The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-02

starting .!rne vas ass t. ard Capt. Hop
eins ran over the course alone in coed
time.
The yachts off attention was turned TO
tEe Rainier. The steamer Utopia. on her
way in froGa Vancouver. had seen the dis
treSS signal and made a detour 10 gst
alongside and fnd out the trouble. Tine
Utopia has her In tow" they said on the
3aages' boat. at will cost Hansen a snug
salvage fee When the Mystic was with
ln mailing distance voice hailed from the
Rainier: Our rudder'A broken. II WAS
saea tnat assistance had been refused by
the Utopia. After much backing and GO
lng ahead and shouting 81 orders, the Raj
ni%T was given a line ~ the judges
steamer and WAS towed to an anchorage
al West Seattle. The Ralnier's crew
looked very unhappy.
Meauw lille the five yachts had passed
the buoy Off -Four Mile rock and were
making for the bel! buoy off Duwanlish
head. The Kaipie rounded IN the lead
aT 3.ss 90. with the Falcon next at sDl IS.
and the others bowling along IN the rear
at "a tremendous rate IL was a grand
aishi-a study In black and white. In
the background was the gray sky and the
black shore hills. while in The foreground
the white-manea lions or the sea"
Wrestled roughly with the careening
yachts. Before the swift-riuing bows
the spray leaped high and fell In drcnch-
lng showers on the decks. As for the
yachtsmen. they were simply damp bal
last, with sufficient unwet intelligence %
manage their boats and hang on.
The Evelyn May, being in the third
class, had only to make the grea r course.
from tie starting point 10 and around
the buoy OF FoHr-Mile rock. 10 and
around the DuwamIsh head bell buoy. to
end around the oregon Improvement
Company. 10 the finish The others. be-
stds this had to go over wha. Is called
The inner triangle: from the starting
point TO and around III. Duwamish head
buoy. to and around the oregon I'm
provement buoy. 10 the finish The
Evelyn May crossed the line for her m
ish at 1858, the time elapsed since her
start being / hour A. minutes and - ss,-
ends. The other four yachts continued
on the inner triangle. and the pretticst
part Of IN" race was At Its close. Tie
keipie came in at S.If.27. her elapsed
time oeing hours - minutes and 81 Sec
onds.
An Exciting Finish.
The finish Of the Only race OF the day.
between the Falcon, the White Star ana
the Pilgrim. was exciting. They came IN
with the order ~ starting reversed The
Falcon. which had gotten away several
minutes behind the others, came swoop-
ing down ~ the finish like bird and
crossed at 5:i7:S2. her elapsed time being
hours q minutes and e seconds. ex-
actly the same. II viii 10 noted. as he
elapsed time of the Kelpie. The White
star was tho next 80 cross AT $500 with
elapsed ttun OF hours a. minutes ard
Is seconds The Pilgrim came in last
At 5 ts II; elapsed time. hours 81 min
utes and A. seconds.
The race was ended. hut the excltemer /
was not. The Judges retired 30 the club
house. solemnly asserting that they would
proceed % calculate time allowances and
measurement TO determine who had von
tho prizes. Their consultation took hut
short slme. the result being announced
as given,
Nhtlo they were deep IN their medita-
tions thI.rs ~ moment were happening
outside, The Pilgrim Cart Fer Lfchtea-
9erg. missed her uoorlngs on coming IN
and went bans into the trestle work hc-
o85. Her hcom ana topmast ware
mashed. ard mere water was thrown IN
the pilgrln's already water logged crew
The ttvpRfiR. cu; FOR a pleasure crefsc
eieo managed 70 Eet iu a collision which
dlt SOME damage 50 her rigging
And thus tina great day closed