St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-10

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Bear. Capt. Stack entered his
sloop Advertiser, and the Judge went
with him. The wind blew little less
than a hundred miles an hour, and
when the point of the island was
reached the Advertiser. Columbia and
Wapsi all went over like a fash. The
Advertiser was ahead, and so went over
first. Stacks first thought on coming
10 the surface was Of a flask. He thought
that communion with terrestrial spir-
Its would be wise before he mingled
with those on the hither shore. So he
went under again to find the flask, soon
appearing with blanched face.
"Ye Gods" he cried, "tis gone! Our
time has come!"
But for the prompt appearance of
Sam Stlckney with the Wollypog the
occupants of the ill-fated Advertiser
would now be beyond the ken of man.
Brave Capt. Stack stood Oh the bottom
of his surglng craft and shouted:
Il will be the last man to leave these
decks! Precede me, judge"
The Judge had consumed SO much of
an unaccustomed beverage that he. too.
wanted to be last, and fierce conflict
waged OF the bosom of the lake as 10
who should be saved first, the captain
fighting from sense of honor and the
judge because '.his honor" was too
.oggy with water to move. The latter
inaIly yielded. i'll order to save their
lives.
Capt. l.. z. Ordway. of the Columbia.
in some manner lost all his clothes i'll
the water, and, after being rescued,
ascended TO the club house with all
lost save honor. His clothes were picked
up and brought in later. Those with
him in the Columbia were c. NJ. Griggs,
e. II. McGill, Nj. Boyle, Al Crech and
Oscar Taylor.
Charlie Bigelow commanded the
Wapsi, and with him were Fred Bige-
low, Winthrop Noyes and Homer Clark.
No one was hurt during the entire
melee, though all suffered somewhat
from tue thorough ducking received.
Capt. Stack went out after his boat, and
others were allowed to drift ashore. A
good many personal belongings were
lost, including the flask.
The race was started a few minutes
before o'clock. the following being the
list of sloop entries. as furnished by
Secretary McKechnie. of the yacht club:
Wollypog. og................S. c. Stickney
Storm King. Carl Taylor
Columbia, ................L. G. Ordway
Falcon. Paul GotZian
Osita. ii. C. Drake
Wapsi.... Charles BigeIow
Advertiser. northumberland. l.. Stack
None of them finished, the three
mentioned capslzing. the rest returning
to rescue the unfortunates. Chris
O'Brien's big eight-oar boat Hebe did
valiant service in the rescue line, also.
The cat boat entries were as follows:
Elsie. ........ ............J. H. Skinner
h"nftaa honta ..::.F W, AppIston p; Rfon
Euid. ...................J. p. Oliver
Albatros. s..................W J. Murray
Bonny Castle. w. u. Swan
Aioha -.........-....... hied
Only two of them attempted to sail
the course. The start was made just
after o'clock. but the water was too
rough 10 sail, though none OF the cat
boats capsized. The Aurelia and Bo-
nita sailed the short course. the latter
coming in few seconds ahead. At the
turn her sail went clear under, but she
righted in fine shape. The Elsie broke
her tiller and the Aloha its mast step.
The excellent sailing of the Bonita
shows the value of the skipjack, as used
OIL Long Island sound in rough water.
A large attendance of ladies was pres
ens, and it was huge time. Some of
the feminine hearts thumped pretty
severely when the boats containing a
husband. brother or sweetheart went
over. but the incipient tears changedto
laughter as the bedraggled shippers
reached terra firma. The st. Paul &
Duluth sent out special and handled
The crowd well.