Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-07-05
Myrt|eS Win Both
Fourth OF July
Pearl Harb0r Races
HEALANl SENIORS ARE OVERTURNED

Twice Tuesday the scarlet and
white of the Myrtle Boat Club waved
in triumph; twice the Myrtles' sup
porters cheered their sturdy crews, for
twice the Myrtle shell crossed the fin
ish line victor In the races 1T rearl
Harb0i.
In the first race, the senior contest,
the Myrtles rowed the last half Of The
distance without a competitor to spar
them on, for just past the three-quarter
flag Bob McCorriston. rowing No. > in
the Healani shell. slipped from his
seat and the boat TUNED over almost
Immediately. Up till then IL was any,
body's race, but the mishap put the
Healanis completely out of i, tne
Myrtles rowing on down, finishing in
good style in the slow time Of 1924 As.
Nor were the Healanis to so through
the Junior race without misfortune.
Less than a hundred yards from the
finish, with the race apparently well
in hand, with thousands of voices al
ready proclaiming victory for the Blue
4 ANo. topihoohp Taught
a crab, his crew-mates missed their
strokes. and the Myrtles, coming on
with bulldog tenacity, flashed across
the finish one-fifth of a second to the
good. Time. 1O:4O.
1t was great tday for the races, and
there were many thousand people out
to see the classic sport. A special
train, leaving town at s o'clock, car
ried out the officials, many OF the men,
bers Of the yacht and boat clubs, and
some men Of the crew. Another train,
twelve cars long and every car JAM
med, carried the bulk of the crowd out
at 9 o'clock. Just as this crowd arriv-
ed the first race was pulled off.
| The shore of the beautiful harbor
was lined with spectators as the crews
went to the starting flag. From every
cottage Haunted banners; the training
quarters of the crews were gayly dec
GRATED and In the harbor many yachts,
launches, house boats, rowboats and
miscellaneous craft were dressed in
bright flags. The sun shone glorious
| ~ was q bittLt liohi tht
land, and the perfect surroundings put
the crowd on edge for the races.
Starter Harold Dillingham; had one
launch. and in another were the other
officials. The officials launch waited
at the half-mile flag for the racers, then
accompanied them on down to the fin
ish.
1t was Just 9:45 o'clock when the
Myrtle Senior athletes swung out from
training quarters and on down to the
start. Three minutes later the Hea-
lanis followed. Both crews were cheer
ed by their clubmatets and friends.
The breeze had kicked up some wa
ter on the course, though 1t was re-
ditions been SO perfect as yesterday.
But down at the start the breeze was
stronger and the two crews maneuver-
ed for position for nearly ten minutes
having to keep the starboard oars 60
ing all the time to prevent drifting.
Finally there was a puff of smoke from
Starter Dillingham; pistol and the
race was on.
The Healanis caught the water first
at exactly 1000 o'clock. Both crews
started at 81 strokes per minute, at
once increasing this. then dropping to
32. At the quarter the two boats were
even. Just after the quarter flag was
passed 1t was noticeable that No. 2 in
the Healani shell was in trouble. APP
parently he failed to slide In unison
with the others. Twice before the half
was covered he lost his seat and his re,
coyery was slow and uncertain. Yet
the Blues were rowing strongly. The
Myrtles covered the half In 1854, six
feet ahead of the Healanis. The Myr-
ties here were rowing 32 and the 9TH
ers "a In their effort to overcome the
disadvantage.
Then No. 2 again slid from his seat
and the Myrtle boat crept ahead slow
ly but surely. McCorriston's irregular
movements almost turned the shell
over more than once. At the three.
quarter flag, which the Myrtle passed
In 4:43, they were leading by three.
quarters of length. Still the Hen.
lanis struggled but the handicap was