The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-23
Rithet and Marston Race.

10 and that the chances of relocating
her are good.
Rithet and Marston Race.
BAN FRANCISCO, June 1lAAs an
echo of the oldtime days when every
sea captain who could find an oppor-
tunity of testing his vessel s speed and
his own skill in handling his craft. the
outcome of a projected race from San
Francisco TO Honolulu between the five
masted schooner w. III. Marston and
the bark R. p. Rithet is exciting much
interest along the waterfront. The
race is unofficialsy scheduled to start
next Tuesday from the Golden Gate,
and Captain E. P. Drew of the r. P.
Rithet and Captain Jim Hersey of the
w. IL. Marston are the competing skip
pers Both are fine types of the old
mariner, and have many individual
supporters These vessels have raced
before, and experienced sailors say
| that there is little to choose between
them as seagoing craft. On the last
two voyages Captain Drew has had his
wife with him, but on this occasion
she is to be left behind, while the
ItithCt oftidSHtS tHC 3UdIii
over her spouse on the quarter deck.
Captain Jim Hersey is said to be
very confident of the outcome of the
race so far as his big fve-master is
concerned on the way out, but says
that the homeward voyage may go
against him by reason of the fact that
CAPTAIN Drew will take all kinds of
risks to get quickly home to his wife.
Both vessels are loading at Howard,
No 3, and win carry similar eargoes
amounting to about 1900 tons. The
W. H. Marston will take in her cargo
500 tons of grain. 400 tons of fertil
izers and about $4,000 frebricks.
Prosper Leaves Saturday.
The American schooner Prosper will
probably get away for Redondo on Sat
urday. She has been reiaired, the
leaks effectually plugged, and the ties
will be reloaded in, in time for the
vessel to get away once more for the
Coast She is carrying ohia ties for
the Santa Fe railway.
Cleveland Also Coming.
In addition to the big steamship
which the Clark IS Tours people are send
ing around the world, to call here in
January and also in February next
year, Hackfeld g. Company are advised
by the Hamburg American line that
they are also preparing for a similar
world cruise to leave New York in the
| fall of this year and pass through Ho-
nolulu en- route to San Francisco the
middle of January and again en- route
| to Yokohama the middle of April Both
these cruises are reported to be booked
to the limit. Hackfeld & Co. have some
local applications for the cruise. The
Cleveland is one of the Hamburg Amer
ican s newest vessels. and she is about
third larger than the Manehuria.
A Proper Kick.
The San Francisco Call, in its report
of the arrival of the Pacific Mail S. S.
Manehuria at San Francisco, records
the kick of passengers because they
could not remain longer in Honolulu
when the vessel stopped off here, say
ing:
The tourists from the Orient among
the passengers accuse the Pacific Mail
company of having failed to keep faith
| with them in the matter of the liner 3
| call at Honolulu. One of the induce
ments to travel on this line. they say,
is the promise of an eighteen hours ;
stay at the island port. Agents on the
other side guarantee this treat and
present the traveller with literature