The San Francisco call., 1899-05-31
SPORTS OF A HOLIDAY
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ing it. The weather was not heaVy
enough to suit Frank Bartletts queen
In the 25-foot class the speedy Slope NE. NE.
rope proved winner and in the Zo-foot
class the Witch was the only starter. AS
the tide was flowing strongly al the ,Sil a..
ternoon there was very little sea. ne
ened considerably during the afternoon.
No mishaps of any kind occurred, anu Tie
regatta passed off very successfully.
The committee in charge OF the regaIta
Erskine and P. ]. Martenstein., The sloop
Arcturus was used as stakeboat, ana
with all her signal flags flying. presenWtea W
pretty sight. After all the yachts !,a hao
crossed the starting line the judges tug
with a large party of yachtsmen ana Ia
dies on board, steamed out toward the
Preside shoal buoy, from which, now
ever, she kept a respectful distance so as
to avoid all risk of interfering with the
yachts. Commodore e. A. WiltSee crulsed
around in the schooner Aggie, while Com
modore I. l.. Hill had a large party on
board the San Francisco flagship Cyg-
nus.
The California Yacht Club held its an
nual class flag regatta over the usuaI
course yesterday Starting one and half
hours later than the Corinthians, they had
fine sailing breeze, which freshened to
strong wind. In class l there were two
starters-the sloops Regina and Vega:
Goat Island on the beat out, but was
plucllily sailed round the course, though
she had no chance of finishing first. In
class there were also two StarterS-the
sloops Royal and Secret. Both crossed
the line almost together and soon after
the signal. The Secret made twenty sec
ondS better time over the course, but the
Royal having an allowance of l minute 22
seconds won on corrected time by l min
ute z seconds In class there were four
starters-the sloops Pactolus, Embla and
Occident and the yawl Idler. The Pac-
toluS, Embla and Idler crossed the line
almost at the same time and within ten
seconds of their class signal The Occt-
dent lost about three minutes in crossing
the starting line and later on lost three or
four minutes more by yielding the right of
way, according to the sailing order of the
day, to a Corinthian boat at Blossom
Rock buoy, which was one of the marks
in both regattaS. The loss of time, how
ever, made no difference in the result, as
her corrected time was % minutes % sec
ondS slower than that of Commodore AL
len NJ. Clay's Pactolus, which beat the
seconds. The course was estimated at
ten nautical miles. The regatta commit
tee consisted of B, W. Robson, J. w.
On Sessions basin, East Oakland, the
Canoe Club kept open house all day. The
swimming race, 22O yards, was won by c.
L. Taylor Jr. and the tub race by G. G.
Williamson. The sloop race was won by
Charles Stewards Beatrice and the Holi-
day cup by c. S. Myrick in the canoe
Pirate, C. L. Taylor Jr. being second in
the canoe Nereid and R. B. Balm Jr. third
in the canoe Vitesse. The sloop Beatrice
took out two or three parties for a cruise
on the creek and Commodore Philip
Caduc entertained visitors his sloop
Annie, the flagship of the club. After
dinner the boathouse was Illuminated and
a dance was enjoyed. Among the mem
bers and visitors present were the fol-
lowing:
Commodore Philip Caduc. Mrs. and Miss
Marchebout, Miss Kate and Miss Nellie Gaines.
Miss Grace Larzelere, ex-Commodore and Mrs.
T. S. Bowens, Miss Bowens, w. D. English,
Miss English Mrs Bray, Mrs. Cook. n.
r. Whiting, Charles Stewart, Guy Bayley, r.
]. Chapman e. Curtis, Curtis Wright, Thomas
Cushing, the Misses Lazarus, Miss Maize Otey,
Miss Helen Gompertz, Miss Ferrer, Miss Lucy
Cushing Miss Elise Cushing Miss Agnes Cush-
ing Miss Warfield, Miss Anita Gompertz, Miss
c. Barto the Misses Lazarus, Louis de F. Bart
lett and Miss Grace LarZeere.