The morning call., 1892-05-31
CORINTHIAN REGATTA.
Jolly Yachtsmen Sailing ON the
Bay.
The Truant Wins the Kei: Trophy and Car
ries Off the Honors of the
Day.

Seven years ago the Corinthian Yacht
Club inaugurated the idea of holding re-
gatta Oh Decoration day, and yesterday was
their day on the bay.
The board of directors, In its wisdom, had
decided to make few changes this year,
and the rules that governed yesterdays
races were those of the Seawanhaka Yacht
Club, which especially prohibits shifting of
ballast after 9 P. NJ. Of day previou to race.
These rules have never heretofore been
followed at this port. and their strict en-
forcement led at the end of the race to at
least one difficulty, which will have to be
settled by the board Of directors before the
result of the regatta, as far as the prize
winners are concerned, can be definitely
announced.
The trouble is that the rules especially
provide that yachts must be sailed by MEM
bers of the club and the crews must be COM
posed of amateurs, but it so happened that
George Il. Blanchard's boat Ella Of the first
class won by sailing over the course with
out competitor, and John Engle. a profess
sional yachtsman, was her sailing master.
Ii the directors decide that this is viola
ton of the rules there will be no prize
winner in Glass; for the 1892 regatta.
The weather was perfect, but there was
not enough breeze to suit the yachtsmen,
and many Of the boats entered did not make
their appearance at all. or preferred to
cruise around without competing for any of
the hOnOrs.
The steamer Tamalpais was in attend
ance, and carried number of people around
the bay over the course the yachts had
staked out.
The tug Ida w had party of yachting
enthusiasts on board. and the tug Alert WAS
the judges boat. The latter were c. II.
Croker, 81. j. Kelly and A. ID. Cross, with
Ii. Ii. G0rter as measureT
The boats entered were divided into four
classes, according TO size, and the course
staked out was as follows
Glasses l and Prom an imaginary line
drawn from Meiggs wharf to a stakebOat
anchored 1000 yards of shore, where the time
will be taken; thence TO and around Government
buoy known as Preside Shoal buoy, leaving
same on staTbOard hand; thence to and around
Blossom Rock, leaving same on port hand;
thence due north 2$s miles TO and around
stakebOat anchored at the intersection OF con-
tinued imaginary lines drawn from SausalltO
Point through Point Blunt, and from the westerly
point OF Goat Island through Goat Island Shoal
buoy leaving same on port hand; thence to and
around Preside Shoal buoy, leaving same on
port hand; thence 10 starting line, finishing be-
tween stakeb0at and wharf.
Glasses 3 ana 1.-The course for classes and
the same as FOR classes l and ., except that,
after rounding siakebOat anchored AT point OF
intersectlng lines, heretofore described, they
shall proceed TO starting line, finishing between
staKeboat and wharf.
The races started soon after II o'clock NJ.
at signal given from the judges boat, and
five hours was the limit for all boats within
which they had to cross the winning line.
Glass being composed of the smallest
craft, was called to time first but although
10 yachts were entered of that class only
one of them, the Ceres. owned and sailed
by Charles Sage, started.
Glass coming next, had five starters ont
of six entries, the Volante, Commodore
StringeT's boat, having met with an acct
dent on Saturday in Richardson's Bay which
disabled her temporarily The starters
were the Cupid, Lapwing, May, Norma and
Fawn.
The second class started the Thetis.
Freda and Truant, aud the first class the
Ella, Petrol and Linda
Many of the boats just started and quit
after a few rounded Blossom Rock buoy,
but only eight finished the race.
Commodore Stringer was on the Freda,
and the many white sails gliding gracefully
over the waters of the bay made a pretty
sight for the many spectators who wit
messed the regatta from the hills and docks.
When the race was over and the judges
boat reached Meiggs wharf, returning
home, The timekeepers' figures showed the
following results: