
Yachting in California. 
CALIFORNIA CLUB HANDICAP. 
THERE were eight starters in the handicap of 
the California Y. C. for the Vincent trophy in 
San Francisco Bay on Sept. 29. For the second 
time since he offered the trophy, Ex-Com. Vin- 
cent, in his yawl Ialo, was the first over the line. 
The course was ten miles covering the distance 
from Brook’s Island to the lighthouse, to the 
Goat Island buoy, and back to the starting point. 
The race was started promptly at 1:30 with a 
stiff westerly wind blowing. The fleet was handi- 
capped in five classes, the first over the line 
winning the race. The time of Iola, which was 
in the five minute handicap class, was 2h. 3m. 
Her nearest competitor was the sloop Perhaps, 
also in the five minute handicap class, which 
came in exactly one minute later. The roties 
vessels came in the following order: Sloop 
Alert, sloop Sea Fox, sloop Beaver, yawl Idler, 
Francis M. and Flash. 
SOUTH COAST 
The South. Coast Y. C., 
CLUB’S RACE. 
of Los Angeles, Cal., 
1eld its trophy contest off San Pedro on Sept 
22. In this race the main interest centered in 
the contest between Columbine and Mischief II., 
of the 30ft. class, which sailed under a ten minute 
1andicap, though there was also a lively race 
between Venus and Valkyrie in the scratch class 
The start was at 12:20 and the course, which 
was the same for all classes, was from the San 
Pedro boat house due east three miles to mark 
I., thence five miles dead to windward to the 
whistling buoy off Point Firmin, thence back 
yefore the wind to mark I., and finally three 
miles back to the finish off the boat house. At 
the start Mischief II. had the lead, but was 
overtaken by Columbine within half a mile, and 
from that time on Columbine led, finishing at 
3:16:30. Mischief II. finished at 3:21:00, and 
Venus at 3:23:00. Detroit and Yankee, the only 
boats entered in the 35ft. class, failed to start. 
GOLDEN GATE CLUB AQUATIC SPORTS. 
The Golden Gate Y. C.,, of San. Francisco, 
held its first aquatic sports at the club house on 

Sept. 29. The first event was a swimming race 
for club members and was won by Clarence 
Clough. The four-oared boat race was partici- 
pated in by three crews and was won by the crew 
of the yacht Comet. The yawl race, in which 
the competitors were blindfolded, was won by 
Jeff Miller, of the sloop Ollie. W. W. Haley, 
vice-commodore of the club, won the tug of war 
in boats, and Frank Osborn succeeded in captur- 
ing the duck. 
HOLIAN CLUB CLAM CHOWDER FEAST. 
The members of the A£olian Y. C., of San 
Franci entertained their friends at the Sunny 
Cove baths at Alameda on Sept. 22. The pro- 
gramme, beside a clam chowder feast, included 
Sco, 
swimming races, water polo match and a sail- 
ing race in which the crews were assisted by 
girls. 
San Francisco Yachting. 
Tue last race of the yachting season in San 
Francisco Bay took place Oct. 6. The Laffin 
cup, presented by Mr. T. M. Laffin, of the Yoko- 
1ama Y. C., Japan, was sailed for over the regu- 
ee channel course of the San Francisco Y. C. 
by eight of the boats of that club. 
The race was sailed under a sealed handicap 
and was won by the sloop White Heather, the 
flagship of Com. F. G. Phillips, who with his 
crew, handled the boat splendidly and covered 
the course in 2h. 43m. 2s. elapsed time. White 
Heather, although not a slow boat, has never 
been regarded seriously by her owners or the 
yachting fraternity as a racing boat, but the way 
she covered the course certainly opened the eyes 
of many of the confirmed amateur tars with pre- 
conceived ideas of form. She was given thirty 
minutes over Annie, the scratch boat. 
W. G. Morrow’s fast sloop Challenger made 
the fastest time and won second place in the 
race, sailing consistently throughout. Neva, one 
of the crack 25-footers, again performed very 
disappointingly, as she did in the Pacific Inter- 
club Regatta. She seems to have lost her old 
speed and neither pointed or footed as formerly. 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
Still her sails set well and’ she was helped as 
much as good sailing can by captain and crew. 
Harry Brindle, her captain and owner, is satis- 
fied that she must have suffered some injury 
below the waterline, perhaps to her fin, which 
will show itself when she is hauled out for the 

winter. Following is the summary: 
E Sys Handicap. Corrected. 
White: Eledther ices ess -ats 2 2 30m 213 02 
Challenger oadascihscn ss sslaskie 2 29 09 3m 219 09 
Martha. fete scaace cites ce posane 2 24 12 4m 2 20 12 
Phoenitia \\jienn ae areas 3 02 29 385m 2 27 29 
NG VAN aii ciintevteee bierdesatsiete ccsigte 2 49 37 18m 2 31 37 
ASRNIC! Deine > phe ord talento = 2 40 10 scratch 2 40 10 
DUFMTISE ql cen Meiierdensisenke 313 46 28m 2 45 46 
CarlewinG.,:sccipAuhs come ceils 3 32 00 30m 3 02 00 
But a few more weeks remain of the yachting 
season on this coast, most of the yacht clubs hav- 
ing their closing cruises within the next thirty 
days. The San Francisco Y. closes on the 
19th of October, the Golden Gate Y. C. on the 

WHITE 
HEATHER, WINNER OF THE LAFFIN CUP. 
26th, 
fornia Y. C. on the 26th, 
on the 26th. 
Winter quarters will be sought in various 
places by the different boat owners, some haul- 
ing out, others finding anchorages in protected 
coves and sloughs, many going up the Sacra- 
mento and San Joaquin rivers where the fresh 
waters will be given an opportunity to combat 
the marine growth on the hulls. Some of the 
more enthusiastic will remain in commission 
through the winter, putting on old canvas and 
cruising frequently in quest of good duck hunt- 
ing grounds. This is becoming yearly more 
popular, as California’s winter weather is ideally 
adapted to such a practice. 
The season has been a most successful one 
here. Ocean racing has been revived by the 
promotion of the Farallon race and the pros- 
pects of a San Francisco to Santa Cruz event 
next year. Our southern rivals seem keen to 
engage in competition with us, which was demon- 
strated by sending Valkyrie north to battle for 
the perpetual challenge cup and by numerous in- 
vitations for northern yachtsmen to come south. 
It is hoped that the spirit of rivalry between 
the northern and southern sailors will be en- 
couraged for the good of the sport. 
Commodore F. G. Phillips, of the San Fran- 
cisco Y. C.,, stands out prominently as the man 
who singly has done a great deal for yachting 
during the past season. Though receiving little 
encouragement from quarters where he was en- 
titled to look for it, he successfully promoted 
the Farallon race and: laid aside business of im- 
portance to represent his club as well as northern 
yachtsmen in general in the southern regatta at 
San Pedro. The news of his reported purchase 
of Monsoon, a very fast southern boat, brings 
with it the promise of his intentions of being 
still more in evidence when the winter has past. 
CHARLES RoycE BARNEY. 
the Corinthian ,Y. C. on the 25th, the Cali- 
and the AXolian Y. C. 
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ee 19, 1907. 

Motor Boat News. 
THE regatta committee of the Motor Boat Clt 
of America recently announced the winners 
the respective classes of the high speed divisic 
in the contests held during its race week on tl} 
Hudson, which are.as follows: 
The international championship, won by Iren 
owned by Mr. John F. Anderson; the nation 
championship, won by Skedaddle, owned by MJ 
Hartwig N. Baruch; the interstate champioj} 
ship, won by Sparrow, owned by Mr. Charles 
Swain; the free for all championship, won lf 
Skedaddle, owned by Mr. Hartwig N. Baruct} 
the one mile championship, won by Den, owne} 
by Vice-Com. Joseph H. Hoadley, Motor Boi 
Club of America; the long distance champior 
ship, won by Skedaddle, owned by Mr. H. ? 
Baruch; second, Den, owned by Vice-Cor 
Joseph H. Hoadl ey. 
The comm+tee has not yet decided the wit 
ners in the cruising division, as the measur 
ments of some of the competitors have not bee} 
sent in. As soon as they are received an ar 
nouncement of the winners in the division an 
also the winners of the reliability trials will t 
made. 
The American Power Boat Association wi 
hold a general meeting at the Waldorf-Astorij 
on Wednesday, Oct. 16, in room 116, at 8:2 
o’clock in the evening. 
Notice is given that the following matters wi 
brought before the meeting for action: 
1. In the 1907 Year Book, on page 16, strik 



























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out lines 4 to 12, inclusive, and insert instea 
thereof: 
“(e) In two-cycle engines having a compres 
sion cylinder or where some rotary compressc 
is used, the constant (C) shall be one-half ¢ 
that for four-cycle engines.” 
2. The association is asked to consent to | 
change in the deed of trust governing matche} 
for the challenge cup, limiting the races to boai| 
of Class X to race without time allowance. é 
3. Add to paragraph 3, of Articles of Ass« 
ciation, the following: 
“Applications for admission must be in wri 
ing, signed by the secretary or other authorize| 
officer, and must be indorsed by one of the clu} 
in the association.” 
Canoeing. 

Amendments to Constitution and By-Law 
In accordance with Article XII. of the cork 
stitution of the American Canoe Association 
notice is hereby given that the following amenc 
ments to the constitution.and by-laws, as pul| 
lished in the 1907 Year Book, will be offered < 
the next meeting of the executive committee: 
Amend Article IX., Section 2 (page 11), b 
striking out lines five and six and inserting), 
“And to pay to each purser on approved orde: 
not later than April 15, 40 per cent. of the tote| 
amount of dues and fees collected from his re| 
spective division; and to pay the balance remair}, 
ing after deducting the expense incurred in col 0 
lection of dues, mailing of notices, etc., ne_. 
later than Sept. 15.’ p 
Strike out lines fifteen and sixteen of sam), 
paragraph. Add to Article VI., Section 5 (pagi\ 
9), “and in the same manner they shall (dj. 
ballot) approve of the nominee for éommodabl 
before his election by the executive committee. \\ 
Amend Chapter I., Section 2 (page 13), t| 
read: “An active member in good standing ma 
commute his dues for life by paying to the treas 
urer the sum of twenty-five dollars.” {1 
Amend Chapter VII., (page 14), make linet! 
six and seven read: “and shall mail a copy t}" 
each member of the association, the postage t 
be charged to the divisions by the treasurer.” ( 
Wn. A. FuRMAN. i 
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A. C. A. Membership. | 
Proposal for Associate Membership—By Thech, 
dor Ouasebart, Rear-Commodore Atlantic, Mist» 
Bonnie B. Dorland; by Com. G. P. Douglas, 
Mrs. C. Fred Wolters and Mrs. Floyd F. Browrp, 

