The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-06

boat she seemed to skim the water. The
Clara was hard upon her heels with MAIN
sail, gaff topsail and jib flying, and a
pretty chase 1T was to the stakeboat. The
Rover rounded the boat well in the lead
and legged it for home as hard as she
could travel, but the Clara kept pegging
away and every moment lessened the dis
lance between them. w. f. Stone had the
wheel and he had good crew with him,
and never was boat more prettily han
died. Inch by inch she gained on the
Rover, and it was demonstrated with each
leap that the latter was carrying too much
canvas.
The Rover made long tack to round
the homestake boat, while the Clara just
Rugged the Chispa's stern. She crossed
the Rover's bows and got TO windward of
the boat with the red-shirted crew and
sailed over the line like a startled fawn,
while the Rover had to go about
+ The Sappho meantime had lost ground,
but she was picking it up rapidly. On the
flrst leg OF the course her balloon iib was
carried away and precious moments were
squandered getting the sail back. She
picked up the lost time after she rounded
Shag Rock, but as she was driving along
On the second leg Fred Nelson, the boat
man, went overheard. Nelson was haul
ing up the jib topsail, when the sail
Mapped and sent him into the bay. He
bounded he made desperate lunge for the
bobstay, to which he chung like grim death
until he was hauled back on deck.
Despite the mishaps the Sappho plugged
along with Leon Thomas at the wheel
ana Mascot Herman Denhardt in the
cockpit. She was almost on top of the
Rover, when the latter came about for the
second time. But the Rover sped away
like a frightened dove after the Clara
W c ha urbQ
she went over the line. The Silver Cloud,
an outside yacht, was Just to the wind
ward of the Gedney as the Sappho came
bounding along, and collision seemed in
evitable. 1t was the place of the stranger
to give way to the racing craft, but she I'M
hesitatingly held on to her course.
"Slack your sheet!'' yelled Thomas, as
the intruder seemed paralyzed. The boom
of the Sappho caught the forerigging of
the Silver Cloud and the next moment
down came the jib and the topmast went
by the board. The Sappho did not wait to
apologize, but went off in the wake of the
cracks.
The second class went away ten minutes
later than the big boats, the Thelma with
everything set leading the way. The Queen
went out all by herself, and the Harpoon
and the Edna came down together. The
Harpoon took all the wind out of the
Edna's sails, and the Edna didn't do any
more sailing in the race. The Truant was
the first to get out in the third class, and
she was shortly followed by the Sleipner
and the Mascotte. The Naiad came along
later and was the only one to finish with
the Truant. Good sailing qualities and
superior handling brought Commodore
Pew in ahead of his class.
The start in the fourth class put every
body in good humor. Captain Won
Schmidt was lying back at his ease when
the signal was given, but in moment up
went his lugger sail, and the Whirlwind,
Surprise and Cisne went down to the line
in bunch. The Whirlwind was to the
windward, and Won Schmidt must have
laughed in his sleeve when he blanketed
the other craft.
There was no grass growing on the
Queens bottom all this while. She was
going around the course like a streak of
lightning. Over toward Angel Island
pretty procession of yachts was hurrying
along, with the Queen somewhere in the
middle of the column, and between the
parade and the shore white-winged craft
were darting hither and thither, playing in
and out racing, and the sight was most
exhilarating one.
1t was found that Clara had been cred
tied with three feet more than her sailing
length, but even this difference could not
put her ahead of the Sappho, Meanwhile
the Queen quietly stole in and as she had
started more than ten minutes behind the
others it did not take long to ascertain
that she was the winner of the race, and
that Morrell had both hands on the silver
cup.
The finish in the fourth class was a
close one, the Whirlwind, Flash and Mig
non coming in in a bunch. The Mignon
was slightly in the lead with the Whirl-
winds bowsprit in her cockpit and the
Flash came last, but time allowance gave
her the race. The Truant, Sappho and
Flash received remnants as prizes for
their good running, but the cup will re-
another year.
The race, all around, was a great sue
cess. 1t was open to all yachts registered
in recognized clubs on the bay.