The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-06-08
Elapsed Corrected

Time. Time
Maggie, Minis. -. 2:46:20 2:3S:2O
Defiance, scratch. -. 2:43:50 2:43:50
Malolo, 20 Minis. 80. 3:07:05 2:47:05
Dagmar, 10 Minis. 3:13:0l 2:5S:0l
Chip, 20 Minis. 49,. 3:25:03 3:O5:03
On straight time and allowance the
Maggie won the Cooper cup race in
Pearl Harbor yesterday by just five
minutes and half over the Defiance,
the next boat. But the fast little racer
may have lost the race on account of
protest put in by the skipper of the
Defiance in which she is charged with
cutting corners. In other words she did
not keep to the channel, according to
the protest, but made tack in between
two black stakes where there was water
enough for her, but outside of the regu-
lary marked channel.
This protest will be taken up by the
regatta committee today and definite
decision arrived at before shutdown.
The decision VIII be published in to-
morrow S Advertiser.
1t was good race, keenly contest
ed race and successful race in every
way. This last assertion must be
modified to certain extent because
the regatta committee, as usual was not
there on time. 1t was not the commit
tees fault They expected to be there
well before 10 CLOCK but the wind,
which was to blow them down from
Honolulu aboard the Hawaii, blew with
such intermittent gusts that the good
schooner did not anchor as stake boat
until IL clock.
By the time the Hawaii dropped her
anchor all the five racers were out and
ready for the start. Crews were busy
putting cotton stops on light sails and
shippers were eagerly figuring out just
how much they would be able to run
before it going out the channel to the
first mark.
Starting Wind Fitful.
The wind at this time was fitful,
but fairly fresh in the main and had
n strong easterly trend which made it
possible for the yachts to pack balloon
ers on the way out and come in pretty
nearly on one tack.
Vice Commodore Jaeger carried word
round on his launch that the race would
start at 11:25 with the first gun at
ll:20. Then he loaned the regatta com.
mittee his cannon as there was only one
shell aboard the Hawaii and finished up
his usual string of kokua works by tow.
ing a stake boat out to the point off
the rice mill.
Jockeying for Start.
? The first gun went off on time and
then the little racers began to jockey
for the start. Kenneth Brown on the
Chip was the foxy one and stayed to
leeward where he hoped to get the bet
ter of the blanket of the trees and
buildings on shore and shoot through
the lee of the other yachts.
But Alec Lyle, on the Maggie, was
foxy also. He kept to windward of the
Chip and to leeward of the other three
boats. When the starting gun was fired
his crew broke out the ballooner in jig
time and the Maggie shot over the line
three seconds after the gun.
Next to the Maggie came the Chip,
then the Defiance farther to windward,
and the Dagmar and Malolo the latter
with topsail set, bringing up the rear
nearly one minute after the gun was
fred.
Macfarlane Is Courteous.
In the meantime Walter Macfarlane
came along past the Hawaii sailing the
Hawaii /, and wanted to know. If he
could do anything to help. He could
One member of the regatta committee
was put aboard carrying with him a
case of lunch, large appetite and TWO
bundles of marlin wherewithal to splice
the main brace.
Then the old Hawaii Stacked sheets
and sailed out in front of the racers
Looking backwards it was wonderful
sight to watch the trim little craft rush
down on the starting line and then
suddenly blossom out with new white
wings. as they broke out their light
sails and seemed to skim EDWARDS with
only a thin fleck of foam at their bows
to show that they were touching the
water.
From behind a cloud that had heed
lessly drifted over from poor old Ho
nolulu, the sun peeked out and, while
the background was somber in shadow
the five sailing boats were lined ou'
in the brightness of sunshine and Il
was a sight to take the eyes and talR
about ten years from now as "Th'
prettiest start ever saw"
Maggie Holds Lead.
The Maggie held the lead for som'
time. The Defiance was not very mucl
in accord with her ballooner and th'
latter seemed to be led too forward
while the Maggie's light canvas wal
drawing like a frightened steer at
rope. But Gus Schaefer soon got hi
kite working properly and drew up OF
Alec Lyle. Before Ford Island wa
passed the Defiance was close to thu
Maggie with almost an overlap ant
threatening her rival.
Then commenced one of the pretties
luffing matches ever seen in these wa
ters. Both shippers were alive to thu
NaT.Was
eleverness. He was to leeward with
ballooner set. He luffed some dozel
times and, without exaggeration, hi
,ballooner never as much as futtered
Each time he made the Defiance luf
too and every time her kite swooned
1t looked as though Lyle would keel
Gus back but the Defiance was too fas
and presently split her opponents wine
and passed with a full sail and thu
Maggie blanketed.
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