Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-03
.LURLINE GIVES
BIG ALLOWANCE
COMEDIES TIME TO EACH OF
HER RIVALS
LOCAL YACHT IS SCRATCH IN
RACE TO HONOLULU
General Opinion Credits Her and the
Hawaii with Having Ocean Race
July Strictly Between
Them

!, Mr.. Callahan, the official measure
of the South Coast Yacht club, wa
not in a position to give the officia
, measurements of the yachts entered II
the transpaoific race yesterday, but al
unofficial figuring very nearly give
! the time allowances. The following
will differ by not more than minutes
from the official table. The Lurlin'
will be scratch; her racing length Il
approximately eighty feet. She vii
allow the Hawaii and the Lady MAUD
about eight and a half hours and the
Gwendolyn IL somewhere in the neigh
borhood of eighteen hours.
The crew of the Lady Maud, all the
members of which are volunteers, is
busily engaged with paint pots ano
brushes, getting the finishing touches
on the San Diego yacht In order to
be here in time for the race, Captain
Kyle was obliged to set sail before the
final coat of paint was applied to the
| cabin and the gingerbread work even
started on A good instance of the en-
thusiasm shown by the good sports
men of San Diego is evidenced by the
| fact that not only are all the crew
yachting volunteers, but they even
contribute towards the expense of the
4 Trip, each IIldn dSSSoSlHS uiAllSSlL PAO
| rata for the expenses.
They are jolly bunch aboard the
Lady Maud and all seem very happy
| over the prospect of the CURSE. They
avow openly that they concede but
little chance to their yacht, unless it
blows very hard, but they were de-
termined that San Diego should have
en- entry in the race and so came along
anyway. The crew comprises some
yachtsmen we'll known in Los Angeles
yachting circles, owing to the part
they nave taken in entertaining the
South Coast Yacht club during the Lip
ton cup races in San Diego waters.
Jim Jessop, Charlie Ledger and Her
bert Bowles, son of the secretary of
the San Diego Yacht club, are well
known and liked here and they have
undertaken their roles of deepwater
sailors with heartiness and vim that
is very pleasing.
Lady Maud is Roomy
The Lady Maud has flush deck, with
low bulwarks, and her draft of eight
feet permits comfortable standing
room below for the tallest sailor. She
has three roomy staterooms and large
main cabin forward of these. There
are eight hunks in the main cabin,
Win seats pSIOW ana d large tdDle III
the center. The galley leads out of
the main cabin and forward of this is
a forecastle, which IL used during the
race rs a place for storing supplies
and spare sails.
Two women will sail aboard the Lady
Maud during the race. They are Mrs.
Wilbur Kyle, wife of the captain, and
Miss Daniel. The ladies both are very
enthusiastic about the water and have
made up their minds to thoroughly en-
JOY themselves during the race and the
cruise back to San Diego.
Captains Are Interesting
Perh aps the two most interesting
figures in connection with this race
are Captain Sinclair of the Lurline,
ard Captain Harris OF the Hawaii, in
that 1t practically is certain that the
honors of victory lie between them.
They are deepwater men and have
earned their title of captain honestly
and well. Neither of them came down
the companion way, but through the
forecastle hawse hole, which is reck-
oned the proper entry for all good
shippers. They are men of very diff
ferent build, but of much the same
CALDER. Captain Sinclair is of medium
height and very squarely built, with a
lar neck that tells of the sturdy build
of body beneath it.
Captain Harris, on the contrary, al
most is a giant. He is more than six
feet in height and carries a pair of
broad shoulders that seem to have been
designed for carrying a uniform coat
There is nothing bulky about him. In
fact, were it not for the nightly shout
ders and deep chest, one almost would
call him spare. His eyes have the
same look of steady command that you
see when Sinclair gives an order and.
in this respect, the two men are very
much alike.
Taught Before the Mast
Capt. Sinclair went to sea when he
was only IA years old. His first trip
was made from Boston to San Fran
cisco and he shipped as boy" His
father was a sea captain and when
his son expressed 8. desire to go to sea
the father told him to go right before
the mast and learn the business prop
erly. This advice was followed with
such good effect that the next voyage
he signed as seaman and soon was
raised to A. B., or able-bodied seaman.
Before he had been at sea three
years he was the possessor of mates
papers, which showed him to be a
many years now Capt. Sinclair has
been to sea only as a yachtsman and
is well known in Southern California
as a power in the Edison Electric
company and other successful CONNER
cial enterprises of the great south
west
S. ]. Harris was born in Australia
March II, 1869, and he was inst old
enough to walk when he began his
seafaring experience aboard one of the
ketches that ply in coastwise trade in
those waters. He stayed in Australia
till 1888, working on coast vessels until
he had qualified himself to take COM
mand of ship. In that year he went
to Honolulu and took command of a
trading schooner. He has been in the
same business ever since and has made
a name as one of the most successful
navigators in the Hawaiian waters.
Harris Reduces Freight
A few years ago Capt. Harris dis
covered that the one steamship line be-
tween Honolulu and the island of
Hawaii was charging excessive freight
rates. He went boldly with his schoon-
er to the people of Hawaii and offered
to carry freight for just one-half what
the steamer people were charging.
Even this rate was high enough to al
low large profit and the consequence
was that not only did the sailing ves-
sci make many profitable trips but the
steamship line was forced to meet the
competition and the planters on the
island found their profits very greatly
increased when they figured up at the
end of the year.