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San Francisco Yachting. 
San Srancisco, Oct. xo.—The yachting sea¬ 
son around San Francisco is now about over, 
for the season of the year is at hand when calm 
weather prevails more than usual and good 
breezes are things not to be depended upon in 
advance. The race around the Farallone Islands 
a couple of weeks ago was almost as bad a 
; failure as the first attempt, although some of 
the boats did finish on time. The first trial for 
the Phillips cup resulted in no race, on ac- 
i count of the fact that the yachts were unable to 
complete the course within the time limits, 
and another race was called for the following 
Sunday. I his race had a most unsatisfactory 
ending and is causing a great deal of talk among 
yachting men around the bay. There is no 
doubt as to the finishing of both Nixie and 
Yankee, but neither followed the written in¬ 
structions of the racing committee to report 
to the stakeboat at the finish. This alone would 
disqualify them. The regatta committee of the 
San Francisco club is placed in a delicate 
position, for according to the racing rules it 
could award the cup to Martha, which came in 
three hours later than the others, but which 
notified the stakeboat by burning a flare light, 
which was answered from the launch. 
Commodore Berry of Nixie makes the state¬ 
ment that he attempted to attract the atten¬ 
tion of the stakeboat, but that his sails hid his 
light, and that he was afraid to try and get 
nearer on account of a strong tide running His 
j crew is willing to swear that his boat crossed 
1 u ^ the same kind of a claim is 
| |C em g put forward by the crew of Yankee. 
Yankee yachtsmen state that they could not 
see the lights of the stakeboat, so took their 
line ot finish from Mile Rock to Point Bonita. 
It has been decided by the regatta committee 
of the San brancisco Y. C. to address a letter 
to the owners of each of the two yachts asking 
| ^. he . r " to , submit in writing all the details of the 
finish of the race as they saw it and from this 
information it. is hoped to be able to decide 
which yacht crossed the line first. Should the 
evidence be insufficient to enable the committee 
to come to an agreement, the race will be 
ordered sailed over. 
At the regular meeting of the Pacific Inter¬ 
club regatta committee, held Sept. 30 the fol¬ 
lowing winners of the annual regatta were 
present with the Macdonough trophies: Forty- 
our-foot class, Fulton G. Berry’s Nixie; 36ft. 
: class, W F. Stone’s Presto; 30ft. class, W' G 
Morrows Challenger; 25ft. class, A F 
Rosseaus Merry Widow; special yawl class^ 
R. Vincent s lola. 1 hese boats, together with 
J. U Hamfy schooner Martha, and Stevens’ 
V' u a SO rece i v ed the blue winner’s pennant 
I of the association. All that took second prize 
m the regatta were awarded the red burgee 
1 ai ^? ua cruise of the association is to take 
P‘ ac e Oct. 10-11, when the boats will be as¬ 
sembled at Vallejo. As is the usual custom the 
f P resi dent of the association will be the admiral 
m command, and that honor falls upon Herbert 
t Hauser, of the Aeolian Club, this year An 
| extensive programme of entertainment has been 
| planned at Vallejo and an enjoyable meeting 
expected. Launches will accompany the fleet 
hlf a k r mg m 1 ! tn P’jo that if the wind fail the 
: for the^toks! e ‘° Kach VaI,e, ° in time 
A stiff north wind Swept the bay a week ago 
! and a number of yachts were driven from their 
: SrSfr E1S1 ^ °£ e ° f the largest yachts of 
me California Y. C., owned bv Maurice W 
Jsrown, of Alameda, was carried from its moor- 
uigs at Brooks Island, the headquarters of the 
club, and was battered into the new Berkley 
'boat CaUSmg a dama S e of about $1,000 to the 
Tbe Aeolian Club held a very successful run 
to Redwood City a week ago and race., back 
I f ° the narrow gauge mole. Emma won easily 
Tom Ioia, Nautilus, Ceres. Corsair, Maybe 
Rascal, Surprise, U & I, Elvira and Aeolian 
1 fie breeze, characteristic of this season of the 
rear, was light and fluky, and some of the boats 
A'ere forced to remain out all night. 
T. lie power boat regatta of the San Francisco 
j . C., held at Sausalito Oct. 4, was a very 
successful affair, and now that the yachting 
season is about over, as far as the big events 
are concerned, motor boat events will be of 
more frequent occurrence. Twenty-six boats 
participated in the events. The races were very 
close and exciting and the handicapping was 
figured according to the American Power 
Boat Association rules. 
New Knockabout Association. 
Yachtsmen who make their headquarters on 
Narragansett Bay have formed a new knock¬ 
about association. This association is modelled 
after the Massachusetts Association, and the 
rules of that association were adopted. The 
meeting was called by T. R. Goodwin, President 
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NEW HOUSE OF BROOKLYN Y. C. 
PRESENT HOME OF BROOKLYN Y. C. 
of the Narragansett Association. Several 
owners of iSft. knockabouts. joined the new 
organization, and it is expected that before the 
opening of next season there will be twenty 
boats in the fleet. The officers elected were: 
President, Arthur L.. Smith, Barrington Y. C.; 
Vice-President. Roy C. Martin, Washington 
Park Y. C.; Secretary, Dr. A. C. Mair. 
Moosehead Y. C. House. 
1 he Moosehead Lake Y. C., which was re¬ 
cently organized by some Boston business men, 
has awarded the contract for the building of the 
house to G. Howard Chamberlain, of this city. 
The building will cost $10,000, and it will be a 
handsome structure of the old English style of 
architecture. It is to be built below the'hotel 
and will command a fine view of the lake. 
Micaboo Changes Owners. 
The Hollis Burgess Yacht Agency has sold 
the I.awlev 21ft. knockabout Micaboo, owned by 
Walter Burgess, Secretary-Treasurer of the 
Boston Y. C\, to Elmer H. Bright, of Boston, 
Mass., who will use her in Buzzard’s Bay. 
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