May 12, 1906.] 
La Paloma Sails for San Francisco. 
On Saturday afternoon, April 14, at 2 P. M., 
the yacht La Paloma took her departure for San 
Francisco to enter the ocean yacht 
race starting from there May 19. 
There was quite an ovation at the 
wharf. The Governor loaned the 
Hawaiian Band for the occasion and 
hundreds of people lined the wharves 
to witness the departure of the little 
vessel on her long 2,100-mile voyage. 
Representative boats of the Hawaii 
Y. C. were on hand to convoy La 
Paloma out of the harbor, and the 
yawl Gladys planned to accompany 
her for 100 miles. Leaving the wharf, 
the yachts sailed down the harbor and 
then returned to give the spectators a 
better view of the sailing fleet, and as 
they reached along the coast it made 
a beautiful picture. 
Five miles from the start all but 
Gladys had returned, and the two 
boats gradually disappeared over the 
horizon. The weather conditions were 
ideal. 
After darkness set in the yachts be- 
came separated and did not see each 
other until 8 o’clock the next morn- 
ing. During the night the wind fresh- 
ened and the mainboom lifts on La 
Paloma were carried away. The jib 
was taken off and mainsail double 
reefed. She jogged along under easy 
sail until repairs could be made after 
daylight. 
- At 5:30 Sunday morning Gladys had 
logged 98 miles, and was hove to for 
breakfast, but La Paloma was not in 
sight. At 6 o’clock Gladys tacked ship, 
ran the reverse course, and about 7:30 
a sail was made out to leeward, which 
proved to be La Paloma. She ran 
down to her and exchanged greetings. 
The photographer on Gladys ob- 
tained pictures of the ship while re- 
pairs were being made, and show a 
man being sent aloft. The sea was 
rather lumpy, but the pictures proved 
to be excellent. 
Gladys then parted company with 
La Paloma and continued on to La- 
haina, a distance of 83 miles, arriving 
there at 10 P. M., where they anchored 
for the night, having sailed continu- 
ously day and night for 32 hours. 
Next morning she left for Honolulu, 
arriving there the same night at 10:20 
If all goes well with La Paloma she 
should arrive in San Francisco in 
about 20 days from the start. She is 
well fitted for the trip in every way 
and should have no difficulty in 
weathering any gales she should en- 
counter, 
All told, there are six on board— 
Capt. C. W. Macfarlane, Fred. Moser, 
mate and navigator, three sailors and 
a cook, She has water for 50 days 
and also provisions that would hold 
out some length of time. 
There are’ six entries for the ocean 
race as follows: Lurline, Nixie, Ane- 
mone, Iola, La Paloma and Maple 
Leaf. The latter boat is entered from 
the Vancouver Y. C., and the race will 
now take on an international color. 
Great enthusiasm is being manifested 
in the race, both here and on the Pa- 
cifiic coast. ALBERT DELMAR. 
Yacut Sares.—Mr. H. P. Wilmarth, 
of Attleboro, Mass., has sold his 
sloop Chasca to Mr. Robert C. 
Ten Eyck, of New York, through 
the office of Mr. Stanley M. Sea- 
man, 220 Broadway, New York 
city. Chasca is now being put in 
commission and is expected to be in 
New Rochelle by June 1. Mr. R. 
Floyd Clarke’s Atala, which is a sister 
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boat of Chasca, arrived at Larchmont last week. 
The same agency sold the auxiliary yawl Cava- 
lier to Mr. W. G. Dunham, New Rochelle, N. Y., 
for Mr. F. K.:- Blanchard, of the same place. 
LA PALOMA A HUNDRED MILES OUT. 

REPAIRING MAIN LIFTS. 
Boston Letter. 
WitH THE SONDERKLASSE.—Another boat has 
been ordered to compete in the American trial 
races of the Sonderklasse, and is for 
Mr. H. L. Bowden, formerly owner 
of the 22-footer Rube, also of the 
champion 18ft. knockabout Hayseed, 
and who has been prominent in auto- 
mobile boat racing. Mr. Bowden’s 
boat will be designed by Mr. B. B. 
Crowninshield. There is no hurry 
about starting work on this boat, and 
it will give the designer an opportunity 
of observing the performance of some 
of the other boats of the class. Mr. 
Bowden’s boat will be the fifteenth on 
the American list, and there is pros- 
pect of one more to be built by 
Messrs. Burgess and Packard for a 
syndicate of members of the Southern 
Y. C., of New Orleans. Mr. H. W. 
Hayden, of New Orelans, who has 
been at Marbiehead, has received word 
that the syndicate subscriptions are 
progressing well and that the order is 
forthcoming. 
EASTERN Y. C. Races.—The Re- 
gatta Committee of the Eastern Y. C. 
has issued its programme for the long 
distance race from New London to 
Marblehead. 
New Crass Q Boat.—A new class 
O boat, which will go after the Lip- 
ton $500 cup in the Y. R. A. races, has 
been ordered by Mr. Caleb Loring, 
owner of the 18ft. knockabout Fritter. 
She will be designed and built by 
Messrs. Burgess and Packard. This 
is really the first 22-rater to be built 
for racing purposes only, the 22-rater 
’ Ghost, recently completed by the same 
firm for Mr. Charles Burgess, having 
been intended purely as a cruiser. 
Savin Hitt Y.C. Apsorps CoLonial, 
—Announcement has been made that 
the members of the Colonial Y. C. are 
to join the Savin Hill Y. C., of Dor- 
chester. When the process of absorp~ 
tion has been completed the club house 
of the Savin Hill Y. C. will be moved 
to Fox Point, where the Savin Hill 
Y. C. has acquired the property now 
occupied by the Colonial Y. C., and 
will take over the locker buildings and 
floats of the latter club. 
Quincy Y. C. Frxtures.—The Re- 
gatta Committee of the Quincy Y. C. 
has announced the following fixtures: 
May 26, Saturday.—Club race. 
May 30, Wednesday.—Interclub with 
South Boston. 
June 2, Saturday.—Club race. 
June 23, Saturday.—Club race. 
June 30, Saturday.—Interclub with 
Mosquito Fleet. 
July 7, Saturday.—Club race. 
July 12, Saturday.—Ladies’ day. 
July 14, Monday.—Interclub with 
Columbia. 
Jul 26, Thursday—Y. R. A. open 
and Quincy interclub. 
Aug. 11, Saturday.—Interclub with - 
Wollaston. , 
Sept. 8, Saturday.—Interclub with 
Squantum, 
CoMMoDORE CHENEY PRESENTED WITH 
Crock.—On Friday evening, May 4, at 
a banquet tendered him at the Boston 
Athletic Association by past and pres- 
ent officers of the Boston Y. C., form- 
er Commodore B. P. Cheney was pre- 
sented with a magnificent ship’s clock, 
in accordance with a vote of the club 
passed at the annual meeting. The 
presentation speech was made by Mr. 
Walter C. Lewis. The clock is bronze, 
the dial being surrounded by a ship’s 
wheel, and on the base is the following 
inscription : 
“May 4, 1906. Presented to Ba mite 
Cheney by the members of the Boston 
