The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-03-15
IN
YACHT RACE
Whole Pacific Coast Is
Aroused Over the
Contest.

| Keen interest is being aroused in the
yachting circles 1t the Coast in tina
| big race and especially as the result
of it is looked for to determine the
supremacy between two old rivals, the
| Lurline and the Aggie. Comparing
the chances of these two and of the
other probable entries, the Chronicle
says:
The ocean yacht race from San
Francisco to Honolulu will bring out
keener competition than at first ex>
pected The entries of the Aggie,
owned by James Y. Coleman, and the
Mike, owned by Fulton G.. Berry, puts
some interest in the contest.
1t was known that the Lurline, own
ed by Mr. Sinclair of San Diego,
would be a starter, but it was though.
she would not have an opponent that
could give her race.
The Lurline and Aggie have had
many a battle together. In the bay
work the Aggie has mastered the Lur>
line, but when II came to outside work
the Lurline haa the longest string of
victories
The race to Honolulu will settle to
ject of the outside victories of the
Lurline.
During the time the Lurline raced
from San Francisco to Santa Cruz in
the regattas OF the now-departed Pa
cific Yacht Club she was owned by
Commodore John D. Spreckels. In
these races tie commodore always
had one or two of the pilots. Alexan-
der Swanson, the mana ging owner of
the piloat-bfat Lady Mine, was al
ways aboard, in fact, Swanson's kim
dergarten &C sea knowledge was the
Lurline. FIon ordinary A. B. he be-
came master of the Lurline, and then
graduated into the pilot service.
The forced duty 'off the Heads"
never slackeaed his love for the sport
of yachting, and for years he was
delegate from the Pacific club to the
interclub association.
He still has that love, and when Mr..
Coleman spoke to him about making
the race 10 Honolulu he took it up
with a vim. Now he is going to navi-
gate the Aggie, yacht he has often
beaten With the Lurline, against the
latter-which, among the yachtsmeu,
is called calling against an old love.
To the old timer the racing of the
ASSlG OTiIiSS OaCh Tie udyS u 1OIl1Iilo-
dort. Joseph Marlborough. He built
the Aggie and raced her in all the
big regattas. She was than a shallow
bodied center-boarder, and if the
stories that are still told around the
clubhouse fires can be believed there
must have been some rare old sport
when the big double-stickers met on
September 9.
Commodore Marlborough sailed her
for several years and then sold her
to Captain White, building in her place
the keel f1ush-deck schooner Jessie.
The Jessie was hardly launched be-
fore Captain White was out with the
Aggie after the scalp of the Jessie.
The Jessie was too fast for the Aggie,
but the latter always made sucn
good showing that there was the
keenest interest when the two yachts
met. In fact, one of the closest yacht
races ever sailed in the world between
yachts of their size was decided on
san Francisco bay
The Jessie won by two seconds, COR
rected time, over a twenty-seven-mile
course.
Captain White as he sailed back to
the judges boat after crossing the
line shouted for the result
ueH tOiu IIldt lie ndQ lOSl ny Two
seconds, he hove the Aggie to- with
the jib to windward, and lowered the
small boat, sending one of his crew.
TO the judges boat with five shining
twenties for Commodore Macdonougn,
who was aboard, in payment of lit
tie side bet on the contest.
To the younger yachtsmen the Ag-
gle means the favorite yacht of Com
modore Marlborough. whose Son, Jo-
seph NJ. Macdonough, has for the last
ten years given $3.50 year for cups,
sailed for on September 8, in memory
of his father, the late commodore.
a peculiar coincidence at this time
is that the other yacht to compete in
the ocean race, sailing under the flag
of a local club, will be the Mike.
The Mike is yacht of the present
day, but it is her skipper and owner,
Fulton G.. Berry, Admiral of the
Fresno Yacht Club of the inland sea"
that brings back thoughts of early
days.
Berry has sailed both the Aggie and
Jessie in races on the bay. He was
a great friend of Commodore Mac
donough, and was aboard in all the big
races.
The Mike will be put in racing con-
6ition by April l, while the Aggie will
undoubtedly be under way before that
time to stretch her new suit of racing
sails.