Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-07-05
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(ay GEORGE uEAC)

With 1000 people looking on al
Pearl City yesterday, the crews Of the
Myrtle. Honolulu and Healani boat
clubs battled for honors on the water.
The majority of the crowd journeyed
to the scene on the special o. R. &
=. train Of Is cars, while 200 auto
mobiles carried some Of the fans to
the out-of-town celebration:
Oarsmen booked for the first races
IN the program took the 9:15 train
o Pearl City. and the crowd followed
Is minutes later. The boats and
one of the harbor barges at o'clock
Monday night and the workmen had
everything ready at In the morning
Myrtle Boat Club carried off the
Ionors of the DAY, Healaui a little
better than tied Honolulu for second
,lace, and the latter club surprised
the crowd by finishing first in the
Class B barge race. So keen and
hotly-contested were the races that
he onlookers pronounced them
among the best ever seen here.
First Race Stars Promptly. 49,.
At 1880 sharp the judges called
the Glass A barge oarsmen out to
heir course. and 10 minutes later the
race had started. It began from a
point off Whitney's point to Ban
ning's, point and return to the Rail-
road wharf In all the course was
a. little over a mile and a quarter.
The course started about half mile
from the dancing pavilion toward
town, went another hah-mile beyond
the. pavilion toward Ewa,k and back
again to the Railroad wharf, just IS
Yards Waikiki of the pavilion. Great,
difficulty was encountered in lining
up the boats for the start as the
wind was blowing from the ocean. ~ y
At the pistols bang" the crews
started off evenly. After they had
gone about 100. yards Healani was
leading, and led until Just before point;
Of turning The. other two crews
turned first Fate allowed Myrtle to
make firstclass turn and Honolulu
the next best Owing to the rather
clumsy boat of the Healants they.
made slow turn. They were beaten
~ II boat lengths at the finish. Ho-'
lolulu and Myrtle were close on the
lomeward stretch, and In fact the
former crew was half q length ahead.
Myrtle gradually crept DIP, and In the
asst 10 strokes. beat their opponents
by a fourth of boat length. The
lime was 5 minutes 20 2-5 seconds. =
Alert w. Navajo. 49,. ~ G. = ...-&I
The next race, between the U. s. s.
Alert and. the U. S., s. Navajo crews
In naval cutters, from point off Ford
STAND to the Railroad wharf, finished
close. The klert .oafsnen copped ]
the honors In this event and made it
n the fast time of 3 minutes 5 is sec.
onds. r, o.. .,.-. = 4
Duke Winner. 49,. -.-@ .:- ...I
With the announcement of the fol.
owing race, the Glass A scull, Duke
z. Kahanamoku rowed out to the
starting point followed by Bob Fuller.
N their return the same story was
1o,L. This race contained two aqu.
attic champions. Duke the swimmer.
md Bob Fuller, champion island
diver. The battle Of champions was
victorious for the swimmer, he win.
hing the race only in the LAT five.
strokes. From point off EARNINGS
point to the Railroad wharf he made
t in the fast time of minute and A
seconds. ; q
AonoluIus Score Here.
Honolulu Yacht and Boat Clrkl
pulled one over. on the Healanis
and Myrtles In the intermediate six.
cared sliding-seat barge, Class b
event, and breasted the tape over the
Class A course stated above in S min.
utes, 80 as seconds, just 4 minutes
ana 2 seconds behind that Of the big
crews. They took the lead at the
start and kept it all the way.
Speed Boats Show PAGES.
Harold Dillingham's speedy new
motor-boat followed by that of e. Ma
COON exhibited around the harbor
over course of two and q half miles,
and record-breaking speed was re-
corded, 9 minutes seconds and rs.
After this race 'an hour was given
up to lunch, and all sat beneath the
shades of the keawe trees, and ate
and drank heartily to the luck Of the
various crews. ...sI
Class A, Pair-oars.
- At 1880 the judges called out the
class A pair-oar rowers and Duke.
with his partner, George Chilling
worth, came home the winners. They
were the favorites In this event and
they proved themselves worthy by
finishing with a big lead. This made
the third race that Duke had entered,
and he Won every one he had entered.
Myrtles had big lead all the way,
and finished In a similar fashion. The