St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-14
AN EXCITING RACE.
Queen Emma Wins in a Very High
Wind

Wind.
Yesterday afterno on the White Bear
Yacht club returned the courtesy ex-
tended to them by the association two
weeks previous, by giving free-for-all
regatta, and inviting all the yachts of
the lake to enter. A very strong but
somewhat gusty wind from the south
east greeted the feet, just wind enough
to make it exciting and not enough to
make 1T dangerous. The course was
over the seyen-mile triangle of the yacht
club, and the yachts were to be sailed
under the rules of the w. B. Y.C. The
entries were:
Maniton, Capt. Eugene Ramaley.
. Shadow, Capt. Florence Ramaley.
Nushka, Capt. j. P. Elmer
Merry Monarch, Capt. Howard Galusha.
Della s. Capt. j. l.. Stack.
Susie L, Capt Walter Morton
Storm King, Capt. Luther Newport
Queen Emma, Capt. Gotham
Marguerite, Capt. Carl Taylor
FORTUNA Capt Welch.
Sunshine, Capt. Howard Ramaley.
A few minutes before the starting
signal was .given the wind freshened,
ana increased almost to a gale: eonSe-
quently the prudent began to doubIy
reef, and those who did not were sorry
before the race was over. The pistol
was fired and the yachts, lying way over
on their sides, and with the waves dash
ing over their bows, began to cross the
llhe- Inc start was very even one,
ana the run down to the
point of the island was made
without any boat increasing its
lea d. but when they swung around
the point, and went down before the
wind TO the Dellwood buoy. the trouble
began. The wind here had a long, un-
interrupted sweep of about three miles.
and was increasing in force: every min
ute the big rollers made the boats pitch
ana loss IN manner calculated tomake
the most experienced sailor feel little
shaky, The boats which had double
reeIed now had the advantage, and
steadily gained on those which had a
greater spread of canvas. The Shadow
completely ran away with her crew,
and she was obliged to seek shelter
under the lee shore of the peninsular.
The Marguerite, which I'D to this point
mad been steadily gaining on the leaders
on account OF too much canvas and too
little ballast, was obliged to swerye from
her course, and ran over to the DELL
wood shore. This lost her nearly a
mile, and though she afterward made
up part of the distance, yet from this
point she was practically out of the
race. Inc Della 5 began now to show
some very superior sailing qualities
Dropping her peak she flew down to-
ward the Dellwood buoy, closely fol-
lowed by the Nushka and Merry Mon
arch. The other boats followed in close
order The wind had now increased to
such a degree that when the boats
started OFF on the port tack for Nah
tomedi 1t required the greatest skill
10 keep them from capsizing. All
or the crews hung far over on the
wlndward sides of the yachts. The big
waves would dash over the bows,
drenching the sailors to the skin and
nall hlllng the cockplts with water. The
three cats, Della S, Nushka and Merry
Monarch, still kept their lead, and in a
snort time rounded the second buoy.
AT this point the Fortuna, which had
been standing the gale braVely, careened
under The impulse of a heavy souaIl 50
as to fill half full of water. Safety and
good SeamanShip required that she drop
out, 50 she dropped her iib and sailed
slowly back to Ramaley's. The boats
were now coming down before the wind
on the home stretch with the Della S
ahead, and to all appearances she was
the winner; the NuShka followed. dis
putting second place with her twin sister:
some distance behind came the Queen
EthHla: Sne was under double reef and
stood the breeze well. The Manitou, in
her new rig of sloop. was not as fast
as expected, and in company with the
other sloops brought up the rear. The
Della D, Just as she was confidently
expecting to pass the home buoy. the
winner met with most unfortunate ac-
cldent. The strain on her large sail
from the heavy wind caused her large
rudder to snap in two. and the boat, like
a horse without driver, went founder
ing OF IN the wrong direction. Before
she could be controlled or again gotten
under way the Nushka and Merry
Monarch had passed her. But when
the time allowance had been reckoned
it appeared that the Queen Emma was
the winner. This ended the most ex-
citing and hardest-fought race of the
season.
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