The San Francisco call., 1905-05-27
YACHTS RACE
To SAUSAL|TO
San Francisco Tars Hold
Handicap Contest Down
From McNears Landing
PRIZES ARE TWO CUPS
California Fleet Cruises
to Vallejo and Corin-
thians Have an Open Date

The race of the San Francisco fleet
from Vallejo to Sausalito on Sunday, the
18th inst, that was called off on account
OF lack of wind, will be resailed to-mor-
row. First prize on the former occasion
was awarded to w. G. Morrow's fast
sloop Challenger, the only yacht that
crossed the finishing line off the club
house under sail. DR.. 7. L. Hills sloop
Queen distanced all the rest of the fleet
and reached Sausalito with a lead over
all the yachts except the Challenger, but
owing TO lack of wind and an adverse
tide could not sail across the finishing
line. The second and third cups were
not awarded and will be sailed for to-
morrow.
The fleet will cruise to McNears Land
ing this afternoon and will race down to-
morrow. The tide floods from 1925 p. m
to 7:33 p. m. at Fort Point to-day, so that
any part of the upper bay can be reached
easily. Tomorrow the tide runs out at
Fort Point from 7:4S a. m. to lis p. m.
The fleet will anchor at McNears to-
night and will start on the journey down
at noon tomorrow.
The schooners Aggic and Chispa will be
the scratch boats. and the rest Of the
feet will receive arbitrary handicaps as
follows: Sloop Annie, four minutes;
sloops Thelna, Sappho and Queen and
schooner White Wings, eight minutes;
schooners Virginia and Martha, ten min
utes; sloop Amigo. sixteen minutes;
sloops Ariel and Minnetonka, twenty
minutes; sloops Thetis, Nautilus and
White Heather, twenty-five minutes;
sloops Phoenicia and Merope and schoon-
er Josephine, thirty minutes; sloop Cur
lew and yawls Royal and Ripple, thirty
six minutes; yawl Wave, thirty eight
minutes; sloops Surprise and Juanita,
forty-two minutes; yawl Witch, forty
eight minutes; sloop Zada, one hour and
twelve minutes. The race will be under
the management of the regatta commit
tee, which consists of Roy c. Ward,
Henry G. Toll and Loring P. Rixford.
To-day and tomorrow are open dates
on the programme of the Corinthian
Yacht Club.
The feet Of the California Yacht Club
will cruise TO Vallejo to-day, returning
tomorrow on the ebb tide.
The annual regatta (the twentieth of
the Corinthian Yacht Club will be sailed,
according to custom, on Decoration day.
The feet viii be divided into six classes,
as follows: 2O-footers, yawls, 25-footers,
30-footers 36-footers and yachts whose
racing length exceeds thirty-six feet. The
20-foot class includes the yawls Witch
and Kittiwake and the sloops Caprice,
Nirrettee. Vixen, Kuku and Loiterer.
The yawls are Arcturus, Naiad, Spray,
FL Reyo, Acapulco and Truant. The %
footers are the sloops Cupid, May, Neva,
Josie, Discovery, Dixie, Hiawatha and
Ruby The SO-foot class comprises the
sloops Aeolus, Mignon, Comet and Cath
crime In the 36-foot class are the sloops
Emma, Meteor, Edna, Freda, Neptune,
Genesta, Harpoon, Presto and Kathleen.
In class one are the sloops Speedwell,
Mike, Clara. Mischief and Aloha.
The 30-foot class, which in former re-
gattas has furnished the most interest
ing racing, has dwindled to four boats,
the Presto having been enlarged to a 36-
footer, the Truant having been rebuilt
and rugged as a yawl and the Amigo
having been chartered by member of
the San Francisco Yacht Club. The rae
ing in the 25-foot and the 36-foot classes
will be interesting, the former class in
cluding eight and the latter comprising
nine boats. Among the 36-footers are the
fast yachts Meteor, Harpoon and Presto
and the old rivals Edna and Emma. In
class one the race will be between Com
modore T. Jennings Speedwell and Full
ton G.. Berry's Mike. Both are fast
boats. in the best of condition and will
be sailed for all there is in them.
The racing sloop Corinthian had trial
over the cup course with the sloop Mike
last Sunday and acquitted herself splen-
didly. The Corinthians are quite salts
fed from her behavior in the heavy sea
and strong breeze of Sunday, April 30,
that she can stand any sea or weather.
Commodore w G. Morrow will try out
the sloop Challenger during the holidays
and will decide on the makeup Of his
crew next week