St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-14

and good breeze. To be sure it rained
just after the start was made, and it
rained very hard, but no one minded
that in the least. 1t was late when the
start was made. 1t always is. The
first boat to cross the line was the Va
runa, and in less than one minute the
Mermaid followed her. All of the
SlOops got good start, and most of the
catbOats. They bore away towards
the buoy off Point Lookout under a
light breeze. The Varuna took the
lead from the start, and she was never
passed. When the first buoy was
turned the boats were almost becalmed.
But Phelps new boat got the wind first
and stood down towards the Big Island
buoy, followed by the Aurora, ATLANTA
and Mary Lee. The Varuna turned
the buoy with good lead. 1t began to
rain and the wind freShened. The
boats came down under puffs. The
SAILED RAPIDLY
and soon came up to the Varuna. Then
the Mary Lee caught the wind and
came tearing along. First one boat
would catch the wind and then the
other. But the speedy Varuna turned
first, and then she showed her heels to
her opponents. After that there was
no doubt about the race, but it was not
a walkaway by any means. The Aurora
crowded her pretty well. But it nap
pened that the breeze was just about all
the Varuna could stand and she tore
furiously through the water. There
was beautiful row between the Vo-
lante and Atalanta for place.
But the prettiest race was between
the catboats. They crossed the line 5
seconds later than the sloops. The Ida
was first and nearly minutes ahead OF
the IdleWild, the next :boat. The
Bonita was the last to cross, and she,
with the MarchiOness, Silver Bell and
others, were becalmed just as they got
by the starting buoy, and there they lay
while the Ida, Idlewild, Curlew and
Princess were turning
THE FIRST BUOY
at Point Lookout. 1t seemed that the
Bonita was not in the race Final
ly she caught breeze and
reached the first buoy about two
miles behind the other boats. Half
way down to Big Island the rain breeze
struck her and she began to march.
William Peet held the sheet, and no
one on the lake can get such speed out
of a boat as he. He is marvel, and
not puff OF wind comes up but he does
not take advantage of it. Frank Nckels
was at the helm. After the Big Island
buoy was passed the Bonita bore down
into st. Louis bay under a spanking
breeze. Just after leaving it she over
hauled the Princess and passed her.
Then she tore down to Point Lookout
for the second time around. The buoy
was reached as the CurleW was coming
about. The willy William and willy
Frank brought the boat around with
such skill as to almost touch the Cur
lew. yet not fowling her, and to get
TO wINDWARD
of her. The CurleW was left behind
and the Bonita started for the Idlewild.
She was good mile ahead, but the
Bonita was sailing like witch. She
SKINNED by the Morse boat and turned
the buoy way ahead. Then on the last
course she struck out for the Ida and
gained on her rapidly, but she had too
big lead and she crossed the line over
a minute ahead. But the Bonita de-
feated her in actual sailing time. There
was never a regatta at the lake in which
the boats came in so closely together.
The judges were Otto E. Greedy, A. NJ.
Knox and M. Riddle. The following
table shows the turn of the yachts who
finished and their order:
sLOOPS.