The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-09-15
From Thursdays Daily.D

from Thursdays DailyD
Viewed from the standpoint of the
lnprejudiced observer, the yacht race
OF yesterday was complete success
The crown has passed from the Bon.
ME, the queen OF Hawaiian waters fol-
The past ten years, to the Gladys, 8
newcomer. and the product of Ameri.
,an invention and skill. II the race o
yesterday Is any criterion, the Inter
national race, to come of soon, vii
be walkover for the Columbia.
To all intents and in the eyes of tn,
public there were but two yachts II
the race. The Bonnie, owned ant
| sailed by President Dole, was designed
by Fife. the designer of the Shamrock
md was built in Scotland. The Gladys
| owned and sailed by 7. w. Hebron
was designed by V. ID. Bacon Of Mas.
sachusetts and built by Stone of San
Francisco.
The Hawaii, under manage
ment of Judge Wilcox. and the Ma
rion. in command of DR.. Humphris,
were kindly entered to make the event
more interesting, but the struggle was
generally understood to be between the
Bonnie and the Gladys, both of which
were known to be very fast and both
of which had many hackers. The Bon
ME has never had a competitor. here.
worthy of her, when she was under full
sail, and in all the races of late years
she has been handicapped by being
4, nj To-
though without these she has easily
won against all corners.
The Gladys, which was built primari-
ly as a pleasure boat, or cruiser, de-
veloped so much speed that her owner
was convinced that she could give the
Bonnie a close rub il she could not
beat her, and he has been anxious to
try conclusions; this desire on his part
resulting in the challenge for the cup,
which was the cause of this race.
The event of yesterday proves his
belief in the sailing qualities of the
Gladys to be well founded, as she went
to the front before being fairly out of
the harbor, and was never headed from
that time.
The boats got away well punched,
the Bonnie crossing the line at 1903,
followed by the Hawaii at 1907. the
Gladys at 1910, and Marion at l:l:O.
The Marion was little slow in get
ting Il start, but was close on the heels
OF the others. The Gladys rapidly
forged TO the front, however, and
passed the spar buoy 20 seconds ahead
Of the Bonnie, and at the bell buoy was
leading the Bonnie by So seconds, and
the Hawaii by 1850. She steadily in
creased her lead to windward, which
was a great surprise to most of the
spectators, as this has always been
the strongest point OF the Bonnie's
sailing, she being able 10 outpoint all
competitors heretofore, but the Gladys
not only sailed as close To the wind as
the Bonnie, but distinctly outfooted
her passing the Warehouse place at
Waikiki Alb In the lead. and rounding
The stakeboat NJ l;32:30. followed by
The Bonnie AT 1876: 30, the Hawaii at
u a., and the Marion at ! 10: 80. The
Gladys broke out her spinnaker imme-
Iilat"ly after rounding the stakeboat,
m did the Bonnie and Hawaii, The
Bonnie also set her topsail, which was
a distinct advantage over her competi-
tor, ana she also had the additional
advantage ~ much larger spinnaker
The Gladys carries no topsail and her
splnnaker IL a surprisingly small one
Tor q boat ~ her size The additional
SAL area tOld AZ once IN the l,onnies
iaior o. the Gladys Was no longer In,
,lnaHlng the distance between them,
Az Nele nov running free for The low
~ alshuhoai IN Pear. llarbor, ana ns
~ yachts rano down towards the bell
npNS WIN 'Yery sllirh III canvass
llaNlns lhoy presented q most boauii.
~ 'lshl and sAprnatlons ~ admlra,
non sore heard 90 All sidns Tho
H'Anls had too great q lead a. bn head