The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-09-02
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CORINTHIANS
A-PLEASURING
ON THE RIVER
Yachtsmen on Their Summer
Cruises.
Elaborate Preparations Made for the
Water Carnival Of thu
Might OF Venice"

Last Saturday the Corinthian yachts
Aeolus. Edna and Mignon returned to
T1buron from weeks cruise up the Sac
ramento River and Napa Greek. Having
sailed to and anchored at Vallejo on the
evening of Saturday, August 10, the three
yachts made Walnut Grove on the fol-
lowing day. Leaving Walnut Grove at
o'clock on Monday afternoon, they ran
through Georgiana Slough with fair
wind and tied up to the bank for the
night On Tuesday morning they sailed
out of the slough, still with a leading
wind, into the Mokelumne River, where the
sloop Aeolus stuck in the mud the others
getting by in safety. After about three
hours delay the Aeolus reached Antioch
and rejoined the other yachts. Here F.
E. Schober was picked up, and on
Wednesday the yachts proceeded to Mar
tinez and thence to Vallejo. Napa was
reached on Thursday afternoon On Fri
day night the boats dropped down the
creek on the ebb tide almost as far as
Vallejo, and on Saturday morning made
an early start for home From Vallejo to
McNears quick time was made, but from
there on to the cove the wind was light.
Mooringss. however, were picked up at
O'Clock in the afternoon: Paul Biber's
Mignon came down from Vallejo last Sun
day and on Monday sailed to Oakland
Creek
Last Sunday Commodore T. L. Hill. in
sloop Juanita, and G. T. S. White, in the
sloop Will O. the WiSp, cruiSed to Para
disc Cove, where ]. E. Billings was fishing
from the sloop Mike. Commodore A M.
Clay's Pastolus, r. l.. Games Surf, Car
rier's new sloop Jessie and the, sloop
u & 1 of the California Yacht Club also
came to anchor in Paradise Cove. The
sloops Eeolus, Truant, Edna and others
eruised off Fl Campo. on the, return
was becalmed off Yellow Bluff The
launch Edwinna towed the Cygnus in to
her mornings.
Corinthian Yacht Club. has fondness for
the Gallo tongue. His former yacht was
named Ecu Toilet CWiH O. the Wisp), and
to his new sloop he has given the appeIla-
lation Sans Souci (Without Care. The
Ecu Toilet is now owned by A. c. Eaton,
Club clIi 'Oi''ii''0oie u LIS ''U'H Day ''''
A meeting presided over by Director
General Hawkins of the executive COM
mittee of the Might in Venice" was held
In the Corinthian Yacht Club house on
! Wednesday evening. The transportation
committee reported that three boats will
run from San francisco to Tiburon on
| the night of September 16. at $50. and
! 745 o'clock. Only the first of these will
land its passengers at Tibqron;
quartets and chorus of forty voices
have been secured and will be stationed
on the barge at. the head of the marine
procession, which will start from Wheel
ers Point, come up the main channel to
| the Hotel Belyedere and thence past the
CONSTRUCTION st ra of Which viii be Under the
Superintendent of John. Stanton of the
| Hopkins Art School. will be Venetian
Senators, sailors and gondoliers. The
part of the Doge will be. taken by Frank
| Thompson and the motif of the perform
ance will be the wedding Of the ocean.
a submarine mine will be exploded and
a column of water thrown high into the
| air. Calcium lights will be thrown upon
the barge and electric searchlights on the
surrounding hills will brilliantly illumi-
nate the whole display. After the cere-
nony the procession will be reviewed by
the judges-Mayor ]. D. Phelan, Captain
R: H: FLETCHER, XYIanderlynn Stow and
been offered by the Corinthian Yacht
| Club. John H. Keefe and others for. the
most beautifully Illuminated ark, schoo-
ner. yacht, sloop yacht, house and row
| boat. The Assistant Secretary of War
has given the executive committee per-
mission to close the cove on the night of
| the 18th. and this Will be done by drawing
across the entrance a Gordon of yachts of
| the San Francisco, Corinthian and Cali
fornia clubs. The yachts will be in charge
| of Port Captain John H. Keefe. All
boats, launches and other craft are to be
| kept outside the line of yachts running
from the Corinthian Club house to Wheel
erS Point.