St. Paul daily globe., 1894-07-15
ON WITH A new LOVE.
THE ARG0 ScUDS awAY FROM THE
- KITE AND ALPHA.
M1NNEToNKA YACHT RACES.
Wal Rays New Boat Downs the
s?1Oid Favorites Quite Easily
: Interesting Races in a Light
Breeze Under the Auspices OF
= tho Minnetonka Yacht Club
Yesterday fternonn

- : lnteresting Races In q Light
Breeze Under the Auspices OF
F. tho Minnetonka Yacht Club
Yesterday Afternoon.
Alight and uncertain wind-tantaliz-
Ing Because it continually gave promise
of freshening but always avoiding sthat
scondltion--a new and comparatively UNI
ktiswn boat, a winner from the favor
|. ties in the tirst-class sloops. and a gen
eral surprise in the other classes
such would be the resume of the
lace held by the yacht club yesterday
+ afternoon at Lake Minnetonka. AT the
start; there was enough wind to invite
the ION that some lively sport might
1he expected. and deceived ON the point
some twenty-five yachts got away, but
latsrthe race became tame. and at the
hffsh out thirteen of the starters came
IN. The race was championship, but
not cup eyent-that next Saturday
wiHebe the latter, but not the former.
in5their staIt the boats were sent
away in the usual order, specials and
Sinaltcat and slOops first and then the
larger yachts. All were carrying full
sail and praying fervently for more
wind'eXcept the Bird. her cautious skip
per going under reef. OF the 23-foot
sloops the Alpha, Siren. G. l.. c., Argo,
Kite, Thistle, Marie. Whit and Idler
took time for the judges. The first leg
of the course was series of tacks to
windYard and immediately on crossing
the line ali the yachts began the series
of short beats necessary to carry
them round the Crystal bay buoy.
Of, the entire feet all pursued
the same tactics excepting only the
Kite and Marie. These two held on a
long tack trusting 10 gain time by not
being forced to come about SO often
but both seemed to lose by it. The
Kite really lost her chance for the race
in the maneuver for she missed the
wind when out in the lake, but the Marie
gained and passed the Argo Siren, G. l..
q. and Khe; good work, but which
might have been bettered had she not
stood so far out. Past the buoy the
Bird lead with the Thistle and Argo
close after.
> On the secand leg and up to the Point /
Lookout buoy the boats held close to-
.gether presenting very picturesque
sight. Round the buoy the leaders
caught bit of breeze and when this
grew SlToHgeF .tHoy udHaSeu 10 put
quite distance between themselves
and the remainder Of the fleet. This
part of the cOurs was longre ach
and the boats near each other had
chance to show some very fair speed in
the little races held ION the side" Be-
ginning tn t second round the Bird held
her lead, with the Argo-a new Moore
boat-close after, and following them
the Marie and Thistle, and back. some
dtstence the Alpha and Kite. Of the
latter TWO the Kite had considerably the
best of it, and later when she dis
tanced-comparatiyei rival, the
latter gave up and pulled out.
On the second round number of
the racers pulled out. Those who re-
manned held ahout their relative posi-
tions. though the Kite hung to her task
and materially bettered herself. First
across the finish line was the little Bird,
with the proud feat to her credit OF hav-
ing never been headed in the race. The
Argo, a clean winner in the big sloops,
was second, and the Marie third. The
race was an out-and-out victory for the
Ago, and entities her to place among
the fast boats of the fleet. The story of
the event, as told by the official sum-
mary, is as follows: