St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-24
Special to the Globe.


Manitou. White Bear, 12:15:23.
Sweetheart Duluth. 12:17:36.
Special to the Globe.
DULUTH, Mimi, July 23.-This was
the third day of the Duluth Superior
regatta and the contests were witnessed
by the whole people of the busting
cities at the head Of the lake. and 5000
visiting enthusiasts. AS the morning
frightened beneath warm sun, the
wind grew IN force and heavy swell
was rolling ON the lake. The yacht
races were called at 1880. The yachts
were IN position at II o'clock,
tries: Second-class boats-Sweetheart,
Water Lilly. Sinbad. Sweepstakes
and Sunbeam. Special class
Roamer, Cyclone. Vixen, Roauet and
Arrow. all of Duluth, and the Viking,
of Houghton. Mich. and the Manitou
and Nushka, of White Bear lake. The
officers were Commodore W. T.. Sar-
gent and Messrs. Drieon, Faulkner and
Brown, starters and timekeepers, all of
whom were in the steamer Barker. A
confused start was made at about IL
O'Clock. the NuShka leaving the home
bnoy at II :43, and the Manitou catching
the breeze at IL: AS, followed by the
others strun G out. The Water Lily
sailed hard for the first buoy, two and
a half miles distant, the course
being triangle of seven and a
half miles. A mile out from
the first buoy the Nushka overlook and
passed the Water Lily, which was sail
ing out of her best course. The Mani
tou and Sweetheart chased each other
from the start to the turning buoy,
where the Manitou passed her and sped
on for the Water Lily. Reaching the
Water Lily six miles FROM home buoy
the Manitou stayed with her rival, then
forged ahead, frightening the land
scape between them until she led by
four lengths. The Nushka cut through
rapidly and rounded the home buoy at
1911, followed by the Manitou at
12:15:23 and Sweetheart at 12:15:38.
Time for Nushka, 1911 :36; for Mani
tou, 12:15:23; Sweetheart, 12:17:36.
When the winning yacht tied up at the
dock some OF the others were two miles
out and
Heavy Gale Was Blowing
from the southwest. The steamer
Barker had reached the dock and I'M
loaded her passengers when heavy
rain poured down upon the scattering
crowd. A serious apprehension was
prevalent lest some of the smaller racing
craft should be caught in the storm. At
10 O'Clock the tug Goodman brought in
the reports of the sad drowning Of
G. P. Lindner and James Clark,
both residents of Duluth. The
Albatross, Laura and Roamer, all of
them small boats, were out in the bay
apparently becalmed. when, with a
shocking SuddennesS a cyclone cloud
capsiZed the Albatross, and an instant
later the Laura was capsized, followed
by the Roamer. fhe twelve men COM
prising the crews of the three boats were
in the water all struggling for their lives
when the Roamer sank, carrying with
her the bodies of her owner and captain,
G. ii. Lindner, and Passenger James
Clark. Those on the Goodman saw the
three boats capsized and hurried to the
rescue, saving Edward Edison, w. War
ner. F. Kregler and Harry Crawford. of
the Laura; Rev. Mr.. Lathrop and
and c. II. Purcell, of the Roamer.
Purcell was only resuscitated after sew
eral hours hard work. 1t is rumored
that r. c. Sloan is also among the dead.
All the boats went down. Again Net
tleton, of the Minnesotas, wins the
junior single race, but such race as it
was might have been rowed on land. 1t
was a farce. There were four
clubs entered. When time was called
the Minnesotas had Nettleton in one
boat and Wright in the other. The
other juniors refused to row. Nettle-
ton padded of, called to Wright to fol-
low, and played catch-boy with him
around the course, winning, of course,
by four lengths. The junior tours.
which was rOWed for the second time
on Tuesday, and again declared off, was
not rowed, but postponed indefinitely.
the Mississippi Valley association races
to-day, the starters in the junior tours
were as follows: Minnesotas, st. Paul,
Winnipeg. Duluth and the Lurlines. 1t
was hot race, but as usual the pro-
verbal foul was claimed to mar it. The
LurlineS and DuluthS collided on the
way back. The referee was asked for
his decision, the details of the fouling
having been fairly agreed on by the clubs
Not until he had called meeting of his
friends did he withithe judges and men,
bers of the Winnipeg contingent de-
eide that the Duluths and Lurlines
were out of the race. Then to add to
the seeming collision which the local
press has denounced, the referee,
LIZ Os AtClys ulo UIOIilCls l. Os AfClys
and George Wheeler and Herman
Nichols, decided that they would give
the race to the Winnipegs. Duluthians
are up in arms against this arbitrary
decision, for Tuesday the st. Pauls
fouled the Winnipegs in the same way
and were ruled out. The injustice is
apparent, and the partiality wrong to
all other clubs, who are about TO hold
all indignation meeting to consider the
ACCESSIBILITY of continuing in the races.
The st. Pauls led to the half, and with
renewed vigor pushed magnificent
lead to the turn, followed closely by the
WinnipegS. The Wlnnipegs turned
about the st. Pauls' buoy, delaying the
latter IL seconds. The Minnesotas
caught the water first on the return
trip. Winnipegs second, st. PauIs third,
and Duiuths and Lurlines together. In
the collision st. Pauls. lost four lengths
and were led by the Winnipegs and
Minnesotas. This loss they made up at
the half. and in the last quarter caught
the Minnesotas passing all other crews
and reaching the home buoy half
length behind the Winnipegs.
Protest Was Entered
with the result as above stated. st.
Paul claimed the race, and all close OBJ
servers conceded it to them, but the