The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-18

There were several kinds of weather
on tap at White Bear lake yesterday.
The Mahtomedi Yacht club started Its
two races. with bright sun overhead
and a fair wind blowing. Everything
booked to a successful finish, but Jupiter
Iiuvius had something up his sleeve that
the officers of the Mahtomedi Yacht club
didn't know anything about. So when
old Jupiter played his hand and beck
oned TO that forty-mile wind to 'heave-
to" it Elade the racers look like three
spots. rhe rain came down In torrents.
Rollers six and eight feet high swept the
lake from the west shore. Lightning
flashed and thunderclap followed thun-
derclap All this time four sail boats
were rocking on the breast Of the turbu-
lent deep. 1t was an unenviable place
to be, and that no accident occurred re-
spective boats. The other five boats
which started in the races found it con-
venient, from their positions at the time,
to run quickly into shore. The four
boats which were caught in the storm
We're a considerable distance in the lead
which put them near the middle. The
boats were the cats Albatross, Queen
and Swallow and the large Phi Psi.
Ethel Murray, who had charge of the
Altatross, which contained several la
dies, showed considerable presence of
mind during the excitement and dropped
her sail Immediately after turning the
south shore buoy. H. w. Dresser, who
was sailing the Queen, also decided that
things were getting too interesting and
dropped his sail. AS ne turned his
boat into the wind he saw that the Swal-
low, which was but few rods away,
had gone over; ii moment later Hall 8
lark, Phi Psi, which was a trifle to the
left, capsiZed. Dresen tried to come to
the rescue with the Queen, but the sea
was terrific, and the dense mist and
heavy squalls rendered this task decid-
edly hazardous, so the shippers headed
the Albatross and Queen towards Wild
wood and We're quickly driven near that
shore. After everything cleared they
both raised their sails and started after
the overturned crews, the Queen picking
up H johnson and DR.. Henderson, of the
Swallow, and the Phi Psi crew which
consisted of Norbert Murray and H. p.
Hall Jr-, were taken aboard a boat
which put out from the hotel dock. J. J.
Dobson, who had the Wren near the
south shore when the storm came up,
quickly ran in and got into shelter. None
When the Starting gun was fired the
larks got off to an even start, the Phi
PSI having slight advantage. She
opened up quite lead after turning the
! hrst buoy, and was never headed. The
wren, Petrol and Maybe changed post
tons frequently during the race. Tbev
were IN the order named when the storm
came up The Phi Psi would unques-
tlonabiy have won in this class had thew
been able to finish E--~F
: The' closest race of the day was In ttla
cat class. The Cid, Albatross. Swallow
queen and Britannia faced the starter
They were off promptly at the gun. the
Albatross and Swallow having 8 very
slight advantage, with the other three
close up! g Turning the Wildwood b,1ov
the A1batross gained about fifteen Sac.
onds on the Swallow, who was in turn
ABOUT twenty seconds in front of Aha
queen, with the Cid and Britannia q
minute behind. The order was l1nchano
ed after passing the south shore buov
excepting that the distances between the
three leaders had been considerabIy
stretched. When the Albatross rounded
the Mahtomed1 buoy she showed con-
sitleIaule daylight between her and the
swallow. 1t was on this leg that HI w
Dresen shook reef out of the ouean
and Immediately began to close IN the
gap The Queen gained considerably
after this. making up four and one
malt minute lead of the ,Albatross and
three minutes of the Swallow by the time
the Wildwood buoy was turned, and at
the time OF the blow was neck and neck
with the Albatross and Swallow with
onIy a mile and half more to 60 Judg-
ing from the work the Queen did on the
last two legs, with her full sail. she
should have won the race The Cid and
Britannia were far back
During the race the three leading boats
or the cat class passed all four larks.
winch started five minutes previously.
On the Mahtomedi shore and around
the motel dock several hundred people
were gathered, apprehensive of the dan
gerous position of the sailors during the
storm, but fortunately no serious mishan
occurred.
MANHATTAN CYCLE MEET.