His attention was first called to Mount Bache, which rises to the height of about four thousand feet on the southwest in the Santa Cruz Range; but it was found that frequent sea fogs would interfere with the vision on that elevation.
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In one of the strangest postponements of the 144-year history of America's Cup competition, organizers stopped the countdown to the start of a race on the challenger course when the 94, 000-ton, USS Abraham Lincoln made a surprise entry from a heavy sea fog onto the race course.