The San Francisco call., 1904-07-02
AMATEUR TiRS
PLAN CRUISES
Shippers Of Challenger and
COrinthian Will Practice
With Crews in the Channel

=. A cruise 10 Napa City is set down on
Yacht Club for the holidays It is prob
able thar Commodore w. 6. Morrow
VIII not make the trip. as he is desirous
Is g. out with his crew for practice on
the Challenger in. the channel. The
great race on next Saturday for the
Perpetual Challenge Cup is drawing so
near that no opportunity for practice
20 VIII be lost by the captains of the Chal-
.ienger and the 'Coriuthian.
: The crew Of the Challenger will con-
.Etst of Commodore ". q. Morrow, cap
tain: ex-Commodore r. 5. Bridgman, ].
q: Cockeril, W. w. Haley, Harry
Helen. w. w Farrar and Hillyer Deu
prey w. G. Morrow, r. S. Bridgman
. and J. c. CockeriIl sailed on the Chal-
. lengcr in the race of 1902, when she
= won the trophy by defeating the Har-
:poon. Haley is one Of the owners Of the
sloop SapphO, Farrar owns the sloop
Alice and Deuprey he sloop Marianne.
Jnasmuch as the flagship will not make
the cruise TO Napa City, it is possible
the trip may be called off. Vice Com
=. 1n0dore Jeuness, who, in company with
+. II. Welch, H. @. Toll and H. Gingg,
has chartered the schooner Challenge
for the rest of the season. viii be in
command Of the fleet during the holi
days.
The -Corinthian feet, or at least some
Of the larger yachts, viii cruise this
evening 10 Army Point, proceeding to-
morrow through MonteZuma Slough to
'. Vallejo, where anchors viii be dropped
for the night. On Monday the yachts
.nyJu race down from Vallejo TO TiburOn
or some point near Belvedere cove. each
boat receiving an arbitrary handicap.
This is the first attempt of the Corin-
thians 10 hold race from Vallejo TO
IiburQn and il is no easy task for the
regatta committee to assign proper
handicaps. The tide on Monday is not
suitable for such an event, as it be-
gins 70 food at 9:33 a. m. at Fort Point
p rendering an early start from Vallejo
necessary so as TO get we'll down the
hay with the ebb tide.
The fleet Of the California Yacht
Club viii cruise this evening to San
Mateo point. where 2 clambake will
be held Tomorrow. The feet will re-
turn 10 moorings in Oakland Creek on
Monday On Sunday the 10th inst, the
annual race for the Wallace trophy will
be held by the California Yacht Club
The feet OF the South Bay Yacht
Club viii cruise tonight, starting at
9:45. TO Redwood City, where it will
anchor. Ladies viii be aboard several
Of the yachts. On Sunday, the 10th
inst. there viii be a regatta for schoon-
ers for the Sonniksen Cup, the start be-
ing at 1890 p. m
In the formal challenge for the Per-
petual Cup the racing length of the
Corinthian was given as 2991 feet.
Should the boat, on being measured,
prove to have a smaller racing length,
she viii still have to race at 2991 feet.
whereas, is she turns out TO have a
greater racing length. she will have To
give q corresponding time allowance to
the San Francisco boat. The official
measurement of the two yachts will be
made next Tuesday at Stones yard, in
Tfburon cove, or other convenient spot
by George Harold, measurer Of the
Corinthian Yacht Club, and w w. Far
rar, the San Francisco Club measurer
The race will be in charge of the re-
Eatta committees of the two clubs with
Allen NJ Clay of the California Yacht
Club as referee. The officials will bt
conveyed over the course on the steam
er Resolute or Sunol, tickets for which
may be purchased by any one desirous
of viewing the race The steamer will
be at the wharf at 1880 a. m; the pre-
paratory gun for the race win be fired
at 1925 p. m. and the starting gun al
1890 d. m. The course is that Of tn,
San Francisco Yacht Club, the chal
Iensed party. The yachts start acros.
q line between two stake boats anchor
ed off Powell-street wharf and sal
thence due north three miles to poin
beyond Point Blunt and about opposite
20 Quarry Cove, Angel Island; thenci
beat out to Preside Shoal buoy, leav
ing Alcatraz Island on the starboarC
hand: round the buoy, leaving 1t OF
the port hand; thence to a stakeboa
anchored over the site Of Blossom
Rock, leaving it-on the starboard hand
thence beat out a second time to Pre-