The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-24

class made the race between Capt
Hopkins We're Here, the Fox lake
craft, and Harry brakes clipper little
yacht Xenia not the least interesting
Of the day.
During the first two legs Of the race
the Minnetonka yacht kept the others
guessing and was not overtaken until
the turn was made towards DellwoOd
when Xenia overhauled the field and
securing a favorable tack, Capt. Drake
gained couple of hundred yards on
the other boats Of the class, and from
this ON until the last couple Of arms
Of the race the Xenia kept well to the
front, although hard pressed at times
by her speedy rivals. But the calm
which later settled down upon the lake
precluded the possibility of a race in
this class within the time limit.
The contest in the twenty-foot class
was admittedly one Of the prettiest
ever sailed on the lake.
Mahto and Hazard kept we'll to-
gether during the race, and Pistakee,
Iota and Gadfy were all bidders for
third place, and as much of contest
was on among these boats as that put
up by the leaders.
Mahto successfully rounded center
and got well under way to windward
on the Dellwood tack. Hazard, how
ever, was not as successful as She drop
ped her spinnaker into the water and
lost fully minute coming too and
getting under way several hundred
yards astern of Mahto.
On the beat to Wildwood the wind
freshened materially, and 1T was not
long until stiff ten-knot gale was
blowing from the West.
Mahto continued to increase her dis
lance between the rest of the field
and before center was again reached
Iota had passed Hazard for the first
time during the race, and Pistakee and
Gadfly were but a few seconds behind
Hazard.
On the return to center Iota still led
Hazard and Pistakee by almost min
ute. However, directly after rounding
the buoy the Pillsbury sloop sailed
right away from Iota and the rest Of
I the yachts, gaining somewhat on the
Mahto, who had by this time gained a
lead Of nearly a half knot.
After leaving center for Clark street
Mahto simply ran away from the field.
Running to windward. which is her
strong point, she cinched victory by
increasing her lead nearly one knot
over the rest of the boats. She secured
still greater lead encountering a
beam wind, which blew from across
the point of the island from the upper
lake. The Hazard and Iota rounded
the buoy at Clark street two minutes
eipdIl, l.iiOWSu ny HlSCak6e ana (I9QI1y,
with MonOquet far astern. Here Capt
Morris, Of the Pistakee. executed a neat
move. lacking across. he almost head
ed off the Mahto. but the wind died
out and the light-wind boats passed
her
The run from Dellwood to center on
the second trip AROUND the course was
uneventful, and from there to Wild
wood the wind died, and it required
over an hour for the Mahto to complete
the two remaining legs Of the course
1t was drifting match on the home
ward trip, with the boats punched in
the order named above, with nearly
an hours time between the time of the
Mahto, who finished first. and the Mon
oquet, finishing last
The seventeen-footers were still hav-
ing a slow time of it becalmed in the
center of the lake. The wind did not
freshen in time to finish within the
limit sitF0
Ell Comatcho. the Fox lake boat,
made an excellent showing in the race
yesterday. and We're Here was there
at opportune times during the race.
The contest today in the seventeen
and twenty-foot class will be a spirited
one, as Mahto has to her credit two
victories and Xenia has won one race,
and none Of the visiting boats in these
classes have victory to their credit
The following is the summary of the
race: