The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-09-24

lunch a. the University Club. the ex-
cellent cuisine OF the club being APP
preciated by those whose appetites
had been sharpened by the several
hours spent on the water.
WHALEBoAT RACE.
The crew az the fve-oarei whale
boat Of the [. 5. 5. IroQuois were the
winners of the opening race of the
day, pulling in for the judges gun
after hard down the stretch strug-
sic with pilot boat No. :. The time
was caught 81 Is minutes Is seconds,
There were three boats entered. Pilot
being badly beaten.
The winning crew had stroke OF
hard luck At the very beginning Of
the pull. an oar breaking before q
dozen strokes had been taken Such
q contingency had been provided for.
however. ana spare oar was shipped
with only the loss Of about a length.
AT the lighthouse the navy boys had
fallen well into stroke and began 10
cut down the lead Of the pilot boats.
being the first TO round the spar buoy.
The lead was slight. however. the
three boats being fairly well punched.
Pilot made 3 poor turn. however. and
made the tail OF the procession all
the way home
As the two leading boats fought
their way down the stretch and it
was seen that the navy crew was lead
ing. the cheers OF the boys in white
on the deck Of the IroQuois were sent
r. vr-hfs -
the IrOquois launch, the judges boat.
screamed in victory After the finish
the crews OF the two boats cheered
each other Justify.
SENIOR SIN-oARED BARGE.
There was some little delay in start
ing the second race. between the senior
siN-oar crews of the HeaIani and Nyr-
lie clubs. This race was pulled from
q line between the Railroad wharf and
Sorenson's wharf, TO the spar buoy
and return TO the judges boat.
The crews were Myrtles-Frank
Bechert, stroke: F. F. Bechert, No. 5;
Padaken, No. I: s. Johnson No. s;
Underwood, No. >. and Hughes, No. l.
HeaIanis-O' sullivan. stroke: Fer
nandez, No. l; Archer, No. ,; Clark.
No. 3; Robinson, No. 4. and Black
man. No. 3
The start was made at 1880, the
Nyrtles jumping into a slight lead,
when the judges boat was passed the
Red being about 2 half a length TO
the good. Both crews were pulling q
good stroke, each doing thirty-six TO
the minute. Al the turn the Myrtles
had good lead and got back into the
smooth water OF the channel in time
70 make up q big lead. Outside the
water was quite rough. On the stretch
the crews pulled the same stroke,
Ihirty-two 70 the minute, although
passing the lighthouse the leaders let
Up considerably. coming in fresh. The
gun caught the Reds leading by thirty
seconds. The time was: MyrtIes,
1875; Healanis, 1885.
START OF YACHT RACES.
The starting gun Of the First Divt-
sion Yacht Race found only the Ha-
waii. entered by Alex Lyle. and the
Kamshameha, entered last by Scott, in
the race The Gladys and the Helene
failed 10 appear. although both were
under sail in the harbor. The Ka-
nehameha went out with reef in her
mainsail. prepared for the blow to be
seen outside.
The gun for the Second Division
Yachts was fred ten minutes after
the big yachts had started. Five of
the smaller boats got away in q bunch, |
the Myrtle being the only one of the
entered boats not to get away
FRESHMAN SX-OARED.
The Freshman race, looked forward |
70 as promising 70 be the best Of the !
day, was neck and neck struggle on
the way out 70 the turning point. both |
perhaps q few feet ahead. The |
Healanis failed 70 straighten into the |
stretch with the Reds. however, and |
here she MyrtIes gained q good lead. |
Al the starting gun the Blues seemed |
70 have the best Of il, catching the |
water in good shape, while the Reds |
did q good deal of splashing-
With the advantage made at the /
turn the MyrtIes led all the way home, |
increasing their lead 70 several lengths |
and getting the gun forty-one seconds !
ahead The time Of the leaders over
the course was 13;z1.
The two crews were made up as fol-
lows:
Nyrtles = D Center. stroke: Gus
Schaefer, No. 5; Chas. Davis, No. 4:
Townsend. No ); Dickson. No. 2; Rem
ton, No L
HeaIznis-Sher~ood, stroke; Fuller,
No. 1; Cameron, No. ?; Rose, No. .;
EEaliko. No l.
SX-PADDLE CANOE RACE.
Three crews were in the contest for
the six-paddIe canoe championship OF
the Islands, the AIabamas, the Kane
1smehas and the a. crew, the latter
IN q great canoe with white gunnsl |
This was the celebrated Kona crew,
entered BY Prince Cupid, and these /