The morning call., 1892-07-05
THE DAY ON THE BAY.
A Regatta With Numerous and
Varied Incidents.
The Naphtha Launch Race Proves an Attrac-
tive Eovelty-Plenty Of Wind for
the Whitehall Boats.

OF the citizens were hoI ored on the tug
Fearless at 9 o'clock yesterday morning.
As originally wOrded these invitations were
for tie tug Relief, but the last day SUBJ
stitution was made, and there were other
substituti0ns made, as will appear later on.
1t was nearly 10 o'clock when the Fear
less left the wharf and steamed slowly
down to Mission Rock. There was ample
opportunity for noticing the fact that the
Pacific Mail steamer China ana big four
master lying off Fremont-Street wharf were
the only vessels carrying the British flag
which also displayed the stars and stripes
at the fore. Many of the British vessels
in port displayed the house flag, the blue
peter, and the entire signal code, but some
like the Dundonald-flew the Union Jack
aud nothing else. On the other hand every
American craft in port, from a mud scow to
four-master. let the star-spangled banner
have full play, and the emblem was even
hoisted on the top Of pile-driver.
The Fearless slowed UP at Berry-street
wharf, and there were more delays. chiefly
caused by the fact that the big tugs draft
or 16 feet would not permit her TO run In
and out of the mud fiat opposite the Long
bridge. Accordingly the judges and the
representatives OF the press were trans
terred TO the little naphtha launch Amabel.
which took position off the barge Jersey at
III u
hour later than the time specified on the
programme.
There were hundreds Of spectators on the
stringers of the loug wharf all the way
10 where the big ship Scottish MOors lay at
the Hharf-head, gay with bunting. The
barge anchored in the stream, from which
those on board had good view OF the race.
The course was one nile out from the
barge Jersey TO buoy of the Arctic Oil
first two races the buoy shifted, giving rise
10 several complaints from losers. 1t was
removed and the gulde-buOy chosen instead.
THE SOUTH ENDS WIN.
The first event was for four-oared barges.
and there were three entries, the A ArielS, the
South Ends and the DoIphiDS. The last
named crew did not turn up, and
when the pistol was fred at 1915
A. NJ. the Ariels promptly caught the
water and pulled away with power
full stroke, being spotted as sure WIN
ners. The South Ends, much less power
tul crew, practically speaking, had the in
side course, but those who predicted an
inglorious addition TO the long list of vie
tories won by the Aries. changed their
minds when they saw the South Ends
maintaining stroke OF IS to the minute,
with the precision of a machine. and
rounding the Oil-workS buoy n good eight
lengths clear of the Ariels. 4 tie was the
best hope after this. but the Ted-capped
South Ends went right on in the same
form, increasing the lead To 10. u, 10 and
eventually to 20 lengths. so that the race be-
came q mere procession. The winning
crew crossed the line in 10 min. q sec. re-
markably good time. The Ariels, whose ue
caps seemed far away on tie horizon when
the South Ends were nearing home, were
timed minute and i've seconds later. The
ArIelS lodged q protest on the ground that
the buoy had drifted, but they were never
IN the race from the start.
The second event was a sculiiDg race
between Henry WhltcrOft and Harry Ter
rill. 1t was short and Sweet, like donkey's
gailop. WhitcrOft foued the oil-works
overheard on the turn. The best OF the ebb
was nearly spent, and Whiicroft was picked
up and set HfiOat again, but of course too
late to be in the race.
Hen Wittkopp of the Ariel boat club has
challenged Harry Terrili of the same club
to row single scull race for a trophy valued
at 500 over the Long bridge course next
Sunday, distance two miles.
PETERsoN's OLD FORM
The professionals now came to the front
In seulllDg match between III. Peterson
the champion, who was handicapped IL
minutes; w. II. Growney. c. Peterson,
brother 10 Harry, and George Van Gulpen
The last named only rowed over part of the
course TO pilot Harry Peterson, who took
wide lnshOTe range, the wisdom of which
was ultimately well proven. Gr0wney and
Charley Peterson got away well together
and stuck TO their work till half way down
the buoy, when Harry Peterson was let 60
and his boat was seen to be eating up the
interval foot by foot, even before the others
were up TO the oil works. In rounding the
buoy Harry, who was rowing in grand form,
though a bit fieshy in figure collared
Growney AID set off on a stern chase after
his brother Charlie.
The result of the race was Of course "all
in the family" but Charlie didn't fancy
coming in second and tugged right on.
Half way back there were a dozen lengths
between the boats, but HaEry's form was
telling its tale, and, row as Charlie would,
that long stroke In the rear was doing its
work. From Il lengths the interval dimin-
ished TO eight, 70 three, TO one. and now the
thing became exciting Every one expected
Charlie TO ease up and let the champion
win, but Charlie pulled and pulled to the
last stroke, crossing the line only quarter
OF length ahead OF his brother. The pair
were loudly cheered. 1t was the closest
and best race of the day. The winners
time was II min. 80 sec.
AMATEUR BARGE RACE.
The Ariels. South Ends and Dolphins next
appeared in the amateur barge race. The
Arels blue took the outer station, the
South Ends (red) the inside and the DOlphins
(white) the middle station. 1t began TO be
whispered that some one had been giving
pOlnlS 10 the COutO L0N-, ana TIE name oil
Captain Mcdowell was freely mentioned in
this connection. Evidently they had been
carefully and Systematically trained for
they not only won the race, but never lost
their form from start to finish and crossed
the line as fresh as when they started They
were fully II lengths in advance of the
Ariels, who in turn we're four lengths
ahead of the D0lphins. The winning crews
time was 10 min. "a sec.
A professional barge race between the
South Ends and the Ariels started at 30
and was merely repetition Of the reeo rd
in previous races. The South Ends got away
first, and in tine first six strokes drew q
length ahead. The Ariels spurted repeat
edly, but ii would not do. and the red caps
won easily by II lengths. Time, 10:32k
seconds.
THE NAPHTHA LAUNCH RACES.
The introduction of a novel feature is al
ways welcome In regatta, which Is apt to
become mODotonous TO unprofessiOnal or
unenthusiastic spectators. So ii was that
when the vapor aud naphtha launch race
was announced great degree of interest
was manifested by the crowd which occu-
pied every point OF vantage ground along
the Long bridge and at the foot of Third
street. Every one knows that when coal
gas or the yapor Of naphtha or gasoline is
mixed with air or ignited 1t explodes. A
succession OF these explosions within tiny
cylinder communicates force to long fly
wneel which stores 1t up, and communicates
II in turn 10 the shaft of screw propeller.
In general way naphtha launch is very
like an ordinary Whitehall boat, with a
cylinder amidships resembling keg of beer
with the head knocked out, flanked or faced
by big wheel turning fTantiealiy like the
thunder-wheels in the novel '.She." and
with smokestack or fume-j jet bent like one
OF Pitman's shorthand characters, and puff
ing like fat man ascending Mount Tamal-
pals.
Sayan If thaca danone,rot;,o iy..to ~.
ers ranged in line little before o'clock.
They differed greatly in size, the largest
being 33-foot and the smallest I7-foot
craft. but the time allowance of as seconds
per foot evened things up considerably. The
smaller launches had a canvas deck drawn
hack nearlY To the nnarters at ih. nnnrnant