FOREST AND STREAM. 
July 18, 1908.] 
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Yachting in California. 
San Francisco, Cal., July 3 .— Editor Forest and 
Stream: The ocean race, held under the 
auspices of the San Francisco Y. C., June 21, 
for the Shreve cup, has been accorded the dis¬ 
tinction of being the most successful one ever 
held by the yachtsmen of San Francisco Bay. 
The course, which is estimated at 22 l / 2 nautical 
miles, was from the Presidio shoal buoy off 
Fort Point, to and around the San Francisco 
light ship and back to the starting point. The 
large boats, Martha, Speedwell, Nixie and 
Yankee, were unable to overcome the time 
allowance that their size required and the race 
was won by Harry Brindle’s little 25ft. sloop 
Neva flying the colors of the San Francisco 
Y. C. The Corinthian sloop Ruby was second 
by the close margin of 43 seconds corrected 
time. The yachts were all well handled and the 
race was a pretty one from start to finish. The 
breeze was rather light at the start, but when 
.out beyond the Heads, a stiff wind was en¬ 
countered, and all of*the boats finished within 
one-half of the time allowed, which was eight 
hours. All the boats received time allowances 
based on their length, Dr. Emmet Rixford’s 
Annie getting the smallest allowance, 10m. 39s., 
and A. Stevens’ Ruby the largest. The race 
was held under the management of the regatta 
committee of the San Francisco Y. C., the 
members of which are A. W. Follansbee, Jr., 
F. H. Muchmore and Roy C. Ward. The result 
of this race will give a great impetus to ocean 
racing, and much credit is due the club and its 
commodore, F. G. Phillipps, for their enthusiam 
in promoting the sport. 
The trans-Pacific race from San Pedro to 
Honolulu, which starts at noon, July 4, is at¬ 
tracting the attention of yachtsmen all along 
the coast, and the prospects are that this event 
will be a highly successful affair. The yacht 
Hawaii, commanded by Capt. S. J. Harris, has 
received much attention from admiring visitors 
since her arrival at San Pedro and has been 
keeping open house for the reception of inter¬ 
ested guests. On behalf of the commercial 
bodies of San Pedro, a committee of ladies 
composed of Mmes. O. C. Abbott, F. D. Foote, 
G. A. Williams and J. F. Richardson, have pur¬ 
chased a handsome loving cup, appropriately 
inscribed, which will be turned over to Capt. 
Harris of the Hawaii, to be presented to the 
Honolulu Ch*nber of Commerce, as a trophy 
of the trans-Pacific race when he arrives at the 
island port. 
Los Angeles people who were interested in 
the clipper were tendered a reception on board 
the boat one afternoon this week by Lloyd 
Childs, of the Los Angeles Chamber of Com¬ 
merce. 
Capt. S._ T. Harris, of the Hawaii, came to 
Honolulu in 1888 as a foremast sailor on board 
the bark W. B. Godfrey, and in 1898 com¬ 
manded the schooner Concord, which was the 
first vessel to enter Honolulu after the annex¬ 
ation flag raising. At the present time he is 
employed by the Inter Island Steamship Com¬ 
pany as mate on the steamer Niihau, and has 
been allowed a vacation in order to take this trip. 
Commodore H. H. Sinclair’s schooner yacht 
Lurhne, the entry of the South Coast Y. C. in 
the trans-Pacific race, has just been fitted with 
a new spinnaker boom made by Fellows. This 
measures 40 feet in length and is made of Cali¬ 
fornia light red cedar, a wood that is coming 
into great favor not only here, but in the East. 
J he advantages of this wood are shown in 
some comparative weights. The former cedar 
mast of the Mischief was, although of solid 
wood, 62 pounds lighter than the hollow spar 
ordered by Joe Pugh from New York for the 
Monsoon. The Venus has taken a new spar of 
-edar which is 82 pounds lighter than the former 
Oregon pine spar, and the new mast is half an 
inch larger in diameter. 
The spinnakers for the flagship Minerva and 
the Wasp will be of Union silk, and the Lewey 
lofts are making a full suit for the Rutie B., the 
new yacht being furnished by Joe Fellows for 
Lee Garnsey, of Redondo. New sails are also 
being made for the yacht Volga, of Santa 
Barbara and a new jib is for the Enchantress, 
the auxiliary yawl owned by J. W\ Paterson, 
which was formerly called the Evangeline. 
The yacht race for the Keefe cup, held June 
28 under the auspices of the Corinthian Club, 
was won by Frank Stone’s sloop Presto, beat¬ 
ing W. G. Morrow’s sloop Challenger by the 
narrow margin of 26s. corrected time. The 
course was from Hunter’s Point to Redwood 
City and return, a distance of 26^2 nautical 
miles. Among the boats taking part were 
representatives of the San Francisco, Corinthian, 
California and South Bay yacht clubs. 
The fleet of Golden Gate Y. C. sailed to 
Vallejo on the night of June 27, and on the fol- 
1 owing day participated in a handicap race 
back to Sausalito. Sixteen yachts made the 
start from Vallejo, but the wind failed when 
close to the home anchorage and several of 
them did not finish within the required time. 
The, finish was an extremely close one, A. C. 
Tee’.s Ariel winning from Commodore W. w! 
Haley s. Sappho by the narrow margin of 17s. 
The skippers of the different yachts were not 
informed beforehand of the time allowances 
given the various boats, but on the clubhouse 
wharf the members were familiar with the con¬ 
ditions and excitement ran high as the end of 
the race drew near. The Merry Widow the 
latest addition to the Golden Gate Y. C.’s fleet, 
made her initial appearance in this race, but was 
unfortunate in carrying away her rudder off 
Pinole Point, and was forced to abandon all 
hope of winning. A. P. B 
Beverly Y. C. 
On July 4 the Beverly Y. C. held two races; 
a team race in the morning, starting at 11 A. 
M., and an open sweepstakes race in the after¬ 
noon, starting at 1130. The wind was perhaps 
10 knots from the southwest, and made excel¬ 
lent racing. The most interesting feature of 
(if y r W p S extreme] y creditable showing 
of Mr. F. C Paine’s 21-footer. This boat looks 
somewhat lower than her competitors, her 
designer lining taken advantage of a slight 
modification in the rules, to build a boat with 
very low freeboard. The boat seems to be fast 
in light weather, and stands up and behaves well 
as it breezes on. 
Four hundred and twelfth regatta. Team 
race Start, 11 A. M., off club house, on July 
4 - Judge, H. N. Emmons, Wind S.W 8 
miles: 
21 -footers—Special Course. 
■nt -nt Team No. 1 . Points 
No Name (F. C. Paine) and Amanita IV. (Joshua 
^ rane; . 1750 
r> , „„ „ Team No. 2 . 
Barnacle (W. E. C. Eustis) and Illusion (C. M. 
Baker .... 750 
15 -footers—Special Course. 
Team No. 1. 
A m ta (Walter H -Hellier), Jub Tub (Howard Stock- 
tO-AL Ya| u (Miss Margaret Codman) and Tinker 
(William Emmons) . ^375 
Team No. 2 . 
Mongoose (Miss Eleanor Emmons), Polly (Charles 
L. Harding), Seeps (Miss Katherine Warren) and 
Uarda (Mrs. John Parkinson, Jr.). 2125 
Four hundred and thirteenth regatta. Sweep- 
stakes race. Start, 1:30 P. M., off club house, 
on July 4. Judge, F. E. Cabot. Wind, S.S.W. 
good breeze: 
Third Class—Jib and Mainsail—Course 14 — 113/1 Miles. 
Idler, James Jackson . i cq 4k 
Geisha, W. E. Howe.’’ o 15 07 
Teregram, L. Smith .Protested. 
21 -footers—Course 15—1014 miles. 
No Name, F. C. Paine. i oq n? 
Barnacle, W. E. C. Eustis.i 29 10 
Amanita IV., Joshua Crane. i qn 17 
Illusion, C. M. Baker. j 31 26 
lS-footers—Course 18 — 8 % Miles. 
Seeps, Miss Katherine Warren. 1 25 50 
Anita, C. E. Hellier. 1 25 50 
Polly, Charles L. Harding. 1 25 51 
Rebekah, W. W. Hobbs. !1 27 00 
Jub Jub, Howard Stockton, Jr. 1 27 40 
Yalu, Miss Margaret Codman. 1 27 50 
Tinker, H. W. Emmons 2 d. p 29 30 
Uarda, John Parkinson, Jr.1 29 40 
Mongoose, Miss Eleanor Emmons. 1 30 50 
Fly, Miss Mary Williams . 1 32 03 
Peacock, Robert Winsor, Jr.. j 1 32 45 
Jack, R. F. Elerrick, Jr.’ 1 37 59 
First and second money divided between Miss 
Warren and Mr. Hellier, and third money given 
to Mr. Harding. 
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