St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-20
CATS LIKE THE CREAM.

The Annual Cruise OF the White
Bear Yachting Association.
When the 2:15 train on the ST. Paul
& Duluth left the depot yesterday aft
ernoon it seemed as if the entire sum-
mer population of White Bear. dis
gusted with the hot weather, were re-
turning to the lake. The attraction,
however. was the annual cruise of the
White Bear Yacht club, and every
devOtee of sailing who could possibly
break away from the city, was on hand
to lend hand at the sheet or the tiller,
or to add their avOirdupoiS TO the great
amount of ballast which was necessary
to keep the yachts right side, up. Invi-
tation had been extended by the yacht
club to all the yachts of the Yachting
association, and large fleet was thus
entered. Thele were two classes-cats
and sloops-and first and second prize
for each class. One of the strongest
winds of the year was blowing from the
south when the starting signal was
given, and. we'll reefed and with large
crew up on the side, the yachts filed
away, churnlng up the water into foam
and pitching and rolling III way to
strike terror to the heart of land lub-
Der. The cats started a few min
utes ahead of the sloops, and the
Katharine was the first one to
order by the Martha, Della S, Merry
Monarch and Kelpie. The run to the
point of the island was quick and ex-
citing, and the yachts maintained about
the same positions, excepting the Mer-
ry Monarch and Della s, who had made
the mistake of reefiug too clio Sc and
were thus left some distance behind.
As the yachts swung around the island
and bore away before the wind for
Dellwood, the Kelpie began to creep
UP Oh the leaders and the Mar
| tina just before the buoy was
reached, banketed the Katharine
and rounded a few feet ahead. The
Martha then started off for Mahtomedi,
the heavy waves and continued success
sion of black squalls. The Kelpie fol-
lowed right on the heels of the Katha-
rine, and now very pretty race began
for the second buoy. The Martha soon
fell back to third place, and it was evI-
dent that the victory lay between the
Katharine and Kelpie. First one yacht
forged ahead under the impulse of a
fierce gust, then the tickle wind would
leave her and push her rival swiftly
through the water. AS the Kelpie
neared the lea of the peninsula
she quickly shook out her reef and
running over to the south shore and
lacking up toward the buoy in the
smoother water, she began to gain on
the Katharine. Capt Morton, however.
managed to slip around the buoy few
seconds ahead of his dangerous rival.
| and. with the wind abeam, scudded
down the lake for the home buoy. The
kelpie began to show very superior
sailing qualities, foot by foot she crawled
| up to the leading boat, until, when about
half way to the buoy, she succeeded in
blanketing the Katharine, and, shooting
ahead, gained steadily until she rounded
| the home buoy, making the best actual
| time among the cats, and beating most
| the SloopS i'll their actual time, The
| Katharine took second place. The
actual time of cats and their order was
| as follows:
H. NJ. s.
Kelpie, o. L. Taylor. ....1 IA AZ
Katharine, Walter Morton. .........1 16 20
Merry Monarch, Howard Galusha :. L is 20
| Martha, George Nettleton. .............1 % Az
| Della ). j. l.. Stack. .......... 49,. / is so
The race among the sloops was full
| of excitement. but, as usual on such
| windy days. they did not make as fast
| time as the cats. But the Fortuna. the
| winner in the sloop class, made the fast
est time of the day, while the Nushka
went round the course in the best actual
time. The entries were StormSKing,
| Manitou, NuShka, Fortuna and Kitten.
Several of the yachts tried to carry two
much sail and had lively time keeping
right side up, but no accidents hap
pened. The Nushka rapidly took her
place at the head of the procession, fol-
lowed closely by the Fortuna. and they
maintained the positions until the home
buoy was reached. The Nushka fin
ished first with a long lead, but the
time allowance of the Fortuna gave her
the victory. The Fortuna thus wins
the last race of the year in addition to
! the yacht club trophy. The actual time
was as follows: