Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-07-24
YACHTSMEN
GIVEN TROPHIES
Hawaii Yacht Club Is
Host and Cheers
Winners

Say! but these fellows are sports!
This was the way one of the visit
| ing yachtsmen put it, in his comment
10 an associate last evening after
| they had heard the announcement of
Sorenson & Lyle that any of the Wis
ting yachts could have the privileges
Of their marine railway free of
| charge
The offer of the marine railway to
| Put the boats in better shape was the
hnale of a general rush of local
Yachts and visiting yachts to enter in
the race to Hilo, which will start at
| 10 o'clock on Tuesday.
| The original entries for this race
we're Sinclair's Lurine and the Ha-
vail, to be captained by II. +. Cooper
| During the dinner the boys of the
| fwendolyn II stated that they would
| ONE in and would be seen promptly
t the starting line. Then Captain
| lyle leaned over to Capt. Lew Harris
md said Are you game?" Cap said
| re was.
| After that the local boys got inter
| ,sted and Captain johnson of the Ka-
nenameha spoke up and entered his
joat for the race. Not to be out
| lone, Ollie Sorenson and Tommie
King put their heads together, with
| he result that the Gladys was en-
cred. Fred. Whitney also left word
hat If possible he would get the
Helene in condition to go. This,
With the prospect of the La Paloma
cling in the list, put every available
acht in the contest and the race had
yrown to such proportions that a
Meeting of representative from each
'acht was called at the Commercial
hub Immediately following the lunch
2on this noon.
The poi supper at the Seaside for
he presentation of the Cups to the
| winning yachts In the Trans-Paciiic
] Race was distinct success. The
laval Yacht Club got lots of pleas
ire from the glory of entertaining II
| rowd of mighty good fellows, and
his Offset any sorrows the members
| nay have had because the race was
| ost. The visitors, on the other hand,
llad never seen anything quite Sc
good in all their lives.
The tables were spread on the biz
lancing-hoor built for the men of the
fleet, and the only canopy was thu
olored electrics, the tree branches
nd the stars. The boom of the Sc;
Inearby was h little too heavy t
make It easy for the speakers. bu
l elped nightly in adding to the 70
mantle atmosphere of the surround
'ngs. .... .s..
Commodore c. T. Wilder presided
in his left was Commodore Sinclai
# the Lurline and on his right ex
Commodore Cooper OF the Hawai-
| facht Club. The guests and mem
,ers of the Club were seated abou
he tables laden with the delicacie
Il poi and its accompanying lual
pecialties.
Mr.. Wilder in his opening remark
!isabused the visitors of any idea q
ll-feeling in Hawaii on account O
he local boat having lost the race
lie Gomplmented the winner in tn
highest terms and had happy wor
ior each of the visitors. q
Victor -. Stewart for the Sout
Coast Yacht Club responded for TIL
;isitors.
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aonor of presenting the trophy to tn
winner. This he did briefly and t
the point.
Commodore Sinclair was given
hearty cheer when he arose to re
spond. Sinclair is every inch
sportsman and none OF his opponent
lack Il share In his goodwill. ]
speaking of the trophy Sinclair sal
that he had intended to put 1t up Q
q perpetual challenge cup, and tn
he would do unless another yachts
man OF worldwide note carried OF
the suggestion of some months ag
In other words, Sinclair Is ready
put up the trophy II Sir Thomas Lii
ton does not come through.
Next came the presentation OF u
second prize to the Johnson boys I
Seattle and their good boat Gwend
Ign II. This yacht and It's crew hi
attracted large measure of favo
able comment, and the combinatlt
missed the first prize by very sma
margin. Lloyd johnson gave a
credit to Captain Redfern and pr
dicted that the northern club thu
:. represented would he in the race wi