Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-09-23
GOLUMBLNE
WINS EASILY
GOOD BREEZE AND SMOOTH SEA
FOR RACES
Skipper Whitney Puts His Boat Over
the Course at Her Best Speed
and Only Once In Danger
of Losing
NY JACK yIyARTTAs

BY JACK VIVARTTAS
| In a steady breeze and smooth sea at
| San Pedro yesterday, Columbine again
renewed her right to the championship OF
the season just closing. Right from the
start Skipper Whitney put her over the
course at her best speed and only once
was there any danger of losing TO MIS-
chief II, her nearest rival.
| 1t was nearly a perfect day for racing,
wind enough to bring the boats home
early, and at no time was 1t anything like
puffy In the four classes ten yachts
lined up for the start Owing to the alb
sence of Minerva, the yawls did not race,
and in class Monsoon was missing, as
Uncle Pow had other business.
The smaller craft of D and G classes
were the first to get away, with Myth IN
the lead. Valkyrie led Venus over the
line, and with Portola following the four
made a very pretty sight, with sheets
slackened for a run to leeward. Before
they got very far it was necessary TO
trim little fiatter, and no attempt was
made to set light sails.
C class started alone at 12:45 with Col
umbine over the line as the gun popped,
and Mischief only half length astern
Skidoo, which had been released from the
domestic circle long enough to sail In
place of Monsoon, was next, about forty
SECONDS, later, WHllc iiSS AeA'S. -
minute and half in getting away.
coIumbine Weather
So far as their own class was con-
cerned. the 3o-footers kept the same posi-
ton all the way around the course. 1t
was Columbne weather. and she lost no
advantage except on the way home from
the seward mark, when in gybing IL
looked for a moment as If her mast
minutes
were lost in luffing up to tauten the back
stay, but as she had comfortable lead
the best Mischief could do was to cut off
some of the margin.
Yankee played in hard luck all day.
When the gun for the A class was fired
at | o'clock she was in poor position,
though slightly to windward. Detroit led
over the line by minute and twenty
seconds, and though run to leeward is
Yankees best stunt, she seemed ioggy
and never had chance to cut down the
lead.
Venus lead the whole fleet all the way
around the outer mark and past the
whistlng buoy, which she rounded ABOUT
two minutes ahead of Columbine. Not
moment was lost in getting the spinnaker
SET aboard of Venus, and she got nearly
back to the end of the breakwater before
Columbine passed her The latter also
made nice work of the spinnaker JOB,
breaking 1t out in one minute after get
ting around.
Mischief followed the leaders about
three minutes later, after making good
race in the windward work from the
flag She pointed and footed in her old
style, making a slight gain on the way
to the whistler. On the windward work
the fleet presented a pretty picture. all
making short tacks the most OF the way
and each appearing to head in differ-
ent direction.
water into the scuppers, but quick trip
was made. The judges launch lowered
near the whistler until Yankee, the last
to get around, had passed. Densnam
troubles did not come singly, for besides
a we'll nigh unmanageable boat, which
made Jack say things that wouldn't look
funny even in Puck, he was forced out,
of his course by the steamer Lacnian'
whose captain disregarded both the navi-
CATION laws and the ordinary marine
etiquette by getting right in the way.
Loses Five Minutes
BY altering his course to seaward a
point or two the lumber shower might
have gone under Yankees stern, but
instead he made Densham lun up INTO
the wind and lose fully five minutes till
the steamer passed. Detroit by this time
was so far ahead as to preclude all pos
sibiIity of Yankee catching up, but Jack
kept on and covered the course.
At the outer mark, on the way nome,
Columbine had lead of nearly four
minutes, and in the beat to wtndWard
to the finish line she made very gooo
showing. Had it not been for the un-
timely gybe she would have finisned
several minutes sooner.
III MOI cnraQd oft and
the breeze still holding good all made
good time. Long tacks and short ones
were in order, nearly ALI going well
down past Dead Mans island before
standing into the harbor Neither
Skidoo nor Marie showed any racing
form and the thirty-foot class had
really a two boat race.
Columbine finished at 3:19:22, Mis-
chief 3:24:O6, Venus 3.26:o5, Detroit
3:07:45, valkyrie 342:49, Skidoo 3:49:5o,
Yankee 3:58:31, Marie 4:06:42 and Por-
toIa at 10000. Myth did not cross the
line at the finish, but kept on up the
harbor to her mooring.
Secretary Best had his hands full, as
none of the regatta committee was on
hand to assist in the timing and start
ing of the fleet He pressed Cleve
Hamilton and Herbert Carse into SER
vice and everything went off without
a hitch. The early hour of starting
and the steady wind made an early
finish, most of the crews getting home
before dark. Except the arbitrary
handicap which is based on the rec
ords of the respective craft this sea-
son, and will be sailed October 49,. yes
terday's race was the last of the
season.