The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-10-13
YACHTS WILL RACE
FOR PRIZES OFF
SAUSALITO SHORE
San Franciscos to Hold Regatta
for Mosquito Fleet = Tiburon
Tars to Play Baseball Game

- ORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB feet
g cruised to Corinthian Cove yester-
day, where it lay at anchor for the
night. This morning Port Captain John
H. Keefe will go to the rendezvous in a
launch. conveying the refreshments and
the outfit for the baseball teams. The an
nual baseball match will be played be-
tween the Shorts" and the "Keegans,"
the former captained by Jack Short and
the latter by F. E. Schober.
The California Yacht Club has no sched
Uled event for to-day. The San Francis
cos will hold regatta at Sausalito for
small yachts having a racing length not
exceeding twenty-five feet. The event Is
open to boats enrolled in any of the bay
clubs and is under the management of the
regatta committee. consisting of DR.. T. L.
HILL w. G. Morrow and ]. r. Savory. The
course, to be selected by the committee,
will begin and end at the clubhouse at
Sausahto and will probably be triangular.
On Saturday, the 5th inst. the San
Francisco Yacht Club received some WIS.,
iting members CT the California Club, who
sailed over from Oakland Creek. Owing
to the lightness of the wind the California
yachts Thelma, Catherine and Secret did
not reach Sausalito until after D. m. ].
T. Carriers sloop Jessie E started from
her mornings, but after coming out of the
creek coIIided with a schooner, swapping
her bowsprit. In clearing away the
wreckage two of her crew fell into the
water, but were rescued without suffering
any harm.
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formal entertainment in the big room Of
the Sausalito, clubhouse. Last Sunday the
yachts Of the San Francisco Club and Of
the visitors cruised out to the channel,
where there was a moderate sailing
breeze. Among the Sausalito craft were
the yawls Royal and Phyllis and the
sloops Thetis. Mischief, Mike. Cygnus.
Juanita Dewey and Anita. Secretary W.
M. EdgelIs yawl Dulce has been sold and
will be moored at Tiburon..
Commodore w. N. McCarthy's schooner
Ramona cruised to Vallejo on Saturday,
the 5th inst, and the schooner Aggie also
went out for spin. George E. Billings
sloop Mike has taken up an anchorage to
the north of the Sausalito ferry slip.
Many Corinthian yachts Joined the San
Franciscos and Californians in their chan
mel cruise last Sunday, but few went be-
yond Lime Point. A heavy fog came in,
driving them toward the upper bay. In
Raccoon Straits the wind dropped and
the yachts did not reach their destination,
Paradise Cove, but dropped anchor in the
cove, between the point and California
City.
The jinks committee Of the Corinthian
Yacht Club held meeting on Wednes-
closing entertainment, to take place in the
Tiburon clubhouse on Saturday evening.
the 18th inst. were arranged.
The California Yacht Club holds its
closing entertainment on the same night
and the last cruise Of the season takes
place on the Sunday. The Corinthians
and San Franchises will cruise in COM
pany next Sunday, The San FranciscOs
have their closing entertainment at the
| clubhouse on Saturday, October 26, and
their closing cruise on the Sunday follow
ing, on which day the bridge at T1buron
will be raised to let yachts pass into the
lagoon for the winter season,
The challenger designed by Crownin-
| shield for the San Francisco Yacht Club
| should be ready on or before the 18th, her
sails having arrived from Boston. The
| yacht will be tried by crew and skipper
| CT the San Franchises and will then be-
laid uD for the winter.
Snakes, it is said. appear to delight in
being shocked by electricity. Several
thousand volts passing through their