The morning call., 1894-09-11
CHALLENGE RACE.
The EncinaI Club Holds
a Regatta.
The Dan Comes to the Front and
Beats Out the Fleet in Light
Winds on Actual Time.

The Encinal Boat Club held a challenge pen
nant race In the first, second and third class
over the club course yesterday. The start was
made at 1l:05 A. NJ. The first TO cross The
line was the Fearless at 11:08:20. No one
minded that as she always comes In last, and
this race was no exception, Following her
came that crack little slOop Dan at IL :O6:10
the Fawn at IL :07 As, the Little Annie at
11:0S:2 20. the RoVet at 100. the Red Imp al
11:o9:20, the Florence at 11:09:50 and the
Caprice at lib 40. The Caprice lost min
utes and 40 seconds by crossing alter the
limit gun.
There was northwest wind, favOring a little
to The westward and very light, with no seas
running, although It was ebb tide. on me
wtndwaTd work down 10 the stakebOat on the
oil wharf the Little Annie and Dan stood well
out into the bay, while the rest OF the meet
Rugged close in shore TO get the beDeht OF the
hTst Of the ebb. The former move told, rs
they found stronger winds and turned Inc
windward stakeboat over nine minutes ahead
OF the rest of the fleet. A very peculiar slgDt
was witnessed when the Fawn was close on 10
the oil wharf. She was pointed directly Tor the
stakeboat, while the Florence which was
about a quar- er OF mile asteln. was sailing
course at right angles to her. IDS showed
the iiuky coDdl ions of the wind at this point.
The Dan was the first to turn at IL: AT, Just
minutes anu seconds ahead OF The Llttle
Annie. The only olher Two yachts that Gould
be counted In the race at this point were the
Fawn, which turned at 1l:5o:lO, and the
racers were strung out. When The Dan cleared
she broke out her balloon Jb topSai, Whlle The
Little Annie laid on her water sail. All the
time the wind was dropping, ana the Teach
from stakeboats 3 10 was nothing more than
a drifting match for the leaders.
When near the last turning point the wind
hauled around 10 true northwest, and the jib
tOpsail on the Dan was taken In and the SPIN
maker set, but hardly seemed TO benefit her, IL
was on this reach that The Little Annie showed
her lght-weather qualities, as she made up a
m AS
near the last stakebOat The rest OF the fleet
were gaining wonderfully on them.
In short while 1t was seen that they were
coming along under fresh slant of wind which
brought the feather out at the bow. The Fawn
the nearest craft TO the leaders, had gained
over minutes on them and was moving very
lively. Tie Florence was 2 minutes and "a sec
Onds behind the latter craft; the Red Imp, 3
minutes and seconds; the Caprice, minutes
and AZ seconds; the kover. minutes and 81
seconds, and the Fearless Al minutes and 10
seconds.
lhe Dan cleared and started running for
home at a jolly good pace. Next came the Lii
tie Annie. To square away her spinnaker was
sent up in stops, but as the wind was light they
had good deal OF trouble I'D breaking ii out
and lost here fully minute. The Florence had
the same trouble In setting her spln1aker aud
IN reby too lost time.
The prettiest sight Of the day was to see
the Fearless reaching Tor stakeb0at 4 She
came along under fun canvas, jlb aud jetoD-
sail, fOresall and foTegaff topSall, main and top
sail ana staysall, all drawing To suit "the
Queens TASTE" Her sIaysail was set reversed
80 that the wind from the fOlesail was spilled
into II and thence into the head sails.
An exciting race witnessed between the
Caprice and the Rover. The latter held the
former craft down for fully half the run home,
alnOugh much smaller and Carrying eSS can
vas. On nearing tile finish she pulled away
from tue Caprice aud beat her by almost min-
ute.
On the run home she had gained on the Little
Annie two minutes and sixteen seconds, good
part OF which came fIOm the way the latter
craft handled her spinnakeT. as for a long dis
lance 1t Was kept III sucD a position that IL did
not draw at all. The Fawn came next at
:30:57 the Florence at 81 :46. the Red Imp
at :33 :56. the Rover al 1:40:44, the Caprice
at Al and the Fearless at l 40 30.
From this II can be seen that the Dan made
the fastest actual sailing time, with the Flor
ence 81 seconds behind. George f. Plummer.
the captain of The Florence. Was seriously
handicapped by being able only TO get couple
OF boys as crew at Tie start. The Caprice had
hard time OF II at The start, as Captain Tisdale
WAS left behind, not arriving In time, and until
be was brought out she was sailing Without her
boaId as the doctor had the keys to tie cabin.
The corrected time for the race Is: Dan
2:O6 40, ine Florence 2:I0:37, tie Little An
ME 2:l1 :O3. the Fawn 2:ll:5S, the Red Imp
2:09:27, the Caprice 2;l2, and the Fearless
2:19:58.
Ii the Ca rice had not lost the minutes and
40 seconds at the start she would have beat
The Red Imp for place by seconds. AS the
challenger in the first class did not start 1t de-
oars the Little ADule from DtIuB CIeulleu With
a winning, as she had no competitor.
The Dan wins In the second class and the
Red Imp IN the third class.
Points To dale are: Red Imp 70, Dan so,
Florence 20, Thetis % ana Little Annie 25.
The hemsmen were: Little Annie, L. Il.
Taylor; Florence, q. L. PlummeT; Fdwn,
James Tyson; Red Imp, Commodore Leonard;
Dan, +. j. Holt; Fearless. Charles Thorn
Rover. Ward Battles. ana Caprice, DIR. G. i.
IisdAle.
The officials Of the day were Captain Morse,
timer, aud l.. J. Bates, judge
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