The San Francisco call., 1899-07-31
Dolphins Entertain Many Friends
With Boat Icaces and Various
Amusing Contests

The cozy quarters of the Dolphin Boat
ing Club yesterday was given over to Ia
dies day. From 10 in the morning until
late in the Afternoon the clubhouse was
crowded with ladies and brother oarsmen.
Though it was pleasantly warm in the
sheltered cove the water outside was
rough and choppy, an ebb tide meeting
strong westerly breeze.
The first event on the programme was
the second race for the dolphin diamond
medal, which was won easily by the hold
er, George Baker, his competitor, DIR. +.
r. AXton, having his outraged skif
swamped. The distance was about one
and half miles and the winners time 13
minutes 52 seconds. The special race be
tween H. Pless and I. NJ Ferguson was
for outraged skifts. Z. NJ Ferguson,
steered by +. w. WOernner, won in y
minutes 40 seconds. The loser was steered
fyv A. p ROthkopf. There is talk of an
other contest between the two scullers.
The Italian crew not appearing. the in
ternational barge race resolved itself into
a contest between the Irish and German
fours. The German crew, made up of
A +. Rothkopf, bow; +. w. Woernner,
No. ,; w. l.. Bush, No. 8; A. w. Pape,
stroke, and A l.. Schuppert, cockswaIn.
defeated by several lengths the wearers
of the green-T. J. Sullivan, bow; c. NJ
Farrell, No. p; w. O. Patch, No. }; T. j.
Kennedy, stroke, and J. S. Earls, cock
swain Distance, about one mile; time,
minutes I seconds.
A skitf race in which A. w. Pape start
ed in the disguise of an old countryman,
Lester Hammersmith being dressed his
wife furnished much amusement.
DIR. Riehl's exhibition, in which he float
ed on the water with his clothing in
waterproof bag, and was towed along by
a kite. excited considerable interest.
A 3OO-yard swimlnS race attracted ten
entries, Handicapped as follows: e. II.
Coney, 1876 seconds; w. o. Patch, 13O sec
onds; j. S. Earls, 120 seconds; ]. Farrell.
120 seconds: c. NJ. larrell, 10 seconds; J.
4 RTJnndn
onds: w. Bush, 90 seconds; Lester Ham
mersmith 50 seconds; a. w Pape.
scratch When Pape dived into the water
two minutes and fifteen seconds after the
limit man it seemed as though he could
not hope to close the gap between him
self and the previous starters, but at the
turn he had overhauled some of his com
petitOrS and, after hne eXhlbttlOn OF
speed. won out. The time from the start
Of the limit man to Pape's finish was 5
minutes and 80 seconds, making Pape S
time minutes and 10 seconds. This was
one of the most interesting events of the
day: The winner received a gold medal.
! ester Hammersmith. who finished sec
ond. gained q silver medal and G.. Nj. Far
relI third, earned prize.
The six or seven contestants who at
tempted to walk along Il well-greaSed pole
to secure an American flag a the end of
il caused much merriment by their gall
liant hut fruitless efforts. After several eff
forts j. =. EarlS slid 10 the end and cap
The officials of the day were as follows:
7 b. Keenan,, starter; A. B. TFeadwell
referee; I. J. Kennedy. marshal; &. w.
Pape, Handicapped; A. p. Rothkopf. A l..
Schuppert DIR. 7. l.. Mahoney and F. c.
Stab. timers; W. II. Schumacher, p Won
Hadeln, T. A. keogh and DR.. j. S. Hill.
Many Pioneer, Ariel. Triton and South
End oarsmen accepted the Dolphins' invi-
tation and enjoyed the days sport. j.
Hopper, f. Waggershauser. a. D. Smith
and T. Tracy. the intermediate barge
crew of the University of California, were
among the interested spectators. The
Berkeley boys will go into training for
the Astoria regatta, though they have not
vet secured the use of a suitable barge of
the present day type.