The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-15
AkELA SHOWED HERSELF
QUEEN IN THE HIGH WIND
YESTERDAY,
WlTCH'S CREW WERE UPSET.
SHAPE WITH LITTLE DIFFI-
Guilty.
READY FOR THE INTERLAKEN.
White Bear Yachtsmen Are Anxious
to Meet the 'TOnka Sailors on
the Water.

And the wind blew and blew and
bIew-and Akela won.
The wind, together with the rain,
played hob at the finish, and but six
Of the boats recorded on the judge s
card finished out of the eleven which
started. The Witch was upset. drench-
ing her crew, several other able seamen
fell into the drink, and all the others
were soaked to the skin by the driving
rain. 1t was a great race though, and
the spanking wind which blew from
eighteen to twenty miles an hour out
of the southwest, led the shippers to
start away from their docks double
reefed.
1t was day to develop which were
the rough weather boats, and the pre-
diction was made and verified that
somebody would be tipped over. The
beautiful action of the commodore 5
sloop Akela all through the race made
glad the hearts of those who believe
she can show her dainty heels to the
Wizard Of Minnetonka
1t was sight to tickle the yachts
men to see her round the buoy in the
away to Dellwood like wind through a
field. Her sails appeared to fit better,
and she never made a skip through
the eight and a half knots.
The smaller sloops were sent away
on the first starting gun, Siren and
Falcon being the candidates. The
Delwood buoy, and did not finish,
leaving Siren without a competitor in
her class. E. P. Smith, her skipper,
sailed pretty race, and won the
plaudits of his fellow yachtsmen for
not having hauled down his sheet, even
for the terrific blow which threatened
to throw over all the little boats on the
lake.
In the special class there were three
starters, Sanders Mojave, closely fol-
lowed by Witch and Croppie, all Of
them late for the gun. The last named
was obliged to come about, but got
away and rapidly overhauled Witch,
and then started on down after Mo-
jave. The half raters made a pretty
run to the center buoy in the order
named. Then came the cats. G. H.
Smiths Pastime was the first over,
closely followed by Aurelia and AIfri.
da, with Merry Girl ten seconds off,
and sailed by Gene Ramaley. L. p.
Ordway was at the helm for Alfrida,
Willie LIZ WelCH dcL0Q DIS skipper LOT
the swift Dean boat, and proved that
she was a tip-topper. Right after the
boats ahead of her went Aurelia, pass
ing the Pastime, and leading the way
to the buoy. Alfrida was second in
the run down. Pastime third, and Mer-
ry Girl bringing up the rear.
The last off were the big sloops Akela
and Tarpon. Commodore GriggS made
magnificent start after jockeying
about the starting point, getting within
five seconds of the gun. Tarpon on
the other hand fouled the buoy but
went pluckily after her swift opponent.
Akela gained on the leg to the center
buoy and reached there at 1855 with
Tarpon 3:39:32.
Just before making the buoy Alfrida
carried away her gaff, and Capt. Ord
way put into the island to repair the
damage.
On the run down to the Dellwood
buoy the big sloops overhauled the first
starters. although Siren still main
tanned the lead back to the center buoy
from Dellwood. A black squall struck
of Capt. Fred Bigelow Leslie Wann
and Harry Drake, into the lake.
They were in no danger and were pick
ed up and taken ashore.
At the center buoy after leaving DELL
wood, Siren was recorded at 3:47:05
with Croppie right after her at $780,
Aurelia ten seconds later, and then the
big ones, Akela at S:53:10 and Tarpon
3:54:43. Akela was still pulling away
slightly from her rival.
DIR. WEIGH forced Aurelia to the front
on the way from the center buoy to
No. l buoy, and the Griggs' boat show
ed for the place. Coming back past
the center buoy en- route for Wildwood,
AUrelia touched at 4:11:00 with Akela
Il III wi 10
hind the boat which had started five
minutes ahead of her.
Siren kept plodding along and made
the buoy at 4:16:20, Croppie 4:1S:55, Tar
pon, Mojave and Merry Girl following
in the order named. Aurelia made
neat run to the Wildwood buoy, reach
ing there 4:17:55, with Akela at 4:2O:44
and Tarpon, who had by this time got
into third place at 4:26:04
AS will be seen Akela was less than
three minutes behind Aurelia, and
nearly six minutes ahead of Tarpon
She was gaining on both, and the
struggle came with the run home. All
hands started the last leg close hauled
in the stiff wind. Aurelia pointed up
better than Akela, and threatened to
lengthen out her lead again. They
beat home against the strong quicken
ing wind, which appeared to come from
an Ominous black sky just in the di-
rection of the pavilion.
A hard beating rain came down, and
drove the judges boat to the dock Just
after Aurelia and Akela had reached
the home buoy and were making for
their dock. Tarpon kept pluckiIy
against the head Wind and pelting rain,
drops and finished third nearly seven
behind Akela. Siren, which
had weathered the gale nobly, was
fourth, Tracy Lyons Croppie fifth, and