The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-15
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PRINCE CUPID
WINS BY INCHES
Ivy Just Noses Over Line Ahead
of KoIoa-Second Race
Unsatisfactory.

with an extra puff Of wind, Prince
Cupid nosed over the line Just eight
inches ahead of Jack Densham, in the
great match sailing race yesterday aft
ernoon in the harbor.
1t was drifting match for all but
the very last part of the race, and
this made the contest unsatisfactory,
but the finish turned out to be very
close and exciting one, and the big
bunch of yachtsmen on the Myrtle la
nai went pretty nearly crazy over it.
The second race was rather unsatis-
factory. The Roaring Gimlet could
not get her eenterboard down, the Gal
Looping Mary pretty nearly lost hers al
together, and what might have been
grand finish between the Dancing Sally
and Pearl was spoilt by a misunder-
standing as to the course
The Prince and the reporter tossed
for boats. Densham took the Koloa
and Prince Cupid the Ivy. The for
mer had Hebeler, the owner, and Ar
thur Hough aboard, while the Prince
took Max Bolte, the owner, and How
ard Bowen.
There was very little wind at the
start. The Koloa got off first to a
good start and was holding her own
when the wind died by the second red
mark. Then the Ivy came up with
puff and romped way in the lead, leav-
ing the Koloa Tapping, Again the lat
ter caught a breeze and the two boats
rounded the spar buoy together.
There was more drifting up to the
bell buoy, with the Koloa leading. Off
the bell buoy the Ivy caught lucky
puff and got round first. This left the
Koloa some way behind. Then a
tragedy happened. That is, tragedy
for the crew of the Koloa. The Ivy
caught fresh offshore breeze ana
romped away, leaving her rival abso-
1utely becalmed. She had gained
half mile when the Koloa caught the
breeze and set out in a hot chase.
Then Koloa Gains
From the spar buoy in, the Koloa
began to gain rapidly. Favored by
shifts of the wind, she crawled up on
the Ivy until it seemed that she would
catch her. Then the Ivy caught a
lucky slant and again forged ahead.
The Chivo Maru came along about this
time and split the wind. The Koloa
was Just in position to get the right
slant and gained considerably.
A few yards from the finishing line
the Koloa was well to windward and
put about just in time to catch a puff
that took her through the lee of the
Ivy. Prince Cupid put about a mo-
ment too late and it seemed certain
that the Koloa would cross the line
first But sampan coming before the
wind blanketed her for just long
enough to allow the Ivy to gain way
and poke her nose over the finishing
line, Just about eight inches in the
lead.
The finish was one of the most ex-
citing ever seen here. The people on
the club lanai yelled themselves h0arse
in encouragement to the two shippers.
1t was something worth going to see
and will go down in the annals of local
yacht racing as the most exciting fin
ish ever witnessed here.
Stone Sails Well.
In the second event, Mr.. Stone sail
ed a grand race in the Dancing Sally.
Luther Hough also used good judg-
ment, and on the first leg to wind
ward stood over inshore far enough to
gain big lead.
1t had been decided to cut out the
bell buoy on the last time round, but
Hough did not know this, so he kept
on and the Dancing Sally came in an
easy frSt.
Mr.. Shepley brought out the Pa
poose with a fine new yawl rig, but
the wind was far too light for her and
she had no chance with the smaller
boats. Her skipper is great sports
man. though, and he announces his in
tention of keeping on until he wins a
race If anybody deserves TO, he sure
ly does.
The, start of the race was great
one. All the seven boats got away to-
gether. and there was hardly an inch
between them as they fitted down to
the spar buoy for the first leg of the
race. Sea-fea racing is growing IN
popularity.
A..