The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-09-19

Ralned DOat length on the turn, and
when the Blue and White settled down
on the straight away they held lead
Of over n boat length. As the barges
passed the Myrtle boat house the cheers
Of the followers of the Red and White
encouraged their Oarsmen and Myrtle
gained, The Healani oarsmen, however,
increased their stroke from that point
and held q lead, crossing the finish line,
little over a bout length ahead Of
the Myrtlcs. The Hilo and Honolulu
Skies made n strong bid for the honors
but could not maintain the speed. Both
the Healani and Myrtle crews finished
strong. .'# -
II vas a pretty race from start to
finish, but the superior team work Of
the Hcnlani crew was manifested IN
the last half mile.
Girls Race Close ...,
The second event, the ladies six.oar
cd barge race, was the most thrilling
Of the day. The crews got away to
good start at ten forty-kve, with the
hunRlu Dlues' taking a lead of two
feet. Pulling bow to bow from start
to finish, the Blues and Reds, crossed
the finish line in what appeared to be
dead heat. Coming down the course
the two girl's barges got close together
aud nearly touched, as the excited cox
swain attempted to use their arms in
encouraging their crews Fifty feet
from the finish line the Reds were in
the lead with q good length TO spare,
but the Blues increased their stroke
and came across the line fast, their bow
just fraction behind that of the Reds.
The finish gun FAILED to sound and the
| two crews, evidently thinking the race
was still on, rOwed until within few
feet of Pier 7 before the coxswains
could stop them. The girls got ire
mendous hand all the way up and down
the course and when they crossed the
finish line, the crowd went wild AT.
ter such display as this by girls
crews, II is certain that more ladies
races will be added to the next pro,
gram.
Derby Member Gets Ducxing
! Evidently, ShafTer, member of the
Derby Club, got terribly excited over
TINS event, for he fell into the harbOr,
in all his gala attire, and had to be
fshed out by his comrades. SO far as
/ reported, this was the only casualty
of the day.
The third race, the four cared steam
er boat, started from the spar buoy
| and was nip and tuck affair for the
first half mile. Then the Drawn of the
"HOOlana' oarsmen began to tell and
| they pulled slowly away from the field.
The hoana LOa cOxswain tried TO urge
his men to overcome the lead ,'by wild
wavings of his hat, but it was impossi-
BILE and the big tub of the Honolulu
, floating drydock won in 6:55.
Freshman Beat Senior Time
A real feature of the day was the
| freshmen six cared barge race The
three entISnts got away oven but Kru-
ger gave his men thirty nine stroke
and they rapidly pulled away from the
field. Myrtle was second and Homo
lulu third. SSfhis position was held
throughout the race. HeaIani made the
turn first in SAL, but the other crews
were close enough to allow for an ex.
citing race down the home stretch.
! But the Blue 3 cOxswain sent his men
into a faster stroke, when a half mile
from the finish, and he gradually in
creased it until they flashed across the
finish line stroking "A, twenty-five
lengths ahead of the Myrtles. 1t could
be seen that the freshmen had made
fast time and when it was announced
they had rOwed the two miles in l1:48
% II shout of joy went up. This was
= Is seconds faster than the senior
time
America VS.. Germany
Th" navy men of the L. s. s. Alert
and s NJ. :. Geier, after two years
Of waiting, had their opportunity to
cross oars and settle a long standing
arg Imrnt. The big awkward cutters
got away together and with short,
strong pulls the Alerts managed to get
their bulky craft into the lead 1t was
long and tedious grind of two miles.
All the way on the return both enters
were accompanied by launches with the
ndhcrrnts shouting words of encourage
mcnt. The subs, finished about five
lengths ahead of the German cutter.
Duke KuhHnamoku took the lead in
the senior SOULS and was an easy win
nor. finishing ahead of Fuller by sew.
en- lengths. Parker was disqualified for
crossing, and though he finished third,
his place did not count. Melin failed
I" finish between the flags and was not
given a place
Juniors Bard To Start
Great difficulty was experienced in
starting the junior six, Dared barge