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


Healani and Myrtle clubs that the
scene was the gayest. High at the
mast heads over each club fioated it's
club colors, and flags of every known
country, Hawaii and America most in
evidence, of course, swung and futter-
ed and danced in the sunlight until
they seemed houses built~of flags. Their
broad verandas We're crowded with Ia
dies in red or in blue, according as they
were Myrtle or Healani sympathizers,
and from them floated the sweet music
of native bands and indoors dancing
was going on all during the day. Below
on the floats in front of the houses
were other crowds, of men in duck or
oarsmen in scanty rowing costume,
sober and serious in anticipation. of a
coming contest or exultant and intoxi-
Gated with joy over victory just won.
And the ubiquitous small boy, it was
great day for him. Free from par
entail discipline for day and at lib
erty to so and come as suited his pleas
ure best he had a day that he will re-
member in his dreams until another
Regatta day comes. round. Rows of
urchins sat with dangling legs like a
fringe along each wharf. Others more
daring climbed into the rigging of the
various vessels at the docks, still others
stripped off their unnecessary clothing
and spent the whole day in the water,
swimming about among the yachts and
begging for pennies to be dived for, or
climbing for a breathing space upon
group of piles or swinging airily on
some swaying hawser to plungs again
into the water and come up smiling
and spouting for another delicious float
about where things were busiest.
The weather man had been kind and
had ordered for the day one of the best
of his samples of Honolulu weather.
Over the mountains hung banks of
feecy clouds, shining white in the sun
light. Once or twice a vagrant shower
came along and tempered the heat to
go chasing out to sea in a moment,
leaving a gorgeous rainbow arching
along the hills. There was a smart
breeze throughout the day. strong
enough in the harbor to permit of good
going for the yachts and so fresh out
side the reef that it gave the amateur
sailors all the fun they wanted.
THE ONE ACCIDENT.
1t was this very frisky breeze, roll
licking and frolicking among the big
rollers outside that caused the one acct
dent that marred the days sport But
IL resulted in nothing worse than a
ducking to those concerned. It came
In the first event of the day. the senior
barge race between the Myrtles and
the Healanis. Much against the wishes
OF the latter club the course had been
laid around the bell buoy. 1t was I'M
usually rough outside and before the
boats had rounded the spar buoy it was
plain from the shore that there would
be pilil1ia before they reached the hell
buoy
The long light boats rose on the great
seas and sank into their troughs in
narrowing fashion and before thew
were half way from the spar to the hell
the Healani boat shipped a great sea
and swamped. The Healanis were then
two lengths ahead of the Myrtles but
the latter boat slipped by rapidly only
to meet the same fate a few moments
later. The Kinau which was Just COM
ing in and the Eleu which had accom-
panied the barges went quickly to the
rescue of the two boats and the men
were soon out of danger. The Healani
"e-S NeihOii Oll DOdIu VI the Ecu.
but two of the Myrtle oarsmen bailed
out their craft and rowed her back in
to the harbor. The accident coming as
1t did early in the days events threat
ened to put damper on the enjoyment
OF the day, but as none of the particf-
pants were injured all was soon going
as pleasantly as before. But the uues-
ton of rowing another race around the
bell buoy is settled for good and all.
and 1t will never be attempted again.
This year was the first time it has been
tried.
The wind died down during the after
noon and some of the yachts found it
somewhat light when they came to
beat back from the mouth of Pearl
Harbor. 1t caused some little trouble
to the sailing canoes also, for these
craft are not built to go well into the
wind and while they found theirun from
the channel easy and fast it was diff
ferent coming back and some Of them
failed to cross the line at all.
1t was late in the afternoon before
the last event was finished, but the