The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-09-17
Celebration Of National Holiday in
Bay Here.
ATTRACTIVE LIST OF EVENTS
First and Second Class Yacht
Races-Sw and Diving.
Small Boats.

This is to be the big boating day OF
1898 in Hawaii nei. From $50 a. M.
to p. m, Honolulu harbor will be
alive with all sorts of racing and
pleasure craft, and the regatta pro-
gram of the year will be on. Shipping
in port and the boat houses will be
decorated in honor of the occasion.
Government offices, banks, business
houses and most of the shops and mills
will remain closed. II will be d gen
eral holiday all over.
Capt. C. J. Campbell and T. J. King
have been most successful in raising
funds. Last night nearly $1,000 had
been subscribed, which will supply all
the prizes required
The band has been engaged to play
all day on the Pacific Mail wharf. All
the vessels in the vicinity have offered
their decks to the Regatta Committee
for use of the public Chairs will be
placed on them and canvas overhead
The judges stand will be staked
down in the same position as last year.
The officers will be: Judges-C. B.
Wilson, Capt c. J. Campbell and
Chas. B. Gray. Timekeepers-L. Marks,
A c. Brock, Chris Willis and Gunner
Jaffee, of the Philadelphia Clerk of
Course-Capt E. H. Parker. Regatta
Committees. E. p Taylor, G. H. Gere
and c. S. Crane. Secretary-B H.
Wright.
The following is a complete list of
entries, prizes and courses up to the
latest hour last night:
First-Five-Oared Whale Boat Race.
First prize, $50; second $40 Course
Spar Buoy course. Entries: Pilot boat
No. 2, Capt. McCauley; Dewey, l. L.
Fasseur. To start at $3.50 a. m.
Second -SiX-oared Sliding Seat
Barge. Prize, $50 trophy Course:
From Judges stand out the channel to
Spar buoy, passing on port side, thence
back to start. Entries: Healani, H. Y
B. c.; Alice M, w. f. Love; Myrtle, M.
B. G. To start at 10 a. m
Third-Diving Contest for Time
Prize, $5. Entries: Kuaiwa, Kawika,
John Mau. To start at 1920 a. m.
FOurth-TwO-oared Shore Boat Race.
First prize, $40; second, So. Course:
From starting line out the channel to
and around first Can buoy, keeping it
on the port side in turning, and back to
starting line. Entries: Butcher boat,
E<aIa Maid of Erin, Pahukula: Let Her
A
kOa; No. %, Mahina; Benicia, Waha;
Fair Play, Ekela; Every Time, Wa
hine. To start at 10:4 p. m.
Fifth-First Glass Yacht Race. First
prize, $40; second, $50. Course: From
line, passing out the channel,
keeping between line of buoys and
piles, leaving Spar and Bell buoys on
port side: thence TO and around flag
boat off Sans Souci keeping it on the
port side in rounding; thence to a flag
boat off entrance to Pearl HarbOr,
keeping it on starbOard side in round
ing; thence to and around bell buoy,
leaving it port side; thence to spar
buoy, passing on the starbOard side;
thence keeping between line of buOys
and piles in channel to starting line.
Entries: Marion, J. LightfOOt; Ha-
wall, w. L. Wilcox; Bonnie Dundee, S.
B. Dole. To start at II a. M.
Sixth-Six-oared Gig Race. First
prize, $50; second, SO. Course: Spar
buoy course. Entries: Kapiolani, A.
L. c. Atkinson; KanOelani, Ekela. To
start at 11:15 a. m.
Seventh-Swimming Race 200
yards). 100 yards, straight away. Prize,
S15 trophy. Entries: Ward, Ytting,
w. L. Welsh. KimOkeO, Kuaiwa, Dan
Ranear. To start at 11:20 a. m.
Eighth-Six-paddIe Canoe Race.
First prize, S15; second, So. Course:
To start from line of Spar and Fairway
buOys and finish at Judges stand. En-
tries: Waikiki Boy, KeIiipio; Kakaa-
kO, Keliipio; LeiIani, Keliipio: Honua-
kaha, l. Nauha; kauaheahe, H. Kapu.
To start at 11:45 a. m.
Ninth-Second Glass Yacht Race.
First prize, $40; second, $40; third,
$40. COurse-From starting line, pass
ing out the channel, keeping between
line Of buoys and piles, leaving Spar
and Bell buoys on port side; thence to
and around flag boat off Sans Souci,
keeping it on the port side in round
ing; thence to flag boat off quaran-
tine station, keeping it on starboard