The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-11
The Red and White Captured
Both Events on Saturday.
LARGEST ATTENDANCE ON RECORD
Scenes at the Pearl Harbor Course How
the Myrtles Celebrated Their
Victories.

Twas clean sweep-and the Myr
ties carried the broom. Another cham
tory, with the Myrtles winning both
events.
The day was magnificent. There
was gentle breeze blowing which,
while it was not strong enough to
roughen the water, was a godsend to
the crowds of people who were COM
PEELED to view the races from unshel-
tered places. At early morning the
city took on a holiday appearance. Bus
mess came to a standstill at 1 o'clock,
so that everybody could go to the races.
And it seemed as if everybody did go.
The first train left for the scene at
Las. On board of it were the band,
officials, crews, newspaper men, and a
few eager passengers who wanted to
be sure of being on time. 1t was pret-
ty well crowded, but it was nothing to
the o'clock train-the last special. 1t
seemed as if there were one common
destination for all Honolulu-and that
was the railroad station. King street
was jammed with cars, vehicles, BIZ
cycles and pedestrians. At the depot
it seemed as if order could never be
brought out of the confusion. No one
envied the man at the ticket window
that day. Sixteen coaches, hauled by
the big, new engine, carried the load
ty. Some of these were canopied
freight cars, with rough benches for
seats, but the crowd was too good
natured to let little thing like that
bother them. A close estimate places
the number Of people at 1000, which
beats all previous records.
AS soon as the course was reached
the crowd scattered in various direc-
tions, to gain places of vantage. They
ranged themselves along the shore, on
the wharfs, and the small boys filled
the trees. The band, which was al
ready there, enlivened the scene by
playing various airs, of which ''Therell
be Hot Time in the Old Town To-
night was the most popular, and, as
afterwards tranSpired, the most pro-
phetic.
Anchored off Macfarlane's wharf was
beautiful La PalOma, dressed in her
best attire. On board was a large par
ty. The Gladys, light and airy as a
bird, and the swift Bonnie Dundee
came along afterwards. LarSen's naph-
tha launch puffed and snorted and
dashed here and there carrying mes
sages and orders On board of her
were Prince Cupid, starter; Harry
Whitney and E. H. Wodehouse, judges
at the start; Leslie Scott and Louis
Marks, timekeepers; w. G. Parke, of
the regatta committee: Harry Evans
and John Short, signal-boat men; w.
H. Coney, of the Bulletin, E. F. Norrie,
of the Independent, George F. Hen
shall, of the Star, and o. r. Morgan,
of the Advertiser.
The appearance of the two senior
crews was almost simultaneous. and
was the signal for an outburst OF
cheers, in which each club tried to
make the most noise. The two crews
at once made for the starting point,
with the launch vainly trying to keep
up with them. In the Healani shell
Captain and Stroke Klebahn watched
closely his small, yet 1.-the, opponent,
Captain Sorensen of the Myrtles
Are you ready?" shouted Prince
Cupid. Then CO." The blades flashed
brightly in the sunlight and the race
was on. The red and white secured
the best of the start by about a quar-
ter of a length, but this was evened
up in the first 100 yards. Slowly the
red and white pulled ahead, the blades