Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-12
YACHTS PUT OUT
FOR HONOLULU
LURLINE IN LEAD TEN MILES
FROM SHORE
slx-Knot Breeze Renders Auspieious
Start In Transpaeifie Race-ereat
Crowd Bids Fleet
Farewell
nv Associated Press.

SAN PEDRO, June 1.-THE great
Yacht race over the 200O-mile course
from this point to Honolulu was start
cd at ~ o'clock noon today. owing to
the disaster to San Francisco, but three
of the original nine entries started.
They we're the Anemone of the New
York Yacht club. the LurIine of the
South Coast Yacht club and La Paloma
of the Hawaiian Yacht club. La Pa
Iona got away first, just as the fac
tory whistles were blowing for the
noon hour She was half minute in
the lead of the Iurline and the Ane-
none followed to the breakwater seven
minutes later. The wind was fresh,
blowing from the northwest, about
ten miles an hour.
The smaller craft of the South Coast
Yacht club passed the stake boat at
the outer end of the breakwater five
minutes ahead of the ocean racers
The Anemone is the largest one of the
three starters. She is 112 feet over all
with 2t-foot beam. Capt. Linderberg of
New York was in command of the
crew of eleven men, and on board was
the owner, Charles L. Tut. of Colorado
Springs and Judge B. C. Simpson, Prof
l.. A. Il. Alters of the Colorado college
and Thayer Tut.
The Lurline, 81 feet over all. is in
command of Commodore M. l.. Sin
clair of the South Coast Yacht club and
carried q crew of six men. La PalOma
AZ feet over all. is commanded by
Capt. c. ". Mosier and has on board
her owner. Commodore Mcfarland of
the Hawaiian Yacht club, and a crew
of five.
La Paloma has twenty-seven hours of
handicap for size and Lurline has six
teen hours over the Anemone. Great
enthusiasm was manifested over the
start of the great race and the outer
harbor was thick with craft of every
size and description when the starting
shot was fired. Great throngS of peo-
pie lined the bluffs, where a fine, clear
view of the scene of the start off the
end of the great government break
water was to be had.
La Paloma dropped her anchor half
an hour before the other yachts hoisted
all sail and made several tacks across
the still waters of the harbor before
poking her nose into the heavy sweils
outside. The press boat, the launch
Hesper, Capt. Hamilton in commando
the Terrier, with members of the
chamber of commerce of San Pedro
and invited guests on board, and the
launch Cricket, commanded by Capt.
Banning, with a party of Los Angeles
sporting men aboard, accompanied the
yachts several miles out to sea-
Numerous other smaller craft also
followed in the wake of the racers for
several miles. Five of the crack yachts
of the South Coast Yacht club started
from San Pedro with the ocean racers
and will accompany them around Cata-
lima island, which lies twenty-five miles
to the southwark of this port.
The smaller craft will make a race
of 1t and a handsome trophy is up Cor
the first boat to return to the starting
point of the breakwater. The
Hawaiian Yacht club is taking care of
all arrangements of the finish of the
ocean race and twelve days after the
start watchmen will be stationed at
Diamond Head to keep a lookout for
the yachts. Each boat will display sig
nails when five miles off the Hawaiian
coast.
When the starting gun was fired at
1l:55 o'clock the Lurine came down
under mainsail, foresail jib and jibstay
sail. Her main topsail was spread but
her fore topsail had not been broken
out. The La Paloma came down, a
moment later. under main and fore
sail Jib and jibstay sail. The La Pa
Iona and Lurline jockeyed for position
but the Anemone did not leave her
anchorage until after the preliminary
gun had been fired, when she came from
Denlnd the breakWater under mainsail
jigger, foretopsail jib and jibstay sail.
When the starting gun was fired at
12 o'clock La Paloma lay directly be-
hind the line and crossed one-half
minute later, and the Anemone crossed
a 12:O41a.
As the fleet crossed the line the wind
began freshening from six-knot
breeze to one of about fifteen points,
and the Anemone began to pick up the
distance gained by La Paloma and the
Lurline at the start, La Paloma lying
to windward of the Lurline, which
seemed to be drawing away.
Ten miles olH the Lurlne led. La
Paloma was second and the Anemone
brought up the rear.
OF the vessels entered in the eighty
mile race around Catalina island the
Monsoon, Joe Pugh's entry, got away
first. Byron Eckenbecker's Detroit was
second, Frank Garbutts Michief
third Capt. X. r. Bradley's Venus
fourth and Walter Folsom's Mischief III
last. These vessels were closely punched
and all crossed the line ahead of the
transpacific racers. Ten miles out the
boats were in this order: Detroit, Mis-
chief |, Monsoon. Venus and Michief III.