Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-12-07

+ Saturday afternoon and evening +
+ proved even more successful +
/. than the most enthusiastic men, = |
+ bers of the Club had dared to =
Z hope. Much interest was + |
+ shown in the contests and an = 4
7 excellent showing was made by 81
Z those who have had but little +
1: experience in handling the Ha- +
Z waiian canoe. 500. .. ~
!: The illuminated surfboarding +
+ events were particularly spec +
:: tacular. while the parade of IL +
|: Illuminated canoes during the +
= evening was one of the most +
= brilliantly 3, picturesque affairs =
Z that has ever been witnessed +
1. here. -...... +
= The new lanai of the club =
+ was completed just In time for =
Z the affair, and members and =
+ guests danced in the open air. =
= 81
Harold Hustace,. 10 years old, is
once more the worlds champion surf
board rider. Saturday at the Out
rigger Club regatta he won hands
Observation-Disclosures. after distance
ing all competitors In the endurance
race out to the big surf, he came in
upon a giant wave standing on his
board head down. upon his hands.
Two years ago Harold captured the
championship cup in the surf, and
once more he becomes, without dis
pute, the worlds greatest amateur
surfboard rider.
Illumination
Hustace also did some excellent
work in the night surfing events.
With an acetylene bicycle lamp
strapped to the bow of his board, he
went out with the other contestants.
He caught many of the waves and
could be seen family from the. beach,
but owing to the fact that Kenneth
Atkinson bethought himself Of a
bamboo torch, a supply of red Are
powder carried in Theoretically
sealed tin box, and box OF matches
within the lining of the cap he wore,
he was able to give the little cham
pion many points on the manner In
which the form of "A surfboard rider
can be Illuminated at night.
Colored Fire Best
IL 81 ri N OF ~ ad hv =
kinson that the surfboard. light Is
colored fire, or, better still, magne-
stun powder, which will give clear
white light of dazzling brilliancy. A
start has been made and after few
more efforts doubtless a perfected
method of lighting the surfboard rid
er will be obtained.
The illuminated procession OF ca
noes and the night surfboating con-
test proved a great success and DEM
onstrated that there are superb pos
sibilities ahead of the Outrigger Club
In the matter Of night surfing fetes'
Fine Decorations
Much credit is due Kenneth Brown
for the manner in which he superin-
tended the decoration of the canoes
They came down from Gilman's reach
TO the Outrigger beach gorgeous with
lights. laterns. and fire effects. There
were ships and palm trees outlined
In fire. and one, the Alabama, sailed
into the lagoon with her masts ant
outriggers a mass of colored Ian
terms. while the others went out Il
the big surf and glided in before tn
waves, creating an effect not soon Il
be forgotten by those who saw 1t.
Youngsters Do Well !,
The afternoon regatta for thu
youngsters demonstrated. that Their,
| is splendid material in the small boy
mauka, even the beginners did splen
didly. although. some of them ha,
never before been In six-paddle ca
noe. The helmsmen had never guide,
Anything larger than three-paddl
affair. They covered themselve
with glory and rounded their buoy
splendidly. ...... .... -.
The girls race in the lagoon wa
the beginning of new era in tn
Club. Ruth Soper had coached he
crews so well that Pauline Schaefer
In rival canoe, won the race for he
crew. ....,.. '.,f
The little champion OF the surf
board contest stood on the stand ant
declared that little Miss Schaefe
could guide canoe as well as an!
boy. at Waikiki-and she began onl.
a month ago, ,.. .a. .'...
Moving Pictures Made rrr
Bonine took moving pictures o
this and the ladies' race. Mrs. w. M
Graham having challenged Mrs
Marston Campbell to single cano,
combat on the lagoon. Neither hat
ever before padded an outrigger ca
noe, SO there were numerous COLI
sions and several circuits of the Ia
COON before Mrs. Graham finally man