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the Marion men in between. When but
a short. distance past the lighthouse, the
in foul, the starboard oars of the form
er and the port oars of the latter meet
ing with a clash. There was short ar
gument in good English and Hawaiian,
when the boat boys lifted their oars and
turned around to the, starting point.
In the meantime, the policemen, seeing
buoy. The Marion crew saw what had
happened and started after the guardians
ing his men as hard as possible to get a
good lead. The Marions crawled up
little, but Were unable to close the gap.
The police kept on in the lead and fin
ished first.
Time-Kahilu first. 2O:SO; Marion sec
Upon reaching the judges stand the
boat boys claimed a foul, but the Marions
After the last race on the program was
over, the judges considered the foul, and
decided that the Marions and boat boys
The Marions kicked, saying that they
were fouled by the boat boys. Indeed.
there seemed to be some Justice in their
claim, for the boat boys did infringe, on
the Marions water. However, they had
made no protest, and the only thing to
do was to pull the race over again for
second place. Judge Wilson gave the
MarionS 20 minutes to get back again to
the starting point. They, declared they
would not do it, saying that they could
not get justice anyway but it was noticed
that as the last minute of the 20
pulled over toward the starting point.
start was made, but the Marions
broke one of their oars and another start
was necessary.
The boat boys led off, but the Marions
were soon up with them. 1t was a fine
house. Neither could gain an advantage,
but when they came to rough water, the
boat boys shot out ahead, gaining all the
half-minute ahead. On the return, the
boat boys were still gaining. Not long
..As for the race and began 20 pull an
easy stroke. The boat boys came in in
Time-Boat boys, 2:3O Same time as
the police, who won first place, showing
that they could have given the peace
keepers an awfully close shave.
5. Barge, 10 oars. Prize, $50. Course:
From starting point to bell buoy and re-
turn.
Hanakeolsi CO. S. S. PhiladeiphiaS
The Phillies had every advantage with
has never been seen here, but they, in
familiar boat-racing parlance, did not
have the beef
The two boats started out equal, and
kept it to the Naniwa's bow. When OPP
posite the lighthouse the Marions We're
getting over pretty far into the Phfla-
delphia's water, and had the latter been
closer, there would surely have been
foul The Marions forged ahead, and
kept the lead. After passing the spar
buoy, the Philadelphias lost steadily.
The Marions came in easy winners.
Time-Marion first 2S; Philadelphia
Winning crew-williams, Brown, Lar
sen, Beedon Simpson, Danielson, Pee
vain.
s. Surf gsf boats, for ships crews. First
Entries-MokoIii, Kinau and Lavinia,
the last being a crew of boat boys.
The start was a good one, the Moko-
and keeping it nearly to the halfway
buoy: Soon it was evident that the XII
nau boys meant business, and that the the
return the Kinaus gained the lead, and
kept it to the finish, the Helene's whis
tie blowing frantically as she passed her
Time-Kinau first, 49,. Mokoii, 1880.
NOTES.
The Philadelphia's launch was kindly
placed at the disposal of the judges.
The band was stationed on the Inter
Island wharf and cheered the spectators,
as we'll as the participants in the races,
The vessels in port and particularly the
United States ships Philadelphia and
Marion and H. I. j. Ms Naniwa, were
The Myrtles and Healani Boat Club
houses were prettily decorated for the
day, the club flags showing prominently.
A club of native singers was present in
the Myrtle headquarters, and dancing
was indulged in.
As the Maron's crew passed the bow
of their ship in the fifth race, the officers
and men gave them an ovation from the
c. S. Desky's launch, Star, was placed
at the disposal of the judges, and did ex-
cellent service.
All the races started from a position
off the Inter-Island wharf.
Those on the judges stand were: Q. B.
Wilson, judge and starter; w. f. Love,
timekeeper; a. G. NJ. Robertson and s.
Messrs. H. Z. Walker and Grifhths, con-
stituted the Regatta Committe.
The races were governed by the H. r.
A. rules.
The yachts came in at about $3.50 p. m,
after a very wet time of it. The Rescue,
owned by c. Johnson, came in first. The
judges had all left the float, so no time
could be gotten, but the yachts were out
the race would have to be run over again,
on account of the yachts being out so
long The Edith L. was a close second.
1t is claimed by some that the Rescue had
no right in the race, she being a first
class Yacht. The decision in regard to
the yacht race will be made known today.
AT THE PARK.
The sports at Kapiolani Park-in the
| forenoon for children and the afternoon
| for adults-were witnessed by a very
/ large number of people. Several kamaai-
mas were heard to say that it was the
| largest crowd that had ever been seen at
! the track. The stands and the spaces
| about them were all we'll filled, and a
/ large number of carriages were stationed
| in the immediate vicinity of the judges
stand. The decorations on the stands