St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-08-05
WAS A VERY CLOSE RACE.
Stacks Boat Crosses the Line
a Minute Ahead Of the
Columbia.
THE CAT BOAT RESULT.
Sister Leads These Craft -.
Protest Against Her for
Fouling.

In spite of the fact that only a light,
extremely fitful breeze was stirring, the
yacht races at White Bear yesterday
afternoon were. to those actively par
ticlpating, decidedly exciting. A large
number of the cottagers as we'll as many
from the city witnessed the contest from
the boat house.
Sixteen boats in all comprised the
contesting fleet, and were grouped
splendidly throughout the race, never
at any time being widely separated.
The object of the race was the winning
of the first commodore cup, won last
year by the Advertiser.
Owing to the fact that large delega
ton did not arrive until the 2:30 train,
the start was delayed until almost 4
o'clock.
The sloops started out headed by the
Wollypog, which crossed the line at
$40: 40. followed by the Columbia at
Sal :04 and the Teal one second later,
the others following in rapid success
sion. The Aurelia headed the feet of
catboats, and was followed by the Be-
nita. Alpha Delt, Nushka. Sister Elsie.
Neko, Valkyrie and Albatross.
Away sped The boats before south
west breeze. which, while it veered
around at sudden and annoyingly fire.
Quent intervals, was very fair when it
did blow. At one time the boats would
dart along with great velocity, and the
next instant would be drifting in tenn
porary calm.
But the Katy D and Columbia kept
close together from start to finish, the
former winning by only few seconds.
The cat boats had a somewhat closer
race than the sloops, and there was
consequently more difficulty IN award
ing the victory. The, Bonita rounded the
home buoy, followed by the Nushka,
but the latter. although splendidly
manned by skilled crew in the per-
sons of Capt. Morton and Messrs. Cass
Gilbert and Robert Fairchild. was.
strictly speaking. not sin it" The
Nushka, having SO frequently succeeded
in gaining the victorious laurelS, grace
fully submitted, however, to her defeat,
although eXtenuating circumstances eX-
listed in the way of a foul just off the
peninsula by the Aurelia and an uneX-
to rounding the Wildwood buoy.
The judges. composed of MeSsrs. A.
B. Ovitt. Walter Hewitt and }. q. Ord
way, have as yet given no definite de-
cislon for the cats, however. as the Sis
ter. sailed by Albert Krech, was pro-
tested for having fouled the Albatross,
which would give the race to either the
Alpha Delt or Neko. The latter won
j over the former by actual time of five
seconds, but the new sails of the Alpha
Delt, not yet having been measured, it
was impossible to give her corrected
time. A difference of less than ten Sec
ondS will exist between her and the
Neko whichever way it is decided.
Following is a summary of the entire
fleet. together with their commanders
and the corrected time made by each
boat. Shops:
Katy D, j. H. Stack. ..... 49,. L 80 :32
Columbia. C. M. Griggs ...... L 81 "a
Hornet, George H. Wende Il SO 80
Teal, Eugene Ramaley .....-..........1:37:5 80
The Storm King. captained by Carl
Taylor, the Osito. by Ii. F. Drake. and
the Wallypog. by Paul Stickney, did
not finish. Cat boats:
Sister. AL Krech Isl
Neko, o. L. Taylor. &c. As
Valkyrie. q. Scholle 80 :06
NusEka, W. S. Morton. ...... -. go. 1:39:37
A1batross, j. H; Murry. ................1:H:l 6
Bonita, Samuel Apologize. 100
| The Alpha Delt. sailed by G. D. Mat
tison, is vet awaiting the judges de-
cision pending the measurement of her
! sails, while the Aurelia. DR.. McLaren's
boat, and Elsie, manned by j. 81. Skim
| ner, were not in at the finish.
In truth, the entire race, while not as
exciting as that of last Saturday, was
all exceedingly pretty one, and of con-
! siderable interest to spectators as we'll
i as contestants