Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-06
by jack YIvARTTAs

With the arbitrary handicap next Sun
day the South Coast Yacht club will close
the racing season, and after 1t most of the
yachts will be put out of commission and
laid up at Terminal island. In the hand
leap all time allowance will be given at
the start, and it is figured from the actual
performances of the boats for the past
season a close finish among the larger
boats should result.
In the eleven races no one boat started
every time Columbine came nearest with
ten starts to her credit, while in the
same class Marie started only once
Venus alone won every race she started
in, but instead of having a full score her
not starting in half of the races cuts
down her percentage to 800. a
BY the table 1t will be seen that ndl
only losing first place in races actual fh,
sailed counted against the boats, but wheeoO
they failed to start in a race in thee
class they were penalized an amount II
percentage in proportion to the number &c q
possible starts. For instance, Venus h, mai
eight possible starts, and she started orrtat,
four times Starting with a possiphib
average of 1000 she was peff2lized 125 4rr
each race not sailed. That left 900, and as
she won every time she started she has
clean score so far as races sailed count
Only One Perfect Score
Columbine lost ninety and fraction,
and her losing three of the races cost her
the rest. In only one class is there per-
feet score, the yawls having strated in
every race in their class.
Skidoo's poor showing is due to starting
only twice. her failure to start In eight
of the races costing 876. The working
out of the table was difficult PROPOSE
tion, but was necessary In determining
the time allowance for the arbitrary race.
Not only past performance figures here.
but the difference in size must be taken
into consideration. Thus. while Portola
Is very little ahead of Skidoo In percen1
age she Is much smaller, and Is given a
lead of an hour and fifteen minutes, while
Skidoo gets only twenty-four minutes.
So lust is the rule by which the handi-
caps are figured that Valkyrie won a
similar event at Santa Barbara with only
a few seconds to spare over Columplne'
which started nearly last. y,
In this race each of the yachts VIII
start separately except where their time
allowance figures out the same, nence
Monsoon, and Mischief start together at
1910 or eighteen minutes ahead OF De-
troit which is scratch boat.
The course is from the wh1stllng puoy
off Point Firmin to Vincente and pack.
This should make it practically a wind
ward and leeward race, for there IS
usually head wind to Vincente. On SUCH
III
hut with anything like good breeze.
considering the time allowed either val
kyrie or Mischief I should make gooo
showing.
Monsoon Has Little Chance
of co,,rse Monsoon starts with Mischief
hut she is hardly so good boat on
windward work. Valryrie, In spite OF hsr
losing the race at Frisco, Is very speeoy
boat and has handicap enough oVer
Venus to give her chance fIhen as
Venus starting four minutes aneau u
Mischief / will make the race very
teresting for the thirty-footers' ~,
Venus is every inch racing craft apie
IN anv kind of weather, and on that course
oniv half n gale will make her oeleat
sure On her record, YANKEE WIZ ~
have a chance, and Detroit ana Coluinoiiie a's
are too late in starting TO run nome -.
time to win. Mischief IL peins us .art
sa,antes hebind Monsoon at the start
nav make It interesting for the wnite
sloon No doubt the former VIII ieao a.
tha t,rr hut unless there is TOO ihucii
sae some Of the earlier starters Will De on
their way home before either OF 'ne
thirty-footers turn. ~ ar.d
I'M sor portola. After that the sub
sso,enf starters will have to watcn their
Clocks and start when the gun pops on
~ sj,. time Should any craft get across
AZ lire before her time wnisue from
the the Judges i launch will recall them. ,,,,
'IS Next XII Saturday valkyrie and Merlin WIN
~ soid at auction, but 1t is TO De ex-
pectsd De sOu that jerry sauires will reserve tho
Fights Fights, to race valkyrie in the nanuicap,
Besides the two twenty-foot cioups OOPS sN az
ara several launches to go unuer the
hammer at the same time. .,.a =. ~
Attention of the members Is callee 10
.x,aat,ng of the club at San Pedro Satur-
e-%~ of in the evening. NO
aaS enSciaI car win be rum but close connec-
tion can be made to the CLUB mouse WIN
ether the 6:s5 or the Dominguez line, or
49,, s,a'7 o,cloc< car on the Gardena line.