The San Francisco call., 1898-09-10
EOLUS WON THE
 MACDONOUGH CUP SpeedWell Beat Clara in the 44-Foot Class. AN IDEAL YACHTING DAY ONLY TWO SLIGHT MIsHAPs
 OCCURRED. The Third Annual Regatta of the Pa cific Interclub Yacht Associa-
 tion Proves Entirely
 Successful.

l The third annual regatta of the Pacific | Interclub Yacht Association was sailed
 yesterday under favorable circumstances. | There was a southwesterly breeze of | moderate strength, which freshened a lit- | tie in the afternoon, but was at no time | violent or squally The tide began to | flood soon after the races began, and con- tinued to do so until after they were all over. Consequently there was little sea. At 11:50 a. a preparatory blast was blown on the whistle of the judges boat, and flag G of the code hoisted; at 11:55 the peter hoisted; at noon the blue peter was hauled down, and two whistles blown as the starting signal for yachts of the twenty-foot special class Of the four entries one did not sail; the sloop Petrel crossed the line first, followed by the yawl Kittiwake (with brown sails, and a bird with outstretched wings embroidered in white on the mainsaiD and the sloop Doris Kittiwake finished first of the three, but the racing length of Petrel not being accurately known, both boats will be measured before the regatta commit tee can award the prize in the class In the special class. the starting time yachts went over the course-Idler and Spray. The former beat Spray by four teen minutes fifty-one secon6s corrected time, and won the. prize in her class.
 At 12:10 three whistles were blown as the starting signal for the twenty-five foot class, in which three out of four yachts
 
 Merope, owned by P. w. Hurndall of the Corinthians, won easily from Phoen1cia and Sea Fox, beating the former by nine minutes and thirty-three seconds cor rected time, and the latter by nearly two hours.
 In the S0-foot class the six boats entered all started, but on the conclusion of the first part of the course 1t became evident that the race lay between J. w. Pews sloop Truant and Commodore Carl West erfeid's sloop Aeolus. On the last beat out to windward 1t was nip and tuck be- tween the two boats, and on the run home, with spinnakers and water sails closed the finishing line first, but the Aeolus having started 1 minute and 5S seconds later than the Truant, beat her by 42 seconds, actual sailing, and reck- oning in her time allowance of minute | IS seconds, by exactly two minutes cor | rected time. The Aeolus was splendidly
 sailed by Frank Stone of the Corinth1-, i ans, and her victory was very. well re- | ceived. Commodore Westerfeld will re- | ceive class pennant, certificate Of ner- it, and the Macdonough cup-a silver tro- At 12:30 the five starting whistles blew for the 36-foot class, comprising Edna, Embla and Occident. The first two of these are old rivals, but Occident has no. raced before Edna beat Occident badly, and won the first prize in her class by minutes and p seconds, corrected time This is the third time that Edna has been victorious during the present season
 In the 44-foot class, the starting time for which was 12:40, E. B. Lathrop's sloop Pride had the misfortune to break her topmast just as she was preparing to cross the line. This accident left Clara and Speedwell to struggle for the first place Speedwell beat Young and Ran some's sloop by 13 minutes 1 second act ual tirne and by 15 minutes s seconds, corrected time. The Delegates cup, a silver trophy presented by the represent atives of the various clubs in the aSSo- citation, thus becomes the property Of E. Donohoe, owner of Speedwell
 Though not entered in the regatta, Frank Bartletts sloop Queen and c. G. Taylor's sloop Emma started, and their times were taken. The cutter Folly, built from design of Burgess, and owned by Davidson Brothers, also sailed over the
 Only two mishaps occurred; one, al- ready mentioned, to the Pride, and the other to the Mignon, the jib halyards of which parted just as she crossed the line for the second time.
 The South Bay Yacht Club was repre- sloops Papoose and Zephyr. The Papoose was entered in the 25-foot race, but did not arrive in time to cross the line with
 The scow Witch of the Bay was wind ward stakeboat. and Vice-Commodore G. T. S. Whites Will Q, @ the Mlsp served serve, as as able to catch sight of the Will O the Wisp, sent J. Ives out in w. l.. Prather s1onn launehi into al nostion. Sataaor' "iA'N O"s W
 The regatta, which was entirely sue cessful, was under the management of the Following officials: Referee, ". Brooks; judges. Dr. C. L. Tisdale and Curtis Bar ker; timer, J. H. Hoppss. Is Alexander 4 7ann, Swanson was chairman and k. Il. faom- ion mittee. The secretary worked especially hard, and to him the success of the re- gatta and the smooth Worklng or us oe- tails are largely due.
 '~I The yachts of the 25-foot class and the yawls sailed over the short" course; % the the classes took the middle" course, and yachts of the 2o-foot. class went over the ''speciar', course. These courses, reGk- were fully described in yesterdays Call
 The results of the regatta are fully given in the table below: