The San Francisco call., 1899-08-19

II. r. Simpsons yawl Tramontana was
measured yesterday and Will enter the
race. Her time allowance will be given
out to-day. A prize flag will be given to
the yacht making the fastest time uown
from Vallejo, and also to the yacht which
crosses the finishing line first.
On the way down to Sausalto the
rules of the road must be complied
with. The finishing line will be an
imaginary line drawn from the club
house TO .stakeboat, which must be
crossed, leaving the stakeboat on the star
board hand. The finishing time will be
taken by the judges at the clubhouse
Barrett t1thian.s schooner Rover ana ).
d. Spreckels' schooner Lurline will be the
scratch boats. Every yacht in the fleet
will receive a time allowance from these
two. The little We're Here starts at lO: 80
a. m, while the Lurlines time for cross
ing the line is % minutes Y seconds after
noon. In addition to the yachts OF the
San Francisco fleet, the flagship Pactolus
Of the California Yacht club and r. n.
the trial of speed, Commodore Allen M.
Clay having requested permission to have
the times of these two boats taken by the
judges at Sausalito. The racing length of
the Pactoius is "a SO feet, and that of the
Embla is "a 81 feet.
independently of the general result, DIR.
that his sloop Sappho should beat G. E:
arrived s ahead h9d of 'Hie the set Snie H. On R & smp
kins' new yawl Tramontana will be seen
in race for the first time tomorrow.
The Corinthians start to-day on their
annual up-riVer cruise. Commodore Carl
Westerfelds flagship Aeous will be ac-
companed by L. F. sagar's sloop Edna
and Paul Biber's sloop Mignon. On board
the Aeolus will be the commodore. R. H.
Morrow. f. E. Schober and j. Short. E.
Thompson, II. W. Westerfeid and j. M:
O'Brien, while on board the Mgnon will
be Paul Biber and J. Mensdorffer.
The race among the thirty-footers at
N tat,a al,ar
De unusually interesting, as FRANK stone
sloop Presto and II. H. Gorter's sloop are
new members of the class: and their quail,
ties are as yet untred The regatta will
serve to test the merits of the possible
defenders Of the perpetual challenge cup
1t Is doubtful whether the yacht race
set for August 27 In Monterey Bay as
fnale Of the carnival of amateur sports
at the Hotel del Monte will take place.
as the arrangements for the reception OF
the First California Regiment viii prob
Spreckeis' lurline will be on hand for the
naval parade as also will the pilot boat
Bonita, while +. A. Wiltsee,s schooner
Aggie. is out of commission. EX-Commo-
dore l. Gutte's schooner Chispa will also
probably join In the parade. Thus W. n.
MsieGalr,thy's n i1s sc sehooner Ramona, r. r.
Slnpklns yawi TramOntana and DR.. A
w. MeKenzies sloop Sappho are the only
possible competitors
Admiral j, d. Spreekels has communi-
Gated with the commodores of the yacht
CLUBS with reference to the naval parade
to be held in honor of the returning vol
unteers. He states that he has fourteen
tugs and desires to have a yacht towed
by each Of them. The California Yacht
Club will contribute the yawl Ider and
the sloop Pactolus. which have been as
signed to the division anchored off sec
ton of the seawall. They will be there
on the morning of August "a and will re-
main there another day If 1t is necessary.
Commodore T. l.. Hill of the San Fran
ciscos will go over to Sausalito as soon
as the arrival of the transport is known
and will sail his sloop Cygnus over to
until it is time osfe to ioin the W procession e hef