Nov. 5, 1910.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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Yachting in the Pacific. 
San Francisco, Cal.. Oct. 21 .—Editor Forest 
and Stream: After a highly successful yachting- 
season on San Francisco Bay most of the local 
clubs are winding up their programs for the 
year, and some of them are now preparing their 
boats for the winter season. There will be a 
few yachts kept in commission during the 
winter, but the sport will not receive the at¬ 
tention during the winter season that it did 
when Fulton G. Berry was alive, for his yacht 
could be seen on the bay almost any fine day, 
and he usually has a few enthusiastic followers. 
On Oct. 16, the San Francisco Y. C. held its 
closing cruise in squadron, and closed one of 
the most successful seasons ever experienced. 
The races have been many and well contested 
and all have been well attended. The winners 
for the season have been as follows: May 15, 
club house-channel race—Challenger first, Mon¬ 
soon second; May 28, Sausalito to Vallejo— 
Surprise first, Caprice second; May 30, Vallejo 
to Sausalito—Class A, Mary first, Class B, Mon¬ 
soon first; June 12, lightship race—Fleur-de- 
Lis first, Pronto second; July 4, Vallejo to 
Sausalito—Class A. Amigo first, Mary second; 
Class B, Martha first, Challenger second; July 
10, annual regatta—Class A, Fleur-de-Lis first, 
Vixen second, Class B, Amigo first, Neva sec¬ 
ond; Class C, Chispa first, Challenger second; 
Aug. 14, Vallejo to Sausalito—Class A, Amigo 
first, Vixen second; Class B, Martha first, Mon¬ 
soon second; Oct. 2, Spreckel's cups race—Class 
A, Vixen first, Fleur-de-Lis second; Class B, 
Neva first, Mary second; Class C, Monsoon 
first, Aggie second. On Oct. 9, power boat 
races were held with the following results: 
Robbins cup—Follie first, Jess second; semi¬ 
power boat cup—Glory first, Bridge second; 
cruiser race cup—Eulalie first, Wanderer sec¬ 
ond; 25-foot boat cup—Idler first, B. & S. 
second. 
The Corinthian Y. C. has no more races 
scheduled for the season, but there will be 
several cruises. Preparations are being made 
for the annual jinks, and the usual good time 
is expected. The drawbridge over the lagoon 
at Tiburon will be opened on Nov. 13, and the 
fleet will then be taken through to winter 
quarters. The annual Corinthian games at 
Paradise Cove were held Oct. 16 and a large 
crowd was present, many visitors from other 
yacht clubs being there. 
The annual race for the Phillipp's cup around 
the Farallones, which started Oct. 9, was a fail¬ 
ure for the second consecutive season. There 
was but little wind when the race was sailed, 
and it took the yachts about ten hours to beat 
out to this island. The breeze freshened a bit 
when the start home was made, but not suf¬ 
ficiently to enable the boats to finish on time. 
There is a fourteen-hour limit on the race, and 
winning yacht, Yankee, consumed about fifteen 
hours in making the trip. Yankee and Martha 
returned late the night of the race, but Aggie 
remained outside the heads all night and came 
in early next morning. This race will not be 
sailed over this season, and next season it is 
proposed to place it among the first events of 
the year, in order to be more certain of having 
the race finished. Yankee already has one win 
to her credit, and had she completed the race 
this year within the time limit, she would have 
come into permanent possession of the cup. 
The old yawl Iola, belonging to Louis T. 
Ward and Roy Barney, will be changed into an 
auxiliary craft. A gasolene engine is being in¬ 
stalled and the craft thoroughly overhauled. 
Lake Merrit, Oakland, was the scene of yacht 
races during the Discovery Day celebration, 
Tommy Kendall’s yachts taking a prominent 
part. 
Aeolian Y. C. held its closing cruise on Oct. 
16. Led by Commodore Louis T. Ward, the 
fleet sailed around San Francisco Bay, and some 
of the boats took advantage of the outgoing 
tide to enjoy an ocean sail. 
A motor boat race was held recently from 
Sacramento to Sausalito, a distance of 115 miles. 
Three boats entered but only one completed the 
course, Amethyst, which made the run down the 
river in seven hours. Elizabeth and Red Raven 
encountered trouble and stopped on the way. 
A. P. B. 
Capt. John Carter Dead. 
Captain John Carter, who was for many 
years sailing master of the late King Edward's 
yachts, died in London Wednesday, Sept. 26. 
Captain-Carter in his time was one of the most 
clever of the British skippers. He is best re¬ 
membered on this side as the skipper of the 
cutter Genesta, challenger for the America’s 
Cup in 1885. Sir Richard Sutton owned the 
Genesta, and the Puritan, owned by J. Malcolm 
Forbes, of the Eastern Y. C., was the defender. 
In the first attempt at a race, Capt. Carter 
proved that he had all the nerve necessary for 
successful handling of sailing yachts and that he 
thoroughly knew his game. ± uritan tried to 
cross Genesta’s bow while maneuvering for the 
start, and in doing so was run into by Genesta. 
Miscalculation of distance and the speed of the 
yachts by Puritan’s sailing master caused the 
foul. Puritan failed to clear Genesta, whose 
bowsprit was driven through the American 
boat’s mainsail near the leach rope, tearing the 
sail, and carrying away Genesta’s bowsprit. 
As Genesta was on the starboard tack, the 
foul all lay with Puritan, and in accord with 
good racing usage the visitor, being permanent¬ 
ly disabled, was entitled to the prompt award 
of the race. It was here Sir Richard Sutton 
performed a chivalrous act that distinguishes 
him among challengers for the cup. He re¬ 
fused to accept the race at the expense of the 
defending yachts. The scene following the foul,, 
when Genesta’s crew were clearing away the 
wreckage of their bowsprit, is thus described 
by Capt. Kenealy, who was on the committee 
boat Luckenbach: 
“Puritan came over to the Luckenbach and 
asked for instructions, but the cup committee 
was consulting and the hail received no reply. 
The Luckenbach steamed over to Genesta and 
was hailed by Sir Richard Sutton, who asked 
what was the limit of lodging a written pro¬ 
test. He was informed that 3 o’clock on the 
following afternoon was the limit. 
“ ‘Then,’ said Mr. Tams in behalf of the com¬ 
mittee, ‘we have ruled Puritan out; if you 
choose to sail the race you are free to do so.’ 
“ ‘What time shall we have?’ asked Mr. 
Roosevelt Schuyler, who was on board Genesta. 
“ ‘The seven hours’ limit,’ was the reply of 
Mr. Tams. 
“ ‘If we go over, what will you call the start¬ 
ing time?’ inquired Mr. Schuyler. 
“ ‘We will take positions now and give the 
final signal if you intend to go,’ replied Mr. 
Tams. 
“ ‘Will you give us time to rig a spinnaker 
boom for a bowsprit? It won’t take us long,’ 
was the next question of Mr. Schuyler. 
“But while the committee was deliberating 
on this point Sir Richard Sutton put an end to 
the discussion by saying: 
“ ‘We are very much obliged to you, but we 
don’t want it in that way. We want a race; 
we don’t want a walkover.’ ” 
The yacht was repaired and eventually Puritan 
won the two races necessary to keep the cup. 
The last race was sailed in half a gale of wind, 
and had Capt. Carter had a good knowledge of 
the tides off the hook, Genesta probably would 
have won. 
As skipper of Britannia, the King’s yacht, 
Capt. Carter sailed many races, and Britannia 
met Vigilant and Navahoe when they were on 
the other side. After Britannia was withdrawn 
from racing, Capt. Carter retired, too, but he 
was prominent always whenever there was a big 
race and always gave advice when asked, par¬ 
ticularly on American cup matters. He was 
not like the average yacht skipper. When 
ashore he always wore a silk hat and gloves and 
seemed to appreciate that he \vas the King’s 
skipper and had to be treated with more re¬ 
spect than others. 
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regularly. 
Jamaica Bay Yachtsmen. 
It is rather late in the year to have yachting 
parties in these waters. There are some yachts¬ 
men who keep their boats in commission until 
November, in order to go fishing, and these go 
out nearly every fine day, but most of the 
yachts that anchor about the many club stations 
during the summer are laid up and their owners 
are thinking of next season’s sport. Last Sun¬ 
day the members of the clubs in the Jamaica 
Bay Yacht Racing Association took part in an 
interesting function at the Old Mill Y. C. house, 
when the prizes won during the season were 
distributed. 
Commodore Joseph R. Hodgson, of the 
Canarsie Y. C., took a good sized party across 
the bay in his flagship Lester, consisting of ex- 
Commodore Clarence A. Martin, president of 
the Yacht Racing Association of Jamaica Bay; 
William McLaughlin, secretary of the associa¬ 
tion; John and Bert Sparr, Thomas Mannion, 
Joseph Gates, Gus. Bergtoff, James Garland 
and C. B. Fitzmaurice. The Bergen Beach Y. 
C. was represented by Commodore Edgar Wat¬ 
son, of the flagship Alga, with Vice-Commodore 
Hildegarde and daughter - Edward Wells, owner 
of Tomboy, and Mrs. Wells; A. H. Rowe, 
owner of Vixen; W. H. Hough, and a number 
of others. 
The members of the Old Mill Club were out 
in force at their new club house at Pleasant 
Point, to receive the visitors. Commodore 
William E. Powers, Vice-Commodore Thomas 
King, Secretary Joseph Buchler, John Otto, ex- 
Commodore Henry Walker, Ed. Boyle and 
William Armbruster were a committee which 
received the visitors, who arrived shortly after 
5 o’clock. 
Commodore Powers stated to the assembled 
yachtsmen the purpose of the gathering, and in¬ 
troduced Commodore Martin, who presented 
each of the owners with the cup won by their 
respective yachts. The cup for the ocean race 
was the first to be presented to Captain Van 
Wicklen. In handing the trophy to the win¬ 
ner, Commodore Martin expressed his regret 
that so little interest had been displayed by 
yacht owners in the off-shore contests. These 
sentiments were repeated when the cups offered 
by the association were presented to Mr. Wells, 
of the Tomboy, and Mr. Rowe, of the Vixen. 
Each of the recipients made brief replies, ex¬ 
pressing their appreciation of the handsome 
trophies and the hope that next year might see 
increased interest in the sport. 
Aside from the presentation of the several 
cups, it was closing day with the members of 
the Old Mill Y. C., and promptly at sundown, 
colors were hauled down for the last time this 
season, bringing to a close one of the most 
successful seasons in the history of the organi- 
tion. 
Among the trophies were the Canarsie Y. C., 
offered by ex-Commodore Clarence A. Martin, 
of the Canarsie organization, for ocean racing, 
and the cups given by the Yacht Racing Asso¬ 
ciation for the yacht and motor boats making 
the greatest number of points throughout the 
series of open races held during the season. 
The cup for ocean racing was presented to Cap¬ 
tain Dave Van Wicklen, of the sloop Cornelia, 
while that offered by the association for sail 
yachts in the open races of the association went 
to Edward Well’s sloop Tomboy, of the Bergen 
Beach Y. C. A. H. Rowe’s Vixen, of the last 
named club, also received the trophy for power 
boats. Second and third prizes were presented 
to C. B. Fitzmaurice, owner of the catboat 
Vision, Canarsie Y. C., and to John Anderson 
of the cabin catboat Elvire, of the Old Mill Y. 
C., in the sailboat class. 
A sailor had just shown a lady over the ship. 
In thanking him she said: “I am sorry to see 
by the rules that tips are forbidden on your 
ship.” 
“Lor’ bless you, ma’am,” replied the sailor; 
“so were apples in the garden of Eden.”— 
Everybody’s. 
