Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-02
LADY MAUD IS
AT SAN PEDRO
SAN DIEGO BOAT COMES FOR
HONOLULU RACE
HER THREE RIVALS GIVE HER
YACHTING SALUTE
All Starters in Transpaclfic Cup Event
Now Are Anchored In the Bay
and Ready for the
Starting Gun


The ship clocks on the other yachts
ancnored IN the outer harbor were Just
Ginning six bells, 8 o'clock, yesterday
afternoon when the Lady Maud
dropped her anchor and fired a gun,
which Immediately was answered by
the Hawaii, the Lurline and the Gwen
dolyn II.
The Lady Maud Is the San Diego en-
try in the race to Honolulu, and has
just completed her first voyage in open
waters. She left San Diego last Mon
Gay morning and had made a very slow
trip, on account of the light winds that
have prevailed off the coast recently.
Her time coming up absolutely is no
criterion of her speed, as the Lurline
took Just about as long to come up last
week.
Now that the Gwendolyn II has left
the ways at Joe Fellows yards and Is
anchored in the outer harbor, all the
four entries are near together, and, to
a spectator on the bluff, where the car
line ends, they are apparently strung
out in a line. From this point very
interesting comparison of the yachts
can be made.
Starting at the west end of the string
is the Lurline. She is the farthest
away, but looms up like big gray
hound In pack of foxhounds. Her
old-style schooner bow, with the long
bowsprit and clean oyerhang at the
stern, combined with the tapering ef-
feet of two new topmasts, give her the
appearance of a veritable clipper. She
is an old boat, but the sweetness of her
lines below the water are carried out
where the white paint shows, and the
distance gives wonderful impression
of chained power awaiting to be let
loose.
Next to the Lurline comes the Gwen
dolyn II, sturdy, strong and small. The
rather stubby mainmast, with its long
top above and the perky jigger at the
stern, give this good little craft the ap-
pearance of something very much alive
and cheeky" The dip OF her DOW anu
the rise of her stern give an idea Oh
the splendid water power beneath, and,
though small, one has only to look at
her to see that she would be hard
| one to beat in head wind and a mean
sea.
Abaft the Gwendolyn II lies the Lady
Maud. She has great freeboard ana
q heavy line of bulwarks that give her
the appearance of great power. her
mainmast overtops that of the Gwen
dolyn, and one almost can imagine
the mighty spar boasting of the sail II
can carry. There Is power written al
over the spars and hull, but there is
something Of heaviness with II, anu
the greatest optimist hardly could ma
ANYTHING about the lines and rig of the
Lady Maud that would lead MIN 10
predict her winner.
Last of all lies the Hawaii. This is
the Yacht that, with all our loyalty TO
Los Angeles and Captain Sinclair we
hope, deep down in our hearts, VIII
win She is entirely different from any
OF the other yachts. Her bow comes
mn In a curve that carries her DOW
spirit, seating high above the water.
Her stem comparatively is low, out
really not so low as it looks, on account
or the absence of bulwarks. Her uecK
is flush, with only low rail above the
counter, and, from distance, TINS
gives her the appearance OF nav uIis;
much less freeboard than she really
has. Her lower casts run straight up
to the hounds, where the rigging meets
in a cloud of rope and ratlines. Inc
souaresail yard at her fore adds to
the effect of material strength, ana the
two topmasts taper off until the trucks
seem to be as fine as the topmast stays,
which look like streaks of cobwebs in
the distance.
Cantain Harris received a letter yes
terdav from a very enthusiastic Ha-
waiian. His name is j. w. Wilkinson
and he is chief engineer of transpa-
cific steamer. Wilkinson, like many
sailors, is gifted with clever taste for
rhyming, and includes the Following
verv neat poem in his letter;
HAWAII AND THE MAN IN THE MOON
OF late we've sent challenger
To try to win the cup,
The Hawaiian yacht in the last race
Forgot to gobble up.
But now a boat we've sent them,
The Hawaii is her name,
To sail against their best ones
Wen lick them Just the same
CHORUS
For I'VE heard from the Man in the Moon,
And he Is our side.
Say, with him in we're bound to win,
For he controls the tide.
And you can bet the cup Wen get
Wen lick 'em mighty soon
Well win pile well, L should SMILE
For I've heard from the man in moon.
Captain Sinclair had for mate a deep
water sailor when he took the yacht
down to San Diego to be put on the
ways and cleaned. This was a Mr..
Giffin from Nova Scotia, who has sailed
all the seas from the western ocean to
the southern main. Giffin had a con-
tract which obliged him to join a
steamer yesterday, so was unable to
go OF the race. While he was aboard
he showed his knowledge of sailorizing
by directing the crew in such a way
that the work of getting the schooner
ready for sea progressed wonderfully.
In his place Captain Sinclair has en-
gagged Dick Eglund, well known in San
Pedro as a clever sailor. Eglund
worked for Joe Fellows for some time
as expert rigger and his work has
come to be recognized as the best of
it's kind in these waters. When it
comes to handling light sails and d.
recting a crew in quick jibe, Dick
Eglund is very much at home, and we
may be sure that the Lurline will be
held on her course and her sails
trimmed to perfection while her mat3
is on watch.
MARTIN is WINNER