The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-05
WIN. LYLE, Stroke.
VIM. soPER. No. 8.
T was a glorious day for the Myrtle

1T was a glorious day for the Myrtle
Boat Club at Pearl Harbor yestcr-
\ day. for the Tnuseled men at the
eight oars of the senior and junior
crews won the two races and left tn
Healanis bluer than their flags.
That it was a glor :ous victory il
each race was atteSlei by the enthu-
siasm on shore and on water when tbs
shells OF the Reds shot across the fin
isbing line with room to spare in tie
first contest and a wide expanse a
water showed between the Junior shells
in the second. The time made by the
seniors was not remarkable for either
crew, the mile and a quarter course
being rowed over by the winning shell
in 10 minutes, 40 3-5 seconds, while the
junior Myrtles cut the time down to
&c minutes 81 seconds. There was more
vim In the Junior race. but the excite
ment was not so intense, for the boats
were far apart long before the finish
and there was no squirting attempted
on the stretch. With the seniors, how
ever. it was nip and tuck down the
entire course, the two shells at no time
being more than a length apart. The
MyrtIes in both races were always in
the lead.
The race went to the best men and all
rowed in the Myrtle shells.
The intensity of the enthusiasm in
the senior race manifested itself when
the shells courSed down the stretch to
,DJ9f
ed, and the Healanis began to creep up
on the ,Reds. Slowly but surely the
blues gained until the bows were only
six feet apart. then five, tnen four, and
at the finish as the bow of the Myrtle
boat passed the line, that of the Hea-
lszrli shell was about three feet behind.
So close were the finishes of the two
crews that the two pistol shots fired by
Lieutenant Newton had TO be made as
fast as the trigger could be pulled.
IN the Junior race Bow Stokes in the
Healani shell had the misfortune to un-
ship his oar at the mile and a quarter
flag, and the shell fell far behind be-
fore he got the blade again in posi-
ton. But the race was lost long be-
fore. ana the accident served only to
widen the distance between the boats,
which was probably eight boat lengths.
When the judges. officials and news
paper men arrived at the Peninsula on
the 8 O'Clock special train, there was
activity all along the shore. The He +
alani boat house was waving mass
of blue and the Myrtle boat house was
animated with the crimson col !
ors- Clarence Macfarlane's yacht La
which was anchored off his
residence. was prettily trimmed with +
red as the predominating hue. The
rim little hOuseboat of Fred Angus and
Southland Hoffman was in gala attire,
dash of red appearing in the decora-
ions, awning and boat remnants. Lateri
When the train arrived with hundreds
II sfghtseers from the city the lanai
vas moving mass of red, most OF the
aides wearing red hunting coats and
Ehading their eyes with red parasols.
The decks of La Paioma were also
qowded with Myrtle sympathizers-
'eVeraI yachts which arrived early
we're covered with strings of gay flags
It last the train of seventeen cars ar
ived and the visitors spread them
elves out in a long line along the
ilore. the favorite place being the short
tretch between the Healani bOathouse