The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-06-12
RESTORER MEN
LOSE A RACE
German Cadets Defeat
the Britishers
handiIy.

Germany defeated Great Britain yes.
| terday in a barge race rowed over the
| knuckle buoy course in Honolulu har-
| Dor. Beer and pretzels established
| their supremacy over Scotch and soda
that their training liquid was not in
il with the lager of the Fatherland
More than usual interest was mani
tested in the international boat race
yesterday. The wharves were lined
With spectators. Yachts, ste a m
| launches, row boats and almost every
| sort of craft from a pleasure boat to a
| japanese fishing sampan dotted the
harbor. all interest centering in the
| starting place. off the Fort street
wharf. In the stream near the United
States revenue cutter Manning, large
whaleboat of the British cable steamer
Restorer was anchored. Two fiagstaffs
We're raised in the boat and from these
fioated the ensigns OF Germany and
Consul. w. Pfotenhauer judge of the
race; the British Consul. r, de B.
Layard, starter, and Lieut. Cushman,
United States Navy, the umpire.
The vessels in the harbor We're dec
GRATED not only in honor of Kameha-
meha Day, but in honor of the great
boat race as well. Over at the Myrtle
hoathouse a large number OF friends
the cadet band of the German training
ship Herzogin Sophie Charlotte in at
tendance. 1t was arranged that if the
Britons won, the band should play
God Save the King: if the Germans
won, it was to be die Wacht Am
Rhein.''
At o'clock the harbor began to fill
up with boats and the wharves were
black with spectators. Then the quar-
antine launch. carrying crowd of Ia
dies whose sympathies were with the
Germans, steamed into the arena. Soon
after the Restorer's launch, carrying
Captain Combe and party and flying
the British flag, shot across the course
and went to the lighthouse, afterwards
following the boats over the course.
After d while the crews came up, the
barge kanoelani carrying the crew OF
the German training ship HerZogin
Sophie Charlotte, and the barge Kaplo-
lani carrying the crew of the British
cable steamer Restorer. The kanoe- |
iani was loaned by Prince Kalania- |
naole and the Kapiolani by Secretary
of the Territory Atkinson. The crews |
We're as follows:
Restorer-A J. Clunie, bow; ]. W. |
E. Laker, No. 2; c. Rowell, No. 3; ]. |
No. 4; J. b. Barnesson, No. |
5; w Wright, stroke; Captain b. G.
Combe coXswain.
Herzogin Sophie Charlotte W.
Fruud, bow; K. Blattner, No. 2; K.
Reidel, No. 3; F. Bruny, No. 4; K.
No. 5; H. Becker, stroke:
Chief Officer Gluud, coxswain.
The Germans We're first to the dip
and recover, but the Kapiolani shot
forward like a feather. As the boats
neared the lighthouse it was seen,
however, that the Germans had the
heavier stroke. They rounded the light
house a little in the lead. The crowd
got on its tiptoes the Germans
urned the knuckle buoy. They made
he turn and faced back on the course
before the Britons started to turn.
That settled the race for the adherents
If the Germans. The crowd at the
Myrtle boathouse became jubilant. At
ne lighthouse the Germans We're a
u Of |
The Charlotte's crew finished across
he bow of the judges boat a good
wenty lengths ahead and that was
he signal for the footing of the whis-
les OF the revenue cutter Manning,
,Ig Fearless quarantine launch Oahu
nd the Restorer's launch, while wild :
;ermanic yell split the welkin. The
2estorer's crew finished, but the entire {
It OF oarsmen were all in. They, too,
we're given an ovation. II
Afterwards everybody repaired to
he Myrtle boathouse and winners and {
1sers received the congratulations Of :
ne crowd Consul Pfotenhauer said: :
] am glad the cadets won: of course. {
ut [ admire the spirit of the Britons,
pr they said they felt they would lose. O
ut would enter into the sport Tor h
ports sake. s
Captain Zander of the German train Y
,g ship said: I'VE felt we would WIN, $
acause our men always keep in trim a
his race will be a fine thing TO place "
.fore the North German Lloyd Com
any. for it will indicate to them that =,
IL men are as fit in the tropics as N -
e colder places
Tho TINE OF the German crew was
minutes.