The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-02-25

0mem Times of Frst Ar1I and Scrub
Race Home Handicap Not Yet Adj
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There is possibility of arother FIRST
heat for the port captains cup being
sailed 8t the week end. Furd's Island
win Doe temporarily abandoned as "a
course until the trades are once more
blowing free and the next heat sailed
over new course probably the light
house boz the harbor to the Nag marking
The bar entrance of Pearl Iarh0r chan
mel and back This give am opportunity
for running and beating with "a fair
wind and should prove satisfactory
There can hardly Doe time limit set ON
this course as % viii be the first time IL
BIS sailed over.
The cup. "a pretty three handled Iov-
ing cup. has been received boy the donor
Henry Roth and is ready for presenta-
ton as soon as the winners name can
Dee engraved upon it
There is general regret that the race
ON Sunday was perfOrCe ruled out by
the expiration OF the time limit The
competition was so keen especially be-
tween three distinct types of boats, the
Princess and the Columbia and the scoW
built Malihini that a closer finish and
more exciting race is not likely often To
occur The last twenty n1nutes pro-
ducel perfect raCinA The Princess,
admirably handled by skipper Prince
Cupid. fought it out with the Columbia,
saiiilg "a little closer and "a little faster
/
"a biscuit toss of each other many times
and when the Princess crossed the bows
of the Columbia for the first time the
occupants of the launches and indeed
an the fleet "seut up a rapturous cry
on account of the skiful way i'm which
/ the Princess had reduced the Column
! bias initial start of almost n quarter of
/ a mile i'm the light winds and rapidly
IOyprhauled her Both boats grounded
D F.4 20 o.. TI B.
/ few seconds however. The Malahini
/ by "a long reach 90 windward sneaked
/ into second honOrs
/ Coming home the scOw boats were I'm
! their element and the Gladys not count
/ ed made the best time. JohnsOn's Wiki
! wiki, built with "a higher frecbOdrd than
| her rival, SorensOn and Lyle's Mali
| hini, started fifty five seconds behind
| her and gradually decreased the dis
| tance finally however making the run
| home close hauled i'm five seconds more
| time than the SOrensOn sidewalk.
The Princess was well no with the
| leaders but Cupid was cXpC, menting
/ with his spiuHaker as a balloon iib and
though he arrived in the first -FOUR was
just beaten by the Columbia whose
| swiftness seemed to disprove the state
| meut that she ia only fast in drifting
weather.
Sundays weather viii probably in
duce the building of other DU1ts OF the
scOw type, which possess the great ad-
vantage Of being within limited means
about Sl25 covering the actual cost of
materials laid down i'm Honolulu. They
are excellent schools for young yachts
men, who should however rCCOlleCt that
southwest winds do not constitute reg
ulatiOn island weather and that the
type is not the safest one win which tC
be caught in a stiff trade aor is It one
that is qualified for much cruising
With a breeze like that Of Sunday
/. morning they slide along with greut
speed. The quarters are not Of cDurst
. very comfortable for ;ha crew, Iv'ug
out on the Sidewalk exposed to tn,
sun and spray but they made even TN,
. crack Gladys, although she was handi
capped with a dingey tOv.ng bchinC
7 probably a drag of about a minute 70
: every mile keep behind them unit
- about two thirds Of the distance wal
% covered and then she only beat thei
- time by about eight minutes.
e The Myrtle the one time crack Of tn
e third class was completely showed an
der, both in the ra - and coming home
70 The Princess and the Columbia cDuI
o have sailed arouul nar apparently o.
d any weather. the Malhiai and The wi
# kiwiki outclassed ter in the ll1nl wind
the Pirate beat haT in a race az th
2. Shamrock on the wav home IN "a
o race she was eight m.lutHs behind IT,
winner.
J., The launches goJ ia the way Of tn
10 smaller craft once or ,wi"a durng 't
2, race although they mace no appreciate
difference i'm the outcome. The timt
ID the various boats is as follows:
, RACE FOR PORT CAPTAIN