The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-26
MAHTO, XENIA, HOODLUM
THEY ARE THE WINNERS IN
WHITE BEAR REGATTA

:,
ALeIa Was Disabled In n Collision
with the Boston Yacht Yesterday
and Had to Retire, but 1t Seems
to Have Been Her Own Fault
White Bear Yachts Won Two
Championships.
Championship in the twenty three-foot class
-Hoodlum. Massachusetts Yacht club.
Championship in the twenty-foot class
-Mahto, White Bear Yacht club
Championship seventeen-foot class-Xenia
White Bear Yacht club. g..
Yesterdays racing at White Bear
completed the contests in all classes in
the second annual regatta of the In
land Lake Yachting association, closing
an exciting programme of four days'
racing:
The White Bear Yacht club carried
off the championship and trophies in
the seventeen and twenty-foot class.
and would have won in the TWENTY
three foot class had it not been fo1. a
combination Of unfavorable circum-
stances which gave the title to Hood
lurn, the fast Boston yacht.
1eSterudy racing was not eminently
satisfactory, as Akela, Capt Griggs'
crack yacht, was fouled by the Massa-
chusetts yacht and disabled SO She had
to retire from the race. The Hoodlum.
however, completed the course. and
Will be awarded the honors of the re-
gatta by the racing committee today.
Akela was badly disabled by the col
lisfon and will be in dry dock for some
time to come. A hole was torn in her
side in the miX-up, and her retirement
from the race was the only thing to do.
1t was easily Akela's day to win. as
the wind was blowing famously from
the west. and when the foul occurred
she was leading the Boston boat by
fifteen seconds. With one race to her
credit yesterdays race would have Civ
en- her live chance to win the cham
pionslhip against the unfbeaten Boston
boat. The foul occurred just before
the DellWood buoy was reached. Hood
lum, with her boom swung to starboard,
struck Akela just aft the mast with
her bowsprit and punched good sized
hole in her side.
Capt. Griggs did not file a protest
within the prescribed half hour after
the race, laid down in the racing rules,
and for that reason the race will be
given to the Boston boat The acct
dent is much to he regretted, as condi-
tons at the lake yesterday were favor
able to the White Bear craft, yet it
cannot be said that the foul was inten-
tionally committed by Ward Burton,
who sailed Hoodlurn. On the contrary,
it Is said that Hoodlum had the right
Of way, ais she held the inside tack,
and although she had plenty Of room
to make the buoy, she did not take it,
and Capt. Burton, thinking that Capt.
Griggs would come about, sailed right
UP to the buoy and, before he knew 1t,
a collision was inevitable. The wind
was blowing a ten-knot gale, and such
a mishap in close quarters is not to be
wondered at.
Two races were sailed yesterday in
the seventeen-foot class In order to fin
ish UP the races yesterday, and resulted
in a victory for Capt. brakes yacht,
Xenia, In both races. The morning
race was sailed in connection with the
Hoodlunl- Akela race, and was won by
a margin of six minutes and twenty
seconds The afternoon race was won
by over nine minutes by the White
Bear craft. A regular Minnetonka
gale was blowing when the morning
race was called, and conditions seemed
quite favorable for Capt. Hopkins
We're Here, but Harry brakes yacht
in both heats proved much the better
boat, both in beating and running be-
fore the wind.
Had a satisfactory result been So
cured in the Akela- Hoodlum race, the
second annual regatta would have been
one Of the fastest and most success
full regattas ever, held in this part Of
the country. The field was large, in
Guiding crack yachts from Eastern
waters, and to ST. Paul people, with
the one exception, it was especially
satisfactory, as the home club carried
1fs l.,, 80 tIo ~, fxr,o -
the classes. Aside from the races. the
gathering Of yachtsmen will give new
impetus to yacht racing in the West.
as the interchange Of notes upon the
construction Of fast boats will be pro-
ductive of some new models next year.
Amundson and Peterson, the White
Bear builders, have already been en-
gagged to build several craft for some
Of the Eastern sailors for next season.
Last evening the White Bear Yacht
club gave a farewell banquet to those
in attendance at the regatta, and it
was quite well attended With one ex-
ception the crews stayed over for the
spread. The annual meeting of the
Inland Lake Yachting association will
be held in October in Milwaukee, when
the place for next years regatta will
be selected.
The Hoodlum-Akela race was started
shortly after 10 o'clock. and Akela,
as she ran before the wind to center
with Aurelia's sails, looked quite an
other boat. Despite the additional sail
area, she stood up well to the wind,
and, after crossing the starting line,
she was just nineteen seconds astern
of the Boston boat At center Akela
had lost additional ground and was
twenty-five seconds beg nd her swift
rival. The boats engaged in luffing
match on the beat to athe Dellwood
buoy, and, just before reaching it, the
collision occurred which put Capt.
Griggs' boat out of the race.
The race between the seventeen
footers was started five minutes fol-
lowing the contest between the big
fellows. Ell Comatcho left the post
first, closely pursued by We're Here
and Xenia, the White Bear boat. After
leaving center, We're Here took the
lead, but was closely pressed by Xenia.
At Dellwood, Xenia was several hun
dred yards in advance Of the Mime
tonka craft, and the Fox Lake boat
came up a good third. At center buoy
Drake led Hopkins by one minute and
thirty-one seconds. Just after passing
Wildwood, We're Here broke her jib
and lost about a minute getting a new
one set. On the run to windward from
Wildwood clear across the lake to
Clark, Xenia simply duplicated the
performance Of Mahto for three
straight races In running away from
the field on this tack Running to
Of the champions at White Bear, and.
Xenia had left Hopkins boat astern
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