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

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With the passing of the Twentieth
Annual Regatta into history the Hra,
BECAME the winners Of the main events
for the fourth consecutive time, and
by scoring thirty.fve points won the
cup this year. The Blue and White
was carried to victory in the three maj
or events. the senior, junior and fresh.
man six cared barge races, while every
crew was strong ut the finish and seem
ed capable of standing another half
mile of the grind.
The freshmen stood out as the parti-
cular stars of the day, by not only
winning their race by good twenty
five lengths, but beating the senior s
time by 2 l-5 seconds.
The Myrtle boat club, while scoring
but two firsts, were strong with sec
oDds and thirds, and came close to the
winners with 81 points.
Honolulu Yacht and Boat Club were
third with three points and Hilo last
with one. o..
Every crew in each race pulled its
strongest and fought game,y every
inch Of the course, but Il must be con
cedeu the races went to the best crews.
Immense Crowd
Crowds Of people lined the docks as
early as seven c clock yesterday morn.
ing to witness the annual events 1t
was a gala crowd, fully Is 600 people
tTinging the course on each side If tho
karbor, packing water craft, filling tho
Myrtle and Healani lighthouses, and
crowding into every conceivable space,
that they might view the events.
Probably no harbor in the world has
ever witnessed so many and varied
types of water Graf, as were seen on
Honolulu Harbor yesterday. levia
thans of the deep, cOasting steamers,
dories, skiffs, canoes, yachts, tugs and
Sampans were each filed with gay
and enthusiastic holiday crowd. Ons
family went so far as to rig up a sort
of boat from table top and was towed
about by launch during the day. The
little bronze com divers lived in the
water during the entire program and
exhibited less fatigue at the finish than
many of those who had chairs in the
shade.
Fhe Men Behind the Joy
Whistles and sirens We'd with each
other in announcing the winners; flags
md penants hoated from mastheads
and fagpoles, and gay crowds were
everywhere, the harDor front being
Live with color. Refreshments and
Ight drinks were served at all times at
many places, and the guests at the
clubs enjoyed dances between races.
The Regatta committee had worked
hard for this event, and the spectators
have every reason to thank f. J. Har.
dcsty, William Lyle End Carl Won .\spe,
the committee in charge On arrange.
ments, as well as their assistants, G. u.
Wayne, Thomas O'Brien and Charles
K. Stillman.
Barges Line Up
The Honolulu crew was first to pull
by the judges boat for the starting
point in the first race, followed short
ly by the Myrtle crew. Some little
1elay was experienced before the Hea-
lani Oarsmcn, who had some trouble
with their boat, appeared, and the
crowd grew nervous and excited. At
nine-ffty Hilo pulled by the starting
boat. Every man of the -four crews
looked to be in the pink of condition
and determination to win was marked
on every face. The crews pulled into
their positions: Hcalani, ]; Myrtle, p;
Hilo, 3; and Honolulu, 4. At two min.
utes past ten, Starter Leslie Scott fred
the starting gun of the feature event,
and the senior barges leaped away to
pretty start.
Hilo Gets Poor Start
But like second pistol shot, the
oar of Mel Nichols, rowing number
three for Hilo, cracked and Scott fired
second shot announcing false start,
Hilo returned to the Healani boat
louse for a new oar, while the other
'rews laid by the judges boat and eG'
hanged good spOrtsmanlike remarks.
This slight mishap only added tension
20 the situation and the immense crowd
that lined both sides of the harbOr re-
NAMED still. On the second lineup the
four barges got away to perfect start,
bow TO bow HilO who had been tout.
I'd as quick starters made good the
contention, and with quick, strong
strokes went into the lead, with Myrtle
tecond, Healani third, and Honolulu
fourth. Opposite the Myrtle boat
house the barges encountered rough wa
ter and the spray could be seen hyipG
from the bows. At this point the
Myrtle six, under Coach Crozier's uTg
ing, increased their str"ke and took
the lead. Hilo was putting up n gal,
liant fight at this point, rowing about
a thirty-fve stroke and it looked as
though they would make a bid for the
legd.
Healapi Gain On Turn
Healani, on the outside cOursc, in
creased their speed and cam" second at
the turn, Myrtle was leading ut III"
turn, but Healani pulled strong and