The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-19

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of the Enemy Were Lost
Goblin Bewitched the Little Ones
Actual and Corrected Time.
But for the series of unacccuntabie
nlishaps to No 4, the boat owned and
! sailed by DR.. WEIGH, the finish in the
race in the new twenty-foot sloop class
yesterday would have been one of the
prettiest ever witnessed on White Bear
lake
| There was no lack of breeze. Condi-
tons could not have been more favor
able for the yachtsmen, and no oppor-
| tunities for displaying their skill were
let slip by them, but in spite of all
| the question of the superioritysof one Of
| the four new boats is as far from set
| tied as ever.
| The Yankee led at the finish, crossing
| the line twenty-five seconds ahead OF
the r. S. ~, and therefore what little
need of credit is to be given belongs to
| her, but there is not one of the boats
| that at some time during the race did
not lead the fleet, and not one that
| did not show a form which makes it
| an impossibility to pick with any &C
curacy the winner of future races.
But three classes of boats showed up
when the preparatory gun was fired,
| the twenty -one-foot sloops, twenty-foot
sleeps and seventeen-foCt sloops, all
contestlng for pennaats, first and sec
end pennants being given in the first
two classes.
Although the tWenty-one and seven
! teen-fociters were the first off, the n,er-
est of the race was centered in the
twentyfoo,t class, in which the new
creations of White Bear and ST. Paul
beat builders were to have their first
real trial. In this class the No. was
the first to cross the lire, having a
lead Of twenty seconds on the r. S. NJ.
and of forty-eight and fifty-six seconds
on the Yankee and Weirdling respec-
lively. To the center buoy the run was
made without any change of position,
but in lacking to the Delwood buoy tbs
r. S. M. gained the lead, rounding that
buoy twenty-tbree seconds ahead of
the No. a.
1t was here that No. As bad luck, if
such it may be called, began. Those
rev spinnakers and the crews on ali
the new sloops were evidently strang-
ers to each ether, but on the No.
they didn't seem to be even on speaking
terms. Much valuable time was lost in
setting the big spread, but DR.. WEIGH
kept his boat booming along with the
result IUdI he lldu apparently TcSdlnSQ
the lead, as he again approached the
center buoy, though the sleeps were too
closely punched for that to be decid-
ed.
Again, in preparing to round the CEN
ter buoy, the spinnaker of the No.
got in it's deadly work. In taking the
sail in the crew lost control of it, and
part of it went over board, bringing the
boat up to the wind on the wrong side
of the buoy, and compelling DR.. WEIGH
to go about to round the buoy, a ma
neuver which practically threw him out
of the race, though he stuck to the
course to the finish.
The other three contestants went
around the buoy as though tied gun
vale to gunwale, and in the run to
the Clark street buoy no perceptible ad-
vantage was gained by either, the
Weirdling in the turn having a slight
lead, but losing it Immediately to the
R. S. M.
Up to this time the Yankee had been
trailing close in behind its rivals, but
in the run to Wildwood and back to
the home buoy it gradually drew ahead,
crossing the finish line a good winner
by twenty-five seconds with the r. S.
NJ winner of the second pennant.
The Aurelia, though not entered,
started with the twenty -one-foot class
and led the way over the course COM
minutes ahead Of its little rivals
One protest was made, which was re-
ferred to- committee, the captain of the
Weirdling claiming foul at the Clark
street buoy in an overlap on the r. S.
M. in rounding the buoy.
In the twenty -one-foot class the sail
ors are more convinced than ever that |
a torpedo boat destroyer is one of the |
necessities on White Bear lake. The |
Torpedo got away first and at no time |
was in any danger of being headed. |
The Pastime, Jennie and Siren trailed |
after her in the order that they crossed |
the finish line.
The performance of the Zenia in the |
seventeen-foot class was something of |
disappointment, but was largely due |
to an unaccountable loss of wind III
the run from the center to the DELL
wood buoy. The Goblin was an easy |
winner. Following is the official time: |
Twenty-one-foot Sloop Glass
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