The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-26

Iartar by one minute and twenty
seven seconds, or enough-if she held
Ito beat out the Minneapolis cat
even with the time allowance Of one
minute and four seconds.
When the judges boat was proceed
ing down near the Wildwood buoy
Akela was encountered coming UP the
lake like frightened hare. When the
trio started up after her homely Au-
relia, smarting under the Tuesday
beating, threw up her heels and made
DID to measure the sailing powers of
the Minnetonka Wizard, which was not
showing the ability she is credited with
having in good wind. Her sails did
not set well, and she did not cover the
distance in anything like good form
Running up to the home buoy, Tartar
picked up some of the distance which
had separated him from Aurelia.
The occasional view the people oil
the judges boat caught of the little
one-raters was refreshing to the ST.
Paul contingent, for Witch was scud-
ding through the green water for dear
life, with fifty-one seconds between her
and Gladrene at the center buoy going
down to Wildwood. Wizard was hoo
dooed sure enough, and both the cats
pulled up On him before he reached
the home buoy.
The time at this buoy was: Akela
3:26:04; Wizard, 3:30:35; Aurelia, 3:31 80:
Tartar, 3:33:06. Akela had rounded the
buoy and was coming back to the CEN
ter buoy before the judges boat round
ed to so as to take the time of the 9TH
er three boats. 1t will be seen that
Aurelia had again increased her lead
on Tartar to one minute and SO Sec
onds. The three then started down the
run to the center buoy again for the
final leg to Dellwood. The one-raters
had reached Wildwood, and had passed
the buoy some rs seconds apart,a slight
gain for Gladrene on Witch.
When the sloops and cats got back
to the center buoy Akela added 20 sec
onds to her lead by rounding at $685.
with Wizard 4 minutes and 81 seconds
later at 3:40:16 Aurelia rounded at
3:42:03, and Tartar at 3:44:08, thus still
further increasing the margin for the
st: Paul cat to minutes and seconds.
Commodore GriggS showed the way
to DellwoOd buoy four minutes and
thirty-three seconds ahead of Wizard,
having gained eighteen additional
seconds on the last leg sailed. Aurelia
rounded some two minutes later at
3:5l;15, some distance ahead Of Tartar,
whose time was not taken, owing to
the departure of the judges boat for
the home buoy, the one-raters having
shown their prows in the immediate
vicinity. Witch was going so fast that
1t required two men to see her-one to
say Here she comes,'' the other to
say There she goes" Capt Hopkins,
encouraged by the time he had gained
on her, sailed Gladrene for all she was
worth. and made a gallant try to
oVertake his speedy antagonist but 1t
was not to be. and the dainty little
Swimming dish came proudly along
and crossed the line amid the loud
shouts from the island and the swarm
OF boats, winning the race and the
second of the necessary two victories
Capt. Bigelow DOTTED his hat in re-
turn to salute from the judges boat.
He had beaten the fast Minnetonka
boat, the record showing that Gladrene
was two minutes and thirteen seconds
later than the White Bear boat Next
Akela was sighted ploughing through
the seas at a great rate, but as grace
fully as greyhound. She crossed amid
the clapping of hands and footing of
whistles at 4:O6:39, just seven minutes
and twenty eight seconds ahead of
Wizard. She, too, had won her second
and final race of the series in actuai
time, seven minutes and ten seconds
better than her doughty rival. Then
there was some suspense. Was the cat
race going to be a repetition of the day
before. Tartar had eaten up greater
time difference on Tuesday than there
mad been at almost any time in this
race. Could she do it again in this
wind?
The boats were rounding the CEN
ter buoy from Dellwood, Aurelia was
in the Fan: and it looked ike three
straight The hearts of the Mime
apolis contingent rose as they saw
Tartar begin the last leg on a pretty
course, with what seemed a good ad-
vantage. Their joy was shortlived,
however, for when the boats came UP
where they could be seen more close
ly it was found that Aurelia had the
edge and was sailing as If she had no
notion of yielding it up To any Compel
;sor. Her not too graceful hull was
not to be mistaken. II was surely she
and Tartar found it impossible to keep
her within hai1ing distance on the last
leg. Aurelia shot across the line at
4:16:42, winner by four minutes and
fourteen seconds over the boat to
which she had the day before lowered
her colors. The corrected time made
the difference in favor of Aurelia four
minutes and ten seconds. That was
enough however, so the White Bear
followers thought, and for some min
utes the upper lake was wild din
When CAPTAIN Peet came ashore he
filed protest with the judges on the
ground that Aurelia had foued him
in the jockeying done just before leav-
ing the starting buoy.
Messrs. Tracy Lyon. L. P. Ordway
and c. B. Eustis, the regatta COM
mittee took lot of testimony which
was found to be conflicting, and after
protracted session decided to disal-
low the protest, the Minnetonka man
dissenting from the decision. Under
all the circumstances, the impression
got abroad when the protest was an
nounced. that there was little or no
ground for such action on the part of
the Tartar's gallant skipper.
The resume yesterday was as fol-
lows:
Yacht. Start. Finish. Actual Corrt'd
Shops
Akela .2:25 4:O6:Ss 1:41:Ss 1872 90
Wizard .....2:25 4:14:O7 149:O7 1:39 S9