The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-17

been under the spell of kahuna dur
| ing the race.
Tug-of-war between steamer service
boats In actual use. Prize $50 The VIII
liam Olsen and the NJ w. Mcchesney
were represented, the formers boat be-
| ing captained by Kulama, while Shar-
key looked after the other. The VIII
liam Olsen outfit took all the money.
I Two-oared shore boat race. First
prize, SIS; second prize, $40. Course,
same as in six-paddle canoe race. There
were four starters and pilikia galore
ensued. The first two boats to finish
were disqualified on the grounds of in
eligibility. Mahuka. who pulled a La
Paloma boat. and Sharkey, who rowed
/ In a ships boat. finished in the order
named. The judges disqualified them,
however, and gave first and second
places to the AIayfiower and the Nippon
Maru. which are regular shore boats.
The judges decision was questioned by
many, who were of the opinion that il
any protest was to have been made. il
should have been made prior to the
start.
/ Diving contest for distance. Prize SIS.
Kuaiwa won. His distance under wa
ter was nearly seventy-five yards.
sailing canoe race. First prize, $50,
second prize. SIS; third prize SO, xCourse,
knuckle buoy course.
The South Sea Islanders farmed this
event, and the way they played it down
on the poor natives was shameful. The
|Takatoa and the Teominatun ran away
from the others at the start getting
through the water at speed which was
little short of marvellous. The Takatoa
/ covered the distance in Il minutes 20
seconds, and won first prize the TeO-
minatun finished second, and an Ha-
waiian canoe, the Kealoha. took tn ird
money The first two boats were sailed
his lei "A
starters I'm the race, which from a spec
tacular point of view. was the best of
the day.
Swimming race half mile Prize. S15.
kuaiwa won easily. Time, minutes.
Four-Oared merchant ships boat
race. First prize 500; second prize $40.
Spar buoy course.
A boat from the +. =. Sutton won
this race. Time. 10 minutes 20 seconds.
The William Olsen's boat was second
The Dunreggan and McNear coracles
also ran.
During the afternoon Daniel Logan
y. q. T.. and A. G.. NJ Robertson APP
: peared in n new and pleasing feature
: which was not numbered on the OF
! fetal program. To settle dispute they
. rowed a race in shore boats from the
judges stand to the Pacific Mail wharf
. For half the distance there was no day
light between the boats. but soon af,el
{ wharf could be seen a man in another
boat standing up and frantically wav
ing a vial filled with some mysteriou.
amber-colored fluid. From then on i
was boat race; the effect was magica
= on the two athletes. Casting caution
To the winds they made for the glass,
. goal regardless of consequences.
i. may truthfully be said that such row
: ing has never been witnessed in Homo
" lulu harbor. They strained. until to tn
- enraptured crowd on the judges stant
: the cracking Of backs sounded like tn
J, Ticking of a mule whip. The two cham
}. pions crashed into the Mail wharf sim
y ultaneously and an animated DISCUS
. sion followed as to who had won. Eacl
= accused the other of fouling. and Will
. they were exchanging compliments tn
= stakeholder got away with the bottle
BOth Oarsmen were enthusiastically
cheered on returning to the startinI
=, point. 1t is understood that a simila
- race VIII be made a feature of futur
y regattas. Time, 81 minutes 3A seconds