The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-02
OARsMEN, YACHTSNEN AND OFFICIALS AWAIT THE
DAWNING OF THE GLORIOUS FOURTH OF JULY

| T@EW of the thousands of people who
/ are now making ready to go down
u to Pearl Harbor on July 4th to
| witness the boat races have any
idea of the strenuous life which the
crews of the big four-oared shells are
required to lead.
There is a reason for almost every
act done by the men and they are care
fully looked after by those who are
charged with their proper physical de-
velopnent. A visit to the quarters of
the Healani Boat Club on Saturday
evening showed the men when they
We're probably in their best form, for
on that day the senior and junior crews
rowed the mile and half course in the
fastest time yet taken by the coach
and timekeeper, although the exact fig
ures were not divulged by either.
A few of the men are staying per-
manently at the Peninsula during the
training season, while others conduct
their business in the city during the
day and take the $40 p. m. train for
ing the cottages of Mr. waterhouse and
Miss Parish. Each is fitted up with
beds sufficient for all the members of
the two crews, as we'll as for the coach,
officials of the boat club and occasional
visitors. In the Parish cottage is the
and dining room where, at a |
long table, the most substantial foods |
are placed before the hungry crews. I,
After the hard row of Saturday even |
ing, a rub down and a brisk walk the !
crews sat down to a dinner of mullet, i
beefsteak, rice, bread and butter, stew |
ed prunes, cherries and mineral water.
At GLE the crews went to the boat /
house, where they stripped and donned
swimming trunks and canvas Shoes
English shell, which has been thorough
~ repaired since the accident of last
week, and it is now seemingly as good
AZ ever. The boat was taken out with
care and lowered to the water, the
crew embarked, and at the first dip of
The oars the graceful craft shot for
ward as If propelled by steam. The
rev is now fairly well used to the
lew oar-locks and hold the blades well
n position throughout the length oil
he course. In the shell were Fred Da-
non, stroke; Dan Renear. 8; Paul Jar
EFT, 2; Walker, bow; Tinker, coxswain. s
after the first nine or ten strokes the
rev laid on the oars while Coach Kle-
aim came close to them in launch, c
rned with megaphone and stop watch, I
nd gave rapid-fire volley of instruc-I
ions. During this interval not man 7
moved to one side or the other. Att t
ne command ready the crew took a g
rip of the oars. and at Give Way"
he oars dipped. the stroke sending thel i
raft like an arrow from a bow First 6
he coach shouted to this member and II
hen to that member, Meet your oar t
ven,' Hold your body back, Go for t
ard with your oar" Steady" and I
hus with the coxswain's continuousl v
bunting to which the strokes of the Ic'
ars were measured, the boat and I
lunch went up the white fiaggedI s
curse to the starting point. The Myr- o
es were already there, laying on theirI n
ars and getting their wind for the I
ourt down the long course. Il
1t was commonly remarked that the t
purse was in the usual form of racing Il
az uneaSineSS. A stiff wind blew off T
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