The San Francisco call., 1899-10-21
JOLLY TARS READY
TO CLOSE A BIG
SEASONS YACHTING
Both the COrinthidn and San
Francisco Clubs Have Their
Final Courses Sunday

The San Francisco Yacht Club will give
its closing entertainment at Sausal;to to-
day. The yachts viii dress snip at p. m,
and during the afternoon members Will
receive visitors on their boats. At in the
evening there Will be q reception, dance
and entertainment in the club house. Com
modore Hill requests the members to try
to make the closing entertainment as live
ly and successful as the season now all
but over has been. Tomorrow the fleet
will take the last cruise OF the season.
The San Francisco Yacht Club is grow
ing, many applications for membership
having been received recently. Several OF
these are from ladies resident in Sausalito
who wish to use the club rooms on week
days for the meetings of a society. The
success of the club in winning the Perpet-
ual Challenge Cup has also tended 10
bring IN several new members.
The Corinthians will also give the clos
ing entertainment of the season to-day.
After the arrival of the $50 p. m. boat
from the city a Corinthian supper viii be
served. and later an impromptu jlnks Will
be given in the hall. No definite pro-
gTamme has been prepared, but an un-
usual number of good singers and per
them Will be Frank W. Thompson, Ben
TarboX, Dave Mclaughlin, Frank
Mitchell Frank Coffin. Girard and several
others. Several OF the California y2cntS-
men will cruise over 10 TiburOn and enjoy
the Corinthians hospitality. Tomorrow
captains Will report on board the flagship
at 10 a. m, and receive instructions for
the last sail in squadron for the season of
1899 That the Corinthians intend TO try to
regain the San Francisco Perpetual Chal-
Ienge Cup as soon as possible is Indicated
by the terms of the circular issued TO
members. which states that the season
now drawing to a close has been full Of
pleasure and honor TO the Corinthians
even though, in response to pressing
request, the cup has been loaned to anoth-
er club"
Next Saturday the CALIFORNIA; will close
the season at the club house on Oakland
Creek with an entertainments and on Sun
day, the 29th inst, Will take their last
squadron cruise.
made by Congress for the dredging and
Improvement Of AlvisO Slough, and a COM
nittee Of San Jose and Santa Clara COun-
" business men has been appointed to see
that the money is expended to the best ad-
vantage. When the work under the con-
tract is finished there will be seven feet OF
water in the slough al the lowest tide. AS
the contract calls for an outlay of only
Sl2 500, there will still be left about $4,000
the expenditure of which would render the
harbor capable of accommodating the
largest coastwise vessels.
The annual championship race Of the
Tacoma Yacht Club took place September
80. but the breeze was so strong that only
two yachts crossed the starting line, Cap
tain Demangeon's Windward and Commo-
dore CaldWells Storm King. The former
started at 2:30 81. and the latter seconds
later The Storm King rounded Nashor
Island stakeboat some minutes ahead O1
the Windward and at Dash Point had g
half-mile lead. Then the Storm King raT
close in to shore and lost the wind, while
the Windward out in the channel bowleC
along under a stiff breeze and finished i
minutes ahead of her rival. 4 week pre-
ViOusly Commodore CaldWeIIs S cutter
rugged Storm King defeated A. Deman.
geon 5 sIoop Windward. Allen & Hosmer':
sloop Sappho, B. AleXander's sloop ven
ture, Johnson & Sloan's sloop Maclaren
and the yacht Augusta, sailed by Captain
Carlson.