The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1922-07-22

petition and numbers. The word
| Success" could be we'll written and
| in unmistakab1e letters over the en-
| tire regatta.
Chairman Burns, who was at the
head of the big show, virtually,
though he figured on the program
only as chairman of the race commit
tee, was here, there and everywhere.
He had his forces we'll organized. He
wisely kept the forces of his work
Iing-end" of the race ommittee-Cap-
tains William J. Estoup, Clarence J.
Ferguson, J. A. Mermilliod, Lawrence
Wadsworth, and others-segrega
on the patrol boat of the Southern
Yacht Club, so that they might not
be interfered with. It was strenu-
ous day for the handlers of the race,
but they came out Of it in good shape.
There were only one or two instances
of confusion.
the contests between the Southern
Yacht Clubs fleet of 21-footer race
about cabin sloops, the other contest
between the big working schooners.
The surprise of the day was the
winning by robin Hood IP' of the
21-footer raceabout cabin sloop con-
test. She beat all of the other crafts
in this race to the finish line, though
she started in second place, and on
her handicap of only sixteen seconds,
but the erstwhile champion "Sor-
ceress Captain B. S. D'Antoni, own
er. Edward H. Keep skipper) by 20
seconds. Captain Edwin Pinac, skip
per of the robin Hood" sailed an
excellent race, and won entirely on
his merits. But "Sorceress" had won
so consistently over all of the other
21-foote1e, since she first started sail
ing in Southern waters, that the
winning of the Hood came as big
surprise, even to the sail sharps.
Apparently it was an off day for
tSorceress" and her skipper, Captain
Edward H. Keep. Robin Hood beat
the D'Antoni craft to first place, and
"Quakeress," sailed by Captain James
M. Kinabrew, beat her to second
place. "Sorceress" finished fourth.
The finish, on corrected time, be-
tween "Robin Hood" and Quaker
ass, was a decidedly close one. The
Hood beat "Quakeress" by just three
seconds, on corrected time-after
handicap had been deducted from
eIapsed time. This means that HOOD
beat Sorceress by 20 seconds, while
Ouakeress heat her hy~26- seconds
corrected time.
Cadillac" having no contender to
sail against, was permitted to SAIL
against time, the agreement being
that she should beat the actual
elansed time OF "Robin HoCd H." She
failed to do it. Shippers Of the IL
footer cabin sloop class complained
bitterly against the allowing by the
race committee, of this sailing OF
Cadillac in their race, several COM
plaining that the big cabin sloop had
interfered with them, materially, IN
the race. It could have been even
so.
The schooner race also furnished
surprise. both for the owners and
skippers of the big double-stIekers,
and for those who, having Travelled
from Biloxi, Gulfport, Pascagoula
and other points on the coast, took
particular interest in the event. The
champion Henry E. Gumble' was
again beaten-this time by Captain
Fosters brand new, handsome work
craft. the MARY Foster" The Gum
BILE" is owned by the Sea Food Com
pany, of which Henry Gumble, after
whom the schooner is named. Mr..
Gumble, who is a great sall-race
sportsman, was in attendance. he
could hardly realize that his cham
nion craft had been beaten.
Early Saturday morning 1t was
apreed among the shippers of the
three schooners entered that unless
there should be good sailing breeze
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