The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-09-24


lanis tired very perceptibly, and at
the channel buoy were beaten. From
this on the Myrtles drew away at will
and came in fifteen seconds ahead OF
the Healanis. Time 13:4S 3-5.
The intermediate barge race was
contested by the following:
HEALANI. MYRTLE
]. Lloyd -. stroke II. Giles ...stroke
c. Rhodes mo. ST. v. King mo. !,
F.. Church ....No. 4W. Walker mo.
: j. Boisse mo. 3W. Wright mo.
J.H. Harrison No. 2F. Wright. mo.
J. Spencer ....bow d. Vida ..... bow
Reynolds ..cox'n WV. Harris. .cox'n
The course was around the knuckle
buoy.
The Myrtle crew clearly outciassed
their opponents. and after leading
most of the way. won as they pleased
by a matter Of eight lengths. Tin e.
S:02
The four -oared shell race was con-
tested by two Healani crews, who file.
the boats as follows:
HEALANI. HEALANI
p. Jarrett. stroke B. Webster stroke
d. Renear mo. Tracy mo.
+. Damon ...No. III Murray mo. .
S. Walker ....bow A. Walcott bow
Webster broke his oar, and the race
was a row-over for Jarrett's contin-
gent. Time. 43O 1-5
The final event on the program was
the paiT-oared race, which was con
ceded to be a gift for the Healanis.
The following rowed in this event;
HEALANI MYRTLE
d. Renear mo. / w. Lyle No.
p. Jarrett mo. . w W.Armstrong No. >
The Myrtle brace proved surprise,
and landed the race for the reds by
rowed as If they had worked too hard
earlier in the day The course was from
the Judges stand to the makai end OF
the Channel wharf. Time, 2:4O 3-5.
SWIMMING AND DIVING.
In the 100-yard straghtaway race,
w. *. Pua defeated Kuhina and w. d.
King. after an exciting struggle. The
prize was SIS. Pua made the distance
in 1:l9 3-5. and King in 1920.
The distance swim was won easily
by w. ID. King, who annexed SIS The
course was about half a mile.
Makaiki won the SIS offered for the
time dive. He defeated Eugene
DevaucheIle. staying under water
minute IL seconds. When the winner
came up he Immediately sank down
again. and cry arose that he was
drowning After a few seconds he re-
appeared and coolly inquired where the
other fellow was. The laugh was then
on the anxious ones. Makaiki after
wards explained that when he came up
the first time he ducked again because
he thought that his opponent had hot
yet arrived at the surface.
THE OTHER EVENTS.
The race for six-oared gigs was won
by Prince David's entry. the Kanoe-
lani. The Kapiolani finished third. and
the Alexander r. manned by a crew OF
Pacific Hardware Company employees.
second. Prince Cupid coXed the win
ming boat. and Prince David did the
same thing for the tail-enders. Geo.
Harris guided his own men. Davids
stroke oar got that tired feeling, and
the prince took his place and rowed
stroke to the finish. Time. 24:1S.
The tug-of-war between Japanese
fishing boats was contested by the Ito
and the Iwilei. In the first trial
member of the Ito's crew broke an
oar lashing and the struggle was re-
started. This time the Ito won pretty
easily to the great delight of Manida,
the owner of the boat and his friends
and relatives. who were put on board
for ballast.
A. L. C. Atkinson's queerly- named
entry, the Opunui, took the whaleboat
race from the Flying Fish. The trip
around the spar buoy was made in
24:32 2-5. The first prize was $780,
a. NJ. Browns sx-paddle canoe, the
Alabama, took the event in which 1t
was entered. j. Namaielua's Imi fin
ished second. Time, 10:3S The Ala
bama won this race last year, with the
same crew,
The Claudine. Kinau, Helene and
Mikahala had representatives in the
steamer boat race. The course was
around the knuckle buoy and return.
For the sixth successive year the XII
nau's boat won. The Claudine finish
ed second. Time, 23:05.
Makuda's boat, the Marine Railway,
took the first prize in the sailing canoe
race from several others. A special
race for South Sea Islander canoes
was won by the Taimapaitaun.
The Red, White and Blue was barred
out of the merchant ships boat race
on the grounds of ineligibility. The
race was won by the Foohng Suey boat.
Governor pulled by Manuel, beat
Mayflower and No. 10 in the two-oared
shore-boa race. The prizes were SIS
and SO.