The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-25
kONAS REDUCE HAOLES
y HEAD MEASUREMENT
HaWaIians Win Canoe Race BY
8 Seconds-Cupid's Canoe
Proves Some Faster.

The haOles had no howl coming yes,
terday about Prince Cupid 5 canoe
beating the race with the Konas. At
ter it was all over they had to admit
that the Hawaiians were too strong
for them. Rusty Brown said, however,
that the Kona men did not beat them
so much yesterday as they did on re-
gatta day which goes to show that
Cupid 5 canoe is the faster boat of the
two. The haOIes were beaten by about
finish line eight seconds later than the
Hawaiians. The victors covered the
course from the further buoy out be,
yond the breakers into the harbor and
past the Healani boathouse to where
the yacht Hawaii was anchored on re,
gatta day in seven minutes and fifty
one seconds. This time is more than
a minute slower than the Konas made
N Cupid s canoe on regatta day. They
covered the course then in SIX minutes,
twenty-five and four ffths seconds,
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Cupid 5 canoe : the faster Of the two.
There was a large crowd assembled
at the Myrtle boatbouse to witness the
event which was padded off to decide
whether Captain Browns claim, that
the haoies could beat the Hawaiians II
they snapped boats, was well founded.
The balcony Of the boathouse was lined
with women, the majority Of whom
III; l.,
ing for the konas The clubhouse down
stars was one big bunch of commotion.
About as many Hawaiians as could
comfortably circulate around were CON
fident that the natives, who were born
and bred to the sport, could reduce
the head measurements Of the young
sters. Everybody was in a highly jocu-
lar frame of mind The betting odds
slightly favored the Kona bunch. Just
as the race started the offerings were
thirty to twenty -four that the konas
would win.
Brown won the toss and chose the
Waikiki side of the course figuring to
get good lift by. the surf, but he
didn't gain much by it because the
surf did not stay with the haoles long
enough. George Turner, the veteran
starter, went ont to shoot them off and
when the two canoes got away the
Myrtle boathouse bunch did all the
rubber contortions their necks would
stand for. and everybody asked every
body else, "Who 5 in the lead When
the two canoes came up on line with
the Myrtle boathouse neck and neck
the enthusiasm resounded all over the
harbor and the Hawaiians shouted. eco
it haoles-go it haoles-vou win. The
Kona men took plenty of time between
strokes but every stroke was charged
with concentrated energy that carried
to the next one and they gradually ad-
vanced into the lead while the haoles
chnrned away to get in as many strokes
as they could before the finish.
Bert Hebron and Tom King were
the Judges and these two dignitaries
and a coxswain went out in a rowboat
to the finish line and took a young
cannon along to make sure of stopping
the racers. King trained the artillery
across the range so as to head off the
leader with shot over his bow as he
came up to the finish line and just
seven minutes and fiftv-one seconds
after Turner shot them off King ended
it by the cannon aid, The haoles fin
ished eight seconds later The crews
We're:
Konas. HaoleS.
Una. .........S Stroke Mute Peterson
John KaIuahiwa .1..... Monk Dodge
David Makuaole. > Frank Melanphy
Palakiko Mahiko..3 Pete Young
Kula. Ran Hitchcock
Manupau .....C Captain. Rusty Brown
Each crew backed their claim to su-
periority with fifty dollars and the
kona men took the hundred. Some of
the haoie crew consoled themselves
with the notion that they could beat
the Hawaiians over longer course and
the Hawqiians replied, oven race You
over any course you name" Brown,
however. seemed to he satisfied that
the Hawaiians were too strong for his
crew and that settled it. Prince Cupid
told the haoIes after the race that they
could take his canoe down to Hawaii
and race flying fish until they worked