Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-10
YACHTS TO START
LONG RACE TODAY
Cruise to Honolulu Will Begin with
Gun to Be Fired at
Noon
WlNS0ME NOT TO BE ENTERED
Gretchen of San Diego Club Wins
from South Coast Club
Boats
WINSOME NOT TO BE ENTERED

SAN PEDRO, July 9.-Over fifty
yachts and motorboats were ready to-
day to carry spectators to the start of
the Honolulu yacht race and several
hundred people were disappointed when
1t was announced an hour and a half
before the time set for firing the start
ing gun that the race had been post
poned.
However, those who came to see the
start of the long race saw instead both
the start and finish of one of the most
exciting races in the history of the
club, in which the san Diego Yacht
club carried away honors long held by
the South Coast Yacht club.
The start of the Honolulu race was
postponed to give Morgan Adams a
last opportunity to close negotiations
with Francis Hay, owner of the new
yawl Winsome, so he might enter the
race The number of entries was dis
appointing and the South Coast Yacht
club has for several weeks been maxi
ing an effort to get the Winsome in the
race. Her owner finally consented to
let the yawl go under pressure of the
sentiment of the club members. but
imposed conditions that were hard to
meet.
IMPOSSIBLE CONDITIONS
Adams worked hard to get the boat
and finally at the eleventh hour secured
a proposition that he thought he could
meet. Then after the race had been
postponed the business agent of Hay
imposed impossible conditions that
could not be complied with in the re-
quired time under any circumstances.
The race to Honolulu will therefore
start from the end of the breakwater
tomorrow noon. Adams was given I'M
til o'clock this afternoon to enter the
Winsome. 1t had been agreed that
should he enter the new yawl the start
would be postponed until Tuesday to
give him time to get stores and that
should he fail to get the boat the race
should start tomorrow. AT 8 o'clock
he notified Commodore Smith of the
South Coast club that he would be I'M
able to enter the Winsome.
Commodore Smith, Captain Wilder of
the yacht Hawaii and Captain Ward of
the Molilou held conference at 10:S0
this morning. The request for a post
ponement was agreeable to all parties,
but particularly to Captain Wilder, who
Is a true sportsman and wanted to
make the race as interesting as posi-
BILE. With the Winsome out it is gen.
orally conceded that the Honolulu club
will win the cup
FIRE IN RACE
When the postponement was an
nounced all hands set out to the race
over the Point Vincent course. There
were fNe yachts OF tne SOutH Quasi
club entered-the Mischief /, owned
and sailed by Warren Wood; the Mis-
chief H. owned and sailed by Walter
Folsom, and the Venus, owned by j.
c. Farnham and sailed by former Com
modore Bradley. The entries of the
San Diego club were the Gretchen,
owned and sailed by John Hawley,
which won the race, and the Aeolus,
owned and sailed by Frank Wyatt.
From the starting gun at los until
the finish four hours and half later
the race was full of interest and those
in the big fleet of yachts and power
boats that followed the race were well
entertained.
The boats crossed the line In bunch
with the Mischief II in the lead, the
Venus next, followed by the Gretchen.
There was stiff breeze at the start
and also at the finish, but over most of
the course the winds were variable and
gave the shippers much opportunity to
show their skill.
CLOSE RACES
There were a number of pretty races
over the course. One of the best was
between the Mischief II and the Aeo-
lus. The Mischief led on the first leg,
but the Aeolus gained and had nearly
covered the distance between them
when the Mischief II rounded the buoy
on the eight-mile beat to windward
down the home run.
Nearly all the boats made the race
in short tacks, keeping close in to
shore, but the Aeolus made one long
tack to sea on the run up the coast
that nearly gave her the lead over the
Mischief II.
Another pretty race was that be-
tween the Mischief / and the Gretchen,
which tackled back and forth so close
together that a boathook would have
reached from one to the other. The
crews had a nice visit together until
the Gretchen blanketed the Mischief
and catching her breeze, shot ahead.
SENSATIONAL FINISH
The finish was a sensational one.
With the exception of the Venus, which
finished so late that her time was not
taken, there was but 171a minutes be-
tween the first and last to cross the
line. The Mischief II finished at
5:19:90, the Aeolus at 5:24:45, the
Gretchen at 5:25 and the Mischief II
at 5:26. The measurements of all the
boats have not been taken, so that
the handicaps can be reckoned, but
there is no doubt that the Gretchen
won the race.
WILL START AT NOON
Another large crowd is expected to-
morrow noon to witness the start of
the Honolulu race. There will be but
three boats to go over the line on the
run of $500 miles, the longest regular
yachting event in the world. The Ha-
wall is the largest of the three. She is
seventy feet in length and will be COM
PEELED to allow the Mollilou handicap
of eight hours and the Sweetheart
eight hours and thirty minutes
Capt. Lew Harris of San Diego will
sail the Sweetheart for Commodore
Smith of the South Coast Yacht club.
He sailed the Lady Maud in the last
race The Mollilou will be sailed by
Captain Ward, who has with MN
number of prominent members of the
various san Francisco clubs.
This morning when the race was
postponed all the boats were busy stor-
ing away ice, watermelons green corn,
fresh meat and other pershables that
had been held until the last minute,
the crews anticipating start little
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