The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-05
SAILORS GUESTS.
Santa Cruz Entertained
by the Yachts.
WHERE JOYANCE HELD SWAY
Brilliant Reception of the Fair Visit
ors by rlembers of the
Visiting Club.
Special 70 THE MORNING CALL

SANTA CRUZ, July 4.-To-day the yachts
of the Pacific Yacht Club held open house
10 those who wished to visit the crafts
and partake Of the hospitality Of the
owners. At s o'clock in the morning
the gun for colorS was fired from
the Agile. the flagship Of the fleet here.
At this signal of the beginning OF the
yacLtsmen's day the yachts took on their
best attire, and ten seconds afterth were
covered from stem to stern with bright
colored bunting which gently foated on
the morning breeze.
The morning was spent ashore at the
celebration given by the city, which was
composed of the general Fourth of July
programme. At II o'clock noon n salute
of TIVE 4 ty-one guns was fired from each OF
the yachts. One of the crew on the Jessie
had his hand badly used up by the pTema-
ture discharge of the cannon on the fourth
shot, but no serious result is expected from
the accident.
After the salute had been given The jolly
boats Of the yachts were sent to the wharf
and from that time until after o'clock
they were on a constant 90. The Aggie.
with its large crew. seemed to be the
center of attraction. and standing room
aboard was very scarce. The Jessie had
her share of the visitors, and ii must be
said that the men that had charge Of the
jo y-bOatS must have had an eye for the
beautiful when they brought the ladies
aboard. A prettier collection of girls
would be hard to find at any one time or
place. The Lurline was also kept busy re-
had in
from ashore, the strains of which were
waited across the water and enjoyed by
those on the sister yachts.
The Ramona was the center of attrac-
ton for the gentlemen. Captain Nc
Carthy has his sister and some of her
lady friends as guests on his trip to San
Diego. and their attractiveness was the
DRAWN EIcard for his yacht.
1t must be said that the appearance pre-
sented by the crews OF the yachts did
hcnors to the name of the club which they
represented. The Aggie's crew had navy
blue sailor shirts and pants. The gentle
men that came down on her wore
light-biu sweaters, white pants and coats.
The Jessie had her crew decked out in
white: sailor shirts and navy-blue collars
and blue pants. while Commodore Mac
donOugh's guests wore the regulation navy
fatigue coat and white pants The Lurline
and Ramona's crew wore navy-bue shirts
and pants of the same.
AT 4 o'clock the race between the electric
launches Magnet and Electra took place.
The race was about four miles long, and
was very close and exciting. At the first
start the Magnet burned out one of her
E. S.zl>H ia - -
start made. This handicapped her badly,
but with all that she won the race by two
and half boat-lengths. At the signal-gun
Commodore Wieland threw in his power
quickly and gained about half a boats
length, which he held until the first stake
boat was reached. and by making a good
turn increased his lead to three lengths,
which he held to the second stakeboat.
On the run home the Electra opened up
and reduced the lead to two lengths, but
was not able to overtake the Magnet. which
won by good two and half lengths and
was presented with the flag, composed of
white field and blue border.
TIE Electra is owned by several gentle
men In Santa Cruz. She is 80 feet long, 3
feet beam, with a draft of about % inches.
She had only three horsepower motor in
her to-day. but will shortly secure an i'm
proved five horsepower one. She has
44-celE storage battery of the river and
rail design. and has travelling capacity
of eighty miles.
After this several rowing races were run
off. which we're both interesting and anus
ing. At P. NJ. there was a parade in
town known as the Horribles, which were
rightly named. and afforded the small boy
great deal Of fun.
In the evening the yachts were brilliantly
illuminated with Chinese lanterns, and re-
ceived guests aboard. The Jessie held
little impromptu dance. which was thor
oughly enjoyed, a her splendid flush deck
affords ample room to enjoy the may waltz.
The yachts Jessie, Commodore Macdon-
ough; the Lurline, Captain J. D. Spreck-
els, and the Ramona. Captain Mccarthy,
will start for San Diego tomorrow morning
about 9 o'clock, and expect to make all the
principal points on the coast on the return
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