The morning call., 1893-10-02
.W.HIRLW.IND WINS
F.. A. Won Schmidt Cap
=. lures First Place.
AN OAKLAND NAVY CONTEST
The Race a Series of Mishaps.
:: .YachtsTnen of Sister Clubs View
-; the Exciting Course.

=: The invineihIe Whirlwfnd has come to
the front once more. It carried off the
honers i'll the Oakland navy race yester-
day.
The. starting signal was given at :o5
p. N, with the wind from the northeast
and very light, so much so. indeed. that it
was thought that it would be drifting
match. The first to cross the starting line
was the sloop Stranger Captain j. L. Tur-
ner1 at 2:0T:36. followed by the sIoop Jen
nie Captain John Peterson) at 2:OS 80 ani
the canoe Sprite Captain F. E. Berrier) at
2:o9:27. Next came the:yawl Whirlw I'D
ICaptain Won Schmidt) at ? :10:39. then fhe
.whaleboat Hardly Captain J. G. Bestlel
the canoe Nautilus Captain C. S. Houts)
@st2 II :33, the Dart Captain A. D. SMITH
at 2:11:56, the Fayorite Captain }. Hart
1nanl at 2;23 20. The wind still held
light until the yachts were almost down
to the first stakeboat off the cotun mills,
when it dropped fiat. and there vas dead
calm. There were fully eight Eilnutes lost
st this point.
The Favorite started sixteen minutes
after the others, and when she squared
away for the others she had wind, which
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up a great deal of the time which she had
: lost by passing after the limit-guns.
Rounding stakeboat 2 it was reach
to stakebOat 8.
. The Jennie and Stranger we're the first
TO feel the wind, and started to cut out
very lively pace for the rest. The whale
boat Hardly commenced to move up while
the WhiTlwind seemed to be slow, and she
was almost half way across before she
began TO show life, but when she did start
she did not belle her name and commenced
to shorten the distance between herself
and the leaders. She passed the Hardly.
but did not reach the others until after
starting on the second round. Captain
Won Schmidt lost considerably In rounding
the first by not taking advantage OF his
position. He had the chance when round
ing the referee-boat-tO establish an overlap
on the Jennie, and thereby cause her
skipper to throw his craft up into the
wind. This would have given him q lead
right there over the Jennie and saved
fully minute by not having to fill away
again. His generosity might have cost him
the race.
The canoe Dart broke her mast off
short to the deck halfway around the
course. This was one of the strangest
occurrences of the day, as the wind was
light. comparatively speaking. and Smith
went into a race for once in his life feel
ing that it was impossible for anything to
give way.
The first to round the referee boat was
the Stranger at 2:55:10, covering the first
half in II min. 80 sec. Then came
the Jennie at 2:56:10. and the first
half in AZ min. 2S sec. Next came the
WhirlwiDd al :56:31, covering the half in
45 min. - sec. The Sprite passed at
2:57 :42. making the half in 4S min. Is sec.
The Hardly passed at 1851 90 making the
half in AZ min. 8 sec. The Fayorite at
40 ~ ha hoff in A ,isy
the Nautilus at 3:o4 :27, and the half in
81 min. 54 sec.
1t will.be seen by this that the Whirl-
wind beat on the round or half the course
the Hardly l minute and IL seconds, the
Jennie l minute and SO seconds, the
Stranger / minute and 46 seconds, the
Fayorite minutes and 8 seconds. the
.Sprite minutes and 13 seconds, the Naut-
illus minutes and 2 seconds.
The crafts kept we'll together on the run
down again, holding about the same posi-
tiOn, and II wss not until the beat back
that any changes were made. The Whrl-
wind was pointing up great deal better
than the rest, except the whaleboat, Which
was doing some splendid work. The ca
noe Sprite split her mast on the first, and
worked over the course with it that way
until just before it crossed the finishing
line, where it gave way short at the deck.
This left another craft out OF the race.
The whale bOat Hardly carried away her
port rigging just after she passed the sec
ond buoy on the first round. This was a
heavy handicap to sail under. and if this
had not happened it might be question
whether the Whirlwind would be in first
place.
The first to cross the finishing line was
the Stranger, at 8 :27 :16, covering the whole
course in 1870. The next was the
Whirlwind, at 3:29:08, making the course
in 1929. The next was the Hardly, at
S:30:0S, making the course in 1921. Then
came the Jennie, at 1881 :55, making the
course in 1:23:13 The Favorlte crossed
at 3;z7 :33, making the course in l ID :33.
The last was the Nautilus. at 3:44 :02, max
ing the course in :32 30.
This gave first and fifty points to the
Whirlwind. second and forty points to
Hardly. third and thirty points to the
Stranger. fourth and twenty points to the
FavOrite, fifth and ten points to the Jen-
ME. As it DOW stands the Whirlwind has
go points. the Gnat 40 points. the Valky-
RE 100 points. the Jennie 100 points. the
Hardly 100 points, the Dart 20 points, the
Glue 40 points, the Stranger 40 points, the
Star so points, Amalia 80 points. the Fa-
yorite 20 points. the Zephyr 10 points.
This virtually gives the trophy to Won
Schmidt, for, as there are only two races
more for 1t and as each counts only 30
points, making 100 III all, it will be impos-
sble for any one 10 beat him, except the
Gnat and to do this the Whirlwind would
have have to be kept from getting points
at all, which is not likely.
The Valkyrie has dropped out as Ber-
rler has turned her into padding canoe
for his wife. therefore her sailing DAYS are
over.
Commodore j. W. Pew had the Truant
over from Tiburon viewing the race.
Aboard her were C. L. Barrett and Dick
Ogden. Secretary Baker was out in the
plunger Chispa. The Flying Fish came
around from the Encinals, making up in
flags what she lacked in sail area. Captain
Holmes had j. Landsberger aboard.
R. R. PHommedieu acted IS referee. W.
3 c. Gibbs, f. II. Mcconnell and W II.
Louden as judges and ii. c. kirkpatrick
as timer.