The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-10-10
CHAMPION HEALANIS
They Lower the MyrtleS' ColOrS
on the Peninsula Course.

An Exciting Race Between the Senior
Crews Of the Healani and
Myrtle Boat Clubs,
The attraction on Saturday was
the boat race at the peninsula course
at Pearl City. A number of people
went down on the early trains, but
the major part took the 3 o'clock
special train, the last one to leave.
Seven or eight cars were crowded.
The trip down was made without
incident, excepting that the train
was stopped once in order to allow
handcar to get out of the way.
1t couldn't pass on the same rails,
however, and became wreck. It's
japanese crew had jumped for their
lives in the nick of time No time
was lost on arrival in getting down
to the course. The o. r. & l.. Co.
have erected boat house with
quarters for the different clubs.
The different crews were seen
in their respective quarters, being
rubbed down and costumed for
the contest The Myatles looked
strong and hopeful in their old-time
red uniform. The Healanis got into
their blue toggery and presented an
athletic array. Although having
their first race to win from their an
tagonists, they wore an air of deter
mination that went far to give their
friends confidence. Soon the boats
were lifted carefully out-the Myr-
ties first-and deposited in the wa
ter. A short preliminary spin was
had, both crews looking in fine form,
and then came the great event.
The signal for the start was given
exactly at 4:20 o'clock. The Hea-
lanis got first water and with 80 to
the minute stroke pushed their boat
a nose ahead, maintaining that lead
for about thirty yards, when the
Myrtles, who were pulling 36 stroke,
spurted. They crawled up until the
boats were nearly even. They kept in
that position for about 10yards, when
the blues, with good strong pull,
increased the lead and maintained
it to few yards from the turning
point, when by false turn of the
coxswain they caught two crabs in
an effort to squirt. The Myrtles were
pulling their regular stroke. The
boats turned the stake within few
seconds of each other, the blues still
leading. When the boats started for
home it seemed to those who were
looking at them from the starting
point as if the blues had gone too
far to windward. But it was not so,
as they came up like flash and as
sumed the lead by half boats
length. On the homestretch the
excitement was intense The Hea-
lani boys along the banks made the
air hideous with their fish horns.
The reds pushed them hard for
three-quarters of mile, when they
tagged as if the pace had been too
hard. The Myrtles spurted periodi
cally, but in vain. They could not
gain the lead. About halfway home
the Healanis had lead enough to at
tempt taking the water of their OPP
ponents. Until this was tried dis
tant spectators thought the Myrtles
were leading. But when the boys
in blue were seen swerving across
the course with "a strong pull, an en-
tirely different view of the situation
was realized. 1t was patent that the
Healanis had winning lead before
they could take such risk of foul.
They did the feat successfully, max
ing the race tandem one, and hope
lessly lost to the longtime cham
pions. AS the boats neared the fin
ish the cheers and hurrahs were
deafening. One hundred yards from
the finish the reds were boats
length in the rear. The blues in
creased their pace and gained an
other boats length. 1t seemed as if
the steam in the reds had gone out,
and although they pulled like clock
work their efforts were futile, and
the blues crossed the line in 10 min
utes AZ seconds. The reds covered
the distance in 10 minutes and 81
seconds, II seconds behind.
A native resident of EVA came to
the scene of the race slightly elevat-
ed with brown cotton sock filled
with Kalakaua silver dollars. The
betting was then waging at 10 to 7
in favor of the Myrtles. He took up
every bet, and as finale he put up
Is to 20 on the Healanis, The native
advised everybody to bet against the
Myrtles, as he said he'd been to a
kahuna the previous night and ad-
vised to bet against the red. The
man, who was somewhat of kahuna
himself, collared over eighty dollars
of Honolulu bloods' money. In all
probability, the neighbors far and
near around his dwelling are regard
ing him just now as prophet-un-
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