The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-09-11

1t was, the watches showed very fair
work and both crews are probably
above the average standard.
Soon after 4 o'clock the launch of the
Iroquois with the judges. time-keepers,
starter and press representatives on
board, steamed to the boat houses OF
the clubs and the starter by mega
phone instructed the Junior crews to
proceed to the starting place.
For over half an hour the crowd wait
ed impatiently for the appearance Of
the contestants, and when finally they
came within eyeshot, the Myrtles were
seen to possess an immense lead; this
they increased to such an extent as to
annihilate enthusiasm, for spectators
love close finish and are not prone
to rave over a walk-over.
The race for the championship was
different; a hundred and fifty yards
from home it looked like the Healani's
race, then the Myrtles spurted as a
local crew has never spurted before,
and victory appeared to hover over the
representatives of the crimson, ready
to drop her laurels on the victors. The
effort was n trifle mistimed however,
and Jarret and his Healanian crew by
a mighty effort forced their shell home
a winner by a short quarter OF
length.
Then occurred a scene which Is I'M
equalled in local rowing annals and
which reminded one of the uproarious
reception accorded the oxford and
Cambridge crews at Mortlake after
rowing a similar finish. To put it brief
ly the admirers of the winning four evil
denced their citation by calling into
service every known device for making
n noise and the effect obtained did sig
nal credit to their efforts.
Finally the crowd boarded the train,
leaving quiet old Pearl Harbor to re-
sumo it's dreamy old existence until
next September. Arrived in Honolulu
the eXcursionists told their tales of
victory or defeat with faithful vivid
ness and until the midnight hovr
chimed. the streets echoed the intel
ligence, hilariously impaired, that once
again Healani was champion.
THE JUNIOR RACE.
After much flddling the starter got
the boats off fairly well together. The
Myrtles shot ahead from the word go.
rowing together In taking manner. AT
the half mile Myrtles were two and a
half lengths to the good; at the three
quarters they had increased their lead
to six lengths; at the mile 1t was Myr-
ties by over eight lengths, and from
then until the finish they drew away at
viii. crossing the line a good fifteen
lengths in the lead. Time, 11:44.
The losers were In trouble from the
start, and their exhibition OF water
manship at the take OFF was horrible.
They had the outside and the Myrtles
the inside course. Fuller OF the win
ners wore q bandage on his right leg.
A broken footstrap OF the Healani bow
oar delayed the start considerably.
The work OF both eoxswains was
elementary and wretched. The
winners rowed with machine-like
precision and are good crew. The
Healanis splashed continually and out
side of Williams. the stroke. gave a de-
plorable exhibition; they made no at
tempt to squirt and appeared TO be de-
moraiized; In marked contrast TO the
winners. who were not appreciably
MINDED"
THE CHAMPIONSHIP RACE.
The men rowed to the post In a show
er OF rain. The start was prompt ana
the hyrtles again got away with a
slight lead, Al the half they led by
length. and were going AZ well as could