The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-07-05
The Red floated supreme.

The Red floated supreme.
II was cardinal everywhere after the
MYRTLE senior crew shot across the line
yesterday two lengths ahead of the He
alanis. The Myrtle supporters went
crazy with delight and it seemed that
nothing could heighten their noise and
delirious waving of cardinal, but one
thing did. 1t was when the Myrtle
juniors won against the Healani juniors
by about the same distance as the Sc
niors had won. 1t was then that scores
of white gowned girls with the red
sashes which told of their allegiance to
the boys in the first boat laughed and
cried and sang and nearly went dis
tract with joy. And why shouldn't
they? Didn't the Myrtles win both
races and aren't the Myrtles the best
boys that ever lived?
And then there were cheers for the
losers who struggled so hard but un-
availingly against the wearers of the
red.
And then there was the third race
between the Elks and the University
Club in which the latter were victors.
And it was a good race too. Enthusi-
asm was rife yesterday at Pearl Har-
Dor and all of the crews received their
share of the plaudits.
This the record:
Myrtle Seniors, 1928.
Healani Seniors, 1927 1-2.
Myrtle Juniors, 1929 3-5.
Healani Juniors, 1875.
AllComers, ga mile.
University Club, Ash 1-5.
Elks, 4:56 1-5
The scene at the Peninsula was one
long to be remembered. 1t was all that
the imagination could suggest. The
beautiful luxurious foliage of the
grounds so well known to residents of
Honolulu formed fitting back ground for
the bevys of laughing, gaily bedecked
girls that wandered about on the shores
of the lochs. The natural color OF
which was manifest in the green tint
ed fields of the sugar cane and the pur-
pie haze of the mountains in the dis
lance were all heightened by the bunt-
ing which flew from the flag posts
about and from the various craft on
the lochs. The scene was a very pref
ty one and one that will linger in the
memory for long time to come.
AS usual the crowd took the O'Clock
train for the lochs. And such a crowd
Sixteen coaches and every one so full
that they were literally running over
Along the route the trainload of peo-
PIE waved their many hued banners at
every available object and made a
pleasure out of that which generally
proves tedious-the ride down.
Once arrived at the harbor the human
freight soon discharged itself and then
for the hour which people were forced
to wait, games were played under the
trees or one stood about and talked of
the relative merits of the teams. Here
also much money was wagered on the
outcome and some were busy finding
takers.
Soon after the arrival of the train
the two senior crews pulled away up
the lochs amid the cheers of the crowds
on the shore, where Starter George
Turner had charge of the affair.
The Judges launch which contained
Judges G. II. Gere and w. w. Harris,
Timekeepers Clarence Cra-bbe, o. e.
Mccarthy and Judge A. A. Wilder sped
up the course so that they could follow
the boats back. The third judge was
Albert Warehouse who was stationed
at the finish end.
Shortly after 10 o'clock the Senior
crews crossed the starting line and
away up the harbor the two crews
sped, seesawing as they rowed. The
water was perfectly smooth and the
shells moved through the water fast
and lively
AT the mile flag both of the boats in
creased their stroke and neck and neck
they pulled for the finish. Cheering
from the shore for the Blues after they
had fallen behind a half boat length
had the desired effect and the boys
bent to their oars with a will and near
ly caught the Reds who were evidently
doing their best. 1t was a very pretty
finish, and the boats crews of both
boats were given tremendous ovatlons.
The second race between the Myrtle
Juniors and the Healani Juniors was a
close race from the start to the finish,
1t was a long, tedious wait of over an
hour between the first race and the
second race, but the crowd bore it I'M
complaining. A quintette club on board
of the yacht Anemone which had taken
a party to the harbor played and the
crowd along the shore enjoyed #
hugely
The stroke of the Myrtle and the
Healani Junior crews was very much
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