The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-22
MISS GILMORE
CROWNED QUEEN
OF THE REGATTA
Interesting Event at
Astoria.
GOOD BOAT RACING HELD
DIR. DENNIS OF THIS CITY DOES
FINE WORK.
After a Most Exciting Contest He
Finishes Even in Outrigger
Skiff Race With S. j.
Pembroke.
FOOD BOAT RACING HELD
DIR. DENNIS OF THIS CITY DOES
FINE WORK
Special Dispatch to The Call.

ASTORIA. Or. Aug. 21.-The weather
has been simply abominable to-day. and
the downpour seriously interfered with
the programme which had been arranged
for the opening days aquatic sports. De
spite this drawback, great crowds came
to the city this morning, and the grand
stand and adjacent wharves were black
with people when the first event of the
day was announced. The coronation eXer-
cises were postponed until this evening
when Miss Elmore was crowned at the
regatta ball. The queen. attended by the
maids of honor. entered the ballroom
shortly before g o'clock. Her Majesty
was then escorted to the throne where
Admiral Day placed the crown upon her
brow. Mayor Bergman delivered an ad-
dress Of welcome. which was responded
to by Governor Geer.
Conditions being unfavorabe for fast
time for the races, the great race between
the British Columbia fouT-oared crew and
the Alamedas was postponed until to-
morrow. The personnel of the British
Columbia crew is as follows:
Richard Spinks. bow; Thompson. for
ward waist; George Seymour, afterwaist;
Fl. Alexander. stroke.
outrigger skin race. There were two
contestants-Jack Lewis of the Alameda
Club and e E. Sternberg of the Ariel
Club. Lewis seemed to have the best of
by side until the stakeboat was rounded.
With half mile to go. Lewis let himself
out and gradually drew away from Stern
berg, winning by four lengths.
The senior outrigger skiff race then fol-
lowed. The contestants in the first heat
were: S. J. Pembroke of the Alamedas,
DIR. G. c. Dennis of the South Ends and
Patton of the Portland Rowing Club. The
water was not as smooth as the men
would have had it, but they started off at
a terrific pace. Pembroke and Dennis
soon outdistanced Patton and came home
bow and bow. First PembrOke's skiff
was a few inches ahead and then Dennis
took a slight lead. 1t was anybody's race
excepting Patton. who was twenty lengths
behind. Pembroke and Dennis crossed
the line at precisely the same moment
and the man behind the megaphone an
nounced a dead heat. The time for the
distance, a mile and a half was II min
utes 49 seconds. a very strong tide was
running and the time was excellent con-
sidering conditions
When the, second heat was announced
the tide had slackened. Ayres of the Ala
medas and Foley of the South Ends were
the contestants. The men were well to-
gether until the last quarter of a mile
when Ayres took the lead and finished
length ahead. The time was IS minutes
81 10 seconds. The final Will be rowed off
tomorrow.
Then the Junior four-oarded barge race
was run The University of California
boys and a crew of two men from San
Francisco and two from Portland were
entered. Inc picked crew na0 never seen
each other before this regatta but they
proved too much for the Varsity boys
who finished q length behind. The dis
lance was covered in 10 minutes IS sec
onds.
The double pleasure boat race entries
to which were confined TO members of the
Astoria Rowing Club. resulted in a vic
tory for Paul Trullinger and Parke Up
shur, who defeated John Young and
Charles Abercrombie. The boats fouled
twice.
The free-for-aIl sloop race. in which four
yachts entered, developed into. the most
exciting event of the day. The pretty
part of the race was the rescue of the
crew of the yacht Blue Jacket by the Fort
Stevens life-saving crew. The Blue
Jacket had gone only about $50 yards
when she capsized. but all hands We're
saved The Pearl also capsized and the
yachtsmen We're picked up. The White
Wings also met with an accident. Her
jib was carried away. The Dauntless was
the only vessel which sailed the race
without accident and she finished with
little patch of canvas fifteen minutes
ahead of the White Wings. Four of the
twenty-footers started and three of them
finished The fishing boats rode safely
the gate, the winning boat, the
of Mr.. Gussnung, covering the
course in only Is minutes 3S seconds more
than the winner of the yacht race. The
tender race was quite exciting.
The Alice won the Frank Sanborn get
ting second place. The programme was
interspersed with many other lesser but
events, one of which was the
Indian canoe contest. Brewer of San
Francisco easily won the swimming race
and later gave an exhibition of high and
u i,-iy,