Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-24
MISCHIEF Il WINS
YACHTING FINALE
Walter FoISom'S Craft with Aid
of Time Allowance, Takes
Arbitrary Handicap

BY the small margin Of 81 SECONDS
on corrected time, the yacht Mischlet
II, sailed by her owner Walter FOL
som, won the Arbitrary handicap Oh
the South Coast Yacht club yesterday
afternoon at San Pedro. Morgan Al
ans Mah-Pe was second and warren
Wood with Mischief L won third place
The Idler, a yawl, sailed by her OWN
er. K. r. Bradley, was awarded tourln
place. 80,
The event of yesterday marked the
close of most successful season OF
racing for the San Pedro club. seven
boats were entered and started IN the
race. The handicaps were based on
the past performances of the boats IN
previous races during the season anu
were not made public until after the
start of the race.
The weather was ideal, with fair
sailing breeze and hardly any sea. The
course was laid from the end of Miner
fill in the outer Los Angeles harbor,
thence to q stake flag, one mile east
of the end of the breakwater, thence
to and around the whistling buoy of
Point Firmin and back around the
same course to the starting point. The
course was twelve miles in length.
The preparatory gun was fired at
1855 o'clock and the getaway gun at
] o'clock. All the boats were across
the line within minute OF the final
salute from the regatta committees
launch.
The Mischief 1 rounded the starting
flag first and secured the wlndward
berth. Mischief IL followed close be-
hind her with the Venus, Idler, NAH
Pc, Minerva and Sea Bird following in
the order named.
The first leg of the race was bal
looner reach. All the boats broke out
their ballooner jibs as they crossed
the line.
On the run to the first stake the
Mischief / was slowly outfooted by the
Mischief II and the Mah-Pe. At the
first stake the boats rounded as fol-
lows: Mah-Pe, Mischief II and Mis-
chief /. They were followed a few
minutes later by the Idler, Venus, Mi
nerva and Sea Bird.
From the eastward stake to the
whistling buoy was a dead beat to
windward. The craft after rounding
the first stake stood in shore for a
long tack, and rounded the buoy in
the same order as they rounded the
first stake.
The third leg of the race was a
spinnaker run, gradually shifting to
ballooner as the boats neared the east
ward mark. All the DOaIS ndu QlIIl-
Guilty in setting their spinnakers ex-
cept the Mischief /, which broke out
the sail as the buoy was rounded. The
Mah-Pe lost several minutes in set
ting her spinnaker.
OF the last leg of the race the Mis-
chief 1 slowly picked up the Mischief
II until about a hundred feet from
the stake, when the wind freshened a
bit and the latter boat crept away
from her. The Mah-Pe had crossed
the finish line several minutes before
the last boat of the flotilla of racers
had rounded the last mark and were
on the homeward leg. On the last leg
Wood tried a reaching jib but few
minutes after 1t was set the wind
changed and he was forced to take it
down, losing several minutes thereby.
Mah-Pe finished first, but lost on ac-
count of the IL minutes handicap she
gave the Mischief II. The Minerva,
with % minutes handicap from the
scratch boat, Mah-Pe, was the last to
finish the race, the Sea Bird with a
handicap of 80 minutes, beating her
by ten seconds.
The Mah-Pe on corrected time was
beaten 81 seconds by the Mischief II.
Mischief I lost second place by six
minutes and several seconds.
The Minerva was sailed by George
Wallace and the Sea Bird by Joseph
Pugh The Venus was piloted by her
owner, John Farnham.