Los Angeles herald., 1908-08-08
ALL ABOARD FOR
SANTA BARBARA
YACHTS OFF TO TAKE PART
IN REGATTA
More Tha a Score of Competitors
viii Leave San Pedro Break
water for Channel City
at Noon Today

More than a score of yachts will
leave the breakwater at San Pedro at
IL o'clock today and race nearly 100
miles up the coast to the Channel city.
There they will participate in the
crowning event of the yachting world
of Southern California, which is the re-
gatta to be held at Santa Barbara
under the auspices of the Santa Bar
bara Yacht club, beginning Wednesday,
August II, and continuing until far into
the night of August IA.
The race in the sailing class will be
for the Heberler cup. A much larger
fleet of sailing craft will enter the
ocean race than was the case last year
and great contest is looked for. There
is keen rivalry among the boats, ans
the yacht that wins the race will have
to steer clear of calmS during the long
windward run. In addition to- the
racers the auxiliary schooners Nautilus
and Sweetheart, the yawls Diana and
Enchantress and the big Anemone, all
of the local club will cruise to Santa
Barbara.
The large schooner yacht Aggie of
San Francisco, now cruising in local
waters, also will join the feet off Santa
Barbara; Yesterday was passed by
many of the sailors of the different
boats in putting things shipshape. The
Wasp is said to be even in better cor
dition than when she defeated the
Venus in the recent race of seventeen
miles. 1t is asserted that in that race
her mainsail appeared too baggy and
hindered her in windward work, but
now the sail is in good condition ana
she is expected to give the Venus the
race of her career, regardless OF the
fact that this will be her first long
ocean race.
The ocean power boat race from San
Pedro to Santa Barbara also is Great
ing considerable interest among the
local boatmen. The boats entered in
this event will start from the break
water at San Pedro at o'clock Sunday
morning. and the course is one which
will test their sea worthiness. Up to
the present time the entries for this
event are the Clara L, Bessie Lewis,
Iona and Emma r. 1t is possible thas
other power boats will enter at the last
moment, but even with these boats
alone the success of the race is as
sured. The boats and engines of the
power boats have been measured by z.
Callahan, the official measurer of the
club, who will announce the handicaps
today.
A conference Of A. Lester Best, secre-
tary of the South Coast Yacht club,
with the officers of the Santa Barbara
Yacht club consisting of Commodore
l.. OilI6i NM oolAiNS - AC"7
ley, vice commodore; John S. Edwars.
E. J. Gourley and Don Leach, resulted
in the following schedule:
August 12-Santa Barbara club cup,
open to all classes.
August 12-Class S, for Santa Bar
bara yachts of the 18-foot class.
August 13-Two races, one for classes
N and P and the other for classes Q
and r.
August 14-Morning, power boat
races; afternoon, arbitrary handicap
for the chamber of commerce cup, open
to all boats that shall have competed
in the races of the previous days.
In the class N event the two best
known entries are Mischief l. Mitchell,
owner, and Mischief II, Folsom, owner
Others, however are entered.
For the class @ event A. M. Squire
has entered his new yacht, the Wasp.
The Venus is another entry for this
race. These two yachts have sailed
three races and victory is still unde-
cided.
Commodore r. P. Spaulding has en-
tered the flagship Minerva, and Francis
Hay has entered Arrow for the class P
event.
In class r Eugene Overton has en-
tered Katrina, w. S. Wright the Sea-
bird and Warren Wood the Muriel.
This class is the largest in the fleet and
Includes the ttulu d, oHdWOWy L Ol-
tola, Hilda and Vixen.
The local club will be lavish with en-
tertainments ashore. On the evening
of the first day of the races there will
be a smoker at Elks' hall. Vaudeville
features will be supplied and there will
be much to satisfy the inner man.
On the second evening there will be
a surprise for the visitors, but the en-
tertainment committee refuse to give
out any information that will in any
way supply an inkling of what it pro-
poses to do. There will be something
doing every evening, augmented by
band concerts on the beach. A grand
ball at the Potter hotel will be the
event of the third evening.
1t is expected that Commodore Phil
lips of the San Francisco Yacht club
will he here with the Monsoon and j.
V. Coleman with his private yacht
Aggie. The Aeolus of the San Diego
Yacht club is expected; also the Trilby
of the Junior Yacht club of San Diego