The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-05-09
Prizes and Cups Are
to Be Competed
for Sunday.

| Peninsula Course: Start from line of
Railroad wharf: Thence to buoy No.
1 off Ferry wharf. keeping same on, port
side; thence to buoy No. 2. keeping
stake a, off Peninsula shoal, on port
side and keeping buoy No. 2 on star
board side; thence to buoy NO. 3, round
ing the same keeping it on port side;
thence. keeping stake A on starboard
side, to buoy No. 4. rounding same
keeping it on starboard side; thence re-
peat the course, crossing line for the
second time and rounding buoy No. 1
as on first round; finish at starting line
after rounding buy No. for the sec
ond time. In crossing line boats must
pass between the Railroad wharf and
stake B.
Races will start as follows: Thirty
minutes before the start of the races
a flag will be hoisted on the flag pole at
Railroad wharf. When. at the expira-
ton of the thirty minutes. this flag is
hauled down, the fourth class is con-
sidered to have started. This flag will
remain down one minute after the start
of each class. being then rehoisted. Fiji
teen minutes after the start of the first
class the flag will be hauled down and
the third class considered to have
started. Fifteen minutes later the flag
will be hauled down for the second
class and fifteen minutes later still for
the first class.
In the third class this race embraces
the final for the Roth cup and the final
round of the Kamana cup.
Yachtsmen whose boats are not al
ready at Pearl Harbor will sail down to
the rendezvous appointed at the PENN
sula today so as to be on hand for the
races. Some will possibly make the run
tomorrow morning all arriving in time
to start in the projected race. which
will begin approximately at 1880
O'Clock. the time depending on the
wind. which usually starts up about
that hour.
The new Peninsula course is to be
tried for the first time in this event.
This has been carefully drawn up with
a view of making yachting affairs more
interesting for the general public and
as laid out the yachts will be in full
view of all spectators during the race,
which takes in the course twice. Ford
Island, as will be seen by a glance at
the chart, is eliminated from the course
Other arrangements have been made
with view to picnic parties. The new
dancing pavilion. shady and cool. is
admirably adapted for such affairs and
Commodore Macfarlane has arranged
for the sale of soda water for the
thirsty ones. Those who leave on the
9:15 train from town will be in ample
time for the races while those who
take the later one at HOS will find them
in full blast. The method adopted of
starting the boats will furnish a vista
of white winged yachts of all sizes con-
stantly crossing and recrossing each
other as they fight for first place.
Aside from ordinary prizes, two cups
are to be competed for in the third.
and largest class. These are the Roth
and Kamana cups, the second round of
the latter and the final round of the
former. The Princess is in the lead of
points for the Roth cup but the Wiki
wiki, Malihini end Myrtle all have a
good fighting Chance.
The Regatta Committee has arranged
a scheduled program of events for this
year gotten up in handy shape for the
pocket and including time table of
the trains. TIE sails of the competing
yachts will, after the coming race. be
furnished with distinctive numbers
which will be given to inquiring cap
tains by the Regatta Committee on ap-
plication. There is no time allowance
in the race. yachts sailing on individ-
ual merit according to classes. a fact
which should be appreciated by specta-
tors who will have the satisfaction of
knowing that the boat crossing the line
first is the winner. 1t is axDacfad +baT
a number Of people will run down to the
Peninsula to watch the races and make
a day of il.