The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-09-20
SPORTS ON REGATTA DAY
ARE \ GRAND SUCCESS IL EVERY
PARTICULAR.
Lcilani Oarsmcn Surprise the Spccta-
tors In Capturing the Four Dared
Barge Race President Dole partici-
pates-A Full Report.


in the harbor. That the races were
a grand success need only be proven
by the fact that hundreds of people
were content to view them from ear
~ morning until night
The entertainment was perfect. The
Government band was stationed on the
Pacific Mail wharf, and discoursed
lively music, which could be distinct
~ heard at the boat houses. Chairs
and benches were placed on the wharf
for the benefit of the public by the
Regatta committee.
The Myrtle and Healani boat houses
swarmed with visitors during the day.
The house committees of both clubs
were active in their endeavors to make
everything comfortable for their
guests. Native Quintette clubs fur
nished music and the floors were all
cleared for dancing. Refreshments
and temperance drinks were freely
disposed of. james Steiner of Hart &
Co. was in charge of this department.
The officers on board the Benning-
ton and Comus ships were also alive
to entertaining their friends during
the day. 4 dance was given on board
the Bennington in the afternoon.
The greatest interest was taken in
the six cared and four cared races.
The Myrtles won over the Healanis'
in the six cared sliding seat barge
race. The Myrtle crew took the LEAD
at the start and held it to the finish,
defeating their opponents by three %
four boat lengths. The Myrtles time
was 1856, and the Healanis 1879.
Captain Carter of the Healani club
did not intend to enter his crew il,
this race for the reason that Lloyd
and Rhodes were unable to row. Both
clubs agreed to select other material
for the crews than the regular men.
Captain Angus selected Willie Lyle
for stroke of the Myrtes. Leslie Scott
rowed No. ) oar, George Martin 40. 4,
Sam johnson No. 3, Charles Crane No.
,, and S. Lyle bow. Arthur Giles was
coNswain.
f. Damon was stroke of the Heaiani
crew, c. Rhodes No. 3, c. II. Tracey
No. 4, II. w. Atkinson No. 3, J. r. Wa
terhouse No. ., and p. Jarrett bow.
Nelson Lansing was coXswain.
The four cared sliding seat barge
race proved to be a great surprise.
The Leilani boys, who had brought
up the rear in the championship
races at Pearl Harbor the week De
fore, was the first to pass the Judges
stand in this race.
The course extended from the stand
of the JUDGES around the spar buoy
to the finish. The Leilanis' covert d
the distance in 1919, and the Heailni
crew We're . seconds slower. The
Myrtle crew finished five or six boat
lengths behind the llealanis'
The Myrtles had the makai side of
the course and the Healanis' the maui
ka side, with the Leilanis' in between.
The Myrtles took the lead at the start
and kept it until the Healanis' shot
ahead and set the pace, some little d. s
lance from the turn. The HeHlanls'
and Leilanis' rounded the curve With
the greatest ease. The Myrtles were
not quite so fortunate. Coxswain
Giles lost some little distance for his
crew by making the outer turn, The
other boats having shot in on the in
side
The Healanis kept the lead down
the homestretch, until near the finish,
when the oarsmen wearing the black
and yellow made a most phenomenal
squirt and captured the plum from the
Healani crew. The race was most en-
citing, inasmuch as the favorites I'M
ished bad third. 1t was a race Cor
blood surely.
The personnel of the crews are:
Healani-Spencer, stroke; Rhodes.
F. Damon, Williams, bow, and Lans,
ing, coXswain.
Leilani-Cupid Kalanianaole, stroke:
Lane, Taylor, Woods, bow, and Hawa-
iian lad, coXswain.
Myrtle-Scott, stroke; Lishman,
Giles, Crane, bow, and Giles, coxswain.
An interesting event was the sin
cared sliding seat barge rave between
the Myrtles and the Leilanis. It was
merely friendly match, and in or
der that it might be more exciting the
Stranger was manned with a second
crew of Myrtle material. While Such
an action caused the race to he row
ed over again. it was done in the most
friendly spirit by the Myrtles, more
for the sport of the race than any
thing else.
The different crews were manned
as follows:
Leilani, in the Carl W.-David Kawa-
nanakoa, stroke; Woods, Taylor. Kea-
loha, Conradt, Giffard, and Hawaiian
lad, coNswain.
Myrtle first crew in Alice M.)-W
Damon, stroke: King, Harris. Vida. \.
Harris. w. Harris, and coXswain, Giles.
Myrtle (second crew in Strangely -
w. Lyle, stroke; Crozier. Martr,
johnson, Lemon, Logan, and coXswain
j. Torbett.
The first start was made with the
Myrtle crews on either side of the Lei
lanis'. The Alice NJ. was the first 10
make the turn, closely followed by the
Carl W. The Stranger was in the
wake of the Leilani boat and in round
ing the turn the Myrtle boat strucl,
the Carl W., damaging the steering
gear. Notwithstanding this accident
the Leilani men came in about a boat
length behind the Alice NJ.
The Myrtles time was 1880 and the
Leilanis' four seconds slower.
The judges decided that the race
was a four and ordered that the crew
of the Stranger be kept out of the
race.