The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-04
IN ANEIGHTEEN KNOT GALE
NO DEARTH OF WIND AT WHITE
BEAR YESTERDAY
Two Yachts Were Upset In the Gale
Only the SiOiops Started at All,
and Only Four Finished-kee -
wayden, WierdIing, Yankee,
Xenia-There VIII he "a Special
Race at the Lake Tomorrow.

Race at the Lake Tomorrow.
series Of mishaps attended the
yacht race at White Bear yesterday
afternoon, occasioned by the heavy
wind which swept across the lake all
afternoon at an eighteen-knot pace.
just after the starting gun was fired
Aurelia, sailed by DR.. Archibald Mac
Laren, broke her main sail boom and
retired from the race Capt. Griggs,
of Akela, after crossing the starting
line three seconds ahead Of his fast
rival Aurelia, pulled out Of the race
before going 500 yards, as nothing was
to be gained by sailing the course, with
no competitor in the twenty-three-foo
ck.ss None OF the catboats Ventured
out in the gale, and two OF the seven
teen-fcot craft, CrOppie and Goblin,
capsized at the center buoy and the
race was then confined to the contest
between the twenty-footers and Capt.
brakes Xenia, the crack seventeen
foot yacht, the winner Of the interlake
competition in her class at White Bear
ten days ago.
The race in the twentyfOot class was
won by DR.. Welch's Keewayden, by
margin OF eight minutes ana thlrCy
seconds over Wierdling, sailed by f..
tape Just four minutes in arrears of the
others in this class. Mahto, J. II. Skin
ners crack tWenty-fOoter, pulled out
Of the race on the DellwOod arm on &C
count Of the heavy wind, but the other
three boats kept up the chase, making
the race interesting, although conhned
to q small field.
Xenia, Harry brakes seVenteen-foot-
err. finished thirty-four minutes after
h1rt Ia
that she was able to finish at all. After
turning center for the first time. Capt.
Drake put into the island and reefed
his sails, losing about twenty minutes
by the maneuVer.
Owing to the large number Of races
which have been postponed this season
the regatta committee at meeting
held at the conclusion Of the races yes
terday, decided to hold a special cup
race tomorrow afternoon in connection
with the other Labor day festivities at
the lake. In the twenty-three-foot
class the contest will be for the inter-
lake cup, in the twenty ne-foot class
the yachts will compete for the Dell
wood cup and the ownership OF tho
Bison trophy will be determined by the
contest between the twenty Hooters.
The seventeen -footers will contest for
the ownership of the interlake cup,
The start was made at BIB In
very choppy sea- None Of the catboats
started when their signal was given by
Jesse A. Gregg, and five minutes later
the twenty-footers were started. Dr.
WEIGH secured a favorable position at
the buoy and a lead which was held by
him during the entire race. Capt.
Douglass, Of the Wierding, was handi-
capped by over one minute at the post,
= III Il mt n
windward, he passed the Yankee during
the race and secured second place at
the finish.
Mahto, sailed by ]. H. Skinner, Sc
cured third place at the post, which
position she held until she retired from
the race near DellWoOd.
When the twenty three-footers were
started old Boreas was at his best, and
the wind was raising havoc with the
boats OF the other classes, which had
bv this time reached center buoy. Aure-
liz, before crossing the line, cracked
her main sail boom, and Akela, her
competitor, Immediately pulled out att
err the mishap.
Croppie, Goblin and Xenia, in the
teen-foot class. left the post just
before the twenty-three-f ooters. Near
DeIlwood buoy Goblin upset jlbing
around the buoy and the Croppie en-
Goblin, who were struggling in the
water, also upset. and the judges boat
assisted by DR.. MacLaren, of Aurelia,
pulled the sailors out Of the lake.
All boats in Yesterdays race dropped
their ilbs and sailed under reefed main
sail. on account Of the heavy wind.
The contest between the tWenty-foot-
ers, Keewayden, Wierdling and Yankee
was spirited, and the rough weather
gave ample opportunity for an exhibit
ton Of the seaworthy qualities Of the
craft.
Capt. L. P. Ordway entered a protest
at the conclusion of the race against
Cant. WEIGH, Of the Keewayden, claim
ing that the doctors craft was over
length, and the weight Of his crew not
within the prescribed rules Of the club,
governing the twenty-foot class.
The summary IS as follows:
Actual
Nane Cant Start. Finish. Time.