Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-29
BY H. A. CHAMBERLTN

Mischief /, sailed by her owner, War
rem d. Wood, won the annual race to
Bird Rock at the isthmus on Catalina
island yesterday in one of the closest
and most exciting yacht races held in
Southern California in many years
trophy, which was won last year by
the Venus, owned by ex-Commodore
K. r. Bradley
The Siwash, owned by Charlie Full
ton and sailed in yesterdays race by
Joseph Pugh, won second place by the
time allowance given here by Walter
Folsom in his Mischief II, which, on
were the only boats which started.
Wood had a time allowance of six
teen minutes from Folsom and the ST.
wash had a handicap of eight minutes
over Mischief II.
Folsom was the first to cross the
line at the starting gun and was the
first to finish. He was closely fol-
lowed by the Mischief 1, two minutes
and fifteen seconds behind, the latter
winning the race by over thirteen min
utes with her handicap. The Siwash
followed the other two boats over the
finishing line several minutes later,
winning SECOND place by about five
minutes.
From the start of the race until the
yachts rounded the breakwater at the
finish OF the race, the boats were not
more than twelve minutes apart
around the entire course, which meas
ures 5S nautical miles. The course eX-
tended from the end of the breakwater
to the buoy off Point Cicente, thence
to and around Bird Rock and return
to the ck pile.
Mischief II was over the line first
at the starting gun, closely followed
hxy 1.iU MiCnhinf
the leeward berth. Folsom gradually
pulled away from Wood and stood
out on a southeasterly tack. When
the Mischief I and II had cleared the
breakwater, the Siwash swept past
the starting line and started on an
outward tack. When a few hundred
yards out, Folsom tackled in toward
shore, but when Wood kept on the
same tack he had taken from the
breakwater, Folsom Immediately
Thought" it best to come about again
and follow suit
All of the boats hugged the kelp
beds until they got to Point Vicente,
when they rounded the whistling buoy.
Mischief II rounded it at 12:26:30 and
was followed by the Mischief l at
12:39:11. The Siwash rounded it at
12:51:36.
From the buoy to Bird Rock was a
close reach. The wind was blowing
from tine west, shifting as the boats
neared the island to southwark. Fol-
som had great difficulty in setting his
reaching jib after shooting out from
Point Vicente. It was here that Wood
gained quite a few seconds on him.
When Folsom finally got the sail set
he headed too low of Bird Rock and
was forced to change his position
when he came in sight of the rock.
Wood broke out his reaching jib just
r1.1 Loot
time in dousing his working jib. The
setting of his light sails all through
the race showed his crew to be the
best of the racers.
The boats rounded Bird Rock as
follows: Mischief II, 56:15; Mischief
], 12 minutes later, and the Siwash 4
minutes later On this leg. Wood had
gained considerable on Folsom and
the Siwash had also crept up on Wood.
Folsom, instead of jibbing his sails
with a hard swing in rounding the
rock, let her swing around until his
sails were flapping in the wind, and
it was some time before he succeeded
in filing them. This also enabled
Wood, who was on the watch for the
least advantage to slip up on him, to
cut a few minutes from the headway
he had gained at the start of the race.
Leaving the isthmuS, Mischief II
bore away on a nearly easterly course,
while Wood who had taken the "pre-
caution" to get his bearings before
hand chose a northeasterly course and
headed straight for Point Firmin 1t
looked as though Folsom was heading
for South America. The Siwash chose
a more easterly course than the Mis-
chief I. For a greater part of the
run the boats had their balloon jibs
set until the wind shifted in the mid
die of the channel until they were al
most running before the wind. 1t
was then that the respective shippers
endeavored to put on all the canvas
they could find. The Mischief II set
her spinnaker, as she was running
more before the wind than her COM
petitors, while the Siwash set her
reaching jib until a few miles out
from the breakwater, when she re-
placed it with her working jib, as did
the other craft.
The finish of the race was a pretty
sight After sailing a course of 5S
miles. the boats finished within five
minutes of each other.
Not once during the entire race did
Folsom sail on his own time. The
twelve minutes he gained on Wood
from the breakwater to Point Vicente
he lost partly in the run to Bird Rock.
From then until the finish of the race
he rarely outfooted the Mischief I.
The yachts had a fair sailing breeze
the entire race with the exception of
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