The Hawaiian gazette., 1903-07-14

RARE SPEED
OutsaiIs Every
thing in
Glass.
(From Mondays daily.)


yachts out of the running, and a close
finish in one race, were few Of the in.
cidents of the yachting at Pearl Harbol
yesterday, held under the auspices o.
the Hawaii Yacht Club.
The early part of the morning was
perfect, but towards noon a heavy
breeze sprang up, and that it was al
most too heavy for the smaller yachts
is shown by the dismasting of the Ma
lihini and the capsizing of the
Princess; but for these accidents the
day was most thoroughly enjoyed by
the yachtsmen and large crowd OF
their friends who spent the day at the
lochs.
Most of the yachtsmen went down on
Saturday night, and the 9:15 O'Clock
Sunday morning train brought the re-
mainder with a crowd of friends
Commodore Clarence Macfarlane en-
tertained party at his house, and all
the Peninsula homes had their quota OF
visitors. The new club house is not
entirely finished, but its lanais were
used as vantage points by many, to
view the races.
city the races were started. The pre-
paratory gun was fired from La Pa
Iona at 9:34 o'clock and fifteen minutes
later the starting flag for the fourth
class yachts was hoisted on the pole at
the Club House. 1t was dropped five
minutes later and the first race was on,
the Malolo crossing the line just ahead
of the Skip. Van Valkenberg started
third, but dropped out of the race.
leaving but two boats in the fourth
class.
The Princess and the Myrtle crossed
the line first in the third class. Their
crossing time was 11:04k. The Mali
hini, Wiki Wiki and Defiance followed
in the order named. There were but
two yachts in the first class. Whitney
failing to show up with Helene.
Gladys crossed the line at 11:15 a. m.
and La Paloma at 1:16k a. m.
Once all the yachts were off, they
presented a beautiful sight lacking to
the first buoy off Ford's Island. This
the channel towards Puuloa, and the
buoy off Waiau had also been moved
into deeper water.
Before the boats rounded the first
buoy a sudden squat snapped Mali
hints mast and the boat was out of
the race. Lyle in Mary l.. stood over
and picked her up, and towed her back
to moorings.
The new boat Defiance soon showed
wonderful sailing qualities and walked
away from the cracks Myrtle and
Princess as If they were anchored.
The next accident was off the Waiau
buoy when La Paloma stuck on a mud
bank. Capt Rodman in the Naval
Station launch was soon on the spot,
but as the yacht could not be moved
Commodore Macfarlane and his assist
ants were taken off. 1t was expected
that La Paloma would be pulled OFF
last night at high tide. Hebron in
Gladys went over the course alone.
and it was really a race between
Gladys and Defiance. These boats were
close together over most of the course,
but Gladys failed to catch the speedy
third rater.
All the yachts went over the entire
course twice making a run of twenty
one miles.
Walkers new boat attracted perhaps
the most attention. She is without
doubt a wonder In the way Of speed,
and at no time vas she hard pressed
by the other yachts Of her class. The
Princess, Myrtle and Wiki Wiki were
punched. until on the second time
around off Waiau, not hundred yards
from where La Paloma lay, the
Princess capsized. The crew, Henry
Roth, Rem" Harrison and Douglas
Jones, stood by the boat until Cooper's
reached them. Sam Dowsett in
the Dewey offered assistance but 1t was
not needed. The Dewey, which was
sailing over the course with the other
came down with run. The
slight damage done was soon repair
ed, however.
On the final run from the Eva buoy
to a line off the yacht club house. the
Malolo and the Skip were nip and tuck,
at the last moment a gust carried the
Skip across the line winner. The fin
ishing time was 2:04h.
Defiance finished at las p. m. and
Gladys at 1:47R p. m. The time of the
first boat was nearly equal to that of
Gladys.
Myrtle finished towards the rear end
Of her class. but this was because she
turned back TO offer assistance to
Princess when she went over.
The racing as a whole was good, and
made more than exciting by the numer-
Gus accidents. but fortunately no one
was hurt.
The starting time OF the yachts. and
the finishing time Of the winners is as
FOURTH CLASS.
Malolo--Start 1854 1-5 a. m.
skip-Start s:54 rs a. m. Finish
IA 1-5 D. m.
THIRD CLASS.
Defance-Start lis 2-5 a. m. Finish
Las D. m.
Princess-Start Hay a. m.
Myrtle-Start 11:4h a. m.
Wiki Wiki-Start 11:5 a. m.
Malihini-Start 11:4 3-5 a. m.
FIRST CLASS.
Gladys-Start HIS a. m. Finish