The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-09-21
Senior Pair-oar,

Senior Pair-oar.
| The senior pair.oar came next, and
provided some excitement at the finish,
for Dick Sullivan and Carl 0ss' mag
nificent condition and stamina enabled
| them to make it look bad for the Bill
| Lyle.Padeken combination short way
| from the finish But the Myrtles won
again, and were never really in danger.
Four-oar Race.
The race for four-paddle canoes
modern-was interesting principally on
account of preliminary wagers that were
made on the Hawaii by several of the
guests. One man took the Maikai Fine
because he said that Maikai was the
first Hawaiian word he had learned;
another man took the Good Time be-
cause the name appealed to his
inner consciousness. There was much
cheering and pulling for the two boats,
| by partisans. The Good Time won out
and the Maikai Fine came in close
third to the Laukila.
Junior Pair-oar.
The junior pair.oar which followed
was another sharp dash to victory by
the Myrtle pair. Ted Center and Ma
caulay had little difficulty in running
away from Kamakau and Fuller, and
crossed the line well in the lead.
Sailing Canoe Race.
The first sailing canoe race was won
fairly easily by the Lei lima. She
would not have won if the crew of the
| Alabama had not thought that it was
necessary to pass the line near the
| judges boat. She put about when
there was no need to, the Lei lima
| passed ahead of her and won out, while
the Alabama made a great finish for
second place, with the Kalei, just
nosing out with a final puff of wind.
Like Sea Monsters.
| Meanwhile the cruiser steam launches
1 had gone out to the starting buoy and
there had been an interval of an hour
for lunch. When the launches started
it looked like four sea monsters rush
| ing into the >harbor, and apparently
there was not foot to choose between
them. From each smokestack came
clouds of smoke, livened occasionally
by flashes of flame, as the stoker be-
came extra vigorous in his shoveling.
As they passed the outer end of the
Channel wharf, the Colorado was in
the lead on the far side. The Mary
land was second in the center of the
channel, and the Tennessee was third
on the town side, with the South Da-
kota two lengths behind.
1t was not till the Colorado was
nearly opposite the Healani boat club
that the engineer on the Tennessee
boat opened up his throttle. Then the
| In q %, Il
still while the Tennessee literally
jumped through the water and closed
up the gap just in time to poke her
nose over the line ahead of the Colo
RADIO launch.
Exciting Enough for Anyone.
The first cutter race was exciting
enough to please anybody. The craft
kept in bunch until the Myrtle boat
| club was reached, when the Califor-
MIA IS crew opened up a lead and was
not headed during the rest of the race
There was a artbreaking finish be
/ tween the Washington and Tennessee
i crews for second place, and the former
crossed the line a scant quarter of a
length in the lead.
Women Paddle.
| The four.paddle canoe race for
1 women was started just before the
racing cutters were sent off. The
canoes were splendidly steered and
padded, and the Good Time finished
| about two lengths ahead of the Mai
kai Fine, which veered badly just be-
fore the finishing line was reached.
Tennessee Winner.
Then came the racing cutters. The
/ Tennessee won this with rather fast.
err stroke than the others. The result
of the race was in doubt up to the
very last minute. The South Dakota
was making a hot bid for first honors,
but the Southerners had the better
form and won out handily while the
West Virginia, California and Wash,
ington were all close up, in the order
named.
Many SEQ Kiokalani Win.
1t was nearly o clock by this time,
and the crowds were leaving the
wharves and boat houses, although
there were plenty left TO watch the
kiokalani win the last race of the
day, for sailing canoes The Hall.
manu- came In first, but was disquali,
fled for not rounding the outer mark,
The Palikea, some way behind the sec.
ond boat TO cross the line, took see.
ond place.
The official results we're as follows,
Senior SCARED barge -Myftles,
nfsfs HVulania Raeoud Time tx NJ u