The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-09-18
MYRTLES VICTORIOUS IN
THE REGATTA DAY EVENTS


loss. The slow-turning boat of the
Healanis has no chance with the shorter
and faster Myrtle boat
AT the start the Myrtles pulled &c
and the Healanis 3S. 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 Myrtles then laid
themselves for steady record pull. 1t
was an even stroke, nothing splashy
about 1t, 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 CON-
pletely winded. Cronyn seemed to be
in good shape at the end. The crews
were:
ALI Rogers. entered by Myrtle Boat
Club. Crew: Stroke, C. Padekin; No.
o. c. Cowan; No. 4. E. Hingley; No. 8,
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. 6. r. Clark; No. 4, b. F. Cronyn;
NO. 3, Jos. Archer; No. g. Z. Hamauku;
NO. l, Carl Oss; coxswain. H. Steiner.
Time: Myrtles, 1898; Healanis, 14:23.
PILOT BOATS.
Pilot boats Nos. and 2 had a race
of their own. 1t was 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 a long
distance to the good Chas Oio cap
tained the wiRning 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
Dutrigger canoe, black hull with yellow
streak at the gunwale, manned by six
wearing red sweaters. The
boat was entered by A. M. Brown. DR..
A. C. Wallis beautiful koa canoe. look
ing like polished mahogany, long and
as race horse, looked a 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
.hree boats started together with a 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.
rhe koa canoe glided along the harbor
Is If creased, and the Kona boys had
III they could do to keep their lead.
The turn was made off the light
,ouse. A flag-float was anchored
here. The koa canoe and the Kona
'anoe came there pretty close together.
With Chesterfieldian courtesy, when
here seemed to be a jam imminent,
he konas gave way to the koa canoe
SITS and allowed them to turn back
irst. 1t was piece of courtesy that
truck all with admiration. Despite
heir loss at this point, the Konas came
'ack into the stretch and then 1t was
leck and neck. Gradually the Konas
ed off and crossed the line half length
o the good. Prince Cupid was over
Dyed and Judge Archie Mahaulu al
most lost his voice In big megaphone
agging enthusiastically for the
trangers.
The victory was popular one and
he strangers were given every evidence
4 good will.
At this juncture the dinner gong
board the judges boat sounded and
ime was taken for all kinds of refresh
nents, Charley Ludwigsen, as of old,
Altering. Secretary Gus Murphy looked
fter the cuisine for the committee and
made a capital host.
SENIOR PAIR-OARED.
The senior pair-oared race came
ext Paul Jarrett and Bob McCorris-
on. with James Thompson as cox
vain, manned the Healani shell. L.
:. King and w. II. Soper, with Luther
Tough as coxswain, manned the Myr-
lie boat. The shells started from the
1akai end of the Channel wharf and
nished at the judges boat. This was
pretty race, well rowed, and the race
'ent to the best crew. That's all there
'as to it. The Healanis Won by two
oat lengths.
JUNIOR PAIR-OARED.
An unlucky accident to the tiller of
he junior Healani shell marred this
ace. Half way down the course the
Iealani boat swerved dangerously near
, the--Myrtle boat and then swung back
gain and began gyrating around the
arbor. Despite this contretemps, the
Iealani boat maintained a position
long with the Myrtle boat but toward
he end she began to veer about and
her bow was pointed toward
he dredger Governor. 1t was thought
foul would be entered, but the Myrtle
oat won, and the only difficulty was
18th the Healanis. In the Healani
oat were George and Ed. Desha, with
thompson coxswain. In the Myrtle
oat were Gus and +. Bechert, with
nsert SAILING CANOES .... -. :.
The Regatta Day events we've In the
ands of the following excellent officers:
Judges: Capt. T. X. Clarke. o. l.
orenson and L. de l.. Ward.
Starter: Geo. Turner
Timekeepers: Leslie Scott, Walter r.