Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-04
FELLOWS BOAT
WINS TWO RACES
RED FOX 0UTSAILS RIVALS
BOTH TIMES
DENSE FOG MARS DORY EVENTS
AT SAN PEDRO
Despite This Hindrance, Long and
Short Distance Contests Are
Sailed by Six
Starters
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| SAN PEDRO, Jan. 3.-Although e
dense fog prevailed outside the break
water this afternoon, six Of the new
dories were ready to race when the
starting gun was fired for the long race
! to Point Firmin Whistling BUOY and
return. Joe Fellows won this race and
a shorter race sailed later in the after
noon, while Merrily won second place
| IN the first race and La Coucha was
| second in the short race.
A steady breeze was blowing at 1855
! O'Clock, when the preparatory gun was
! f1red, and five minutes later the six
! boats with balloon jibs hoisted crossed
/ the line between the stake flag and the
southwest corner of the Miner bulk
! head, in the following order: Kitty,
Little Mischief II, Merrily, Blue Fin,
| La Concha and Red Fox. The course
| lay around the end of the breakwater
| up to Point Firmin, but in a few mo-
| ments the dense fog had drifted in so
/ that the end of the breakwater was not
| visible. Stewart Laughlin, chairman of
| the regatta committee, sent c. D. Cal
lahan aboard the power launch Lillian
@, Capt. Grin S. Weston, to help keep
watch Of the boats in the fog.
! Joe Fellows took a direct course
! through the fog to the end of the
| breakwater, while the other boats kept
/
lead in the beat to windward from the
| end of the breakwater to the whistling
| buoy.
The judges boat caught up with the
racers out beyond the breakwater,
where they were indistinctly discern
ible, lacking back and forth through
the fog. Red Fox was quite a distance
in the lead, while Little Mischief II
was closely followed by Merrily. Then
came La COncha, Blue Fin and Kitty.
| In the series of tacks that followed, the
Merrily and Little Mischief II had quite
a time of it, jOckeying for position;
Kitty moved up to fourth place for a
| time, but lost out again by going too
| far out to sea, where a strong current
| was running. Folsom took the Little
| Mischief II out too far, also, and Mer-
| rily ran ahead of him.
The fog lifted somewhat when the
boats were nearing the whistling buoy,
which was rounded in the following
| order: Red Fox, 1:13:20; Merrily, 1:15;
Little Mischief II, 1:17:29; La Concha,
1:21: Blue Fin, 80, and Kitty, 1:25.
| With spinakers set, the boats made a
quick run before the wind back to the
end of the breakWater, which was
turned as follows: Red Fox, 1:34:50;
! Merrily l 50 SO; Little Mischief II, 1:SS;
La Concha, 1:41:50; Blue Fin, 1880;
| Kitty, 1:46:20.
From the breakwater back to the
|
| tack in as far as the entrance chan
mel, and then a few tacks took them
| across the line. No change was made
| in the position of the boats after the
| Point Firmin buoy was reached and
! the finish was made in the following
time: Red Fox, 1:58:40; Merrily, 2:01;
| Little Mischief II, 2:03; La Concha,
2:O6; Blue Fin, 2:O8; Kitty, 2:O9:3O.
After the yachtmen had eaten
hasty lunch aboard, the second race
was started, the preparatory gun being
| fired at 2:20 o'clock and the start at
2:35. This course was a short one, the
! boats sailing down to the bell buoy and
returning, leaving the buoy to star
| board.
La Concha crossed the line first,
| closely followed by Blue Fin, Red Fox,
Kitty and Merrily. Through a misun
derstandlng as to which gun had been
! fired, Folsom was late in bringing Little
Mischief II across the line, but he made
10 somewhat on the first leg of the
| race About ten seconds was the diff
ference between the time of reaching
| the bell buoy, La COncha rounding at
2:36, followed by Red Fox at 2:36:10,
Merrily at 2:36:20, Kitty at 236:3O, Blue
Fin at 2:36:38 and Little Mischief at
2:36:42.
Folsom Immediately put in close to
| shore, and it was believed he had bet
ter chances than the others, but La
! COncha and Red Fox took course
| farther out and were followed by the
| other boats. Fellows gained on La
| Concha and by a series Of tacks took
the lead away. Blue Fin went off on
| tangent and got so far behind that
Pugh did not try to finish. Folsom lost /
| by his inshore tack.
| The other five boats finished close to-
| gether, Red Fox beating La Concha by
| only twenty eight seconds. The finish
| ing time was as follows: Red Fox,
| 2:56:2O; La Concha, 2:56:48; Merr1ly,
| 2:57:26; Kitty, 2:58:22, and Little Mis-
chief III, 2:58:36.
! After the races were finished the sun
broke through the fog and the party of
enthusiasts in the judges boat warmed
up a little All had enjoyed the race.
although it was damp and disagreeable
| for the women in the party.
| At the next race, two weeks from to-
| day, it is planned to have the starting
| gun fired while the boats are at anchor,
| the crew being required to "up anchor"
! hoist sail and make a start across the
| line in the quickest time possible and
! then proceed around the course.
! The sailing crews in today's races
were as follows:
| Red Fox, Joe Fellows, Victor Stewart
and Henry Wheeler; La Concha, Bob
Fulton, Haines Reed and Charles
| Peake; Merrily, Warren Wood, Lester
| Brown and Clarke Somers; Kitty, A
Lester Best, Cleve Harrison and Charles
| Richardson; Little Mischief III, Walter
| Folsom, Bob Carter and Bob McClen-
nan; Blue Fin, Joe Pugh, Dan LAUDER
| sheimer and Herman Behrens The
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