The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-29
FIFTEEN boats START IN THE
RACES AT WHITE BEAR YES
TERDAY.
FAIR SEX AT THE HELM, TOO.
ONE CLASS OF SLOOPS AND THE
SPECIALS WE'RE HANDLED BY
THE WOMEN.
Except the Witch - AureIia and
Akela Show Their Speed Once
More.

believes that the women cannot sail
the crack boats of the club the self
same boats in some cases which repre-
sented the club in the recent inter
laken regatta. let him hide his rnGal-
liant head, for he was not present at
the regular Saturday races yesterday,
when the tillerS of boats in two classes
were held by members of the fair Sex.
Prettier even than the big sloop race
in which Akela again showed her SUI
periority over TarpOn, prettier even
than the cat race, when the Dean cat
Aurelia outfooted three sister cats,
were the twenty-One-foot and special
slOOp races, in which most of the en-
tries in the two classes finished dam
gerOusly close to each other. And the
girls sailed well. OF course they had
men TO tend the sheets and that sort
of thing, but it was understood their
crews must obey implicitly each order
given. The course laid out for the
boats sailed by the girls was a four
and a half knot course to the center
buoy, to the DeIlwood buoy, to the
center and home. the cats and big
sloops sailing the usual eight-knot
course.
There were fifteen boats entered, of
which one, Alfrida, snapped her peak
halyard sling while jibing at the Dell
wood buoy, and did not finish. There
was a gentle southwest wind blowing,
not more than six or eight miles an
hour, and owing to the enforced ab-
sence of Secretary Walter Morton,
whose presence has hitherto been found
quite essential, Judge r. B. De Lano
was assisted by the press representa-
tiVes. That their services were val
liable is shown by the fact that there
was no single protest received With
more than double the boats competing
than were in any one interlaken race.
The cats went away at the first sun,
Alfrida, Aurela, Pastime and Merry
Girl in the order named, and each
some fifty yards ahead of the next.
They were racing for the Island cup.
Aurelia started off to do the trick, and
at the Dellwood buoy was in the van,
and Alfrida, having met with the mis-
hap referred to, pulled down her sail
and was out of it.
The two big sloops, Akela and Tar
pom, which were out for the Gotzian
cup, began the strife on even terms,
but the interlaken winner put on steam
and took a Slight lead to the center
buoy, which she increased at the buoy
at Dellwood, until she was some little
distance ahead of Tarpon, sailed by S.
c. Stickney.
Then at the start came the aandi-
dates for the short course. The small
sloops and their fair shippers were
Siren, Miss Murray; Falcon, Miss APP
pleton, Osito, Mrs. H. T. Drake; Jen-
ME r, Mrs. Roderberg; Advertiser,
Mrs. Phillips; special class sloops,
Witch, Miss Julia Moves; Croppie, Miss
Amelia Mann; Mojave, Miss Loughbor-
ough; Nelka, Miss Katharine Morton.
The word was given out that the
girls must get away as soon as posi-
BILE although it was not to be flying
start in either of their classes, SO that
their actual starting and finishing
times were taken into account. Miss
Murray sent Siren over at five sec
nnds, closely followed by Miss Appleton
in Falcon. Nearly half a minute later
Osito went ovr the line with Jennie r.
at her stern, and Advertiser was the
last to cross, nearly two minutes be
hind the gun.
One might not have known from the
deft handling of the boats that men
We're not at the tillers. The specials
went away last, and furnished the
prettiest race of the afternoon, the
fight between the crack one-rater
Witch and Mojave. being especially
close and hard. Miss Loughborough is
evidently an experienced salt, and man.
aged to crowd the Bigelow champion,
with Miss NOyes in command, tremend-
ohsly on the finish of the race, and
finally outfoot Witch to the crossing
line. Witch got away first, with four
teen seconds between her and Croppic,
the last named being four minutes IN
advance of Mojave, with Nelka three
seconds to the rear and last of the
fleet.
The boats proceeded in that order
down to the center buoy, although
Witch increased her Aead on all but
Mojave, who pulled up away from
Nelka and threatened to overtake
Croppie, which was in second place,
with Miss Mann sailing her. All the
way to Wildwood it was a pretty
struggle between Misses Loughborough
and Mann to reach the buoy first after
Witch. Nelka was still in last place.
Aurelia started away we'll in the lead
from Dellwood, with Akela Still MAX
ing for the buoy, leading her old rival,
Tarpon, by about the same distance az
at the center buoy. After them came
the little sloops, headed by Miss Apple
tons Falcon, with Siren second, Osito
third, Jennie r. fourth and Advertiser
last, but much nearer the bunch than
at the starting line. Miss Appleton
gave orders to wing down ahead of the
wind, and the example was followed by
the others in her train, until the string
bore the general appearance of butter
flies fitting over the waters of the
lake.
The big sleeps overlook most of the
cats on the run back to the center
buoy from Dellwood, and the graceful
Grigg's boat passed the buoy en- route
for Wildwood, first of the fleet. Azure
liza overlook Tarpon on the beating to
the buoy, and rounded in second po-
sition. with the Stickney boat third
ard Merry Girl, with Gene Ramaley at
the helm, some distance back, the sec
ond of the cats. Pastime was next in
the line Falcon kept nobly to the
front, and it was gloves to a box of
Anegrettis that she coulS not be head
ed.
Miss Murray made sturdy effort to
do the trick, but Miss Appleton was
out TO win and could brook no inter-
iuption Osito was third, Jennie r.
next and Nelka still last. Miss Morton
IS an excellent sailor, and with bet
ter boat would have given her sister
slippers a harder race for the honors.
Then came the natty little specials
Miss I-oughborough was determined to
make them recognize her ability as a
sailor. and after sailing Mojave past
Croppie, gave chase to the valiant
champion, Witch, and pulled her down
TIA second place ere the buoy was
rounded, before the run home began.
Witch, put on the steam, but so did
MojaVe, and on they went with Crop
Die next some distance ahead of
Nell1a.
When the little fellows were starting
on the last leg to the pavilion, the