The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-30
YANKEE is A WINNER
HEADED THE YACHT CAVITE BY
THE DIFFERENCE OF TWO
MINUTES
SAIL IN A REEFING BREEZE
Turbulent White Caps Lent a Spice
of Excitement to the White Bear
Races-U unusually Large Crowd of
Spectators Watch the White
Winged SIOOps Fly Over the
Course.

Course.
The seaworthy qualities of White
Bears fast yachts were we'll tested, when
seventeen-knot breezes swept across
the lake all afternoon and furnished am
pie opportunity for fast sailing.
Yankee again proved her title to cham
pion by winning in the twenty-foot class,
Debating Cavite by two minutes Capt
Van Weeks Falcon won in the twenty
One-foot class, and Capt brakes Xenia
sailed race against herself in the sew
enteen-foot class. Yankees victory par
TALLY insures her selection as the boat
TO represent the White Bear Yacht club
at the interlake races at Oshkosh next
month, although Cavite has some claim
TO the honor, as she has won several no
table victories this year, and has never
had a chance to distinguish herself
abroad. The Yankee, on the contrary,
but recently returned from her race with
the Dominion at Montreal, and some
members of the club, believe that the
Cavite should be sent, as there is but lit
tie difference between the two craft. The
regatta committee will meet early next
week and make the selection. 1t has al
ready been decided TO send the Xenia to
Oshkosh to represent the White Bear
Yacht club in the seventeen-foot class.
The races yesterday, owing to the brisk
breeze, were sailed over the long course
ten knots In the tWenty-fOot class, and
-tthe twenty-one footers covered the eight
knot course while the Larks contented
themselves with a. frolic around the four
leg course. The wind did not blow over
all section of the course at the same rate,
and at times the main body of water was
covered with turbulent white caps. The
contest with the twenty-footers was for
the Bison trophy and in the other classes
Qennant races.
An unusually large number of people
witnessed the races from the club house
and the judges boat followed the yachts
where it was possible The twenty-foot-
ers were sent away from the tape at 1886,
Yankee getting the pole on the first heat
to center, followed by keewayden, Cav
ite and Mahto. The latter craft dupH-
Gated her trick Of two weeks ago in get
ting over the line ahead of the gum and
was out OF the race, as she did not make
the start over again. However, Dr. Mac
Laren, who was at the helm, sailed her
over the course and kept we'll up with
the other boats of her class.
When the four twenty-fo0ters rounded
the center buoy, for the first time,
Yankee still maintained her lead for
twenty-five seconds, followed by Cavite
and keenWayden. At Clark street Cavite
shook out a couple of reefs, but Yankee
still was sailing short sail and continued
without a change until the end of the
) race. The race to center was a free run
before the wind, and CaVite made up
seventeen seconds of the time lost at
Clark street in getting her sails set again.
The wind blew perfect gale, and when
the four twenty-foOters started on the
.
over the top of the pillows. Cavite made
up thirty-fOur seconds more on this tack,
and on the return to center lost twenty
one seconds, leaving her fiat three min
utes behind Yankee. Capt. MerrilEs Kee-
WaNdiu in the meanwhile was making
good time pointing Cavities bow, a few
seconds behind. The balance of the race
saw no material change in the positions
of the boats, except that Cavite succeed
ed in reducing the lead Of Yankee by one
minute, making the gap between the two
boats just two minutes.
Capt Van Nlack won a Well-earned vic
tory with Falcon in the twenty-foot class.
At the gun he was thiTty-twO seconds
behind Pastime. which crossed the line
first. and he finished the race one minute
and forty seconds TO the good. Five
white-winged birds Of the lark variety
started in the race of that class, and put
up a very pretty contest. Starting got a
good start OF the others. but had trouble
with the sheet and lost three minutes ON
the first leg of the course. The Mud Hen
proved that there was nothing in a name
by winning the race. The summary of
the races is as follows:
Twenty-one Foot Shops
Falcon, H. Van Week. .1:41:10
Pastfme. c. #. Taylor. did not finish.
Jennie r, C. w. Rodenberg. .1:42:5S
Siren. Charles Powers. ................1 :47:25
Seventeen-foot Slocps-
Xenia, II. T. Drake................ 5:2S
Twenty-foOt SIoops-
Yankee. L. P. Ordway... 1876
Cavite, c. NJ. Griggs ..-...............1:47:1 6
Keewaydin II. A Merrill ...........1:54:3S
NIahto, DR.. A McLaren, did not finish.
LarkS-
Startling, !. l. Hertz. .1:15:O9
Gypsy, NJ. H. Murphy Jr..............1:11:5 80
Mud Hen, r. +. Appleton. 1890
Broncho Jack Ordway ...............1:4 2:5O
Phi Psi, n. Murray l:ll;l2