The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-09-18
tFrom Sundays Advertiser,

"S9'S' WIN mere tne RED pennan
floating In triumph and now the blue
"a holiday with its crowds of blue ant
red garbed partisans. a beautiful Homo.
lulu sky and a fine harbor for tn,
aquatic events. has come and gone.
1t was the same old Regatta Day, one
OF the best days In the year for Homo
lulans. where clean sport is to be found
and true sportsmen bending at the
oars. Yesterday was another success.
full meeting of oarsmen and yachtsmer
and II Will be the inspiration for more
such days in the years to come.
At early dawn the Healani and Myr-
tie lighthouses were resplendent ir
flags and decorations, the blue pennant
floating over the former and the red
over the latter. Some of the shipping
in the harbor observed the day by
dressing ship. Crowds thronged the
waterfront and every pierhead wa:
fringed with enthusiastic humanity. Al
the lighthouses there was music and
gayety and the guests danced and
danced all day long, with now and then
an interruption as boats swung by
strafning for victory.
MYRTLES ARE THE BEST.
The Myrtles captured the senior and
freshman six-oared sliding-seat barge
races the Healanis taking the senior
pair-oared and the Myrtles the Junior
pair-oared. But for broken tiller the
Healanis would have also taken the
latter race. In the senior barge race
the Myrtles finished four lengths to the
good and the Healanis were all in. The
freshman race was simply a Waterloo
for the Healanis. The blues fell SO far
behind that many failed to remember
when the boys reached the finish line.
They may have been a quarter Of a
mile behind, maybe more, maybe less,
but it was too far away to make the
race anything worth WHILE
SIX-OARED GIGS.
The first race was between Prince
Cupid's crew. in the gig Kanoelani. and
George Harris, in the boat Kapiolani.
1t resulted the same as nearly all pre-
vious races between these friendly ri
vals for sports sake, Cupid winning
and Harris losing. The Kapiolani lost
IN going around the flag and then Cupid
Cu past tht JuuStS thlSe iSlS
ahead. Time, 2S min. 25 3-5 sec.
SENIOR SIX-OARED BARGES.
Interest in the program, however.
was mainly centered in the senior He
alani and Myrtle barge race. The for
mer used their shell Healani and the
reds the old Alf Rogers. The shells
were started from the Eva end of the
harbor near the Hackfeld wharf. AT
the pistol the Healani boat leaped for
ward like creased lightning, instantly
outdistancing the Myrtle. The crew
used quick stroke, but, soon, the
longer, evener stroke of the Myrtles
closed up the gap. At the lighthouse
the boats We're fairly well together
again. In rounding the flag for the
'eturn the Myrtles. boat swung more
luickly and took the lead on the home
stretch. The Healani boat Is longer
md takes more time i'm every race to
ret the full turn for the return home.
That turn is always the losing point
or the blues, and, according to one of
he Healanis, 1t simply means that the
,lues must have another boat which
will even up with the Myrtles. The
iealanis pulled rs stroke to the Myr-
les 49, The blues on the home
tretch exerted every effort to close up
he distance, but the hardest pull
ouldn't bring them along to the Myr-
les. This crew pulled beautiful, even
troke, with splendid recovery At
he lighthouse the reds were length
head and the finish was nearly four /
engths to the good. The Healanis !
we're pretty well used up, but had
rough wind to cheer their victorious
pponents. Time: Myrtles, 16 min.
3-5 sec
FIRST-CLASS YACHTS.
At the preliminary gun the yacht
and the Hawaii were !
iffing and always approaching the
ghthouse. from which the start was to
e made. Both vessels We're close to
he line as the starting gun was fired.
ut it was a slow start. The Kameha- /
neha's sails blanketed the Hawaii just |
fter the start and the big boat then
rev ahead, and catching a fair /
reeZe from off the Naval Reserva-
ion, she sped out of the harbor with
grand manner, the Hawaii tagging
long nicely. The course was out
through the channel, keeping between
he buoys and piles, thence to the bell
uoy, tackng around same, thence to
earl Harbor bar fairway buoy, tack
lg around same; thence back to the
ell buoy, rounding it, thence to the
par buoy, then up the channel. finish
lg at the judges stand.
In tho a ftarpnpp tha two honfs re-
irned, the Kamehameha in the lead.
he big craft rushed down the channel,
nd. catching a stiff blow off the Naval
ock she heeled over, making as grace
III a marine picture as one would wish
IL. She churned up the water as she
airly rushed down to the finish line,
nd was cheered as she crossed. The
laval was coming down the channel,
DO. and. with an eight minutes handi-
ap. there was considerable interest
,anifested in her n.aneuvers. She fl
ally crossed the line fast and with
wo minutes to spare. The Kameha-
ieha was entered by Robert Scott. the
laval by C. Lewis.
SECoND-CLASS YACHTS.
There was little or no skirmishing
etween the Princess and Myrtle. the
yacht entries. The Myrtle
Ias somewhat late In leaving the boat
ouse moorings. Just as she sailed up
ne harbor and made ready to turn
bout. the gun was fired. The helms