Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1900-09-15

ed In the hsrbor and frightened Cap.
tain Campbell 40 that his hat fell over.
board
In October. 1896. George Carter took
charge Of the Healsnls and. since thet
time, there has been better work b.
the wearers Of the blue. all along the
line, This boom has not died out and
nov that A. l.. G. Atkinson has takekn
charge Of the affairs OF the Healanis.
still better work IL expected.
on the night Of February I, 1897. the
N. H. G. gave a smoker In celebration
of the fourteenth anniversary Of the Or
ganlzation of the club Even the In q.
yitations were in red.
In the Pearl Harbor championship
races Of September II. 1897. the Myr-
ties won both races ms they did in 1895.
The Leilanis were only In at the start.
The finish Of the Leilanls Is a forbid
den subject. over 1900 people were a,
the races This was the year that c. s,
Desky's launch Star" went ashore.
Regatta day fell on September is In
1897. In the first class yacht race the
Bonnie Dundee won again. The other
yachts showed plainly their inferiority
to her. The Myrtles won the slx-oaraI
barge race. In the events OF this day
Kimokeo triumphed over Renear. the
California champion, in the 100 yards
swimming contest. II was certainly q
great day for the natives The Leilanis
won the four-oared barge race from
both the Myrtles and Healanis.
On September 23d Of this year the
Myrtles beat the Leilanls In a special
race. Prince David was the stroke OF
the latter crew. 1t was directly after
this, that vanderveer, the ships writ
er Of the 4. S. S. Philadelphia compos-
ed the following march which he dedl-
Gated to the Myrtle Boat Club:
We belong to the crew Of club not
new,
And we're Myrtle boys full of JOY.
Well haunt the red until we're dead
With bending oar, Wen keep to the
fore,
As we easily slide, through the water
glide,
The people cry as we go by
That they'll bet their coin while our
| rivals learn
That as birds we simply ny.
The music is by Prof. Berger an
has been played so often that every
body can whistle IT,
The Healanis made clean sweep @,
the championship races at Pearl H1r-
Dor on September 10, 1898, and there
was such a predominance Of blue that
1t was apparent even In the camp OF
the Myrtles. This was the first year Of
the connection OF i. w. Klebahn, the
German champion oarsman, with the
Healani crews and, In his capacity Of
trainer, he certainly made his work
Exceedingly close. The Healanis pass,
ed over the line In 1906 90 and the
Myrtles In 1906 AS, so the race was
won by two-fifths Of a second. NJ
closer race has been recorded during
the history Of racing in the Islands.
II was after these races that Klebahr
was dubbed the Admiral Dewey OF Hl
waiian waters. The Myrtles attributed
their defeat to the fact that their boy
did not board at the Arlington. How
ever. those are things OF the past.
In the Regatta Day events Of Sep
TENDER II, the Healanis added an
other victory to their list by beatin.
the Myrtles In the six-oared barge race
Kimokeo was again pitted against Re
near In the swimming race and one
: more did the native come out vlctori
Gus. In the four-oared barge race, til
Myrtles beat the All Rodgers. In tn
first class yacht race, the Hawaii wol
over both the Bonnie Dundee and Mar
ion.
Both championship races at Pear
Harbor on September 8, 1899 were wo
by the Myrtles. The time was mucl
slower than that OF the previous year
This was the day that Bill Larsen wit
his putting launch carrie dthe judge
over the course and that A. l.. c. A;
kinson, j. o. Carter Jr., and Jane
Lloyd had to walk to town on accoui
: Of a bet--the wrong way. This wa
also the day that a holoku was b,
against a hat that the Healanis woul
win and that, strange to say, the lad
:, most concerned, refused to give up he
. dress. The aalalauwa, the royal re
fish, also appeared In great numbers
the harbor.
n Regatta Day, the following Satul
: day, was another great day. Immens
: crowds thronged the water front. TIL
o Healanis reversed matters and MAJ
4 a clean sweep In the races In while
s they and the Myrtles were concerne
: and, whereas the Bulletin on the pr
D vious Saturday, published an extra ed
a ton In red, It published another exit
I on the following Sunday, in blue.
Q The events at Pearl Harbor last Sa
urday are still too fresh In the mint
o OF boating enthusiasts to need ve'
?, much mention, The Myrtles easily d,