The San Francisco call., 1896-08-15
THE oARsMEN.
Arrangements for the Stockton Re-
gatta About Completed.

Arrangements for the Stockton Re-
gatta About Completed.
The regatta committee of the Pacific
Athletic Association, with S. J. Penn
broke as chairman has about perfected ar
rangements for the Stockton regatta on
Admission day. Entry blanks have been
sent TO the different clubs which will have
representatives in the races, and at the
last meeting of the committee they re-
ceived a sanction from the Pacific Athletic
Association to make the affair a cham
pionship event, the winners OF the differ
ent races to be the champions of their re-
spective classes for the years of '96 and '97.
There will be seven events on the pro-
gramme and the races will take place in
the following order: Senior single scull,
senior outrigger sklff, junior four-oared
barge, Junior single scull, intermediate
class, four-oared barge, junior outrigger
skiff and senior tour-oared barge.
The first race will be called at 80 p NJ.
sharp and the other races will follow
thereafter with an interval of ten minutes
between each race, and any crew falling
TO appear at the starting line within three
minutes after the last call being given by
the marshal OF the course will be disauali-
fed.
Every boat must carry. club or indi-
viduai colors at the bow of the boat and
must forward with list of entrants the
design and color adopted for the race, and
no one will be allowed to participate who
fails TO comply with this rule.
An entrance fee of So for four-oared
barge and 81 for single scull and outrig-
ger skiff will be charged as a guarantee of
the good faith of each entry, and will be
refunded to all starters.
There will be first and second prizes,
consisting of gold and silver medals, but
no second prize will be awarded uD-
less there are at least three contestants in
the event.
The Pacific Athletic Association guaran-
tees to furnish as great proportion OF the
transDortation expenses as the funds set
aside for the regatta will allow, and asks
all mem bers of the association to take an
active interest in this regatta and lend
every aid to make it the greatest regatta
ever held on the coast.
The course over which the races will be
rowed will be mile and half, with
turn. or tbree-auarters of mile each way,
aud will be the same course over Whlcn all
prevjous races have been rowed.
The entries for the different events Will
close August 81 and all entries should be
forwarded to S. ]. Pembroke. ll0 D Farrell
street. =.
Local oarsmen are working like beavers
getting themselves into condition Tor the
regatta. and according TO the accounts OF
Robert Ellis the crack skiff rover of the
Ariel Club, who has just returned from
Stockton, the Stocktonian oarsmen are In
great form and will give any of the local
men a hot race on September 8.
The DoIphins have now swung into line
with the rest of the clubs and intend to
make a showing in the regatta. They
would enter a crew IN the Stockton races,
but their barge came near being wrecked
a short while ago, and the boat-builders
claim it couldn't be repaired in time for
the races.
They will enter T. r. keenan, in the shell
race and John Coughlin and w. 0. Patch
in the outrigger skiff events. The men are
in training from the South End and Ariel
clubs at Long Bridge owing to the rough
ness of the water at North Beach.
\ committee Of Dolphin members con-