Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-29

WOOD ANNEXES
SAILING HONORS
WINS SHIPPERS CONTEST AT
SAN PEDRO
GETS TWO FIRsTs, ONE SECOND
AND A THIRD
Dory Season Closes with Novel Series
Of Races for Glory of Being Known
as the Champion Skipper OF
South Coast

SAN PEDRO, March 2S-Warren
Wood proved himself to be the most
expert skipper Id the series of dory
races which were held in the outer
harbor here this afternoon by winning
two or the races and securing one sec
ond and one third place. giving him the
championship with a percentage or
S125. Fred Lambourne proved to pc
the next choice of expert sailors, while
Walter Folsom, who heretofore mas
been regarded as the most skillrul
yachtsman, received third place.
The usual preparatory gun was fired
from the Judges boat at 1926 o'clock,
Haines Reed and c. ]. Goodenow COM
prising the regatta committee In charge
of the races. At 1880 o'clock the boats
crossed the line, led by Folsom In Little
Mischief II. Lambourne in Chill Pep
per followed. Then came Fulton In La
Concha, Wood in Merrily and A.. Lester
Best in Kitty. Besides the shippers
there were two in the crew as hereto
fore. The wind was brisk and held up
pretty we'll throughout the afternoon.
In the free run before the wlnd Iast
time was made to the bell buoy, whicn
was turned without change in the posi-
ton of the boats. Just after Best had
rounded the mast on Kitty gave way
and he had to give up his position
in the races. Wood, Folsom ana Lam
bourne put up a pretty fight IN the
series of tacks necessary IN peatlng
back to the winning line. Wood
crossed the bows of the Mischief, but
Folsom again got the lead. The finish
was close, Wood crossing the line to
Windward of Folsom at 2:01, FOLSOM
finishing at 2:04:01, fouling the norther-
ly stake flag. Lambourne in Chill Yep
per finished a second later, WINE La
Concha was so far outdistanced tnat
AID NOT try tn finish.
In the second race Wood sailed In
the Mischief, Lambourne in the Merriiy
Fulton in Chill Pepper and Folsom III
La Concha. The boats got away at 2:So
o'clock, Fulton in the lead. followed by
Folsom, Wood and Lambourne. Merry
showed speed and rounded the bell
buoy at 2:41:20, followed by Folsom ot
2:41:21, Wood at 2:41:22 and Fulton
at 2:41:24 Lambourne took the on
shore tack, while the others kept In for
q short distance, but soon followed MS
lead. The Merrily continued fast under
Lambourne's guidance and crossed the
finishing line at 3:04:2S. Wood brought
Little Mischief II back at 3:05:02. while
Folsom finished In La Concha at 3:06;b
In the third race Wood led off with
La Concha, followed by Fulton in Mar
rily, Lambourne in Little Mischief and
Folsom in Chill Pepper. Merrily again
showed speed before the wind and Full
onds ahead of Wood at 3:4O:25, the
others following but a few seconds
apart Wood now took La Concha on q
long offshore tack, while the others
kept in. He showed his good Judgment
in this, for he easily outdistanced the
other boats, giving to La Concha her
first race by a margin of two minutes
and forty-four seconds. The finish was
as follows. Wood-La Concha, 4:02:01;
Lambert Mischief, 4:04:45; Folsom
Chill, 4:05 :36; Merrily-Fulton. AO7:1L
The fourth race started at $50
o'clock, Fulton leading off with Little
Mischief II, followed by Wood in Chill
Peppers. FOLSOM in Merrily and Lam
bourne in La Concha. The wind was
much lighter in the last race, but the
race was an exceptionally pretty one
The start had been made with the
boats very close together, but Merrily
again showed her heels and beat Chill
to the bell buoy, which was rounded as
follows:
Folsom, 4:3o:45; Fulton, 4:30:4S; Lam
bourne, 4:30:52; Wood, 4:30:56 Folsom
now kept off on the long tack out to-
ward the breakwater and was closely
followed by the Others. This tack was
maintained as far as possible in order
to give another long tack in toward
the finishing flags. Fulton lost his posi-
ton, coming in over three minutes be-
hind the others. The final race was
finished as follows: Folsom-M errily,
4:54:10; Lambourne-La Concha, 4:55:01;
wood-Chili Peppers. 4:55;25, and Fulton
in Little Mischief II, 4:58:50.
The Merrily had proved the fastest
boat, but her owner, Warren Wood,
proved himself the most expert skipper.
With his crew he had taken the La
Concha over the same course and won
her first race for her.
Wood won the Herald cup and the
championship with his Merrily in a
series of sixteen races and now has
won the shippers race in a fair test.
The four races today were in many
respects the best and most interesting
of the winter dory races, which have
now closed. The wind was good, the
crowd large and good work. manifested
by all the crews. The yachtsmen will
now devote their time to getting new
boats finished for the races of the
larger yachts, but the dory races will
be looked forward to by all, as their
introduction this winter by the South
Coast Yacht club has proved to have
been a most successful step in provid-
ing sport for the members of the popu-
lar club.