St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-18
THE VkRUNk winner
a Great Race at Minnetonka,
in Which the Girls Take
Part.
It Is Denominated a Cruise,
but Pretty Fast Time Is
Made.
Two Accidents, Neither Of
Which Resulted in a
Fatality.
The Menitou First Across the
Line in a White Bear
Race.

Pretty girls and hard-boiled eggs,
heavy wind and feminine crews, a long
race and close race, all delightfully."-
mixed, made the annual cruise of the
Minnetonka Yacht club yesterday the
most successful in its history. Never
was an event under the auspices OF the
club more exciting or more thoroughly
enjoyable. The annual cruise is some
thing that is looked forward to for
long time, particularly by the
ladies who like sailing, for it is
the only race in which they can take an
active part. More than one soft hand
was blistered yesterday by bailing for
an hour at a stretch. There were two
accidents yesterday and either might
have proved fatal, only special Provi-
dence seems to provide for the Mime
tonka yachts. No one has ever been
drowned from one Of them. When the
Vareda was inside Cedar point the
mainsail was jibed and Mrs. W. f.
Thayer, of Boston, who is spending the
summer at Cottagewood, fell into the
water. Her husband jumped for her.
but hurt himself so that he could
SCARCELY SWIM,
Then f. SIegall and w. G. Hollis
leaped into the water, and the latter
supported Mrs. Thayer until the Elvira
came along and picked them up. This
put both boats out of the race. When the
Cruiser was sailing clOse-hauled just
outside Cedar Point, the outhaul broke
and the forward end of the jib was pro-
jected in the water. 1t capSiZed the
boat as quick as flash. There were in
it Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Wetmore,
Mr.. and Mrs. Will HoloweIl
and Mr.. Kimball. Mrs. Wet
more was thrown into the water
and her husband jumped to her and
helped her on the side of the boat. Mr..
hallowell, who was tending sheet,
leaped towards his wife, but that young
lady cooIly climbed to wlndward and
perched there very much at ease with
out having SO much as wettlng her
dainty slipper, while Mr.. Hallowell got
ducking. Mrs. Witmore tainted from
the shock. as she is unused to sailing.
The wrecked crew were picked up by
the Why Not. The start was made
from Hotel st. Louis, and before it was
made the dock was thronged with
people. The maStS of Twenty-Five
yachts ready to start were counted be-
fore the race. The course was around
the Lake Park buoy and then to Chap
mans
IN THE UPPER LAKE.
by the longest route that could be found.
It was said to be ten knots, but was I'M
doubtedly longer than that. 1t was
beat to windward nearly the whole way.
The last gun was fired at 1925. The
Phytha was the first to cross the line.
The Vareda. Varuna. Swallow, Aurora
and White Wings followed closely IN
the order named. The next boat to the
last to start was the Bonita, which was
rugged as a sloop. Her sails set beautl-
fully, and she sailed a great race.
Before the point !: was reached
an9 good f"r lead. T NE A nea came anne
up, and with her the White Wings.
They passed the Gale boat and fought
all the way to the buoy for second place.
The wind, which had died away at the
start, began to freshen, and the boats
were Swimming along the water. The
Aurora had slight advantage when
she prepared to turn, but an accident
to the jib sheet let the White Wings
around first. The Volante turned fourth,
and dozen other boats were punched
near her. Among them was the Bonita,
which quickly worked
UP TO FOURTH PLACE,
Gowing towards the narrows, nearly
all the boats except the Aurora winged
their jibs as a spinaker, and many of
the cats threw out spinakers. The
Varuna gained until, she reached the
narroWS then she was becalmed, and
the Aurora and White Wings caught
her. 1t was thought the boats could
not sail through the narrows, so the
time taken to 90 through them was de-
Quoted from their corrected time.
Some of the yachts were in there three
minutes, and some seventeen minutes.
The Yaruna cleared quickly and bore
away up the lake under a heavy and
was safely ~ in second place
and sailing very fast She gained
perceptably upon her bigger rival. The
Phelps boat held straight across the
reef off Enchanted island, while the
Aurora tackled to avoid it. The White
Wings did the same, half mile behind.
The yaTona ran in to make the buoy
OFF ZUMBRo HEIGHTS,
as there is dangerous reef, and so did
the Aurora, but the White Wings
sailed right across it, and came up very
dOuS gain for Hurd's boat, but the
Aurora ran ava Y from her again. At
the head Of the lake, when the
boats sailed before the wind, the
Varuna winged .-her jio and ran
awayvery fast. The Aurora did the
same, but she was becalmed for several
minutes and the White Wings came up,
with the Bonita close behind her.
When the Aurora caught the wind she
fairly flew through the water. 1t was
impossible to hold her Oh her course.
She bore down on Hardscrabble point
with such tremendous speed that it was
~ M
aker could be gotten out of the way, and
so it was carried away. This lost the
race for the Aurora, as it put her away
back. Still she finished third, 80 sec
onds behind the White Wings. The
Bonita came in first and the Volante
fifth. "t
THE RACE WAS VERY CLOSE,
as the corrected time will show. The
first four boats were only four minutes
q part. The Curlew won in the cat class.
1t was her day. The cats had hard
time. All of them had to huff so hard at
times that they got in stays and lost
much time. All the way round the Cur
lew, Pearl, Idlewild, Marchioness and
Ida fought desperately, and the
Pearl and Ida were within speak
ing distance all the time. The
IdIeWild got into stays four times and
that put her out of the race. Like
great many other boats, she did not take
the trouble to cross the line, or, like the
Ida, she did not understand about it, so
her finishing time was not taken. There
were great many accidents, such as
broken balyardS. stays and tillers.
The following table allows each boat
the time spent in the narrows. 1t is de-
Quoted in the corrected time:
Yaruna, E. j.