Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-08
NEED YACHT FOR
BIG OCEAN RACE
HAWAll'S BOAT LOOKS FOR
LOS ANGELES COMPETITOR
MAY ASSIST IN COMMERCIAL
RELATIONS
South Coast Yacht Club Wants PUB
lie Support to Cory OF Event
as Agreed-Honor
Involved

Much more than the mere winning
of a handsome cup is involved IN tne
biennial yacht race to be sailed pe-
tween the big yacht Hawai-, puiit at
public subscription by the Hawaiians,
and Pacific coast yachts, which Will
start from San Pedro harbor about
July A. This involves the building up
of cordial feelings between the lsianos
and the United States and the starting
of trade relations between the TWO
sections.
Accordingly, although week ago
word was cabled to Hawaii that the
race had been called off for one year,
owing to the fact that no American
Yacht had been entered, yesterday
representatives of the Los Angeles
chamber of commerce and the South
Coast Yacht club met together with
Manager Childs of the Hawaiian Pro-
motion company and determined TO
cable Honolulu that the race had been
called off for but thirty days instead of
for a year, as announced at first
The representatives of the chamber
of commerce yacht race committee
are:
James Slauson, chairman; DR.. James
Barlow and c. A. Sumner
The South Coast Yacht clubs COM
mittee comprises the following:
III. H. Sinclair, chairman; Victor
Stewart, secretary, and A. Lester Best,
who is secretary of the yacht club,
associate member of the committee.
Manager Childs of the Hawaiian
Promotion company is also member
of this trans-Pacfic yacht race COM
mittee.
Los Angeles Must Help
"It is up to Los Angeles" said Man
ager Childs. 1--WE have always wanted
to get better trade relations with Ha-
wall and a better acquaintance all
around with them Every effort has
been made to bring this about.
"Now. here is our opportunity. We
have tried to get a separate line OF
steamers started, running from san
Pedro to the Hawaiian islands. Moth
ing will advertise San Pedro harbor
better than this yacht race. And we
can have it come off, just as well ASH
not
"It was a bitter disappointment to
people of Hawaii when they learned
that we had postponed the race for a
year.
''It is not as though John Smith had
determined to enter his yacht In the
race, had given it up and people would
say That is hard on Smith, and
wonder who would take his place in
the entries.
"But that handsome yacht Hawaii
was built at Honolulu by popular sub
scription. Everybody is interested in
her. This man furnished the lights
for her: this woman made the doilie
for the captains table, and this other
woman furnished the towels; and so
on with all the furnishings.
"As far as Los Angeles and the
United States are concerned, that
yacht means, spells and stands for Ha-
wall. Every plank in her deck is a
Hawaiian heart.
Agreement Binds
"Now, then; there was an agreement
made that a biennial race should be
run. 1t is our turn to furnish our
yachts this year. The Hawaiians
have built their representative, as per
agreement And if a city of 100000,
like Los Angeles. cannot enter one of
its racing yachts already built, when
a city of 10000, like Honolulu. built
an entirely new yacht for the compe-
tition, it will be bad for us indeed"
eyes" said Secretary Best of the
South Coast Yacht club. this race
proposition means a black eye for Los
Angeles if the people of Los Angeles
do not support 1t and help us carry
it off this year.
"It is not a case of winning or losing.
It is a case of having the race come
off as agreed upon years ago.
"Originally it was run from San
Francisco. Then it was brought down
to San Pedro harbor. Now we do not
want to fail on that proposition and
ask help from some other port on this
coast.
"The race is to be run under the
auspices of the South Coast Yacht
club. Any racing yacht in the world,
provided she belongs to duly accred-
tied yacht club and comes up to the
requirements of size, a forty-foot
water line or over, is eligible to enter
the race.
Honor Is Involved
"The idea is to receive public sup
port, so that we may enter some yacht
from the craft owned by Los Angeles
yachtsmen ,and thus save our honor.
1t involves the honor of the city and
this southern section of California.
"All Hawaii looks to us to make
good.
eff we turn them down on this prop
osition it means a hard time for us
to gain their friendship and their
trade, things which we have been
striving to get for a long time, you
know.
"We have yachts promised from San
Diego and Seattle. We want other
yachts from San Francisco and To-
coma, and we think we can get them
entered in this race, too. But we
must have a yacht entered in the race
from among the craft owned by Los
Angeles yachtsmen.
"We want to have the race run on
or about July 4, starting from San
Pedro harbor.
"The cup to be competed for is to be
kept by the winner as his personal
property. There is everything to gain
and nothing to lose by entering. For
the honor of Los Angeles some yacht
from these waters should start when
the gun fires July a."
PASADENA FENCER WANTED