The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-07-09
OF A RECENT RACE.
Addresses Himself to Capt. Low
Steering a Straight Course-Result
Discoulaging to Boating.


honolulu, Ii. l., July y.
Star Newspaper:-As the matter
of the claim of foul against me is in
the hands of the Rowing Association
for adjustment it would be bad taste
on my part to make any public eN-
PLANTATION of details on which the
claim of foul is based, but in justice
to myself | think some attention is
due the communication from Mr. Low
published in The Star of the Sth
inst.
/ regret the decision of the Judges
on the race day for other reasons
than the mere loss of the prize. My
crew was manifestly the best in the
race and in order to win there was no
occasion to pull anything but fair
race. The result has a bad effect upon
the men and may dampen their ardor
in entering Aquatic sports in the
future.
Mr.. Lows expressions to me after
the race and those printed in The
Star last night are at opposite poles
and I am constrained to ask where
che is at" When | met him at the
Healani Boat House he congratulated
me without knowing that the race
had been awarded the police boat on
a foul. l explained the matter and he
expressed regret because, as he said,
he would have liked to see the prize
go to the best crew and he knew the
pilot boat would win. He made no
claim and said not a word that |
had fouled him or taken any advant-
age of him.
If you will take a pencil and paper
and draw three straight lines from as
many imaginary boats at starting
starting point to the light house buoy
you will find how impossible it would
be for Mr.. Low to steer his boat on
a straight course at the point where
the foul is said to have occurred. The
Inter Island wharf projects to an ex-
tent that Marshal Brown would have
steered his boat through the wharf
But to avoid this he steered to the
southwark and Mr.. Low and myself
followed suit. If Mr.. Low had not
got out the way he would, in order
to steer "A straight course, have gone
through my bow.
Those who know the captains of
the whale boats will agree that Mr..
Lows knowledge of boat racing, the
handling of crews or the rules which
govern such contests is limited. |
seriously question if he would know
the bow from the stern of a row boat
if the tiller was removed. | am not
racing man but | have had eXper-
fence enough in events of this char
acter to know when man is working
honestly to win. Marshal Brown has
had more practical experience in ac-
tual races than either of us; he is
thoroughly familiar with all the rules
which govern contests. He knows the
course and knew when he started out
that some one would have to move
out if the boats were punched. He
knew also that under the rules he was
privileged to stop rowing and raise
his oars if he considered himself
fouled. But Mr.. Brown believed the
race was his under any conditions and
it was only when he found himself
] beaten that he cried wolf.
j Five thousand people watched the
race and the ma ority was yelling that
the pilot boys should be given the YER
dict. Mr.. Low was one of them, bu-
! today he finds that he was fouled ant
l is of the opinion, no doubt, that his in
! terests will be best served by stick
ing to the victors, no matter how tn,
victory was won.
l have had enough of rowing where
the arrangements are as poor as il
/ this harbor, and where the judges de
! eide the race from one end of the
! course rather than by following tn,
boats throughout. The result can no
have a very good effect on the nativ,
boat boys who like all things fair
| j. r. McAULEY,
Coxswain Pilot Barge.