The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-07-05
WHITE WING
YACHTS CONTEST.
Eva, Hawaii. Myrtle
and Pokii were
Winners.
LE0WA ANEARLY FOUNDERS.
ON THE TRACK AND CINDER
PATH AT MAKIKI
GROUNDS.
Some Amusing and Exciting Events
Sensational Finish in the
One Hundred and Twenty
Yards Hurdle.

d One of the prettiest sights ever wit
n messed in the harbor was the maneu
Yering of the yachts yesterday prepar
/ atory to the start There were Is boat
Ii in the different classes. and the ney
r manner OF starting was one Of the fea
c lures OF the race. 1t gives a chance I
the capable yachtsman to get a goo,
: start. IL is test of seamanship. an,
makes start interesting for all con
: cerned.
The first to get away were the Bonnie
Dundee, Eva and La Paloma. The two
lirst left almost together, but the Pa
Iona, being more unwieldy, was quite
distance behind.
The second class had but two start
ers, the Hawaii and Marion. They
started nearly even, but did not stay
together long.
The third-class boats were the Myr-
tie. Malolo, Kaiki and Leoma. They got
away in a bunch, after a false start,
The Myrtle soon showed her heels, and
/ throughout the race they were in the
same position as at the finish.
The Pakii, Clytie, Abbie N and
Edith L. started in the fourth class.
Trouble began in the races when the
hrst turn was reached. The orders of
sailing were to round a stakeboat off
hn
seen. Ii was finally discovered that the
stakeDoat was cask with 4 stake at
tached to 1t. The boat which anchored
the buoy started back to town. and
some of the yachts rounded her this
side the anchored buoy and will be dis
qualified for not going the entire
course
Great interest centered on the third /
class race. The boats were all reck- I
oned as fast The little MYRTLE sriled |
by Crozier and Brotherton, showed her
superiority, however, in no unmistak- 1
Arthur Giles, was a great :esaia dfsaappIp5oint-
ment She is a brand new boat, and
was built for speed. Her crew of six
were kept bailing from the time the
spar buoy was passed until the finish
as she struck rough water her seams
opened. and there was a space along
the cardboard streak opened up about
three-quarters of an inch through
which the water rushed. The boys who
sailed in her were glad to reach the
harbor in safety
The Hawaii made a runaway race OF
the second class, winning from the
Marion by over half an hour.
In the fourth-class race the Pakii
beat the Edith L. by about one min
ute, counting the handicap allowed the
catboat
The frst-clasS race was around the
southeastern end of the Island TO and
around Rabbit Island. The wind being
very light, the Paloma dropped out a.
hoko Head, leaving the Bonnie and
Eva to finish the race alone.
To Black Point the Bonnie lead the
Eva by quite a distance. The wind
freshened near Koko Head, and the
Eva gained rapidly and was soon 4
long distance ahead of the Bonnie Dun
lee. The Eva rounded Rabbit Island
and started home, passing the Bonnie
Al Makapu Point When Diamond
Head was reached the Eva was met by
several of the smaller boats, which had
sailed out TO watch the two racers. The
wind suddenly fell, becalming the
whole fleet. They lay there for some
time. scarcely making any headway,
and the Bonnie was seen coming like
a raeehorse and bringing the wind with
her.
Ii had been agreed between the first
class boats that the finish OF their race
would be at the spar buoy. The Eva
drifted towards the buoy and passed il
at 4:i5, the Bonnie finishing 29ls min
utes later. The Eva made her moor
ings with scarcely breeze rippling the
water. When the Bonnie Dundee en-
tered the harbor it was with her lee
rail under water.
The yachts OF the second, third and
fourth classes sailed over the same
course. the little Myrtle making the
fastest time of them all and beating the
Hawaii's time by IL minutes and 81
seconds.
and the time of the finish, as recorded
by the kitchen clock in the Heaiani
clubhouse, II was what the yachts were
started by and by it they finished:
Hawaii. li:l5:46; Myrtle, 1I:1S:15;
Naiolo. 1l:i4:Sa: Marion. ll:50:s5;
kaiki. 1l.5o.i3; Leoma. I2:04:s7: Po-
xii. i2;20;s5: Clytie, 1925: -: Edith
l., 1885: 20; Abbie NJ. i2;sI:36: Eva.
!. lS.0o; Bonnie. 4:44:30. Time OF last
two yachts taken at spar buoy II
The misunderstanding Of the posi-
uons probably accounts for some dis
in time. There were no
judges or timers at the finish Walter
Wall and Others took the time Of all
the boats. not officially. but because
they were interested in the sport
The day was enjoyed by all who
took part in the races. bot the results
were disappointing to many.
There was q large crowd 10 witness 1
the field sports on the old baseball
grounds at Makiki in the afternoon.
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