The San Francisco call., 1904-07-09
Great Race for Blue Ribbon
of the Bay to Be Run To-
Day Over Channel Course
FIN KEEL VERSUS SCOW
Commodore Morrow Is Cap
tain of Defender-F. Stone
Steers Challenging Craft

to-day TO view the great race between
the fnkeel sloop Challenger OF the San
Francisco Yacht Club and the center
board racing scow Of the Corinthian
Yacht Club for the San Francisco
perpetual challenge cup.
In this race the Corinthian is the
challenger and the Challenger is the
defender. The Challenger will be
sailed by w. G. Morrow. commodore
OF the San Francisco Yacht Club. His
crew will consist Of r. S. Bridgman,
]. c. Cockerir. w. W. Haley. Harry
Helen, W. ". Farrar and Hiliyer
Deuprey.
Frank Stone is captain of the Cor
inthian, his crew being made up OF
Douglas Erskine. J. Short, Neill Nc
Lean. j. c.. Brickell. F. z. SchOber
and Commodore T. Jennings. Allen Nj.
Clay of the California Yacht Club will
referee. The race is under the manage
ment Of the regatta committees OF the
two clubs, the San Francisco repre-
sentatives being DIR. T. L. Hill Gin the
stead Of r. S. Bridgman, who Is sail
ing on the Challenger). Roy c. Ward
and c. NJ. Gum: the COrinthian mem
bers being T. ]. Kavanaugh, j. h
Bulger and A. ]. Young Gin place OF
Douglas Erskine, one Of the Cor
inthian's crew..
l. The two racing boats we're measured
on Tuesday at the Fulton Iron Works
by w. W. FarTar, measurer OF the san
Francisco Yacht Club and by Georgs
W. Harold, measurer Of the COrin-
THAN Yacht Club. The sail area OF the
| Challenger is 964.26 square feet. the
square root of which is 31.O5; this added
to 2615, the length on the water-line.
gives a total Of 572O, which, being
/ halved, gives $3.50 as the racing length.
The racing length OF the Challenger
in 1902 was 2S.5S. which, for the calcu-
lation Of time allowance. is the same
as 2s.6O.
The racing length OF the Corinthian
was not determined. as her jib was to
be altered. so that the exact area OF
the canvas could not be obtained The
measurers met again on Thursday and
found her racing length to be - feet
| On Tuesday F. Stone and Dave Dean
sailed the Corinthian from TiburOn to
1 the city front and back.
The judges boat to-day will be either
the steamer SunOl or the ResOlute. 1t
will be at the Powell-street wharf at
II 80 in the morning. The preparatory
gun will be fired at 1880 D. m, the
yachts being allowed two minutes
within which to cross the line without
penalty. The stakeboat of Angel Is
land, three miles due north from the
Powell-street wharf. is the first mark
and will be F. Stones sloop Presto;
the sloop Surprise will be the Bios
som Rock stakeboat. The starting-line
at the end of Powell-street wharf will
be marked at one end by a launch and
at the other by whitehall
The opinion is frequently heard
among yachtsmen that heavy weather
will suit the Challenger best and that
a light breeze will favor the Corinthian.
AS it is low water at Fort Point at 1:52
D. m, the first part Of the race will
be sailed on an ebb tide and the last
part on a food. 1t is probable that the
water will be smooth under these cir
cumstances. 1t is reasonable to suppose
that the Corinthians. before they sent
in the challenge at such a date that the
race would take place in July, when
the winds are strongest, had satisfied
themselves as to the performances OF
/ their boat in hard blow. The smooth
water is generally admitted TO be fav-
orable to the Corinthians chances. It
| is said that in Eastern waters the
/ yachts OF the scow type prove faster
than the fin-keel craft.
The tenth annual race for the Wal
| lace trophy OF the California Yacht
Club will be sailed tomorrow. the
I course being from the Oakland broad
gauge mole to and around PresidiO
ShOal buoy. distant six nautical miles.
leaving it on the port hand; thence
back to the starting point, passing
| Goat Island on the port hand-a beat
out and run home. Preparatory gun
will be fired at 11:10 a. m. for a one
gun start All yachts in the club are
considered as entered and light sails
may be carried. A launch will con-
vey the regatta committee, consisting
of A. Vekander, W. III. James and A.
II. Bauerle. partly over the course.
The trophy is at present held by the
sloop Thelma. which won it last year.
The proposed handicap race Of the
Corinthian yachts from Vallejo to
Tiburon on the Fourth was not held
The yachts were too much scattered
during the holidays and some Of them
encountered a hard blow of Collins
vile. which was passed under double
reefs. The yacht Emma was towing
Bush FenneIl's launch, but it made the
sloOp so unhandy that il was cut adrift
/ in the dark. Next day some fishermen
came along with the launch in tow. re-
: ceiving $50 for its salvage. Z. F.
Sager's Edna did not reach Vallejo till
10 o'clock Monday morning. owner and
crew being too tired TO want TO race