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FOREST AND STREAM 
[Sept. 26, 1908. 
Pacific Coast Yachting. 
San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 5. —The ocean 
yacht race from San Francisco to Santa Cruz 
that was held last week under the auspices of 
the Corinthian Club, for the Casino cup, was 
one of the most successful races of the year, 
and the big crowd of yachtsmen which made 
the trip are congratulating themselves on the 
success of the contest. The splendid time that 
was made was a surprise to every one con¬ 
nected with the race, for never before in the 
memory of any of the old-time yachtsmen has 
the run to the Surf City ever been made in less 
than ten hours, and the performance of Martha 
in covering the distance in less than eight hours 
is considered remarkable. Even the smallest 
boat in the fleet, Ruby, crossed the finish line 
in less than nine and a half hours, and the sea¬ 
going qualities of the entire fleet was thorough¬ 
ly tested in every particular in the strong breeze 
that prevailed from the very start. 
Almost the only accident of the trip was to 
Yankee, which boat had to turn back on ac¬ 
count of a part of her rigging carrying away. 
The members of the racing crews feel that they 
have quite a joke on one of the regatta com¬ 
mittee. After the boats left San Francisco, 
Commodore Stone decided to take the 9 
o'clock train for Santa Cruz to take the times 
of the yachts in case they should come in be¬ 
fore dark, and the other officials took a train 
some hours later in order to be on hand to 
relieve Commodore Stone in case a night watch 
would be necessary. The astonishment of Com¬ 
modore Stone can be well imagined when the 
train pulled into Santa Cruz, shortly after 
1 o’clock, and he saw two of the racers already 
anchored in the bay and the others in sight. As 
it happened, Fred W. Swanton, of Santa Cruz, 
a member of the club, and who had made 
arrangements for a reception for the yachtsmen, 
was notified by telephone from Davenport of 
the approach of the fleet and secured a launch 
and got to the finishing point in time to take 
the finishing times. Tt is likely that the next 
time a race is started to the Surf City there will 
be some one on duty at the fishish from the 
time the start is made. 
The race was won by Rubv, the smallest boat 
in the fleet, with the others in the order named: 
Presto, Merry Widow, Harpoon, Nixie, Alert. 
Martha, Ariel and Frolic. After the race was. 
over, the owners of the larger yachts protested 
the victory of Ruby. It is alleged that no yachts 
under 25ft. were to have been entered, but that 
at a late hour Ruby, a 20-footer, was allowed to 
participate. “We believe that a three-hour 
handicap in a 65-mile race is too much for a 
larger yacht to overcome,” said Fulton G. 
Berry, owner of Nixie. “We admire the pluck 
of the little fellows, who deserve great credit 
for what they did, but yachts of a larger type 
and class would hardly have a chance against 
the big time allowance which is given the 
mosquito fleet.” 
A special meeting of the directors of the 
Corinthian Y. C. was held, and it was decided 
to award the cup and prize to Ruby. No 
notice of the resolution nassed by the Board 
of Directors regulating the size of the yachts 
had been sent to the Regatta Committee, and 
having accepted the entries of Ruby and 
Merry Widow, and the skipners of these yachts 
having started in good faith, it was felt that 
they _ could not be penalized. It was decided 
that in next year's race the yachts would be sent 
down in classes. This does not dispose of the 
eligibility of Ruby, for it will be able to com¬ 
pete next year under the same conditions, as 
the deed of gift specifies that the cup must be 
won twice before it becomes the property of 
any one yacht. 
The race that ended the Santa Cruz Bay 
meet was won by Commodore Stone’s Presto 
after an exciting race, in which Nixie, with 
Fulton G. Berry at the helm, finished a close 
second. This was over a 15-mile course, and all 
kinds of weather was experienced, from a stiff 
breeze^ to a dead calm. A school of whales 
made its appearance in the bay during the race 
and created considerable excitement. 
The race for the trophy presented by F. W. 
Swanton was witnessed by an immense throng 
at the seaside resort, and was one of the 
prettiest races ever held on the Bay of Santa 
Cruz. It was a 15-mile course, 7 miles to 
Capitola, thence back to the whistling buoy, 
an almost equal distance, and then home. In¬ 
tense interest centered in the final run, and 
Nixie was declared the winner with Ruby a 
close second. 
Atlantics’ Closing Regatta. 
Tiie last regatta of the Atlantic Y. C. was 
sailed on Gravesend Bay on Saturday, Sept. 19, 
but the wind was very light, and some 1 of the 
yachts were unable to reach the finishing line 
before the time limit. The small classes sailed 
four miles and the larger tried to sail six, but 
failed. There was fog and mist on the Lower 
Bay, and this made things worse, as the yachts¬ 
men were unable to see the turning marks. 
At the start the light air came from the south, 
but backed, until at the finish it blew from the 
northeast. 
The winners in the divisions that finished in¬ 
cluded Gunda in the 15ft. class; Mischief, which 
boat took the first division of the handicap class 
on both actual and corrected time; Slow Poke, 
in the X class; the Gravesend knockabout 
Cherub and the dinghy Mercury, of the New 
York C C. class. The last named division had 
a particularly interesting race, the first three 
finishing within 26s. 
Not one of the 27-footers, the 22-footers or 
the second division of handicap boats was able 
to finish within the time limit. 
The summary: 
Sloops—Class S—Start, 3:20—Course, 4 Miles. 
Gunda . 1 40 36 M. and F.2 33 45 
Pester *. 1 41 50 
Handicap Class—Fifst Division—Start, 3:25—Course 4 
Miles. 
Mischief .. 1 47 30 Madiana . 1 55 28 
Corrected times: Mischief, 1.44.17; Madiana, 1.51.10. 
Sloops—Class X —Start, 3:35—Course, 4 Miles. 
Slow Poke . 1 45 10 Merry Widow .1 52 19 
Gravesend Knockabouts—Start, 3:35—Course, 4 Miles. 
Cherub . 1 59 25 Dot . 2 03 47 
Chico . 2 01 34 Bobs . 2 15 19 
New York C. C. Dinghies—Start, 3:40—Course, 4 Miles. 
Mercury . 2 13 00 Meteor . 2 13 26 
North Star . 2 13 13 
Sloops—Class P—Start, 3:15—Course, 9.6 Miles. 
Crescent .D.N.F. Sue .D.N.F. 
Sloops—Class O—Start, 3:20—Course, 9.6 Miles. 
Toy .D.N.F. Spider .D.N.F. 
Soya .D.N.F. 
Handicap Class—Second Division—Start, 3:25—Course, 9.6 
Miles. 
Adyta .D.N.F. Careless .D.N.F. 
Manhasset Bay’s Last Race. 
Light winds marred the last yacht race of the 
season, which was sailed on the Sound last 
Saturday, under the auspices of the Manhasset 
Bay Y. C. Sixty-seven yachts had entered, 
which showed that the racing interest was kept 
up to the end of the season, and of these forty- 
six crossed the starting line. The course was 
from Execution Light to Parsonage Point, then 
to Matinnicock Point and then home, io miles; 
but on account of the lightness of the wind, the 
yachts were sent but once around this course, 
and the small boats went once around a 5-mile 
triangle. The wind at the start was southwest, 
but later it shifted to east and practically made 
it a reaching race. Even with this favorable 
shift, it took the 30-footers more than four 
hours to sail the to miles. 
Phryne, Atair and Alera raced in the 30ft. 
class and kept well together. Phryne won the 
race by im. 38s. In the 22ft. class Eleanor was 
defeated. She sailed against Chaperone and 
Ellen, and Chaperone won by 4m. 8s. This was 
somewhat of a surprise. Houri won in the 21ft. 
class from Vaquero. In the first division of the 
handicap yachts Alert was the winner. Juanita 
won in division B. 
In the smaller classes some were not able 
to get to the finishing line, and the chief 
sufferers were the Port Washington and Bay- 
side one-design yachts. Of the thirteen that 
started but five could get in. 
After the race the members of the club dined 
together in the cosey clubhouse at Port Wash¬ 
ington. Commodore Hazen Hoyt presided. 
The summaries: 
N. Y. Y. C. 30ft. Class—Start, 1:10—Course 10 Miles. 
Phryne . 4 03 22 Alera . 4 09 20 
Atair . 4 05 00 
Sloops—22ft. Class—Start, 1:15—Course, 10 Miles. 
Chaperone . 4 05 10 Ellen . 4 42 00 
Eleanor . 4 09 18 
Larchmont One-Design Class—Start, 1:20—Course, 10 
Miles. 
Houri . 4 34 56 Vaquero . 4 37 54 
Handicap Class—First Division (A)—Start, 1:25—Course, 
10 Miles. 
Alert . 4 01 37 Sally IX.4 12 50 
Bobtail . 3 54 35 
Handicap Class—First Division (B)—Start, 1:2fn-Course, 
10 Miles. 
Juanita . 4 07 50 Tanya . 4 29 00 
Flandicap Class—Second Division—Start, 1:30—Course, 
10 Miles. 
Jolly Roger . 4 07 05 Rascal . 4 07 00 
Handicap Class—Third Division—Start, 1:30—Course, 10 
Miles. 
Kenosha . 4 09 55 
Handicap Class—Fourth Division—Start, 1:30—Course, 10 
Miles. 
Arrow . 4 15 50 Okee .. 4 17 00 
Manhasset Bay One-Design Class—Start, 1:30—Course, 
10 Miles. 
Dixy . 4 23 55 Cliichiocher .D.N.F. 
Arizona .D.N.F. 
Manhasset Bay Bug Class—Start, 1:40— Course, 5 Miles. 
Skeeter . 3 47 05 Cricket . 4 02 57 
Big Bug . 3 59 03 Dragon Fly . 4 08 32 
Bed Bug . 3 54 47 
New Rochelle One-Design Class—Start, 1:45—Course, 5 
Miles. 
' irginia . 4 24 25 Nereid . 4 35 15 
Ace . 4 03 30 
Manhattan Clippers—Start, 1:45—Course, 
Dory No. 6. 3 42 47 
Port Washington and Bayside One-Design 
1:45—Course, 5 Miles. 
Floss . 4 24 30 Zip . 
Finis . 4 27 00 Viva . 
Cow Baby . 4 29 15 
5 Miles. 
Class—Start, 
...... 4 33 00 
. 5 10 OO 
Catboats—Class B—Start, 1:35—Course, 10 Miles, 
r ranees .. 4 13 45 Thelma . 4 29 32 
Rhode 
Natella 
Island One-Design Class—Start, 
Miles. 
. 4 41 30 
1:40—Course, 10 
Mayflower to Seek Treasure. 
J he cup defender Mayflower, the yacht buut 
in 1886 that defeated Galatea, after a varied ex¬ 
perience, is now taking several college men to 
the Caribbean, who are seeking for treasure 
that was lost in the days when the Spaniards 
ruled the Main. According to the story, a 
sponge diver, who was wrecked on a submerged 
rock, found there the prow of an old vessel, and 
diving, found “pieces of eight” and doubloons. 
Fie came to this city, consulted with R. R. Leay- 
craft, who organized the Souther Research 
Company, and several venturous spirits have 
joined the expedition to raise the treasure, the 
location of which is known to the diver. Skipper 
Skull, who is an old Harvard man, and others. 
In the party are Gordon Drown, Yale ’91; 
Stephen Noyes. Harvard ’93; H. L. Cuthbert, 
Harvard ’93: “Buck” Harrison, Harvard ’94; 
and Roger Darby, Harvard ’95. 
Mayflower is now an auxiliary. She was 
changed to a schooner a few years after she 
kept the cup, and was owned by W. Ainory 
Gardner. Her last owner was Mrs. Eva M. 
Barker, and that lady had a gas engine installed 
and the old yacht had many varied experiences, 
at times being almost a wreck. She fitted out 
for this expedition at the Marine Basin and 
stole away quietly a week ago. 
In the meantime Alexander Forbes, a grand¬ 
son of John M. Forbes, the wealthy Boston 
merchant, and son of J. Malcolm Forbes, the 
well-known yachtsman, heard of the expedition. 
He owns the schooner Merlin, and has gathered 
a few adventurous spirits about him and will 
start in Merlin after Mayflower. He says he, 
too, knows where this treasure is, and that he 
will wait until the men on Mayflower have done 
the work of raising it, and then will capture 
Mayflower with his men on Merlin. On Merlin 
are to be “Jim” Field, Harvard ’03; Donald 
Gregee, Harvard ’92; Ralph Page, Harvard ’93; 
“Buz” Baird, Harvard ’04; and W. Davis 
Conrad, another Harvard man. 
The story reads well, and if the intentions 
of the adventurers are carried out, they will be 
able to furnish the reading public with rare 
accounts of their trip. 
