The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-06-11
PRIZES AWARDED.
The San FrancisCos Give
Yacht Trophies.
A Jolly Night at Sausalito Greatly
Enjoyed by the Yachtsmen of
the Various Clubs.

The San Francisco Yacht Club last
Saturday evening held an informal ilnks,
at which the prizes of the open regatta of
the previous Sunday were distributed.
AT z. NJ the visiting yachtsmen were
called to order by CommO doTe Cutie, who
welcomed the sailor boys by a speech. in
which he apologized for the errors that
had occurred on the day OF the race,
claiming that they were caused by yachts
men being unfamiliar with the rules
under which the regatta was conducted.
In closing he introduced to those present
the ancient mariner who is otherwise
known as Uncle George Bromley. Uncle
George was decked out in dog skins and
sou'easter.
After a short address he proceeded to
give TO each ana every craft that went
over the course a prize. The first to be
called up was the crew of the Lurline's
boat, who won the TOwing-race. They
were presented with purse of $40. Next
came the Dawn's boat and they received
case of condensed milk, as il would be i'm
proper to give money to amateurs. Then
those in the Rpple's boat received cash
prize. Last but not least was the Ra-
mona's crew. This is what would be
called mixed crew, one being an amateur
while the other was professional, so the
prize had to be divided. The amateur re-
ceived package which will tend to give
him strength, while Fred received money.
Next came the awarding Of trophies TO
launches. The Comet, which won on a
techDicality, was presented with set OF
carvers. The Meteor received pair OIL
marine glasses. The HirOndelle silver
salt and pepper rack. The Arrow a COM
pass. The Bob case OF coal oil. Inc
Memo also received case OF coal oil.
In the Ona class the Ed
Wilma received a pocket compass; the
POlliwog two cans Of copper paint, and the
Lurline a box of tea. Following this came
the presentation to the owners OF the
crafts that took part in the sailing regatta.
The first to receive an award was the
Sappho, which had won the cup. A large
box was brought u view and gwen to The
representative. OF course every one was
anxious to see it and demanded that II
should be opened. The box was united.
and it was found that the nearest they
could get TO the cup was its photograph.
TIE Frolic received Colts repeating
rife. The Rover received set of charts
and rule, whereby Captain Bruce will be
able to ascertain the locality of Shag
Rock The Petrol received a case
of milk; the Queen the silver
headed cane; the Thetis the barometer;
the Dawn, the set of signal flags; the Tru-
ant, the yacht cannon; the Florence, a
case of fine wines; the Pilgrim, a case of
jams and jellies; the Oracle. a case of bot
tied beer; the Molly Vaughn, three bags Of
flour; the May, case of whisky; Ceres,
three tins of copper paint; Whirlwind,
life buoy; the Flash, case Of milk; the
Cisne, three tins of copper paint; the
Catherine, a case of milk; the Myrtn, sill
yer mounted cigar-b box, with cigars; the
Hazel, case of boned herring; the Ca
price, the folding anchor; the Minnie, two
tins of copper paint and sack OF -four.
All these were presented with bright and
sparkling speeches by Uncle George, and
some of the boys in their replies were
equal to the occasion and caused many
hearty laugh
After enjoying refreshments the boys
sang and told yarns until the first signs of
day were seen coming from the east.
Sunday most of the yachts were on the
move. The Ramona, Frolic. Lurline,
Whirlwind, Pilgrim, Flash, Rover, Ripple
and Catherine spent the day in the lower
bay, while the Queen went to McNear's,
making the return trip from there to lib
urOn In one hour and five minutes, which
was fast considering that they had TO buck
a strong flood tide.
Another thing that was greatly admired
by the boys was the sailing of the Whirl-
wind over from Oakland 10 Sausalito by
Commodore Won Schmidt who did IL sin
ple-handed