The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-07-09
FOURTH OF JULY !.
&
A General Holiday and a Day
Of Pleasure
A Successful Celebration !

The sun came above the horizon
on the 18th of July, dimmed by
clouds. In the early morning a few
light showers fell, the effect of
which was to cool the atmosphere
and dampen the dust; but was not
sufficiently heavy TO cool the ardor
of anyone bent upon celebrating the
day. Throughout the day the sun
was more or less clouded, moderat-
ing the temperature. Fresh trade
winds also kept in motion from early
morning till evening. Thus the al
mospheric conditions were about as
agreeable as could have been de-
sired.
Seldom if ever has the day been
so generally kept in Honolulu as a
holiday. A very few business
places opened at all, and the few
who did kept open only an hour or
two. By O'Clock scarcely place
of business could be found in the
English-speaking quarters Enclosed.
From sunrise flags floated all
over the town and on the shipping
in harbor. The u. S. Flagship
Vandalia and the u. S. S. Mo-
hican were prettily dressed, rs
were also the British warships Cor
morant and Hyacinth.
THE REGATTA.
The first event of the day was n
regatta. This began at S:15
O'Clock with the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS g.
cared boat race. The Myrtles took
the lead ut the start and were about
a length ahead when passing the
foot of Fort street. On approach
ing the lighthouse the Honolulus
quickcned stroke and the boats be-
came even. The excitement on the
wharf subsidized when the racers were
coming home, the Myrtles having it
all their own way. The Honolulus
claimed foul, which was not al
lowed and the race was awarded to
the Mystlcs. The Myrtles beat the
Honolulus by about 80 seconds.
The yacht race came next. a
flying start was made with a fair
wind, Nettie in the lead closely fol-
lowed by the Lorna Doone and Juan
ita. The Vandalia cutter was last.
just beyond the lighthouse Juanita
took second place, followed by
Lorna Doone, Vandalia cutter, Po-
xii, Pauline and Magoon's yacht.
AT the bell buoy Nellie was still
leading. The Vandalia cutter had
taken second place, Lorna Doone
third, Pokii fourth, followed by
Juanita, Pauline and Magoon' $
yacht. The yachts went abeam of
Waikiki, then back before the wind,
for some distance to Ewaward
of the harbor passage, then heating
up to the harbor entrance and COM
ing in. Nellie was the first to ar
rive off the harbor passage on the
homeward stretch, but by false
tack gave the Pokii the lead. The
Pollii came in first, Nellie second,
Lorna Doonc third, Vandalia fourth
Juanita fifth, Magoon's yacht 9th,
and Pauline last.
The Nellie entered protest,
claiming that the Pollii dld not go
over the entire course. The deci-
sion has since been given, ''No
race"
DIR. Trosseau, Capt. King and G.
b. Wilson were the judges of the
regatta.
THE BASEBALL MATCH.
A match game of baseball be-
tween the Honolulus and Stars be-
gan at 10 40 q. IN. AT II O'Clock,
second inning, Stars 3, Honolulus 2,
the catcher for the latter nine, Mr..
Hay Wodehouse, received painful
cut over the left eye from "foul-
tip" At II: 80 clock theIgame was
resumed, Mr.. Crane of the U. S. S.
Vandalia catching for the Honolulus.
The game ended at 2:45 O'Clock,
the score standing Stars 13 runs,
Honolulus II.
| LITERARY EAERClSES.
The picnic and literary exercises,
to which everybody was invited,
were held at Little Britain, on King
street. The literary exercises COM
menced at II O'Clock u. m. and were
faithfully carried out according to
the programme prepared by the
committee. An elevated platform
was erected, in front of which were
seats for the public. The platform
and sitting space were sheltered by
canvas awning.
DIR. McGrcw, chairman of the
committee, introduced the Rev. DIR.
Beckwith, who opened the exercises
with an appropriate prayer, after
which His EX. Geo. w. Merrill,
American Minister Resident, was
introduced rs President of the day.
The President remarked that he
was pleased TO see the interest that
is taken year by year in this cele-
bration. Americans had n country
that they ought to be proud of. She
had been beset by foes without as
well as by foes within, but she has
come out triumphant. To Hawaii
America extended the right hand of
fellowship and wished her god-speed
and all happiness.
A quartette of SaXophones were