The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-09-10
PEARL HARBOR RACES
HEALANtS WIN SENIOR EVENT IN
FINE STYLE.
one of Most Exciting Finishes in His
tory of Hawaiian Rowing
by Big Crowd.

In the closest, the most desperate and
the gamiest race probably ever hid in
the history of Honolulu boat clubs, the
| Healani senior crew captured the clas-
sic rowing event of the Islands from the
Myrtle crew last Saturday at Pearl
harbOr 1t was a magnificent ace with
nothing but honor and credit or she
VictOrs and the vanqushed alike. Both
showed they had endurance and cour-
age to the core. They pulled hard in
the face of a choppy course for over a
mile and when their captains called for
the final squirt both crews responded
with full reserve strength, only the
Healanis had about quarter of a
boats length the better of the squirting.
The crowd which went to Pearl Har-
Dor Saturday was about the largest in
the history of racing at that place. The
members of the various crews went
down on an early train in the afternoon
but the majority of the people arrived
at o'clock. In addition to those who
came on by rail and drove in carriages
nearly every yacht in these waters was
anchored by the finish of the mile and
a half course. Gay with cOlOrs, bright
with halyards of flags the sailing craft
helped to give to the scene a distinctive
ly nautical air. There was not much
betting on either the senior or the
Junior events. What money there was
| This was the race which the Healanis
We're expected to win while the Myrtles
were conceded to have double mort
| gage upon the senior event. The result
! was that what money was bet went on
! the junior race. When the Healanis
witnessed the dismal procession in this
event the most acute chill of CONCEAL
| ment encircled their feet and no one
wanted to risk loosing any more money.
! Those who did bet tried to hedge but
with dismal results.
The junior race was practically a
| farce the Heaanis being clearly out
classed, outrowed and Outgamed. Con-
siderable delay resulted at the start but
when they did get away the Myrtles
took the lead. At the quarter they were
two and a half lengths ahead, and at
] the half they had increased this to four
! lengths, and at the mile they were eight
| lengths to the good. At the finish the
crowds were eagerly gazing down the
course in anticipation of seeing a hur-
ricane finish ending by the closest mar
! gin. When the Myrtles We're seen to be
lengths in the lead with the Healanis
| clearly distressed, the enthusiasm died,
| even in the threats of the Myrtle sym
pathizers, for everybody wanted to see
a well contested race won. When the
| Myrtles did cross the line nobody
| bothered much about figuring out the
number of boat lengths by which they
| had won. 1t was question of time and
when it was found that 80 2-5 seconds
was the difference in the finishing time
/ of the two crews people We're not very
much surprised. The time for the race
was lila.
! The surprised occurred in the senior
race, the event of the year. In addition
to the Healanis and Myrtles the Leilani
club had a crew entered but they did
not figure at any part of the race. The
/ in a shower
start They got off together without
delay and the Myrtles and Healanis be-
gan the struggle for the championship.
| The Myrtles had the inside and the
Healanis the outside course the Lei
lanis in the middle. At the quarter
the Healanis We're a part of boats
length ahead but at the mile the Myrtle
crew had caught up and they were nose
and nose passing the signal boat. Both
| flags flashed simultaneously and then
the crowd realized that brilliant, des-
perate struggle was in progress. At
the Myrtles boat house the Wearers OF
the red forged ahead slightly but the
Healanis were full of reserve force and
| when Jarrett called for the squirt they
| drove the long narrow shell through the
water with increasing speed. But Judd
| had a crew with him who were game
too and as the boats in full view of the
wildly cheering crowd, passed the Hea-
| lanis quarters, the captain of the Reds
called for the final squirt. On they came
slowly gaining at every second. 1t look
! ed as if they would snatch victory from
| the opposing crew but Jarrett urged his
men again. They kept their lead and
crossed the line by a quarter of a length
in the lead i'm 1914 nearly record time.
The crews which took part in the
races were:
Healanis, Senior-Bow, q. Boisse;
| No 2, James Lloyd; No. 3, Dan Penear;
stroke, Paul Jarrett; coXswain, Charles
Reynolds
NIyrtles, Senior-Bow, w. H. Souer;
No ,, p. Lishman; No. George An
gus; Stroke, A. f. Judd, and coxswain,
w. Alvarez.
Leilanis. Senior-Bow, H. D. NJ. Cobb;
No 9 c. Peck; No. 8, p. r. Phillips;
stroke, S. E. p. Taylor; coXswain, II.
Wagner.
Myrtles, Junior-Bow, George Fuller;
No 2, Arthur Giles; No. 3, Sam John
son; stroke, Allan Judd; coXswain, w.
Alveraz
Healanis, Junior-Bow, Merle John
son: No 2 Pat Gleason; No, 3, Allan
Walcott; stroke. w. Williams; cox
swain, Charles Reynolds.
A large number of people were left at
the Peninsula Saturday afternoon by
the regular excursion train. On aC-
count of the delay in starting the races
it was so late at the finish that the train
had to pull right out to make her sche-
dule, leaving the road full of tired
dusty, hungry Honolulu folk anxious
to get into town. A special was sent
out to bring the belated crowd in. 1t
carried four cars and got back to town
shortly after S o'clock.
The railroad service was up to the
usual excellent standard, although, on
account of the immensely of the crowd,
second class coaches had to be pressed
into service on all of the trains.
c. A. Il. Miller, the candy man, had a
refreshment stand near the boat houses
and served excellent light refreshments
all afternoon. The project proved
paying one Col. G. j. Mccarthy sent
down a keg of beer for the band.
The Iroquois' launch with Captain
Pond i'm command, took out the judges.
Captain Pond had his officers and Rev
V. II. Kitcat as special guests. Repre-
sentatives of the Advertiser, Bulletin
and Star were guests Of the Rowing AS
sociation and We're treated handsomely.
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