The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-16
NEW YACHT
A GOOD ONE
Constitution Won
From TWORivals
Hands Down.

In a light breeze trial off Newport in
which the Columbia and Independence
participated the Constitution gained a
brilliant victory, finishing ten minutes
ahead of the Columbia. The Independ-
ence proved a great disappointment to
her friends and failed to finish within
the time limit. On July Sth the Consti-
tuition again proved an easy winner over
the Columbia and Independence and de-
monstrated her great superiority in a
light breeze. The Columbia finished half
an hour and the Independence an hour
behind. The Boston boat was more than
nine miles in the rear.
The trial of the Shamrocks fell through
on account of lack of wind.
The German Emperor has ordered an
American yacht.
In the first five miles of the latest rae
ing trial between the Shamrocks both
yachts apparently sailing for all they
were worth, the challenger beat the
Shamrock 1 quite a half mile. The
boats started to windward with steady,
gradually strengthening breeze, about
sufficient to cover the American cup
course. The challenger had just come
out of dock, where her hui was cleaned
and she showed immensely improved
form, outsailing the Shamrock 1 on every
| tack. She led the latter by half mile,
off Little CumbTae, five miles from the
start.
The race horse Midsummer of the
Johnson stable was killed by lightning
at Butte.
The best three-year-old FLY in the East
| is Jamie.
| Potente was recently sold in New York
| for s2O5.
Pierre Lorrilard who in 1881 won the
| Eng..sh Derby with Iroquois, is dead.
| Ezekiel D. Norman, a well known
| horseman and famous over the Pacific
coast as a trainer, is dead.
A recent week at Newmarket lost
Richard Croker twelve thousand pounds
| in bets. He lost $4,000 over the defeat
| of his horse Flambard which was neay-
| lily plunged upon by the American con-
| tingent. put broke down. Flambard ran
| for the Princess of Wales plate.
| Old Advance Guard took the Great
Western handicap at Chicago beating a
| large field. Robert WaddeI the Derby
| winner which had up I'D pounds and was
| trying to give big pull in the weights
to some of the best horses in the West
| found the distance too far and finished
sixth. The winner was favorite at to
| I. Vesuvian led for a mile. Terminus
was second and Star Chamber third.
James =. Keen's Teddy at 10 to l won
the Brighton Beach handicap; Water
cure was second and Alcedo third.
The Canadian cricket team gained a
sensational victory over the Philadelphia
| Cricket Club giving them a record Of
| one victory, one defeat and two drawn
games for the series. Score 234 to IS.
The Oxford Cambridge cricket match
was declared a draw After scoring 337
runs for eight wickets in the second in
nings Cambridge declared the innings
closed. Oxford made 1T runs for seven
wickets down in their second venture and
the match ended in a draw.
Floyd Mcfarland of California easily
defeated Tom Linton of Wales in fif-
teen-mile, motor paced race, on the ten
lap track in Madison Square Garden.
Jimmy Michael won the 25-mile motor
paced race at Revere, Mass, from Ar
chic McEachern.
Obey won the 1eO-mile race for the
Carvardine Challenge Cup at the Crystal
Palace, England Time, h., 46 M, II is
sec.
Three of four baseball teams have
been negotiating for some time with the
Schenectady team to secure it's best
pitcher, Mills Among them has been
New York. His release has now been
obtained by the local nine and he has
joined the Giants in Cincinnati.
He pitched last year in the New York
State League. His percentage of victor
les was 6l5.
Fox Freedom was defeated in con-
test for coursing stake recently held
in San Francisco.
In the Amateur Athletic Union handi-
cap swimming contests at Buffalo, two
records were broken. In the 220-yards
handicap E. c. Schaeffer of Philadelphia
lowered the American record for the dis
lance from 2:53 3-5 to ESQ 3-5. He also
broke the American record in the 440-
| yard handicap reducing the time from
| Gas to 6:31 3-5.
| American athletes won six of the
amateur championship events at Hud-
dersfield, England. Kraenzzlei equaled
his record over the hurdles. Duffy of
Georgetown captured the hundred yards
with ease. Baxter of the University of
Pennsylvania won the high jump and
tied in the pole vault. The Americans
won everything in which they competed
| with the exception of the quarter-mile
run.
| The Pennsylvania and Belgian oars
men We're entertained at the Henley
Town Hall by the Mayor and corpora
| ton.
The annual Yale-Harvard boat race
was rowed at New London on Thursday,
the 9th of June. The Freshman race
was at 4:30 and was rowed upstream.
| The Yale chew proved superior and
won from the Harvard boys by three
lengths. Harold Dillingham; of Honolulu
was bow oar in the Harvard boat.
| The Harvard four-oared crew beat the
Yale four-oar easily. This race was
| rowed upstream Immediately after the
| Freshman race.
| The Varsity race was exciting, the
crews alternating in the leading. Yale
won by a magnificent squirt in the last
quarter mile, beating Harvard by q
length and three-quarters.
| At theiraces were the following Homo
lulu people: Miss Stella Love, Will Love
/ Charles Hartwell, Bernice Hartwell, Mrs
| Hartueu Rruoa CARTWRIGHT w