The morning call., 1892-07-03
ALONG SEA AND SHORE.
The Big Yachts Off for the Race
to Santa Cruz.
Popularity Of the Goat Island Suicide Route
Dsep-Watsr Vessels Begin to Arrive
An Old Craft in New Rig.

Captain Poole Of the ferry steamer Pied
mont is getting to be quite an authority on
bay suicides, for his boat has received more
numerous and more select patronage in thi
way than any other craft on the line Why
1t is, the captain does not pretend to say,
any more than why is it that the unfortun-
ate ones, no matter which side Of the bay
they start from, almost Invariably wait till
the steamer is off Goat Island before taking
their leap. At the recent rowing and sail
ing match, given under the auspices OF the
British mercantile feet at Benicia, quite
number Of steamboat captains were present
and the hoDors in tAe suicide record were
conceded to Captain Poole without dispute.
The case which occurred hortly before
midnight Of Friday shows something OF the
reason Of this apparently eccentric choice
Of q particular vessel. he Piedmont lett
tho feTry-slips on the last trip but one to
Oakland and was nearly abreast Of Goat
Island when, nearly at the same place
and time that May Jenner lumued over
boaTd, an unknown man jumped from the
vessel and was drowned before those VINO
went TO his assistance could reach him.
The publicity given to the cases hitherto
recorded has produced its inevitable results
on the minds Of persons crazed by liquor 0 r
that love OF nOtoriety, which is first cousin
TO mania. 1t is thus that this particular
steamer, having already record, has no
difficulty IN keeping it up. Moreover il
often happens that those who cross on the
Il :l5 boat have boarded her under the in
fiuence of great excitement from an even
ing's caTOuse or q strong dramatic represen-
t8tion or a successful or unsuccessful affair
of the heart. All these causes com bined
easily 20 to show why the Piedmont has be-
come the fashionable suicide boat. III an
other vessel were put on her trip ii would
be the other vessels turn.
Tidings ~ these occurrences do not reach
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that so little excitement is caused by them.
In the case OF the last victim it was evident
that his rash act was due TO the deliTlum Of
advanced intoXicati0n.
THE BIG YACHTS OFF.
The Chispa was the first Of the big yachts
making holiday trip TO Santa Cruz to get
on the way to the southwark. She started
on Friday night. At A. NJ. yesterday the
vicinity OF Melggs wharf was crowded with
spectators eager 10 see the others make
start. Punetusily at that hour the feet got
away and were timed at the heads as fol-
lows: Cyclone, Captain Won Schmidt
s;57K; Ripple, Captain Goodan. s ;55b
Jessie. Captain McDoDough 9:05B: Lur-
line, Captain Swenson, 9:13; Aggie, Captain
White, 9:l3; Penelope, Captain Lacy, 9:l4
Theodore Cramp, the shipbuiIder of Phla,
delphia. 9. Ii. Keene,. Captain Svenson,
Thomas Watson. w. IL Kruss, Christopber
Smith. Al Stetsou and Captain Howard.
commodore Cutie took down with him on
the Chispa Captain Charles Minor Goodail,
Captain Bailey, Captain Matson, Harry
Gibbs and Louis Hlrsch. The Jessie car
Iied Fulton G. Berry OF Fresno. w. q.
Stafford, Z. G. Yale, f. S. Samuels, T. II.
l.. Noble and John j. Sesnon. The race
down the coast was confined TO the Lur-
line, ARgie and Jessie, but all the yachts
will likely return together on Wednesday
There was very lively time at Clay
street wharf for full hour yesterday after
noon. Shortly after O'clock a wagon be-
longing TO Dieck & Co. Of Ninth and Howard
streets was being driven on board the
steamer Tamahpais, when the horse SHE'D
and plunged into the bay, taking the wagon
and driver over with him. The driver was
gotten out without much difficulty. but IL
was a very different thing with the team.
The wagon sank out of sight aud the horse
swallowed more than bucketfUl of salt
water before the collar and harness were cut
so as 60 set him free. Then ne launched out
for bay holiday cruise on his own account.
and 45 minutes elapsed before Jack Engel
and his fellow-boatmen succeeded in towing