The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-09-21

,ioui SSSouuS SdCllJ flle Hlcinl'STSt
members of the Myrtle Boat {
brate yesterday, while the members Of
the Honolulu Yacht and Boat Club, al,
though their colors came to the front
IN none of the races, had also a GOOD
right to celebrate, because their crews
? rOwed sportsmcnlike and because thew
have now entered the list for regatta
honors. , "......r. .t..
The waterfront was crowded with
enthusiastic supporters of the rival
crews, the harbor was thick with every
style of craft that floats in Hawaiian
waters, and. there was everything that
could be desired up to the time the
rain came. ~ - -
The Myrtles, took the senior scull
race, the Junior six-oared barge race,
the junior pair.oared barge race and
the senior pair-oared barge race.
80 The lfcalanis won the senior six-oar.
cd barge race, the freshmen six.oarcd
barge, race, the junior seulI race and
the boys six'oared barge race.
Then the nineteenth annual repatta
under the auspices of the Hawaiian
Rowing Association, came to a hurrie,
end in torrent of rain.
with the opening of the program,
clear sky. was overhead and cool
ing Lbrcozo blew over the course from
the hills of Nuuanu, and the waterfront
from the foot of Fort street almost
around to Fort Armstrong on the mauka
side of the harbor was lined with
spectators. each gayly dressed and each
bearing his or her favorite club 4
cOlors
Biggest Crowd Ever
Cratts OF every description, from the
wee dingy to the ocean greyhound, add.
ed TO the scene, and in the estimate of
the veterans OF the sport, the crow
was the biggest ever assembled at I.
regatta.
everything went scrcnely as far rs
the races were concerned and what de.
lays there were, just happened to be.
rags huttered from every mast head.
K..iD''aS footed and the bands and string
O"chestras on the various crafts kent
the crowds in good humor. Each one
OF the many thousands was enioyin
himself and getting ready to call il
the best and greatest regatta ever when
the skies lowered, black clouds rolled
up from the pail and zip, the rain
came down in torrents. Il
& SO sudden was the deluge, none had
. chance to get to shelter and before
the dOwnpour had abated, many a fancy
gown, gay parasOl, gayly -bedecked hat
and bright white shoes had been ruined
Still this did not damper the ardor
of the crowd and when the races were
resumed the greater number of the
spectators came back to their places
to watch the senior pair cared crews,
the seventeen year-Old BOYS and the city
and territorial crews fight it out in
the events in which they were entered.
Navy Officers Helped
One of the features of the repatta
was the manner in which the officers
of the Coast Guard Cutter Thetis and
u. s. s. Alert and others kept the
course clear. Only once did ANYTHING
happen to mar the work Of these mon
this being wheN three men persisted
in crossing the course in their boat.
One attempted to assault sailor in
Thetis boat, but the officer in charge
soon ended the rumpus and rammed the
offending three in the Thetis' brig, to
turn them over afterwards to the au-
thoritiCs.
At the lighthouses of the Mvrtles
Healans and llOnOlulus everything pos,
sIble was done for friends and guests
Plenty of chairs were available on the
club houses lanais and big covered
bargcs mOored near each club house,
provided seating space for Others
Clubs Entertain Guests
At the Hcalani and Myrtle boat
houses there was dancing between race
and refreshments were served. Mem.
bers of the two clubs also rnt"rtniroI
with fancy diving and swimming stunts,
leaving not dull moment IIom ~
opening of the regatta until the fnaI
race had been pulled.
That the regatta was a success was
the undivided opinion of ALL and the
manner in which the Hawaiian Rowing
Association, the regatta committee the
officials in charge of the meet aud the
members of the three clubs worked to
make the affair a success, is deserving
of all praise.
The crowd attcsted to the keen inter.
est there is in clean sports and the
nineteenth annual REGATTA W II 20 down
in history as one of the very best. If
not the best, regatta ever held in HO-
nolulu.
Main Event Rowed Over
One accident marrcI the dav the
barge Puunene, belonging to the Homo.
lulu yacht club, being emf down at tho
last buoy in the senior barge race by
the llealani barge as the boats wcr"
rounding the turn. Before the II"ala
r'S could null cloor of tho w~"rka"r
the Myrtles simply breezed to the
judges boat, crossing the line in l4:2S
40, with the Healanis ten minutes be
hind.
The accident was du" to ~" '""'
that the outcr buovs had shifted nrI
none of the rowers knew exactly which
was the buoy they were to turn Aft"r
the Myrtles had crossed the line ''.'
Judges received the statements of thc
several oarsmen and then decided TO
have the race rowed over again.
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