St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-05-03
THE LAKE.
Boating, General and Personal
News of the Popular Resort.

nent OF the season, not perhaps, Tor
the transient summer visitors who
spend only month or a few weeks at
the lake, but for the great number of
people who make White Bear their
home during the warmer part of the
year. The 1st of May marks the begin
ming of the season. More particularly
can this be said of this year. 1t IS an
exceptionally early season. The warm
days of the last week have occasloned a
general EXODUS of the cottagers to the
lake; they have been coming out by the
scores, and the hotels. while hardly yet
under full sway, are receiving guests
for the summer.
The sailboatS are being launched, and
are beginning to make their appearance
on the lake, and RamaIey's dock pre-
sents the aspect of shipyard. New
boats are being rugged, old boats refitted
and remodeled, and all for a COM
mon end-that of competing for
the honoIs in the races. Sail
ing this season will receive a
renewed impetus from the appearance
on the lake of some eight or ten new
boats, all built after the most approved
patterns, and all, at least in the minds of
their owners, calculated to win. Thu
two centerS of interest for yachtSmen
Will be Ramaley's pavilion and Dell
wood, the headquarters respectively of
the White Bear Yacht club and the
White Bear Yachting association. The
latter is a new association, and great
things are expected of it. While sail.
ing is, of course, the most prominent
feature of the club, yet great deal of
attention will be paid to the social
features. There are considerably over
100 members, composing large num-
Der OF the society people of st. Paul,
and the entertainments, which it is ex-
pected will be given by the club, will be
the social features of the lake. The club
has secured the Dellwood club house,
owned by Kirby Barnum, ON a long
lease, and when everything is in
order it will be an ideal
yacht club house, and one of
which the club may be proud. 1t will
be rendezvous for members of the
club and their friends, where they may
lounge around and enjoy themselves in
any way which their fancy prompts
them.
The yacht races. of course, to a ma
jority of the jewellers at the lake, will
be the principal events of interest.
There will be many of them, and they
will be close and holly contested. The
last two years the boats have been
rather unequally matched, and one
familiar with their qualities could pretty
accurately forecast the results of the
regattas. This year the introduction of
so many new and fast boats casts an
element of doubt and uncertainty over
the reSults-of the races that time alone
will dispel. The Nushka, belonging to
Messrs. Elmer and Ordway, the cham
pion of last year, will have to contend
with two other boats of nearly exactly
her model and build; they belong to Mr.
Morton and Mr.. Galusha. The Kitten,
Mr.. Stickney's beat. which has many
times while at Minnetonka made it in
teresting for the fastest boats on the
lake, Will be liable to make nard fight
for first place. Jean Ramaley's new
boats and Mr.. Van Duzee's and several
others on the lake for the first time are
expected to do great things, and take
the wind ont of the sails of the leaders.
The Mary, Mr.. Comings' boat, which
last year had all unaccountable way of
showing up near the front when every
one thought she was out of the race,
will spread new and much larger sail,
and some of the new boats will have to
look out for her. The Marguerite, the
twin sister OF the Mary. is waiting pa
tiently in hopes of sailing in hurri-
cane, when she has remarkable fac
ulty of coming oHt ahead. All the other
boats Of last year will be sailed In the
regattas of the two clubs, and White
Bear will be able to muster a fleet of
boats which would do credit to Mime
tonka. There has been consid-
cradle talk by the members
of the White Bear and Minnetonka
CLUBS. of having a regatta this sum-
mer at one OF the other of the lakes to
settle the disputed question of which
lake possesses the fastest boats, and it
Is more than likely that a regatta may
be arranged this season, in which the
crack boats of the two lakes will have
an opportunity to try their speed. The
White Bear yachts took all the prizes at
the Duluth regatta last year. and con-
sequently hold the championship of the
state. Very naturally, Minnetonka
wishes to arrange for contest, and
White Bear. though younger in expert
ence and fever in numbers, is willing
to give her chance to make good her
claims of superiority.
Personal Gossip.
The officers of W B. Y. A. are: Com
modore, Mr.. Ordway; vice commodore Sam
Stickney; secretary, Mr.. Bement; treasurer
J.W. Taylor. The club has very complete
set of sailing rules. and under their applca-
ton a great deal of the confusion and misuu.
Outstanding which occurred last year will be
done away with.
Louis Hastings has arrived at the lake for
the summer, and will devote his time to re-
moving from the Undlne, his yacht, the char
acter of "hoodOo' which last year every one
insisted was attached to his boat which GER
tainly had lions share of bad luck.
When the Fortuna, Commodore Welch's
boat has enlarged her centerboard she will do
good work, as she runs very fast, her difficult
ty being she could not sail close to the wind.
Wick Richards, known to every one as the
oldest sailor on the lake, is now to be adj
dressed as judge, inasmuch as he has been
elected justice of the peace.
The Nictorine, c. d. O'Briens boat, will
sail under an entirely new rigging this sea-
son. Lateen sails are not a success on White
Bear
Neither of the steamboats,, the Dispatch or
the Manitoba, will run this season. They
will remain stuck in the mud in Leip's bay.
Mr.. and Mrs F. W. Morse and Mr. and Mrs
s. o. Brooks removed to their summer quar-
tiers yesterday from 562 st. Peter street.
The Mauitou will not take any very active
part in the races this year. Jean Ramaley
considers his new boat faster one.
S. Nemott and family have taken up their
residence for the summer in Major Wright's
cottage at Dellwoad.
The first arrivals on Manitou island are A
B. Driscon and Walter Morton, who arrived
yesterday.
Mrs. Nellie Wood and family are settled in
the Hanna cottage at Cottage Park for the
season.
Mr. Galusha and family occupied their cot
tage at Cottage Park on the LIST of May.
Maybowl at j. ThilI's tomorrow, May
3, 1891. Germania Bank Building.
Straw Mating, 15c a Yard.
The cheapest floor covering for the
price made.
FRANK S. WEIDENBoRNER,
205 East Seventh Street, Corner Sibley.
improvements Are Going On
All about us; hardly man in sthe city
of st. Paul but what is doing something
to add to the comfort and beauty of his
home; and nothing enhances the APP
pearance of fine lawn as well paved
driveway. PROFESSIONALLY the hand
soonest, most durable, and most eco
nomical pavement laid for this service is
that oOncfrnafo5 Of tho Uonnipa