The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-03
Captain George Garter Makes
Suggestion to HeaIans.
DIRECTORS WILL ADOPT A PLAN.
1t Is Proposed TO Admit Young Boys Free.
May Train for Events-Dual Races Each
Year-No Choice in the Matter of Boats or
Course-Perfect Harmony Must Reign.

by Ine SISCllOn VI GcOISS SdICSl "
membership and captaincy of the Hea-
Iani Boat Club there is a possibility
that the people who delight in boat
races will have an opportunity within
year of seeing great change in the
methods and results of the Healani
side of contest.
Mr.. Carter intends to infuse into the
club some of the ideas carried out by
the members of the university crews
in the East and his experience as a
college waterman makes him capable
to do the infusing; if it is a failure the
censure must fall upon the members
of the club who have been deemed
sufficiently good at the oars to compete
with men of opposite clubs for su-
premacy. In the past there has usual
ly been a something lacking in the
racing crews of the Healani Club and
when they have entered a race the
have usually stood on the wharves and
seen the Myrtles pass first under the
wire.
The new captain has started in with
younger blood into the club and to
train boys to become proficient oars
men. He no doubt feels that once a
boy becomes sufficiently developed to
handle an oar proper training will en-
able him to join others of equal merit
in an attempt to outrow the clubs
rivals.
At the club meeting last night there
was large attendance of members and
after the regular routine business of
the club was transacted a general dis
cussion of the proposition to organize
a Junior branch was had, and it was in
this discussion that Captain Carter eX-
pressed the view that if boating in Ho-
nolulu was to be advanced, the Hea
lani Club must look to younger per-
sons for the improvement.
Several plans were suggested to get
the right class of boys into the club.
One that the membership fee should be
reduced to allow boys to be admitted
to full standing in the organization.
It is not meant by this that the initi-
alton fee to all members should be
lowered; only to those who are to be
admitted to train for events. Another
plan proposed was to allow the freedom
of the club to all boys of respectable
character, but upon regular ballot. In
this way the boys would have the use
of the boats without charge.
At the termination of the discussion
it was decided by vote to leave the
matter into the hands of the board of
of directors to report at the annual
meeting which takes place next week.
w. Chamberlain and T.. g. Porter, sub
captains of the club, were instructed
to coach the crews and the members
were told plainly what is expected Of
them.
Captain Carter spoke of custom
which once obtained with the Harvard
Yale crews. Here the racing is prac-
tically confined to the Healani and
Myrtle clubs and harmony should ex
ist The boats could be of the same
grade and to stop the cry that one
boat is better than another they could
be changed each race, the Myrtle using
the Healani boats and vice versa. The
same rule could be observed in the
positions as long as this is the case
there should be simply a dual meet
once a year. If the members of the
Leilani Club were not so backward
this would not be advisable. This plan
could be carried out for, say four years
and during that period harmony should
exist; there need be no tossing for
position, after the first year they could
alternate if a club so wished,
The plan proposed met with the ap-
proval of every one present at the
meeting and if the suggestions are
carried out boating in Honolulu will
be better than it ever has been.