The San Francisco call., 1896-05-24
.BOAT-RAC|NG
At SAUSAL|TO.
British Ship-Masters Cele-
brate the Queens
Birthday.
FUN AND JOLLITY REIGN
Accidents in the First and Third
Events Marred the
Finishes.
CHALLENGES NOW IN ORDER.
All the Contestants Will Meet Again
at the st. Andrews Day
Regatta.
CHALLENGES NOW IN ORDER

Sausalito was in gala attire yesterday,
and the British colony made merry in
honor of the Queens birthday. The ships
that have "laid up" in Richardson's Bay
awaiting a charter were decked with all
their colors, and crowds of visitors from
the City enjoyed the hospitality of the
various captains and drank the health of
Englands Queen in flowing bowls of
champagne.
Among the vessels that made splendid
showing were the Ben Avon, Brabloch,
HOLLYWOOD, Cawdor, Holt Hill, Loeb
Broom, Hyderabad, The Hahnemann,
Lyndhurst, Primrose Hill, Wynnstay and
Kilmeny. On shore Mrs. General Dia-
mond entertained large party of friends
at afternoon tea. and Captain Castle and
his daughter had many of their friends
with them on their yacht White Wings.
Dur ing the afternoon they landed at the
clubhouse of the Pacific Yacht Club and
there partook of q sumptuous luncheon,
prepared bv the clubs chef.
While these festivities were going on
arrangements for the boat races were being
pushed ahead.
Commodore G. c. Bruce of the yacht
Rover was active in g tting the boats to-
gether and during the afternoon acted as
starter. Captain Stewart Menzies was
Judge and Captain Castle referee. The first
race was for ships boats. Each boat had
TO be manned by members of the crew OF
the ship from which ii hailed and each
boat was allowed four men and a cox
swain.
There were seven entries-one each from
the barks Ben Avon and Kilmeny and the
ships Brabloch, HOLLYWOOD, Hyderabad,
The Hahnemann and Wynnstay. The
course was from point off the Sausalito
boat landing, thence around the yacht
Lurline, lying off the Pacific Clubs yacht
house, thence around the ship Brabloch,
anchored out in the bay, and back to the
starting point.
The first race was to have started at 2 80
?. NJ, but it was considerably after that
before the boats got away. 1t was blowing
hard and there was strong food tide.
In consequence the boats from the Brab-
loch and HOLLYWOOD came together.
The men disengaged their boats and
started after the Others but the collision
put them practically out of the race
After rounding the Lurline the boys
from the Wynnstay took the lead and
were never headed again. winning easily.
The Kllmeny was second, the Hyderabad I'd
third, and the men on the HOLLYWOOD.
who had made up lot OF lost ground.
were fourth. Handsome prizes were pro-
vlded by the people of Sausallto for the
first and second boats, and $5 was pre-
sented to each of the unsuccessful ones
The next event on the programme was a
tub race. There were three entries and the
prizes were case of wine and a case of
fruit. Mike Turner from the Wynnstay
won the first prize. The other entries
were from The Hahnemann and Hydera-
bad, but the tubs capsized. The sailors.
nothing daunted, however, pushed their
tubs before them, and so covered the
course. They were loudly cheered when
they reached the landing, wet but happy.
The next race was ior prize offered by
Captain Kiddie of the Brabloch There
were five entries, but the Brabloch's men
again played in hard luck. Before half the
course was covered and when in a COM
manding position one of the oars snapped
and the boat was out of the race. The
Hollinwood's crew won the prize, The
Hahnemann second and the Hydera bad
third.
The defeated men are not at all satisfied
with the results of the races and so there
should be some exciting contests at the
Saint Andrews picnic and regatta at Ell