The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-02

shore and across toward the sea- whip
!. ping up the surface into miniature bill
lows, sufficient to cause the crews some
concern as to the exactitude with which
| they feathered and dipped the oars
There was just enough roughness tc
| make it possible for a miss stroke and
| the overturning of boat, but not an
| accident married the practice.
| The Myrtle crews suddenly started
4 into position for their evening squirt
and both coxswains almost sirnulta-
neously gave the order to Co on
| they went moving steadily, and at no
| time did they show any raggedness.
! From the Healani's launch, the Myrtles
were watched with interest, but no
comments were made en- their form, but
| the click. Click of stop watches
showed that the blues officials were
on the alert TO ascertain just about
how fast their opponents We're rowing.
The launch went under full steam in
the wake of the boats of the reds, but
they swiftly bore down the course
leaving the gasoline boat far behind.
Then the megaphCnes were called into
action. Orders were given for the Hea-
lani senior and then the junior boats.
and finally they were told to be off. In
the junior shell We're Harry Murray,
stroke; Tracy, s; Heilborn, 2; Stokes,
bow; Steiner, coXswain. The juniors
picked the best course, the seniors hug
ging too close in for the shore on the
inner course. There was no raggedness
in. either boat, both crews working in
splendid unison. The seniors showed
on this occasion that they had eradi-
Gated many Individual faults and left
nothing to be criticised except for the
anxiety of one or two to bring their
bodies Up to the oar at the end Of the
stroke and before the blade was free
of the water. Fred Damon pulled with |
splendid exactitude to the coxswain's |
numbers. while Renear's oar bent I'M |
der the strength which he exerted in |
following the strokes movements. The !
two men worked as if parts of a single !
piece OF mechanism Jarret's we'll /
known strength of muscle and lungs
showed to good advantage to the end /
of the course. Walker at bow did ex-
ceptionally we'll and pulled a strong
oar, bat he had a tendency to lean
too far out at the end of each stroke.
However, there was coupterbaIancingI
weight on the opposite side and the
boat was seldom off an even keel The
Junior crew rowed swiftly and showed
that the crew was in perfect oar uni
son. The finish was strong. as was the
case with the Myrtles, but it was well
AVA Oil AOOA CtCNS N4ic1l tilC COuA DC hs1o
no longer.
After depositing the boats in the
boat house, the members went under
an improvised shower bath and then
repaired to the dressing quarters. A.
ter drying, the men in turn laid them
selves cut on benches, where two men
worked over their bodies with oil, ma
afpulating the skin and applying mas
ge treatment until each man stood
up refreshed. Again towels were used
until the bodies of every man shone
and g1istened under the treatment and
hen all went back to the Parish cot
age, where dinner was in readiness.
After satisfying the inner man. music.
i-ibbage and reading formed the diver
lions until $3.50, when every man was
,rdered ont for a walk. on the return
% quarters lights we're pu. out and
n a short time quietude reigned over
he quarters, with here and there an
exception in the way of q snore ris-
ne crescendo. and then falling away TO
'tanissimo. The morning row'is conf
Iucted along the same lines. and thus
he preparations Of both clubs goes On
lay by day.
THE YACHTING RULES
The following extracts from the rules