The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-07-06


Healanis forged ahead, but the Myrties.
ahead now. meant to keep their lead |
and they bent their oars. 1t was the
same steady stroke, though. and not a
man wilted at his task. Between lines |
OF cheering muttitudes the two boats
came, the stern of the Myrtles just |
ahead of the bow OF the Healanis, and |
so they finished. the Myrtles squirting |
the last three or four strokes, giving |
them lead of full boat and n quar-
ater.
Time Myrtles. 1928; Heaianis,
1O:27is.
THE JUNIOR RACE.
AS the two crews went back to their
quarters they received an ovation all |
along the line. The Juniors were soon |
out upon the water and up the course
they went. There was little delay in
getting into position, and at the start
the Healanis caught the water first
maintaining 80 stroke to the mile flag.
The Myrtle's stroke was almost iden-
tical. The oars dipped and raised as
IL each craft was propelled by clock
work. The red and the blue flag went |
up together at the first post, Then
came a pretty race. Nose and nose the |
two crews pulled steadily to the third |
post. There was no difference. Both
caught the water at the same time and
both boats held the same impetus. The
Blues dipped strong and spurted toward
the third flag and crossed slightly In
the lead. The Myrtles closed up the
gap Immediately and again there was
fine racing. The crowd along shore un-
derstood from the manner in which [,
the flags were raised over the launch |
that II was an even race so far. At the |
third quarter they were again nose to
nose. II there was any excitement over !
the Senior race, at this juncture, II fad
ed away In comparison with the perfect
regularity with which these two Junior |
shells were propelled down the course.
1t was beautiful But the time came
when one must defeat the other. The |
mile post seemed goal for both crews
and they put more ginger into their
stroke. and the Myrtle pulled out ahe ad.
The Myrtles had but a slight lead at the
mile post but it was after that that the
Healanis seemed to weaken and the
Myrtles to maintain their old form. The
Reds increased their lead to "A length
and quarter. They pulled beautiful
stroke. Now there was cheering every
where, ashore and afoat and whistles
screamed But the Healanis were not
to be beaten badly. Again they spurted
and closed up the distance, only to fall
back at the extreme end, for the Myr-
ties. apparently stronger, also spurted
and finished one and a quarter boat
lengths in the lead.
Time-Myrtles, 1929 3-5; Healanis,
1926.
D UNIVERSITY VS.. b. p. o. Il.
For the first time in the history OF the
Fourth of July racing at Pearl Harbor
two organizations, not boating clubs,
entered crews The University Club, |
with some old-tme college oarsmen, |
and the Elks, with old-tlme Honolulu |
boat club oarsmen, competed for
honors. The crowd was expect
ant over this novel race II they
expected to see slow race, with no
. individuality to mark II, or encourage
the event for another years trial, they
We're mistaken. 1t was one OF the fast
est races of the day, and was a beau
tiful one from start to finish. The form
OF the University crew was surprising.
With Harold Dillingham; as stroke. that
organization had the advantage of a
cool, steady oarsmen, who won honors
IN the Harvard varsity crew.
There was the humorous side to this
race of course. There were plenty of
University men down there and many
who sported purple stockings and
Ellls' heads. The Universities were
facetlously dubbed the "Highballs'' and
the Elks the Cocktails" and the names
stuck Even the great aggregation Of
femininlty which graced the occasion,
took these names seriously and knew
the crews better by those names than
by those which belonged to them. And,
of course, their friends knew them bet
ter by the humorous epithets.
| These crews raced in Australian lap
streak boats. Both crews were appar-
emily in fine condition. The University
had the mauka side of the course
nearest the Peninsula and the Ellis the
makai course II was three quarter
mile race, those OF the Senior and
Junior races being over a mile and n
half course.
The judges launch took up position
opposite the shells. ready to follow
them with a flying start. The Water
witch is a fast boat, and used to be
reckoned u 12-knotter. At full speed
yesterday the launch barely kept up
Will lUe SItllSt even up 10 lllt llIllSH,
50 1t can readily be understood that the
two crews went over the course at a
tremendous clip.
At the first flag the boats went across
the line, nose and nose. The Universi-
ties were pulling beautiful stroke,
solid, easy and resourceful. The Elks
pulled strong but not quite so evenly.
Dillingham; was seen to be In his ele-
ment and his fellow-oarsmen followed
his lead. The US took "A spurt and went
down to the second post, passing over
quarter of a length ahead OF the Elks.
Another spurt and the U's went ahead
a little more. Steadily. steadily. the
lead was Increased. and the Elks made
a desperate effort 10 cut down the lead,
but for every new effort put into the
Elk blades the Us spurted ahead un-
der the able leadership OF the stroke.
The U's went over the finish line
length and quarter In the lead, amid
tremendous cheering. whistling and the
firing OF guns aboard the yacht Anem-
one.
Time--University Club. i;5l 10: Elks,
4:56 l-5.
Tho race decided. the crowd took %
Ita he.la and hikel for the trniu RatiB-