m 
are no extremes of lieat or cold below the high 
altitudes. 
A summer or a winter resort, as suits the pleas.-, 
ure and convenience of the visitor, Hawaii en¬ 
joys an equable and balmy climate second to none. 
At elevations where cultivation is practicable there 
is no frost. 
Year in and year out, since records have been 
kept, no appreciable difference is registered in the' 
annual weather data for Honolulu. 
Temperature reports of the United States wea¬ 
ther bureau show a daily range of 50 to 81 de¬ 
grees for January; 58 to 84 for February; 61 to 
80 for March; 62 to 82 for April; 67 to 85 for 
May; 70 to 86 for June; 70 to 87 for July; 70 
to 86 for August; 71 to 87 for September; 68 to 
84 for October; 65 to 82 for .November; 66 to 81 
for December. 
The average yearly precipitation is about 24 
inches. The trade-wind blows quite regularly, 
from the northeast with an average hourly velocity 
At Honolulu’s famous AYai- 
much in evidence on 
the Fourth of 
on 
of about eight miles, 
kiki beach bathers are as 
Christmas Day as they are 
July. 
Honolulu’s average temperature is 74 degrees, 
the monthly averages, in even figures, being shown 
as follows: January, 70; February, 69; March, 
70; April, 73; May, 74; June, 76; July, 78; 
August, 79; September, 78; October, 76; Novem¬ 
ber, 74; December, 70. These are the figures of a 
year taken at random, as in the case of the daily 
range. 
SPORTS AND RECREATION 
Must of the world’s great sports flourish in Ha¬ 
waii and the Islands afford a wonderful variety of 
recreation. In the towns there are many and 
diversified athletic associations. 
Honolulu has a beautifully situated Country 
Club in Nuuanu valley, maintaining a fine 18-liole 
golf links, with privileges open to visiting golfers, 
and there is a links near the ITaleiwa hotel at 
Waialua, on the Oahu Railway. Good tennis 
courts are scattered about the city—in the grounds 
of the Moan a hotel, Waikiki; in the valley suburbs 
and elsewhere. At Kapiolani park the Polo As¬ 
sociation has its clubhouse, near which are polo 
stables, the polo field, trap-shooting butts, tennis 
courts and a mile race track. Each island has its 
polo team. Horse racing has long been an annual 
event at Honolulu, Hilo and Kabului. 
Hawaiian waters offer ideal conditions for 
yachting. Pearl Harbor’s broad protected waters 
attract many small pleasure craft. When Jack 
London visited the Islands in his famous “Snark” 
he declared a yacht the best means of seeing the 
archipelago in an independent manner. Three 
trans-Pacific yacht races between San Pedro and 
Honolulu have been sailed under the auspices of 
the Hawaii Yacht Club. There are two long-es¬ 
tablished boat clubs in Honolulu, the Alyrtle and 
the Healani, while other islands have their asso¬ 
ciations, notably the ITilo yacht and boat club. 
The Outrigger Canoe Club, at Waikiki, as its 
title implies, features the Hawaiian outrigger 
canoe. It also encourages the sport of surfboard- 
ing, riding the waves on a specially shaped board. 
Some of these surfboards are made of koa (Ha¬ 
waiian mahogany). 
Of the field games baseball is monarch, players 
of all the Territory’s numerous races and nation¬ 
alities coming together in the great American 
game. ITawaiians have distinguished themselves 
on the diamond on the United States mainland, 
A team made up entirely of Chinese has traveled 
from Haw r aii to score triumphs on the continents 
of Asia and America. Players of Japan have 
come to cross bats with Honolulu baseball organi¬ 
zations. Some of the best players in Hawaii are 
Japanese. 
In season there is shooting for pheasants, ducks, 
doves, plover, quail, snipe, curlew, mud-hens and 
some other birds. There are deer on the Island of 
Molokai, while on Flawaii, Maui and Kauai the 
hunter may try his luck with wild boar, wild 
goats and wild cattle. Intending hunters are re¬ 
quired to procure a gun license. 
Hawaiian swimmers are famous the world over. 
Duke Kahanamoku, world’s champion sprint 
swimmer, is a product of Waikiki. Hawaiian 
names are constantly appearing in connection 
with great swimming events. Island boys and 
girls have scored victories in the world’s Olympic 
games on numerous occasions. Swimming meets 
are frequently held in Honolulu and at ports of 
the other islands. 
An exciting sport is that of shooting flying 
fish. A power launch is used. Cruising about 
between Diamond Head and the entrance to Ho¬ 
nolulu harbor, the hunters stand in the bow and 
shoot at the flying fish as they rise out of the 
water. Then there is shark fishing. Sometimes 
a harpoon is used; sometimes a baited hook. In 
either case the boat is often towed a considerable 
distance before the big fish is killed. 
Island waters teem with game fish of great va¬ 
riety and size. The world’s record for tuna 
catches was made in Hawaiian waters by main¬ 
land sportsmen. At Kihei, Maui Island, the Ha¬ 
waii Tuna Club has a well-equipped rendezvous. 
Similar fishing is accessible from Honolulu, ITa- 
leiwa (Oahu), Hilo (Hawaii Island) and other 
bases. Sampan fishing by Japanese supplies the 
markets. A visit to a fish market in Hawaii is 
full of interest, for fishes from the tiniest to the 
largest are on view and their variety of form and 
coloring seldom fails to astonish the stranger. 
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