The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-11
FLEET TARpOH WON
THE STICKNSY BOAT WINS HEIR
THIRD RACE OF THE SEA-
SON.
BEST CONTEST OF THE YEAR.
RIOUS CLASSES IN YESTER-
DAYS EVENT.
PAsTIME LEADS IN THE CAT CLASS
MoiaVc and the Advertiser Also
Ninners-DetniIs of the Race Oh
Pretty White Bear.

her competitors at White Bear lake
yesterday, and won the first race TINS
season for the CommOdore's cup after
a smashing race with her opponent
AkIla. whom she beat in by several
minutes. Tarpon by her victory yes
terday added her third winning since
the opening of the season.
The yachtsmen agreed it was the best
race seen on the lake this summer and
the result was in doubt until the center
buoy was reached on the last leg OF
the course, and the big sloops began
the task of beating in against the
strong wind which blew from eight to
ten miles an hour directly off shore.
When the Wildwood buoy was turned
and the hOmeward sail began there
was a chance for some strategic sail
ing. and the skipper on Tarpon acquit-
ted himself in a thoroughly creditable
manner. The big cat Aurelia, rugged
to go in the sloOp class, was expected
to do something, but unfortunately
carried away her bobstay at almost
the first buoy, and was badly handi-
capped for the balance of the race.
There was a goodly crowd of spectators
preparatory gun was fired. and no time
was lost In getting off the boats in the
different classes. There were sixteen
entries. but the chief interest conferred
on the boats in the twenty three-foot
sloop class. The Introduction of the
flying start induced the shippers to
! take advantage Of every minute after
the gun, and the result was some very
pretty maneuvering for position at the
judges boat.
Gotzian's boat, Merry Girl, crossed
the line first In this class, with Alfrida
right at her stern, Akela forty-five sec
Onds behind. with Aurelia and Corona
bit later TarpOn, for some reason,
got bad start, and her friends thought
it was all up with the pretty slOop. The
run TO the center buoy was pretty, the
yachts being pretty we'll punched and
standing up we'll under the wind, which
was a little east Of north. The first of
the big fellows to reach the buoy was
Alfrida, with Aurelia and Merry Girl
neck and neck. and it was here that
Aurelia met her mishap. Shortly,
up came Corona, Akela and Tarpon.
Merry Girl made a bad move at this
point by standing too far out and lost
ground which she was unable to re-
cover. The stiff breeze was relished by
Tarpon. and her crew bent their eff
forts to overtake the leaders. The
leaders. were SAkela and Alfrida, and the
struggle for the 6rst- position was mag
nidCent. The advantage lay first with
one. then with the other, and when the
Dellwood buoy was reached Akela
rounded it slightly in advance of her
speedy sister
Pastme and Mojave led their classes
around this buoy, and proved both to
be winners, although Mojave Won ow-
ing to the foul later, which disqualified
Fred Bigelow's Witch.
Coming back from Dellwood to the
center buoy both AkeIa and Alfrida
suffered from the rather tickle wind,
and Alfrida blanketed the Griggs' boat.
although the latter stepped up briskly,
Tegained what she had lost, and both
yachts turned the barrel as nearly as
possible simultaneously.
All this time Fred BigeIow was maxi
ing a hard effort to catch Motave with
Witch, both being in the special class,
and he was but five seconds behind
rounding the buoy just before the leg
10 wildwood was begun. Then came
AltI1da full fifteen seconds ahead Of
Akela and TarpOn, the latter having
zone some magnificent work in tbs.
WIND. 1t was Commodore Griggs' turn
next, and his sailing qualities were
exhibited by the time he reached Wild
WOG9, Tor he had again beaten out
Aifiida and was ahead of Tarpon, and
close up on natty little Pastime. which
made the buoy first.
FrlS%s had five seconds the best of
Alfrjda and ten seconds the hest ~
Tarpon when the last leg was begun
and the start for home was made
~ was a case Of tack home, and from
the Judges boat. it appeared that If
was at this point that Akela lost the
race, TarpOn and Corona stood al
most directly for RamaIey's leaving the
pMoy' WhlIe Akela and Alfrida stool
on the other way and Rugged the
Mahtomedi snore. Ordway, at the
helm of Alfrida, did not fancy this
much, for soon he came about hIIt
Akeia kept on until the boats were
a mile apart.
Then began race against the wind
between TarpOn and Corona. which
was hugely enjoyed by those on the
judges boat, Tarpon outfooting her
rival just enough to lengthen the His
lance between them. Meantime. AXE
la mad lost her distance, and, when the
center DuOy was reached-and, by the
way, Pastime had still maintained the
advantage she had at the start and
passed the last buoy next to the first
the best she could do was sail by soma
thirty seconds behind Tarpon, who was
making a bruising finish. Corona was
third Of the slOOps, with Alfrida close
up. The time had come, and Akela
made one more desperate to gain lost
ground.
Her skipper wore off toward the
island for the last tack home. while.
George Mead, at the tiller Of Tarpon
sought out the left course and stood
IN pretty well toward Snyder's bay,
where the wind still continued fair and
strong. This proved what she needed.
Tor she footed in the balance of the
leg like race horse, passing Pastima
ana sailing across the line a winner
nearly two minutes ahead of Akely
Corona also passed Pastime, which,
however, led Alfrida across the line
the balance in the following order
witch Mojave, Aurelia, Croppie, Mer
~ Girl Nelka, Esmeralda, Advertiser,
talcon Minnehaha and Siren.
The sloop victory, therefore, goes to
IaTnon, the victory in the cat class
t. Pastime. Mojave won the special
class pennant, owing to the Witch
having fouled Corona, and Advertiser
captured the honors for twenty-one-
foot sloOps.
There were several interesting
brushes between the entries In the diff
ferent classes, and on the whole, the
members OF the club express the opin-
Ion that it was a great race.
The official summary is as follows.
No. Actual Corrected
NS.ne sailed by. time time