The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-20


Gfy yards ahead THey nu,sheI .u
good form, tine NhurNus uuhuug with
native cheers. The uealan crew came
home easily a. minute behind with On"
Alexander r. two and "a half lengths
behind. The winning crew We're
boat boys and cheered their defeated
opponents heartily. The time was 4j
minutes, 10 leo seconds, the race end
ing at about 1910.
The sliding seat six-oared barges I'm
the next event were called promptly
out The Princes boat had "a miX-up
with AtltinsOn's crew at the spar buoy.
but no protest was filed as Atkinson
stated the error lay with his crew. The
winning crew were: Kaalelua, stroke,
Aikanaka, .; Amala, 4; Charlie, 3; Ka-
ne, 2; MAMMA. bow, coXswain !. Last
years time was 24:1l.
The small yachts crossing the course
afforded amusement and work to the
regatta committee in Keeping off the
course, a sampan staying with wind
Tapping, right in the way. The race
started at 1925 with the Healanis on
the inside course. Passing the judges
stand the Myrtles led by a length, but
were Immediately passed by the Hea-
lanis.
The start was plumb u the line under
w dIu > pistol. Inc ftedldIllS IOWeu 81
to the 81 of the Myrtle, the latter re-
tain the lead they started with and
finished about two lengths ahead. 1t
was an excellent race, even for the
losers who had put a fresh man, Web
ster, in the boat at the last moment
and were also pulling a longer race,
The fourth class crossed the line at
HOS the Maria crossing first but hav-
ing to tack to get a breeze The Abbey
NJ. got ahead on the first tack and the
two crossed tackled up the channel. The
third class started at 11:17. The boats
crossing in the following order. Ma
lihini, Pirate and Myrtle tied, Ni-ke,
Malolo, Aloha, Wikiwiki. The Myrtle
which has been heightened started on
even terms with the Pirate and Malihi-
nj. The Pirate blanketed the Myrtle
and slipped ahead. All went up chan
mel well punched
There being only one entry in the sec
ond class, the race was called off The
first class had two entries, the Gladys
Commodore Hobron) and Mary L.
The Dewey plugged along in the course
| in the way of the two yachts and final
ly sailed up channel. Commodore Hob
ron crossed behind the Mary LIS stern.
The latter first at 1923, but HObron's
manouever sent him to windward maxi
ing the start practically equal. A slight
southerly wind was blowing outside.
: A picturesque and interesting event
| in the program was the Tug of-war
between japanese fishing boats" There
We're originally three entries, but one
| of these was withdrawn. The two
remaining entries were large sized
| boats of the overhanging side style Of
Japanese fishing boat familiar in this
| harbOr Each boat was manned by
! five men clad in the sCanty garb of the
| Japanese fishermen when at work. The
! two boats We're but into position stern
t ostern about thirty yards apart fast
! ened together by a strong line At shot
| the crews of each boat threw them
| selves to their oars so promptly and
| effectively that neither gained an ad-
vantage on the start. 1t was hard,
steady, active work at the oars for ten
minutes, the advantage seeming first
with one and then with the other, when
| a second pistol shot announced that
/ the struggle was over and the boat
which was on the Waikiki side of the
course was declared the winner. This
contest was watched by the crowds
with much amused interest.
Wada and Amimoto, owners of sam
pans entered by II. Mkt started on a
10 yards tug of war with much gesti-
culation. Amimoto won with his crew
in minutes s 1-5 seconds. -Four men
! were in each sampan.
The junior siX-oared sliding seat race
! between the Healanis was awaited with
eagerness by the crowd So far every
thing went smoothly, the starting un-
der l.. de L. Wards management being
most successful. The winners in all
races are to apply to the regatta COM
mittee on Monday for their priezs.
In the junior race the Myrtle had an
easy victory. They took the lead at
the start and passed the line fully a
dozen lengths in front of the Healani
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