Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-22
FAST DORY IS
AGAIN WINNER
MERRILY ANNEXES BOTH SAN
PEDRO RACES
LIGHT WIND MAKES FAST TIME
IMPOSSIBLE
Little Mischief II Finishes According
to Her Name-Captan Harrison
of Kitty capsizes Boat in
Surprising Manner
Especial to The uerald.l ]


SAN PEDRO, Nov. H.-Repeating
his performance of last Sunday, when
he captured both of the dory races Of
the South Coast Yacht club, Capt.
Warren Wood in the fleet Merrily to-
day won both dory events In the outer
harbor.
The weather conditions this afternoon
were entirely different from those of
last Sunday Heavy winds and drench-
ing rain were the features of the initial
winter racing, but today the breeze was
exceptionally light and slow time was
made over the triangular course.
The starting of the first race was de-
layed for forty minutes by an accident
to the Kitty, which was sailed by Capt.
Cleve Harrison and w. ID. Whelan, jr.
Just after the starting gun was fired
Harrison moved forward on the frail
little craft, and in some unaccountable
manner lost his balance and capsized
the boat. a cold spill into the salt
water and the task Of ballng out the
boat did not help the sailing abilities
of either boat or crew, and as a result
the Kitty was towed in over the last
leg in both races, being SO far behind
that the others gladly gave her the
percentage of fifth place without re-
quiring her to complete the course.
Merrily led off at 1855, closely fol-
lowed by the Blue Fin, Capt. Peake;
Little Mischief II. Capt. Folsom; Chilli
Pepper. Capt. Lambourne, and Kitty,
Capt. Harrison.
The first leg was a reach to a flag
in the breakwater. Merrily increased
her lead and rounded at 2;30:20, fol-
lowed by Little Mischief IL, 2.37:10;
Chill Pepper. 237:55; Blue Fin, 2:39:20,
and Kitty, 2:47:30.
Merrily Takes Lead
With free run before the wind.
which was wellNto the south, the boats
made good time TO the bell buoy on
the next leg, rounding as follows: Mer-
rily. 2:47:05: Little Mischief II, 2:54:37;
Chilli Pepper, 2:56:30; Blue Fin, 2:5S03
and Kitty, 3:10:10.
Merrily maintained her lead on the
last leg, finishing fast in 30:03:1O, fol-
owed by Little Mischief II, Chill Pep
per. Blue Fin and Kitty.
The second race began at 1888, Little
Mischief II leading off with Merrily
and Chilli Pepper close at her heels. II
was one of the prettiest starts ever
made i'm the dory racing. Blue Fin was
a triae late and Kitty brought up the
rear.
The judges boat was placed in a posi-
ton half way to the breakwater flag
and was used as a corner in the trian-
gular course. Merrily took the lead
from Folsom and rounded at 3;52:1O
followed by Chill Pepper, S:54:02; Little
Mischief IL, 3;55:30 Blue Fin, 3:56;03,
and Kitty, 3:5625.
Chill Pepper gained a position ahead
of Folsom and maintained it on the
spinaker run to the channel entrance
beacon, which was rounded in the fol-
lowing order: Merrily, Chill Pepper,
Little Mischief II. Blue Fin and Kitty.
On the balloon run to the finishing
line Folsom overlook Lambourne, who
had some trouble with his light sails
and thus saved second place. Merrily
maintained her lead and easily won the
race by finishing 4:10:12; Little Mis-
chief II. 4:13:S5; Chill Pepper. 4:14:04;
Blue Fin, 4:15:05. Kitty towed in.
Although the light winds today put
somewhat of a damper on the races
AMI poor time was made the sport was
enjoyed by all. Spectators in the
judges boat and in other craft took Il
keen interest in the contest.