The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-05
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are rushed to the utmost and bananas
are being consumed as fast as they
ripen. Powdered eggs will soon be re-
Questioned and as the potatoes give
out, Saratoga chips will be called into
use.
There are 267 college graduates
among the men of the squadron, not
counting officers.
One of the most popular sports
among the jackies is horseback riding,
but the jackies are not jockies by a
long shot Congressman Longworth
stopping at the Seaside, was awakened
this morning by what he took to be a
cavalry charge. He rubbered to find
seven horses dashing by with as many
sailors thereon, only the sailors were
not on the horses backs, but rather
clinging to their names and tails and
ears and to the saddles with their
hands while their bodies were listing
heavily to port or starboard, their
white trousers up their legs far enough
to reveal garters and vari-colored half
hose
1t is possible that the squadron will
be here long enough to take part in
the races on Regatta Day One of the
officers of the Colorado stated today
that there is a good Gea. of rivalry be-
tween the crews of the four ships, and
boat race between the man of war
crews would make an interesting di-
version for that day he also stated.
One of the members of the Myrtle
Club stated today that he was going
to see some of the cruiser officers about
it and would see what could be done.
This same man said: Our crew is the
best we have ever had, and l don't
think the other crew will have a
chance to win. We are doing some
hard work and if the crew keep up the
work they are doing now, there will be
nothing to it,"
One of the customs that have been
in force in the American Navy ever
since the Navy was first started, is
the giving to each ship of a silver SER
vice or some other present as a gift
from the city or state that the ship is
named from On board the Colorado
that is one thing that is lacking.
The fact that the ship has been in
commission for so long, and the State
of COLORADO has never made any effort
to give anything for the ship, was
commented on by several of the Off
GERS.
Colorado is a silver state" said an
officer, land yet they have never given
us a thing, and it does seem that they
might give us something in honor OF
the ship that is named after one of the
silver tray was presented to us by the
Daughters of the American Revolution
who live in Colorado, but that is the
> only thing we have that came from the
State. Possibly when we arrive in San
Francisco they will send us some
thing, but so far we have heard moth
! g about it. Every other ship in this
squadron has something, but We are
out in the cold entirely"
Une of the officers who is making
! his first visit to Honolulu when asked
What he thought of the place replied:
81 think this is the nearest approach
to Heaven on this earth, and I only
hope that 1t will be my good fortune
to be ordered here some day in the
very near future"
A sailor of the U. S. S. Colorado was
seriously injured on horseback on King
street near Kawaiahao church yester-
day evening about o'clock by collision
with another sailor on horseback while
the former, ]. A. Cornell, was racing
with a car entering town from Waikiki
being violently thrown and rendered
unconscious and remaining so all night
at the hospital; Cornell's horse was
i killed and the sailor with whom he
collided was thrown and bruised. Cor.
nell had raced the electric car all tn,
way from the Waikiki Inn and was I
poor rider at that. Near the Kawaia,
hao church the street was somewhat
blocked, a hack, an automobile, the