The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-20

OF the Eleanor cane aboard OF the Bennington.
hunted mp Kenyon, our coN'un. and started TO
" How is Tito lot my MiuiB6er Eight into this
race 7, asked the sailorman from the Eleanor.
We don't class with your people, OF course, hut
maybe we'll be able to get a look-ln for the
place. and il, you let us IN thcreIl pc place
Honolulu crews are all right, and my eight lisa
scratch lot, but they need exercise and II ICs
I'd like to send EN- out
The more the, merrier,,' said Scratch Ken
S ySnii sSi6R = q si tSP t he }ag onSInin Il p %Sg,d a DC eb 4 nee,
TO bet on their crews for the place.
y" 80 the two went ashore and saw the man,
ayers OF the race. and II was decided to permit
race. The Honolulu people jumped. at tho
instead Of backing, their crews TO beat US. they
started in &c, lay down slathcrs Of money on
new " book was, made. When il oopencd, up we
KK sTstic : t t2 G Crew AND %uS So!; t tno H9f o WIN
fnleceemsSn. Y7toi to win R,"S and ! }"tS to so HH place; and and
shS ElG al ? 81 TO crew. to the %iP 5a n6S 30 Si to 20 FOR o the
at all Of the Eleanor's outfit, and OF, course we
of the Bennington only smiled .pityingly when
the yachts crew was mentioned,
The roN'un OF the .Eleanor's crew only took
looking racing cutter. and then 1t was almost
dark. SO that we couldn't see what kind Of a lot
reason they were taken out at night for the ono
practice over the course was that the men ,ot
outclassed by the three other crews in the race
they were about to mix up In, ...
fully, without n ripple on the surface, of the
harbor. We were lying alongside the Eleanor
and wc felt rather sorry for the racing, crew q
Nor could we understand It when We heard
Eieanor's crew had gone ashore on the night
s sTsrs5 and Sd put 9SSn wi WITH lhS se TIson hall a c dozen
| not for the DlnCp, mind you, but to WIN The
Elea5n9 or IN men s1s G9t 20 f. Hops ir their ms Fe money saeyv and iol
these po !" SaPsG Working din9eI saiIormen Of that
asSils; 'nd only play their crew 70 Est ths ptIS sSf
hardness. and we had to let It 70 at that.
Well. the crews lined up at the starters
the signal. The Bennington's crew. composed
great. brawny Scandinavians, looked. winners
all over, and the GoS'un Kenyon. had to hide
his broad grins. .The eight from the Honolulu
AQUATIC Club looked trim and on edge, but not
dangerous: the eight kan9ka policemen
race; they were beefy. But that Eleenor's lot
opened our eyes. They were a splendid.look-
their faces recognized three Of them as Rav-
ing served on the same man-o'-war with me
several years before, And l remembered those
three az mighty good men at an oar. too. Two
or three of the other officers recognized others
men With whom they had been shipmates. and
when we drew alongside their cutie" they
s woq}S' Tie H w Saeht' fhe crew SI@ ]eedtsini gF looLd u fine tns
and we AL said to each other that it was such a
pity the Elegnor,s people hadn't played their
They we're on altogether at the pistol sig
nal. ami then Kenyon. our coS'un, let the two
gave The Bennington's crew a long. sloy stroke.
and settled back to make monkeys Of the three
crew was a length behind him. and that the
Eleanor's co1'un evidently declined to take a
R he1 WASN'T ,m Th W6 Rafeda a little bif, he IHs only onf 'f flsarei
on keeping within striking distance Of the two
Honolulu crews in front: end Their Of wearing
was rounded and the return trip. was begun.
At the beginning of the second mile the posi-
crews were about three lengths out in front,
racing themselves to, pieces. with our crew in a
the EEtiearnforF'sH crew. Now" the yachts crew W
seemed to be going almighty, smoothly, too;
with the same long. easy. pushing. stroke that
Kenyon was setting for his eight. 1t looked 10
Sleeve as u th ,nss E mes q n4 men sS amd e Was up ae rhelr
that the crew would have something left when
It eame to v racing pr.ci hoTnd iba the stake Ike; the the
could see that the two Honolulu crews We're
ALREADY nrh in G SIstref IL and r that they'd probably be
Our men wess heginnirg to let down. and
Kenyon, as soon al the stakeboat was rounded.
Increased the stroke and began the easy job OF
oyertaking the two crews in front. The Ben
Hllktoil y IlpNtu up"H tll'is LMo cTtNS
within less than 800 yards from the. stakeboat
on the run in. but then. we noticed that the
too. Kenyon looked hack ami saw that the
Yachts, cutter, was still. only u length away.
ih IN hand. He %" decided ss"t to shake shsI T the y s, c
crew of. for tho Eleanor,s cutter was
p 56s other s t%a cr ssS9na fal in tb back 'n at e w,1H
stroke. hopelessly beaten from too much racing
put o. if IL front, II But The The EIsSpor's crew wasn't g
cutter bent over. gave a word to his men. and
then for 1000 Yards there was the ]prettiest
fastest stroke. both ox'un were bending over
oarsmen. and our hearts began to crowd into
our throats as We saw, the yachts cutter
gaining Mns on al ours + g matt = d hut s staTeIiT; We'll .hdi
STAYING. ability, we decided, and We
line tho E]Ieanor's boat was a length in the lead.
and drawing away all the time. tho men in it
HntiI With" 300 feet of tn" fHT i line. and s"df then n
boat Ieng}hs. the h mem paS'o Of the crew crew scarcely Sy HIS
blown, and our crew ont to the very last OUNCE,
unconscious in the bottom OF the boat. The
two Honolulu crews we're distanced and didn't
Gloom ? I never saw the like of such gloom
OF course, everybody gave the yachts crew a
cheer for the gameness OF tho race they put up
were we Of the Bennington made to feel like
Korean coin. hut the islanders. who had at
least figured on getting second place in the
EEsce.Eh; It T Ma1ss a sd m2Gning r sSndiFRg to our
men went ashore in all OF the Yachts running
boats in a body and COLLECTED the $4,000 com
ing TO them. repaired back to their ship with
out making any attempt to tear Honolulu loose
from its foundations. and in two days the
Eleanor was missing from Honolulu harbor.
THAT was a 90 to ! shot that dumped me
harder than any. horse race could, even II ]
had a million on the beaten favorite."
STUDY OF THE METEORS.