St. Paul daily globe., 1895-09-05
BROODS OVER THE HEARTS OF
WHITE hear AND MINNIE
TONkA YACHTSMEN.
WIND FAILED TO FILL SAILS,
AND THE FIRST OF THE INTER-
LAKE RACES is POSTPONED
UNTIL TODAY.
WHITE BEARS DRIFT WELL
Society Was Ont in Force to Cheer
the VictOrs and Succor the
Vanquished.

wind, four champion yachts drifted
half mile in three-quarterS of an
hour at White Bear lake yesterday
afternoon. There was no race, and
the first of the three days contests
between the White Bear and Mime
tonka clubs was postponed until to-
day.
The afternoon at White Bear was
clear and hot. At 2:15, the hour
fixed for the start, there was no
wind whatever, and at o'clock,
when the boats got away, there was
but the ghost of northwest breeze.
1t was pleasant to note that the
White Bear yachts appeared to drift
a bit faster than the Minnetonka
craft. Yet drifting is not sailing;
and, should the wind blow today,
the distinction may become Distress
ingly apparent. Yesterdays failure
to secure a race disappointed con-
siderable assemblage of society peo-
pie from both cities. Many ladies
were present in their most attract
i've summer gowns or yachting suits,
prepared and anxious to smile with
the victors and condole with the
vanquished.
When it became evident that there
would be no wind for start at 2:15,
the crew of the Corona, White Bears
crack sloop, moved their boat over
to McGill's dock, some distance from
the club house. They were there
fore surprised by the signal to start
three-quarters Of an hour later. The
wind, it is true, freshened, but it
was still extremely light. The Co
roma was thus taken unawares, and
could not get across the line until
8 minutes and 9 seconds after the
Marie, her Minnetonka rival, had
started. In previous races at White
Bear each boats record had been
made upon it's actual time. But it
was agreed that the interlake races
should begin with a flying start"
Hence whatever time elapses in these
races after the signal gun has been
fired and before a boat crosses the
line, is time lost by that boat. The
starting signal for the sloopS yes
terday was given at o'clock sharp.
The Corona, Capt. Welch, crossed at
3:01 :04; the Marie. Capt. Watson, at
3:09:13. The cat race was started at
3:05, and the Alerta, of White Bear,
Capt. BigeloW, got away at exactly
the same time-3:06:4 :46-as the Pin
afore, Capt. Morse, of Minnetonka.
This placed the Marie five minutes
ahead. of the two cats, and the
Corona three minutes behind them.
But the White Bear craft soon be-
gan to creep forward, and, when, at
3:45, three shots were heard declaring
the race off, the Corona had already
made up the eight minutes she had
lost, and was abreast of the Marie;
while the Alerta had passed away
beyond the Pinafore, had temporarily
led the Marie, and was now a short
distance behind the pride Of Mime
tonka-
MOST LIVELY DRIFTING
for a cat boat.
The judges were the sailing commit
tee, consisting of c. M. Griggs, j. P.
Elmer, of the White Bear club. and
F. c. Hopkins, of the Minnetonka
club. They, together with Commodore
Dean, of the home club; Commodore
| Dunwoodie, Of the Minnetonka club,
and several ladies' and the reporters,
| followed the race in a naphtha launch
| loaned by Rice & Phillips, and pret-
| tily decked out with flags and golden
| rod. Minnetonka guests were accom-
modated with the steamer Maud. The
starters, safe upon the piazza Of the
! club house. were J. w. Taylor, of
White Bear. and Judge G. J. Bartle-
son, of Minnetonka. The crews yes
| terday were: Alerta, H. T. Drake,
captain; A. M. Drake. w. P. Jewett,
L. P. Orwdway,F. r. Bigelow; Marie
H. P. Watson, captain; William Peet
Jr., w. S. Gale, Burt Strong, James
Bracket; Corona-Dr. Welch, captain
| H. A Merrill, J. A. Gregg (the three
owners), and w. ]. Murray; Pima
fore-W. D. Morse, captain; e. M.
Stevens, L. r. Brooks, Phillip
Brooks, D. D. Tenney, John Shaw,
| Sidney Dean.
SOCIETY WAS OUT.
The reception room Of the club
| house had been decorated with flowers
and with silken pennants Of many
| colors.
Among the guests of the club were:
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hurlbert, c. w.
Brown, w. A. Ramsey, w. K. Morri-
son. Miss Janney, w. H. Dunwoodie,
commodore Of the Minnetonka club;
ex-Commodore Janney, ex-Commo-
dore Phillips, A. Dunwoodie, Theo-
dore Wetmore, w. K. Morrison, Vice
Commodore Allen, the Dyer brothers,
Messrs. Dun@oodie, Longbreck. Hef-
felfinger, Fletcher Walker, EdWard
Mcdonald, H. P. Watson, w. S. Gale,
Burt Strong, James Bracket, w. D.
Morse, Elisha M. Stevens, L. r.
Brooks, Phillip Brooks, D. p. Tenney.
John Shaw, of Minneapolis; Mr.. and
Mrs. Emmons Hadly. Joseph Skinner,
H. T. Drake. J. L. Stack, Mesdames
George Skinner, W. E. Howard, John
Townsend, Platt, Cass Gilbert, Oscar
Taylor, woodward, Hitching, A. &.
Ovitt, the Misses O'Brieh, Rugg, ES;
pey, Maud Espy, Rhodes. Hitching,
Haisley. Mead, Mason, Kirk, Messrs.
w. B. Dean. commodore Of White
Bear club; j. p. Elmer, g. M. Griggs,
J. w. Taylor, George Mead, Oppen-
helm, s. A. Stickney. Odin Clay, e. R.
Sanford Jr., Of st. Paul. Miss Haskell,
Of Chicago; Miss Townshed, of AL
bany, N. Y.
The first race, weather permitting,
will therefore take place today, the
third race Saturday. This evening q
reception will be given the Minne-
tonka visitors at the Dellwood club
house.
The White Bear Yacht club will en-
tertain the members and friends Of
Il b al l. 4.-Q- y
hop to be given at RamaIeys pavil-
ion, White Bear lake, this evening.
Special trains will leave for st. Paul
and Minneapolis at 11:S0 p. m.
Prospective PugiIistic Meeting.
George Esh, the well known Duluth
sporting man and. hacker of several
noted boxers, is In the city trying to ar