Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-22
NORDLHVGER
RACE NEXT
SOUTH COAST BOATS WILL BE IN
LINE SUNDAY
YANKEE AND DETROIT TO MEET
AT LAST
Old Mischief VIII Not Sail for Lack
Of Grew, as Fritz Whitney
Is Again on the COL
umbine
BY JACK vIvARTTAs

| with the blisters on the hands of the
racing crews scarcely healed after the
hard work at the Santa Barbara regatta,
the tars are preparing for race to the
isthmus and back next Sunday for the
Nordlinger trophy, a Chelsea clock,
| which will be retained In the club house
of the South Coast Yacht club and have
the winning boat inscribed on its base
| The clock will be subject to perpetual
challenge, and sailed for each year over
the triangular course from the San Pedro
breakwater to the whistler off Point Vim
cente to Bird rock, off the isthmus and
back to the starting point.
Official instructions, which were is
sued yesterday, state that the race is
open to all cabin yachts under thirty-six
feet racing length which includes both
Yankee and Detroit.
These two big boats have practically
been raced but once this season-in the
Venice regatta, when Yankee won from
Detroit after the latter's throat halyards
had parted, making the result very un-
satisfactory to both shippers So keen
has been the rivalry between the crews
of these two craft, which are in a class
of thejr own so far as the rest of the
clubs racing fleet is concerned, that
private match was arranged for next
Monday, but postponed to permit of their
being entered in the Nordlinger event.
The other entrants will probably be
Monsoon, Columbine and Mischief II, all
sometime winners and good sea-boats.
Mischief I, which caused so much sor-
row among the crews of both Columbine
and Monsoon at Santa Barbara last
week, will probably not be entered be-
cause of her prize-winning crew being
otherwise engaged.
Fritz Mixing Trouble
Fritz Whitney will return to his old po-
sition of chief trouble mixer aboard
the Columbine, Louis Small has returned
to San Francisco and Charley Hubbel
is over at Catalina. Both the Sylvester
brothers are back at their old trade of
pulling painless teeth, and the teddy bear
is having the Santa Barbara victories in
scribed on his collar. So the good old
black box will have to swing idly at
her moorings for want of a crew.
With all the talent going to waste
among the rocking chair aggregation, 1t
seems too. bad that she should not be
allowed to show the fleet the way around
the course but, of course, one boat can
not be permitted to monopolze all the
prizes Just because she has the speed.
The course of the race for the Nord-
linger trophy will be from stakeboat
anchored off the east end of the San
Pedro breakwater, to the whistler OFF
Vincente; thence to the buoy off Bird
rock, and back to the starting point
Particular attention is noted that the in
structions are imperative in The matter
of placing the stakeboat Off the east end
of the breakwater and any skipper look
ing for 1t on the end is apt to get into
serious trouble Time allowance for this
race will be figured for fifty miles.
In addition to the Nordlinger trophy,
the s. C.. Y C. has offered second
prize for the yawl class over the same
course. Arrow and Minerva will probably
enter in this class. and as both boats
have won over the other, good race
should result.
For the and D classes there will be
race over shorter course, for club
trophies, starting from the stakeboat on
the breakwater (east end), to Bird rock
at the isthmus, and back to the break
water. Time allowance for this race will
be figured for "A miles. In all OF the
races each mark except the flag at the
finish will be left to port, the finish flag
alone being passed to starboard. Prepar-
atory gun for all classes will be fired at
1925 a. m. and the starting gun at 1O:SO