The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-07-05
FOURTH OF JULY.
How the Glorious Day was Cele-
brated.
Salutes-Music-Re gatta-Literary Ex-
ercises-Fie1d SpOrts-Rife Prac-
tice-Ball, Etc.

The greater part of the evening and
night of the Sd of July resounded in
firing of pistols and guns and the letting
off fireworks of different kinds, and the
morning of the Fourth was heralded by
similar demonstrations, and salute OF
thirteen guns from the shore battery.
At an early hour the population was
astir, and holiday attire was the rule
among those who could afford it.
THE REGATTA.
The rowing and yacht regattas were
the first sports on the programme, and
the wharves at 7 AS were crowded with
people.
At a. m. the tugboat Eleu left her
wharf with the committee, to which had
been committed the management of the
regatta, and proceeded out to the harbor
entrance.
Soon afterwards the six-oared gig race
began by two boats starting simultane
ously from the starting line and main
tanning a close contest for several hun
dred Yards. Finally the Alice NJ. forged
ahead of the Liliuokalani and main
tanned the lead until the finish, when
the Alice M. won by about twenty boat
lengths. Time of the boats: Alice NJ
% min; Liliuokalani % min. % sec.
The next was a siX-oared gig race in
which four boats started-the three war
vessels Alert, Espiegle and Pilcomayo
having one boat each, and there was
also a boat, the Kapiolani, manned by
native crew. The Hawaiian boat led
from the start, and gradually increased
it's lead until the finish when it entered
the starting line about 200 yards ahead
of the American boat which was second.
Until the home stretch was more than
half done, there was close contest be-
tween the American and English boats
but finally the Englishmen fell astern,
manfully pulling to keep up but the
! Americans steadily forged ahead. The
Gillian boat was far astern. In going
out of the harbor the CHILEAN boat
fouled the American boat which had
commenced to gain on the Englishman,
and between the two latter the race was
well contested throughout. To and
around the bell buoy, and up to the
lighthouse on the home stretch the
American boat gradually forged ahead
of the Englishman, and came in second
the Hawaiian boat winning the race.
Following is the time taken by each
boat: Kapiolani, the native boat, 20
minr 10 sec. {; Alert, the American boat,
81 min; Puaala, the English boat, 81
min. SO sec. /: Pilcomayo, the Chilian
boat, SO min. 80 sec.
The yacht race began at 9 :35 a. m.
when beautiful flying start was made.
Five yachts over tons register went off
almost together, and spinnakers were set
during the run out of the harbor.
BALLOON ASCENSION.
At the time of the start, Melville's
| balloon shot up from the slopes of
Punchbowl hill, and very quickly reached
an attitude of nearly 1000 feet. The
aeronant was seen like a speck clinging
| to a rope below the balloon; but before
many minutes elapsed, the huge inflated
| bag was noticed to be descending rapidly.
There was no parachute jump, and the
balloon reached the ground in the neigh
borhood of Kakaako.
By this time the five yachts had reached
the harbor entrance, and the large guam
tity of sail that they spread gave a
| facinating appearance to these aquatic
racers. They kept we'll together as far
as could be seen from the 2. NJ. Co. s
wharf, and were closely followed by the
steam tug Eleu, from the deck of which
vessel their movements were more easily
observed. The names of the five yachts
were Healani, Spray, Hawaii, Helene,
and Kahihilani. These all started; but
the latter, the Kahihilani, did not finish.
At the stake boat, opposite the Hon. w.
G. Irwin's residence, the following was
the order in rounding: Hawaii LIST,
Spray I'd, Healani Sd, Helene 4th, Ka-
hihilani 9Th. At the Pearl Harbor stake
boat the order was Hawaii LIST, Helene
I'd, Healani Sd, Spray 4th. At the har-
Dor entrance the order was: Healani
1st, Helene I'd, Hawaii Sd, Spray 4th
The time taken by the yachts was: Hea,
lani hrs. 8 min. 80 sec.; Spray hrs
IA min. Is Sec Helene hrs. IA min
80 sec. Hawaii hrs Is min. sec.
SECOND CLASS YACHT RACT.
At 1Ga a. m. eight small yachts, under
5 tons register, started in the wake O
the five larger ones that left the harbol
half an hour ago. The spread of canvass
was even larger in proportion, than Oh
the larger vessels, and the speed of these
smaller craft appeared to be equally ra-
pid. They all kept close together II
rounding the reef, which operation was
done in very beautiful style. The names
of these yachts were: Edith L., Kaohi'
; mani, Pookii, Laura, Onward, Laur;
Doone, Park.street,, and Pauline. Thu
latter four: Onward, Laura Doone, Parl
street, and Pauline did not finish. The
time OF these yachts was as follows
Edith L. 3 hrs. 40 sec. Kaohinani 3 hrs
so Sec; Pokii hrs. q min. Al sec:
: Laura 3 hrs. "a min. 50 sec. judge
decision withheld.
The boat-boys race was rowed at 10 IL
a. m. There were four boats that started
, but only three came in to finish, as fol
lows: Flying Fish IA min: Sec; Ala
media IA min. sec.; Benecia IA min. Il
seconds.
) THE LITERARY EXERCISES
took place at 10 o'clock at the Oper
House. The audience was small. tn
; house being not more than half filled
owing to attractions in other parts OF thu
~. L1,,+ tboco uho were there were We