St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-24

the Wisconsin university boys took Q
long practice pull. making an even
thirty-eight stroke for several miles.
Thursday afternoon the Minnesota Boat
club crew took a spin. covering two.
mile course in the remark able time Of
1915. No effort was made to force
time in the practice of the Wisconsins,
although they made the two-mile course
in 1888. Both shells were given q
thorough overhauling in the boat house.
and each of the 20o nuts on the rods
holding the paper shells in position
was fastened tight for the grand strug-
gle. The Wisconsin she'll is an older
and less improved pattern than that of
our own boys. Its sides are straigh ter
and higher, and the 0arsmen sit higher
inthe water. These defects, in the opinion
Of experts would make difference in ,
speed between the two boats of perhaps
three seconds to the mile. Each boat is !
about sixty feet long, with beam
measurement Of twenty-four inches. i
and weighing about $50 pound each, the
Wisconsin boat being trifle the heavier.
They are made of paper an eighth of an
inch in thickness with skeleton keeis.
When, the Great Northern train leav.
ing St. Paul at 1880 p. m. reached the
Hotel Lafayette with its 800 peeple, ]
the outlook for race was poor. The
train had ploughed through a heavy
rain storm on the way out, the wind
blew hard. and dark, threatening clouds
loomed up on the horizon. But within
all hour the sun made its appearance
and that terror to shell race, high
wind, was no longer feared. The
Wisconsin boys and their friends,
with crimson colors conspicuous, were
vacillating between the boat house and
the hotel. with its pretty girls on the
veranda. Some preferred to look at the
shells and some at the girls. There
were .loadS'' of the latter, conspicuous
in their dainty costumes and club colors.
The red aud white of the Minnesota
Boat club was most frequently seen,
though many sweet lass would
glance askancs at the stalwart Wiscon-
sin laddies, as she toyed with the Grim.
son ribbon in the buttonhole Of her
taunty yachting coat. These university
boys have won the hearts of all during
their stay at the Lake.
Most of the Minnesota crew did not ar.
rive till the 4:45 tram, not being able ia
leave their business In this city sooner.
Another large crowd from the Twin
Cities came up on that train, also. The
steamer st. Louis and numerous small
boats were impatiently putting and
strainlnG at their hawsers by this time.
seeming to be longing for the great
event. Commodore Zimmerman was
OH the dock issuing orders that 'took".
as we'll as his camera. The crowd
gradually took possession of the big st.
Louis and filled it. A dozen chartered
launches, hosts of row boats and num-
berless sailboats, all comfortably filled
dock. The Minnesota Boat club had
chartered the Lotus, and her deck was
covered with pretty girls with red and
white cheeks and ribbons. They were
very nautical in their expressions, and
Harvard "coxs'n" would have
blushed for shame at his ignorance of
racing had he heard them.
At last Referee j. T. West. of the
West hotel. Minneapolis, made his ap-
pearancs and the judges boat. the
Saucy Kate. was ordered out. This was
the signal for general start. and with
oar, paddle and sail the motley assem-
blage headed for the narrows. On
the Saucy Kate were representa-
tives OF the press, the referee, time
keeper and Judges. ]. j. Parker
was judge for the Minnesotas and A.
w. Marston for the Wisconsins. Her
bert Brown was timekeeper and
Messrs. Alexander and Clement judges
at the finish. Great care was taken not
to overload the kate" so that she
could keep up with the shells.
At 500 the water was perfect, and the
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