The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-13
BREEZE FAILING CRUISERS
THEY TIED TO TUG AND
HAD THEIR RIDE ANY
WAY.
MERRY TIME ON MANrroU ISLAND.
No Previous Cruise Ever DeveIoDeA
More Merriment Than That of
Last Night.

Pldyeu ny Judge waiter >. Morton,
aided by Capt. Young, of the good
steamer Maud. all but two of the
yachts which entered the annual
cruise Of the White Bear Yacht club
yesterday would be finishing this
morning, and the speeches and athletic
events which actually followed last
night would be pulled off either this
evening or tomorrow. The cruise. eX-
cept as applied to Akela and Witch.
developed into a water carnival oW-
ing to the winds having all blown
over to Wildwood and failed to return.
But no matter everybody who reached
Sanders Point, on Manitou island. had
more FUN than the Indians, and feels
mat ne or she owes money to the
members of the arrangement commit
tee, Oscar Taylor, Walter Morton and
Theodore Griggs.
The printed progra mme which was
work Of art in itself, explained which
of the members had agreed to serve
on dozen or more committees, and
also that in the race from Ramalev's
to the point via the center buoy and
Dellwood buoy, the plain ordinary
rules would be suspended, and the
when the starting gun was fired. after
which they might use oars or other
unusual methods to secure Roadway
at the getaway.
AT $50 twelve boats were fast at
the dock, not counting Charlie"
Suckney's houseboat, which was not
allowed to enter because her exposure
has not yet been measured, and which
was therefore anchored out in the
Day. The gun was fired from the
judges boat Maud, and as soon as the
report was heard everybody scrambled
to get start. Rowboats, oars, pad
dies, docks were brought into use,
while one boat actually made fast to
the Maud and was dragged nearly to
the first buoy, but everything went
The tickle wind came out of the
north. Alfrida dashed off as if yellow
fever infested the pavilion Akela
seemed left at the post. One by one
the boats got in line for the center
buoy led by Alfrida with L. P. Ordway
at the tiller. Each boat had on board
large crew, comprising many of the
fair sex. Alfrida reached the center
buoy in twenty-four minutes with
Fred Bigelow's Witch not a very good
second, and DR.. WEIGH and Corona a
fair third.
On the run out the wind stiffened
just bit, shifted to the east and then,
as stated, left for other parts of the
lake. H. Sanders and Tracy Lyon
with Mojave and Croppie did not en-
ter, but cruised about the racers and
had slightly the best of it. AIerta
was the first cat to round the buoy
with Aurelia doing her best to get
to the finish at the same time When
the Maud reached the buoy the judges
could. with the marine glass, see Akela
in the lurch, but Esmeralda would not
be outdone in any way and dropped
back to cinch the BOBBY prize. What
Jean Ramaley knows about sailing
brought Paul Gotzian's Merry Girl up
out of the ruck into the lead of the
second division.
With no wind left the boats drifted along
until Akela pulled into the point without
going down to Dellwood buoy, when a happy
thought struck Judge Morton. The engines
on the Maud were trusty and powerful
yachts to the Maud would at least transform
the thing into a water carnival, and the
game could all be held the same day. This
was DONE and the Maud rounded the buoy
like the flagship of big naval parade than
a quite dignifed little passenger boat. When
the island was nearly reached the boats were
turned loose to get in as fast as they could
in order to win the prizes. The fun here
was nearly as great as at the start, save that
the crews were getting hungry and wasted
little time getting ashore. Alfrida made the
trip in one hour and ten minutes. The sun
was going down, and the silver moon was
rising over the peninsula, when the big rugs
were spread and the edibles brought out
from their hiding places. Not less than a
dozen or fifteen little parties sat down to the
al fresco luncheon on the broad lawn at
Sanders point overlooking the lake.
Lanterns were strung along the shore, and
Greek fires in the background added to the
brilliancy of the occasion.
Charcoal fires had been built and the anna
teur chefs soon set out coffee and dishes
which would put to shame the ordinary cook
When the viands had been thoroughly dis
cussed Walter Morton and Harry Drake fired
the preparatory gun for as unique a set of
athletic contests as one often has the pleas
of witnessing.
The course was laid on the lawn along the
shore, and lighted with torches and Greek
fire. Misses Sanborn. Bum. Dean. Morton
DR.. Driscoll and Durham We're the entries for
the ten yards dash for maidens. Miss Kath-
crime Morton outfooted her competitors. and
according to the judges, won by two lengths
The slow bicycle race brought out Howard
Sanders, BILLY" Cochran and Sidney Dean.
After it had brought them out, 1t threw them
all down but Dean, who Yves declared the
winner amid much hand-clapping. The trick
was to go as slowly as possible without fall
ing off, and Mr.. Deans adversarles were evil
IDENTIFY overturned.
Dr. WEIGH DR.. McLaren, L. P. Ordway.
John Townsend and Harry Drake were trot-
ted out for the Patriarch's dash. 1t was a
bruising from the pistol. and Ordway
beat out WEIGH by a short nose, but q pro-
test gave the race to- the latter.
The boys race. run backwards was cap
tured by Leonard Kimberly, while Sidney
Dean captured the same event from a bunch
of five middleweights.
There were four entries in the dash for
married ladies, Mrs. J. NJ. WEIGH Mrs. Oscar
Taylor Mrs. Archie McLaren and Mrs. ]. P.
Elmer. The last named, clad in a vermilIion
blouse and bicycle skirt, was touted for the
winner, and came under the string a head
with Mrs. WEIGH second. Mrs. McLaren en-
tered protest on account of the winners
costume, and Mrs. Taylor "also ram"
Mr. Morton announced that the winners Of
the sailing race were: First-class slooos
Alfrida; second-class, Minnehaha: cats Bon
tia, and special class. Witch. The prizes for
these and also for the field and track events
J. B. Tarbox, Mrs Cass Gilbert Mrs. ArchLe
McLaren, Mrs. J. P. Elmer. Mrs. ]. NJ WEIGH
Miss Florence Lamprey, Col. Sam Appleton
and Walter Morton.
Commodore Dean and J. p Elmer smoke
briefly Of the club house and talked of the
best means to secure it: c. NJ. Griggs sang
and Miss Ray Lamprey read with considerable
effect a humorous poem. in which the we'll
known members of the club are pictured a.
archly admitting their superiority as
sailors.
The Aurelia the prize for. having the
largest number of ladies in her crew.
The crew of the winning sloop Alfrida in
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P Elmer, Mr.. and
Mrs. Cass Gilbert, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar L. Tay-
lor, Misses Finch and Warner. of Milwaukee,
L. P. Ordway and Fred Monfort.
The boats which participated, together with
their shippers are follows: Alfrida L. p.
Ordway Witch, Fred Bigelow; Bonita, Sam