The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-09
HOW CAN SHE LOSE?
AGAIN THE ALFRIDA FINISHES
FIRST IN THE WHITE BEAR
s REGATTA.
0UTFL0ATS ALL COMPETITORS
CORONA FINISHES SECOND, LEAD
ING THE KATHLEEN BY MAR
ROW Margin
FAST TIME IN THE CAT RACES.
The Pastime, Altered From SloOD
to Pussy Rig, Sails Well, But
Finishes Fourth.


sea-sheH chariot, his trident quivered
end with anger. Eye Gods and little
fishes! Why have We not informed me
of this skiff Alfrida? BY my robes OF
blue, which l now rend with anger,
will proceed to view it. Where Is this
lake White Bear? They tell me there
are mighty races held there. 1 will OBJ
serve them" Great drops of sweat
poured down his godlike face and made
the waves Of the lake to ripple. His
disturbed breath, the southwest wind
blew in the sails of the gallant crafts
and waited them over their course,
and as Alfrida, commanded by her gal
liant captain, c. NJ. Griggs, bore tri-
umphantly into port, Neptune was
heard to breath a sigh of relief and
mutter:
More gallant craft has not been built since
days of ancient Greece
Since brave Ulysses sailed the main and
Jason claimed the fleece.
The eleventh race at White Bear
yesterday afternoon was fairly good
one in that many of the boats took
part, and some changes were made in
those that participated. The course
was the long one, the weather clear,
the wind brisk, from the southwest.
The judges of the race were r. B.
Delano and young Charlie Powers,
who, it is claimed, can recognize boat
across the lake and notice when one
of the crew has lost his collar button.
In the first-class sloops the Corona
started first, leading the Kathleen by
eight seconds. She crossed the line on
the starboard tack with stiff breeze,
followed to windward by the Kathleen,
commanded by DR.. McLaren The Co
roma used her new sails, unreefed for
the first time in this race, and showed
that thus equipped she is faster than
the Kathleen.
The Alfrida started third, two Sec
onds behind the Kathleen, and under
her lee, thereby losing several seconds.
Half way to center buoy the three
yachts held these relative positions, the
AIfrida, however, falling to leeward
and passing the Kathleen before reach
ing center buoy the first time. The
same position was maintained to and
around WILDWOOD the Corona holding
the lead while rounding center and
Wildwood, with the Alfrida close sec
ond. From there to center buoy it was
a dead beat in the eye of the wind,
where seamanship came into play. 1t
was the general opinion of the yachts
men that Capt Griggs outgeneraled
his competitors for the first place. He
reached port three minutes and twen-
ty-nine seconds before the Corona,
which led the Kathleen by 3:19.
In Glass B, for second class sloops,
the Hornet, commanded by George
Mead, won as usual. He had not en-
tered for the last two races and took
special pains to enter this time because
it was said he feared a strong wind.
The Falcon, which came in second,
was we'll managed, but outfooted by
the Hornet, by corrected time min
utes 27 seconds The. ADV ertiser, which
at one time held the championship at
the lake, has not won a race this sea-
son, which may be due to the fact that
Capt. Phillips, her owner, is a novice,
though one who will undoubtedly "get
there" later. He has invited her former
owner ]. L. Stack, of Chicago, to sail
her next Saturday. Jack Mertens, in
this crew, standing by the mast,
slipped to leeward. under the boom,
tanning the jib sheet so that 1t was i'm
possible to bring the boat around She
started third, but dropped behind the
Siren on the run VI to center buoy
The Falcon, which started last, came
up to second place at the same time
and exchanged places with the May B.
AT the first turn of the home buoy she
again went back to fourth place but
regained second place on the run over
to Lake Shore and held it to the
end. The, Siren was ably handled by
Capt. Smith, but was heavily handi-
capped by lack of sufficient canvas
The May B. is an experiment as yet
While she manifests considerable
speed, she has not won race as yet
and she did not finish today.
A new feature of the pussy race is
the change of the Pastime from q
sloop to a catboat. She showed con-
siderable speed but was beaten, and
came in fourth, by corrected time one
second behind the Sally B. which, by
the way, got stuck in wind off the point
of the island. The sky turned a deer
dark gray and remained so for seven
minutes, after which the Sallie got her
second wind and came home easy
second Capt. Skinner showed great
seamanship in handling the Greyline
and clearly distaneed his competitors
Starting LA ahead of Sallie B, which
was second, he finished actual time
1:01 ahead and corrected 1857. The
Alerta fell into stays on the way to the
line, dropped her peak, and was de-
tanned a few moments, this time on &C.
count of her rudder.s 1t is to be hoped
she will soon be in running order fol-
she is good boat and well managed
by her owner, A. NJ Drake. The
Esmeralda had luck in lacking from
Wildwood to center buoy, but left
Wildwood buoy on port tack, hello
that leg, the wind heading her off, anG
thereby lost time, while her competitors
lacking with the wind took advantage
Of and outdistanced her. It was hel
first race this seasan, and she was
commanded by C. F. Mailer. Ffel
time allowance was impossible to es
innate. The time which is the tastes
made this season, is as follows, cor
rected and actual:
Cats
Actual Corrected
Time. Time.
Greyling, ]. H. Skinner ..1:4O11 1861
Sally B., L. P. Ordway .....1:99:51 1861
nSHerdIua '......... ......... 1;42:2S
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