The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-09-18

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stand to play for the winners and the
osers I'm the different events. Besides
the band there were a number of ladies
on board and they sang Hawaiian songs
and National melodies to the delecta-
ton Of everyone.
But 1t was at the boat house of the
Healani and Myrtle clubs that the
scene was the gayest. High at the
mast heads over each club foated it's
club colors. and flags of every known
country. Hawaii and America most in
evidence, of course, swung and flutter-
ed and danced in the sunlight until
they seemed houses built of flags. Their
broad verandas were crowded with la
dies in red or in blue. according as they
We're 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 a victory just won.
| And the ubiuuitous small boy 1t was
great day for him. Free from par
entail discipline for n dav and at lib
erty to go 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 dav in the water
swimming about among the Yachts and
begging for pennies to be dived for or
climbing for breathing space upon Il
group of piles or swinging airily on
some swaving hawser to plungs a"ain
into the water and come up smiling
and spoutirF for another delicious float
about where things were busiest.
The weather man had been kind and
had ordered for the dav one of the hest
of his samples Of Honolulu weather
Over the mountains hung banks OF
fleecy clouds. shining white In the sun
LIGHT. Once or twice vagrant shower
came along and tempered the beat to
go chasing out to sea in a moment,
leaving gorgeous rainbow arching
along the hills. There was a smart
breeze throughout the dav. strong
enough in the harbor to hermit of good
Poing for the Yachts and so fresh out
side the reef that It Fave the amateur
sailors all the fun they wanted.
THE ONE ACCIDENT.
1t was this very frisky breeze, roll
licking and frolclSing among the big
rpllarS
dent that marred the DAYS sport But
It resulted in nothing worse than n
duskine to those concerned. It came
in the first event of the dav. the senior
barge race between the Myrtles and
the Henlanis Much against the wishes
Of the latter club the course had been
laid around the bell buoy 1t was un-
usually rough outside and before the
boats had rounded the srar buoy It was
plain from the shore that there would
be pilikia before they reached the bell
buoy.
The long light boats rose on the great
seas and sank INTO their troughs in
narrowing fashion and before they
We're half way from the spar to the bell
the Healani boat shipped great sea
and swamped. THE Healanis We're then
two lengths ahead OF the Myriles but
the latter boat slipped by rapidly only
to meet the same fate 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
shell was taken on board of the Eleu
but two of the Myrtle oarsmen bailed
out their craft and rowed her back in
to the harbor. The accident coming as
It did early In the days events threat
ened to put damper on the enjoyment
OF the day, but as none OF the partlci-
pants were injured all was soon going
as pleasantly as before. But the ques-
tion OF rowing another race around the
bell buoy Is settled for good and all.
and II win never be attempted again.
This year was the first time It has been
tried.
The wind died down during the after