Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-04-07

nomination as the Commodore OF the
Hawaii Yacht Club for the year 1908.
He was unanimously chosen for the
honor, and cries of Speech!
Speech" forced him to rise to his
feet.
81 thank you for the honor con-
ferred upon me-" he began. II APP
preciate It, and will do my best TO
hold up the excellent mark set by
Commodore Cooper. In all the his
tory of the Hawaii Yacht Club there
has never been a Commodore who
has done work for the club as has
II. Il. Cooper. My interests are
wrapped up in the yacht Hawaii.
When the first talk was sprung
about building a trans-Pacific racer,
Immediately started the construc-
ton of shed in the back of the
shipyard where the boat could be
built. | felt sure even then that the
matter would go through. There is
history connected with the yacht
already, though she has Just been
put In the water. She was launched
by the side of the greatest punch
bowl in the world. And with the
crew that will go with me I have
the deepest inward confidence that
we will come flying along Diamond
Head the first yacht from the Coast.
Clarence Macfarlane stated that
he had every confidence in Alec
Lyle's ability as u captain, and he
had every reason to believe that II
pluck and lighting spirit counted fol
anything the Hawaii would not en-,
ter the harbor other than the first
| yacht t' ,"Efr. ....-s
| go The Other officers elected to serv,
for the term uwith Commodore Lyl,
were as follows: Vice commodore
! c. T. Wilder; secretary and treasur
er, G. IT. Wilder; directors, II. Il
Cooper, w. II. Mclnerny. o. l.. Soren
son, C. w. Macfarlsne, George Gro
zicr; port captain, Ray Rietow
measurer, o. l.. Sorenson; regatta
committee, II. Roth (chairman), J
Jaeger HI Rycroft. .., ....
Admiral Beckley was called upoI
by Commodore Cooper for genera
talk on yachting. The Admiral stat
ed that when he was at the Coas
recently, he made a special trip 4
San Pedro to confer with yachtsmel
there and see the place from whicl
the Hawaii would start on her rae
across the Pacific. He had seen VIM
c. Irwin. who promised, II he was OF
the Coast at the time, to be presen
when the yacht sailed, or, II he wa
called away, he would have repre-
sentative on hand to see that tn
members OF the Hawaiis crew wer
entertained He said that he wante,
the yacht to be absolutely free iron
II, debt when she left the Islands, an
that he intended to do all in hi
power to raise the needed $4,000.
c. A. Brown said that one OF hi
natives had told him that the zach
would be cold and wet on account o
her flush decks, but he also predict
ed that the boat would be the frs
to cross the finish line at damon
Head. Daniel Logan, who Is know
as the Nestor OF the local press, toll
Of his experiences in Submarine.
He won great applause by statln
that II the Hawaii won this comin
Trans-Pacific Race and brought HON
the trophy cups, II would be a grea
deal easier to secure funds wit
which a defender could be bull
than It has been to build the Hawai-
THE Ladies" were toasted by I
} II. Petrie. He stated that althoug
he was no ladies' man (cries of "Au
! We no ka Or he thought bette
feeling and more enthusiasm coul
be aroused among the members {
, the yacht club II there were NOR
social functions. Other speeche
were made by the following:
Young. Ray Rietow, George Turne
Messrs. Weaver, w. l.. Warren, {
Lewis. Hurd, Brewster, II, NJ. Ayr
and c. G. Albright. .F
, The following were the membe
and invited guests present at tn