Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-04-21
'sLONGRACE
To Compete In First Contest
 Over the Pacific Ocean.
SHE WILL REPRESENT HAWAII

6Qb W1n1 0h1 uh0oN4 AA W All La Paloma, which win Race From San Francisco to Honolulu, Could Be Carried on Deck of Big Yachts. Owners of Competing Craft and
 Their Guests to Be Royalty Entev-
 tained by Hawaiians.
 On the high seas, between Honolulu and San Francisco, Is small sloop vending her way across the Pacific to try to race back to Hawaii with the greatest yachting laurels of the west ern ocean, says the New York World. She Is La Paloma, owned by Charles W. McFarlane of the Hawaii Yacht club.
 When the ocean race from the Gold en Gate to the famous islands far out in the Pacific was projected Hawaii ans saw chance for great sporting victory on the sea, and craft was sought to represent them. There was La Paloma, which had won race after race at home But could she stand the stress of 2,1OO miles of sea? Her own CT thought so and entered her in the race
 Yachtsmen on this side of the conti- nent would ridicule the idea of so small craft attempting such a voy- age, especially in racing trim. She is mere pygmy compared with the great Atlantic, which won the ocean race from Sandy Hook to the Lizard last May, and could be carried on the decks of most of the vessels in that contest. But she is seaworthy little craft and despite her size is worrying the Cali fornia yachtsmen, who are not sure but the honor of winning the first yacht race across the Pacific will go to the little boat and her daring owner.
 Commodore H. H. Sinclair of the San Francisco Yacht club was the first to realize the possibilities of the prize going away from the coast and enter ed his schooner Lurline in the contest. On her are based the hopes of the Cali fornia yachtsmen.
 There is another yacht in the race, however, which those in the east be- lieve will prove faster than all the others. She is the Anemone, owned by c. L. Tutts. She will fly the flag of the New York Yacht club. John Mur- ray Mitchell was her former owner. She Is an auxiliary with ketch rig, of SS.16 net tons and 112 feet over all. Her speed under sail is only moderate, but she is splendid sea boat. If the usually peaceful Pacific should get wrathful the Anemone would revel in 1t.
 The race, which will start from Meigg's wharf in San Francisco on May 19 and finish of Diamond Head lighthouse at Honolulu, will take the contestants across. the tropical attitudes and the Sunshine belt of the Pacific, and five entries have been attracted. Besides La Paloma, the Lurline and the Anemone, there are James V. Coleman's Aggie and Fulton c. .Berry's Nixie, which will also struggle for the prize. 'se Ss7 ist
 The course the yachts will cover is ideal. There are no fogs, bleak winds or ieebergs to endanger and harass the mariners. During the month of May the trade winds almost invariably blow strong and true, with little chance of calms, and all the boats should make good runs. It will be "a wet sheet and a flowing sea, wind that follows fast" say the coastwise sharps.
 On the arrival of the yachts in Homo lulu the owners and guests will be royalty entertained. It is proposed to give the visitors an Old time luau, or Hawaiian feast, and they will be in- troduced to poi" the Hawallan's stan of life-fish, game, pig, bread and fruit-cooked underground. It will be the character of entertainments formal ly offered by the kings and queens of Hawaii to favored visitors.
 As they have some able little yachts In Hawaii, 1t is proposed to have a race around the island of Oahu, on which Honolulu is situated, in which the island craft can compete with the Pacific coast visitors. The distance Is 120 miles, with running. reaching and beating, which will bring out the diff ferent points of sailing and make the most exciting contest ever sailed in the islands. In this race there will be about a dozen yachts of all rigs and sizes participating.
 To make things even more interest ing a cup will be offered for race to Lahaina. on the island of Maui. seven ty-five miles from Honolulu. This is c course up channel and requires some beating and will bring out the close hauled work of the yachts. Another luau will be held at Lahaina. After viewing various points of interest ashore visit to Haleakala, the largest extinct volcano. which towers over Nl.- OO0 feet from the sea, the yachtsmen will embark for run to Hilo, the city of second importance In the islands. From Hilo the sailors will journey to the greatest active volcano in the world, Kilauea.