves as speed
lily as possible, and rOwed back to the start
ing point, in order to prevent the possibility
of the third boat claiming the race, although
they we're so far behind as to be practically
out Of it. Respectfully yours,
F. WUNDREBERG.
Captain si1-oared Senior Crew N. B. c.
Honolulu, March %, 1885.
MI SeeIey, coxswain of the Honolulu
Club stated that he was not sure that his
boat touched one of the oars of the Myrtle's.
He was following that boat at the buoy, and
WAS very close to it. He argued that the
Myrtle's boat was turned at the buoy in the
manner it was so as TO force him to make
very wide curve. He admitted that the
boats fouled each other, but contended
that it was the fault of the Myrtle's
in running on beyond the buoy into the
water of his boat. He claimed that, as his
boat lost three boat lengths in rounding the
buoy, IL proved that tho Myrtle's boat was
III his water, and that he did not commit
the foul intentionally, as lie was sure TO
lose ground by doing SO.
Mr.. Torbert, coxswain of the Myrtle's
boat, stated that they rounded the buoy SO
close that they could have touched it with
their oars, but that, as was their practice,
these oars were held with the handles high
in the air in the act of backing water When
within three feet of the buoy they "downcd'
port oars and dragged the boat around with
the starboard.
After listening TO what the two coxswains
had to say regarding the foul at the bell
buoy, the judges took up the question as to |
how the foul occurred near the knuckle |
buoy on the homes tretch. After the position
of the two boats was explained, the judges, !
guided by what they saw themselves, ruled !
that the Myrtle's boat had fouled the Homo |
lulu boat by getting in their water, aud this |
was acknowledged by Coxswain Torbert |
himself
Having heard all that was to be said by |
both coxsWains, the judges directed them to
retire, and after a brief discussion decided |
as follows: That the Myrtle Clubs boat |
turned the bell buoy as close as was practic- |
able, and that the Honolulu Clubs boat !
went into their water and touched their |
boat, thereby fouling them. The judges |
also decided that the Myrtles fouled the |
Honolulus afterward on the homestretch, |
near the knuckle buoy, by going into their
water, and that if the previous foul had not |
occurred the race would have been given to |
the Honolulu's boat.
On account of the toul at the bell buoy |
the race was given to the Myrtles.