The San Francisco call., 1904-08-13
SAUSALITO TARS
SURRENDER CUP
TO CORINTHIANS
Perpetual Challenge Trophy
to Be Handed Over at I'll
burOn Clubhouse Tonight
A NAUTICAL SUPPER
Swimming, Diving, BOatrac-
ing and Other Stunts at San
Francisco Quarters Sunday

There VIII be the sound OF rejoicing
tonight IN Tiburon. The San Francis
co Yacht Club viii turn over to the
Corinthian tsrs the Perpetual Challenge
Cup won by the sloop Corinthian from
the sloop Challenger in the recent race
for the most important yachting
trophy on the bay OF San Francisco.
Port Captain John Il. Keefe Will have
e Corinthian supper Of chowder, beans,
brown bread. amber ale, black coffee
and other colored nutriment ready at
$50 ?. m After supper there will be
songs and merry dOings IN the club
house. The pain OF parting with the
coveted trophy viii be nghtened 5
much as possible for the losers.
Tomorrow viii be an open date on
the programme OF the Corinthian and
the California Yacht clubs. The san
Francisco clubmen viii have day CT
aquatic sports at their SaUsalito quar-
ters. The programme viii include the
following events; Swimming races for
members Of the Olympic Club, for
members Of the San Francisco Yacht
Club and for members Of the latter
club who have not won any previous
races. high diving: fancy diving from
springbOard; barge race in the club
boats; a combined swimming AMI
dressing race. greasy pole walking con-
test: propelling skiff by hands and
climbing the mast Of a yacht for The
prize hung at the crOsstrees: chasing
the duck: blindfOld rowing race; a
lifting contest and landing a human
FISH with rod and line.
Preparations for the ninth annual
regatta Of the Pacific Interclub Yacht
Association are going on In addition
10 the cups given regularly by J. NJ
MacdOnough. II is probable there viii
be some trophies presented by the
cOnclave Of knights Templar There
was considerable talk among the dele
gates of making the events at the COM
ing regatta handicap races, but the
idea has been abandoned for this year.
as II is felt the task of handfcapping
yachts enrolled in various clubs in a
1air manner is one involving consider
able difficulty and requiring much more
time than the committee has at its dis
posaL
J. N Macdonough, the donor Of the
Macdonough cups, for the first five
years gave single trophy valued at
$50 each year, but for the second series
Of i've years he presented the sum of
$3.50 annually to be expended in tro-
phies for each Of the five classes into
which the yachts are divided. When
he was in San Francisco last August
he suggested further amendment of
the deed Of gift, saying that his CUPS
and sailing Of boats Of a normal type
and not to be captured by mug-hunting
racing machines. Handicap races have
been tried frequently in the Eastern
yacht clubs and have proved satisfac-
tory TO the owners and the clubs The
principle Of handicapping is common to
almost all sports and serves TO keep
the interest Of many competitors alive
A n Clay laid before the DELEGATES
at the first meeting Of the Pacific In
terclub Yacht Association of this sea
son a plan whereby the handicapping
might be arranged. Boats are classi-
he'd according TO their racing length
and are credited with points, each of
which is regarded as equivalent to one
fifth Of a foot The boats are then
rated according to their performances
IN club races, II il is a club event, or in
lnterclub regattas, If il is an interclub
race, being charged with two points
for each race won during a period of
four or five years. According TO the
new rating thus arrived at the boats
receive time allowances. When the
California Yacht Club first took UP
handicap races this was the plan adopt
ed- A boat which has never won a
race is, Of course. not penalized
This wears delegates are not dis
POSED, however. 10 take Up the work
Next year il is proposed to bring the
AllaALtt Up early IN the spring ana try
@ arrive at a satisfactory result. It
has been suggested that special prizes
should be offered for cruising yachts.
but this suggestion involves the diff
Guilty OF deciding what a cruising yacht
Is Boats like the sloop Aeolus. Cad
der, Helen, Truant and Presto 20 on
cruises. and yet were built with a view
20 racing and winning prizes. The
Challenger cruises up the Napa and
Sacramento rivers and yet IS called a
racing machine. The advocates of races
for cruising yachts" would not hear
OF the Challenger entering such events.
and would like 10 exclude the other
boats named in the foregoing. The
committee that first undertakes to
handicap the yachts for an interclub
race viii have its work cut out In
the Eastern States boats of the sco1v
type race against boats of that type
and hn-keel boats against fn-keel
boats, so that the result, apart from
the element OF luck that is inevita ble
and necessary IN all sports, depends
purely on seamanship, good Judgment
and clever handling OF the yachts.