| Show QUEER YACHTSMEN Sonic Somo of tho ot rim ho Situ Time S Sea n ill th the early carbo DOs nos Otto Olle of the tho events in III tho Mediterranean the tho 1 U year yearl fixture It wu was U a curious race Ol Open n to boats hoat ot of nn any elze eisa or build and sailed oft near Genoa JIll Its chIef tOld te feature V turo was II a arub Iulo rub restricting the crow ot of every corn boat IrrespectIve or of el else j to 10 toone one person onlY As bo be Imagined seamanship pl an role in the In ing ot of vIctory the tho impossibility ot of one handling a big boat alone confined the entries to the tho classes lii In ISSI 1591 thol though h II a surprise awaIted tIme tho yachtIng world Baron Haron entered his bIg bli schooner Al Alma Alma ma and ond Morris a young Anion morl can his sloop lye 10 The Tho race was unique In time the history ot of sport Time Tho majority of the Iho contestants Yero V ro calling 18 and 20 tooters footers and to the comparative monsters against them n as n fl novelty novell Alma counting on her size to win handIly had only onh canvas that hI be handled with little but lowen had sworn to win or swamp and ana he carrIed alt Il and an enol snout bOlides besides Thus the they went over Oer the line tM the theAlma Alma Imn losing ground In the Iho light breo breeze o and the tho lYe Ivo taking the lead nut soon the tho wind V I nil began to Increase and before long It wal vai blowing a miniature gate galo Baron Haran became nervous Ito did not want to be In IL a storn nil all alone on the schooner and rounding Into the wind ho he inched for his cre crew Instead saw time the tImings things were suing going amid loosen loolen lug Ing sheet cheet and anel hlll halyard aril that held the topsail und and baby Jib let theta them blow blowout out V VIto Ito could afford to lose hose them and Ito ho was wae bound to win nt at any cost Ito Ho QuId have havo won von had It not been for tor toron foran on an accident As Ito ho rounded the last buo buoy with hull under water and every a rope ropo straining to the tho breaking point four mInutes In the tho teal leM his suddenly JuliO out went against tIme the mainsail Gowen Goen jumped for tor It In a second and let hot It down on ems Icek hoping to he bl ohiO to 10 huh losI It temporarIly to the bow It was WIS II a reach home and It would hold II I was tie no easy Y tusk task to carry out the tho great salt Mil In that wInd Ind ho sn that hu hI cOUlt novel never nO It It 18 In stops lost no tIme lime n I this but It wu was full tull ten lie he ouM get Ket Into Inlo the race agaIn Three Thre boats had hucl him Ito Ill set after them with rim Two 1110 lie ho caught ht and l rinsed bitt the 10 thIrd hal hail gaIned a little much ot of 1 a lead to Overcome all Ob OttO olle leI leg and th time aim h nahI won on out Ij imy 1 a close margIn Often OliO of It the roost mOlt exciting hs seen n In a yacht rate |
