The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-09-16

most deplorabie race, the HealanlS FIN
ishing so far behind as to suggest that
the crew was just trailing the race and
not participating in it. Once again the
turning at the flag opposite the spar
buoy was responsible for much of the
less. The slow-turning boat of the
Healanis has no chance with the shorter
and faster Myrtle boat
At the start the Myrtles pulled SO
and the Healanis 49, Down the course
the boats held together nip and tuck,
see-sawing along the channel. At the
turn the Myrtles swung their bow back
into the course and were fairly under
way before the Healanis had half-com-
pleted the turn. The MyrtieS then laid
themselves for a steady record pull. 1t
was an even stroke, nothing splashy
about it, with fine recovery. The Hea-
lanis behind their rivals, redoubled
their efforts to make up the distance,
but this meant steam and took their
reserve force, and little by little the
two boats fell apart, until towards the
home stretch the Healanis might just
as well have started for their boat
house from the lighthouse. for the
Myrtles were about to cross the line
then Many of the Healanis were COM
pletely winded. Cronyn seemed to be
in good shape at the end. The crews
were:
ALT Rogers, entered by Myrtle Boat
Club. Crew: Stroke, C. Padekin; No.
5. C. Cowan; No. 4, E. Hingley; No: 5,
T. Cooper; No. 2. r. smith; No. 1. A
Myhre; coxswain, L. Hough.
Healani, entered by Healani Boat
Club. Crew: Stroke, N. B. Lansing,
Nc. 5, r. Clark; No. A, B. F. Cronyn;
No. 8, Jos. Archer; No. 2, e. Hamauku;
No. 1, Carl Oss; coxswain, III. Steiner
Time: Myrtles, 1888; Healanis, 1923.
PILOT BOATS.
Pilot boats Nos. 1 and had race
of their own. 1t was a hard pull, one
crew, the No. Is, apparently being
younger than their rivals, who were
gray-haired veterans. 1t was all off
with the gray-heads. for the younger
men pulled across the finish line long
distance to the good. Chas. Oio cap
tanned the winning boat, Purdy the
losing.
BEST RACE OF ALL.
Probably. the best race of the day
from the spectacular standpoint and
the good earnest sport manifested was
the six-paddle canoe race, with three
entries. These was the old Alabama
outrigger canoe, black hull with yellow
streak at the gunwale, manned by six
Hawaiians wearing red sweaters. The
boat was entered by A NJ. Brown. Dr.
A c. Wallis beautiful koa canoe, look
ing like polished mahogany, long and
graceful as race horse, looked Win
ner Then there was Prince Kuhio's
entry, one of his boats from Waikiki
beach and not much on looks. The
crew was from Kona, Hawaii, sturdy
lot of Hawaiians. At the pistol the
three boats started together with rush
from off the Railroad wharf. The Ala
bama fell behind almost at the start.
The paddles of the Kona boys dipped
and splashed with regularity that
was wonderful Now to one side, now
to the other, the paddles struck the
water and fairly made the canoe leap.
The koa canoe glided along the harbor
as If creased, and the Kona boys had
all they could do to keep their lead.
The turn was made off the light
house. A fiag-hoat was anchored
there. The koa canoe and the Kona
canoe came there pretty close together.
With Chesterfieldian courtesy, when
there seemed to be a jam imminent,
the Konas gave way to the koa canoe
lists and allowed them to turn back
first. Il was a piece of courtesy that
struck all with admiration. Despite
their loss at this point the Konas came
back into the stretch and then it was
neck and neck. Gradually the Konas
led off and crossed the line half a length
to the good. Prince Cupid was over
joyed and Judge Archie Mahaulu al
most lost his voice in a big megaphone
Raging enthusiastically for the
strangers.
The victory was a popular one ana
the strangers were given every evidence
of good will.
At this jpncture the dinner gong
aboard the judges boat sounded and
time was taken for all kinds of refresh
ments, Charley Ludwigsen, as Of old,
catering. Secretary Gus Murphy looked
after the cuisine for the committee and
made a capital host.
SENIOR PAIR-OARED.
The senior pair-oared race came
next Paul Jarrett and Bob McCorris-
ton, with James Thompson as cox
swain. manned the Healani shell L.
c. King and w. H. Soper, with Luther
Hough as -coxswain, manned the Myr-
tie boat The shells started from the
makai end of the Channel wharf and
finished at the judges boat This was
a pretty race, well rowed, and the race
went to the best crew. That's all there
was to it, The Healanis Won by two
boat lengths
JUNIOR PAIR-OARED.
An unlucky accident to the tiller OF
the Junior Healani shell marred this
race Half way down the course the
HeaIanf boat swerved dangerously near
to the Myrtle boat and then swung back |
again and began gyrating around the |
harbor. Despite this contretemps. the
Healani boat maintained position