The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-10-01
MACFARLANE CUP
IS WON BY CHIP
- 800 Advertlser.l


one u che best yacht races which
ever took place Of the harbor was won
yes;erday b. the Chip. the little lark
pattern vesse-. bulk and handled by
Kenneth Brown Il was hardly thought
mat she had c show 70 win, as in the
zast race <s- the second-class yachts.
which took Place az Pearl Harbor she
finished last and made most disap-
slrincilE slowing
Or account 0s her poor performances
i'm the pas. she was given forty min
1-as handiclr. ten minutes more than
11as given -a= SKIP. which is OF the
sane construction. The Chip Won out
rs seven minutes and five seconds.
corrected zine. Maggie taking second
place the Myrtle third and the Ma
lolo fourth
TIE pe-e5--nance ~ the Chip was
made even better on account Of the
ract thsr sle defeated the AIalolo, even
without her handicap, coming in one
minute and -Lirry-Cw0 seconds ahead
- the larger yacht and giving her q
hard fEht On every tack, all the way
ID from Pear Harbor.
The handicap committee deserves the
greatest of credit for the way in which
-hey managed thsir part OF the work
There vas only twenty minutes. cor
-ecced time. between the finishes made
Esv The f1ur lea ding vessels and until
the CHIP came 81 and had crossed the
I7-sh line. 10 che could tell who had
v-o1-
The SKIP had q hard race, getting
fnto pIlIkiz shortly after rounding the
stake hoax which was anchored of
-he M.sra H5c=l and then capsizing.
The msn5erz II her crew were able 10
riEh- her however. and after some
right ke-. however. and after some
again and fuisL=i about half an hour
after ths NIzIl-o.
A. the START q The race the Maggie
-ooS the lead. followed by the Aalolo,
with TIE SKIP -hi-d. the Chip fourth
and re Myrtle dfth. The Maggie did
some fine sailing. keeping the advan-
rare which sze had gained and turn
slC the sake boat OF the Moana,
nearly seven minutes ahead OF the
ChIn. which Vas The next 20 make that
point
There was good deal Of excitement
or board liz Hawaii. which was used
- ne s-akeboar Of the Moana. when
the CHIP and The Myrtle arrived. Poor
ssszuazship was shown on both boats
NJ this point The Chip was forced 20
make th-ee. lacks before she could get
.z7gznd The Hawaii and the Myrtle 10
make -u-o- L looked for q moment as
g there would be foul. The Chip
was rrying - gel around the stake
boat when tie Myrtle tried 10 get in
ss=-uesr he rTo- L seemed as if she
uuIz be cs--a[n 10 run down either
sre chip OF The Hawaii. but, as luck
would haze 4. neither the Myrtle nor
-hs Chsp had enough Roadway TO bring
-ae-- tnto collision and finally both got
a-7uus and started for the Gladys
which vas a. the Pearl Harbor en-
trance - va-ch ne boats as they went
a-c-l5 the enter buoy
The Nalo-o E0c around the Hawaii
AZ -l-h-- some clree minutes after the
chr. Eh-e tie skip vas far behind
Tor t1e short distance which had been
Travelled So made TIE turn all right
and broke cur her splnSker. which was
carried away almost before it was SET
z-f a. i uer- The lizzie craft keeled
ovs- and -av far OF her SIDE.
me azscia-s II The Hawaii imme-
g a-e1y started 20 the Skip's assistance
wen they SAN that she was slowly
-ssE-i-g herself without aid 4 couple
q moments -l-e- she was once more
z15e- uzy. but with her cockpit full
u wa-e-. which The crew were franc
tIcarv trying "a bal out. After this
she had n further mfshsp. and made
u q -l-tIe G. the time she had lost.
TIE explanation Ei-en by some OF those
on The Hawaii for the eapsizing was
rAz- CAPTAIN archie Robertson moved
ron rhe center OF the boat and she
naturally kesle5 over with his weight.
Ee : going u take q long course in
sunbeu exercise. % reduce his weight
before ire next race
When OF The harbor on their way
Il ne Pearl Hsrbor srakeboat, the
Myrtle had passed the Chip and was
leading BY q minute and twenty sec
onds. The Naiolo was two minutes
and twenty seconds behind the Chip,
while ne Maggie had gained q lead Of
over twelve minutes over her nearest
Antagonist The breeze was fine and
The little Yachts had all they could do
&c cz--y their full sail
When Pearl Earbor was reached the
Maggie had gained still more on her
szrsEonists. though the Myrtle was
holding her Own in good style The
Msloio was a little behind the Chip,
and OF The way 20 the finish these two
t,oz1s had q most exciting contest,
With TIE smaller yacht IN the lead al
most al the way and finally coming
into the channel with several hundred
yards 70 the good
Wien the chip pulled alongside Of
ne Myrtle bozthouse there was plenty
q fun Brown could hardly realize
thar ne had Won and ne was told so
ard also that he would have won IL
re had cons II TWO minutes before
The crowd who we're with the judges
~ the finish had al kinds Of joshes for
hin and Il was several minutes before