The herald., 1895-08-11
GIRL RONERS At CORONADO

HOTEL del CORONADO, Aug. s.
During the last two weeks l have visited
most of ESouthern California's notable
summer resorts. including Rubio canyon,
Mount Lowe, Catalina and Long Beach,
ibut Coronado is the equal of any. The
beautiful court around which the hotel is
sbuilt is lovely with tropical vegetation
ard fragrance. The wide verandas. COM
.pletely encircling the building. and the
iyhady promenades about the grounds and
& Along the beach assist in making this an
ideal place for rest and enjoyment.
Not only,is the comfort of the guest the
prime object IN the construction OF the
hotel, but that is also the motto or un-
{ written law of the entire focre OF en-
sployees, from the head manager down to
sthe bellboys. The moment you enter the
{, elegant office of the hotel and register un-
der the genial glance of the clerk. U. +.
Newlin, you feel at home and know that
Syour every wish will be supplied at a
moments notice.
Not being content with all this th
managers of the hotel have employed
-, Mr.. M. ]. A. Bjornson,, a most genial
s,and Jolly fellow. to devote all his time to
look after the comfort and enjoyment OF
{. the guests of the !hotel. Mr.. Bjornson is
certainly we'll fitted for his position. He
{, speaks seven different languages, and
when two deaf and dumb guests arrived
Tlast night he Immediately set to work to
Jlearn the sign alphabet and surprised the
f.deaf strangers with CHEEKY good morn
ing" when they came down to breakfast
today.
Among some of the late arrivals at the
hotei are: J. NJ. Taylor, r. Garner Cur
ran, Miss Pauline Curran, Greedy W.
Bently and wife, S. G. Seward. Los An
geles; Mrs. +. n. Speare, Concord, \. H.:
H. S. Pettingill and wife, Charles Il.
Paine and wife. Re9lands John L. DAILY.
wife and child, +. Z. Odell and family, j.
H. Odell and family. Glendora; Miss
Cara L. Campbell. Chicago; Mrs. Coils
ID. B. Knight, George G. Tilden. II. B.
Adsit Colorado; II. II. Kisby. ir., S. II.
.Blumanet, z. Petrie Hoyle. wife, child
land nurse, San Francisco; Luis L. Ar
sguello and wife, San Jose; William A.
Harding, Pasadena; A. g. Johnston. Gar
vanza; Miner Roberts, Colorado Springs;
Miss Hessington, Topeka; Captain J.
Higginson, j. W. Carlin and J. NJ. Pick
nell. United,States steamer Monterey; J
20. Austin and wife, Providence, R. /.
Wednesday afternoon your correspond
ent had the pleasure of being one OF the
number OF invited guests 20 witness the
boat races in the bay from the steam
launch Undine. We left Hotel Coronado
at Pm, and had spin around the
harbor before the races began.
By O'Clock there were fully thousand
people on the Pacific Coast Steamship
company's wharf, and many yachts and
skiffs were out in the bay filled with en-
thusiastic spectators. The cause of so
much suppressed excitement was not ap-
parent to the reporter until he discovered
that all the contestants in the race were
young LADIES' There were seven clubs
represented, and they presented very
striking and pleasing picture in their
different uniforms as they stood in
groups around their boat house OF per-
formed their evolutions upon the water.
La Faluca crew had only three member
in town. so they did not enter the con-
test. The Water Babies had four mem
beis present. the Nereids six, the j. Es-
perance seven, the Columbias seven, the
Gondoliers eight and the Hacs nine. The
first event was barge race between the
Zlacs. with their eight-oared barge, and
the Nereids, in the San Diego Rowing
club 81 sx-oared barge. G. 3. Grow and
Captain A. A. Polhemus, in the launch
Cespita. acted as starters. Tho distance
rowed was about two thrdslof mi le and
was close race from start to finish. The
Zlacs won in ABB the NeredS being only
q boat,ength behind them. The stroke
of the Zacs was slower than that of their
opponents, and hardly splash was made
as the crew lifted their oars from the
water. The sympathy OF the crowd was
with the smallest crew, but the best stroke
won.
Considerable time was taken upin the
different crews around the Judges launch
going through series OF evolutlons. In
this event the Nerieds won the first prize,
making is 2-3 points out OF possible So
AT the same time this contest was in
progress Professor Frank Raymous and
Horace Poole performed some difficult
feats in high diving. Each made
straight dive from the top of pile driv-
er. seventy-fve feet in height, into only
five feet OF water. Professor Raymous
then made some fancy dives from
spring board, about fifty feet from the
water, turning somersaults backward and
forward. Professor Raymous Is without
doubt the champion in his line.
There were five entries III the singles.
which was won by close margin by
Miss Mary Webster of the Neried crew.
with Miss Carrie Polhamus of tue Zlacl
crew second.
There were only two entries in the four
Dared race, but these foued at the start
and the crews will row again next Sat
urday.
Six boats entred for the doubles. Miss
Agnes Polhamus and Miss Florence
Roper of the Zlacs won, Miss Mary Web
ster and Miss Mabel Stockton of the
Nereids second.
Miss Ethel Ratcliff won the swimming
race for novces, with Miss Jean Grow
second.
In the open swimming race Miss Mary
Ratclff OF the Nereds finished first, with