The Saint Paul globe., 1899-06-11

The first real races Of the season under
the auspices of the: Mahtomedf Yacht
club were sailed in fair breeze -yester-
day afternoon. The conditions were fa-
vorable- for splendid racing In both the
lark and cat classes. The wind was from
the south Shore but. rather shifty at
times. All the larks We're in readiness
at the time the Starting gun was fired,
and. i've catboats swung into line when
the gun for that class went off, 49,
The larks' got away to pretty start
and 1t was close all the way from the
Mahtomedi buoy to South Shore all the
boats taking turns in showing their bows.
Frank Pinska soon got a fair lead of
about two minutes with the Petrol, fol-
lowed in order by the Phi 81, Magpie
and WFenn: Dresen gained somewhat
on the leg to Wildwood. and had almost
closed the gap. only to lose again in sail
ing before the wind, where the Petrol
sailed rapidly away from its opponents.
The remainder of the race was I'M
eventful, excepting that the Phi ST fouled
a buoy, and was afterwards disqualified.
The Wrenn seemed to have an off day
and cams II" some distance behind.
Interest In the lark class Is at fever
heat, and each owner is straining every
effort for points. The race yesterday
was9as follows: "a -. ,f..::.as
Boat Skipper. Start. Finish Time.
Magpie.s.L G: Dresen. APO 5:32:10 1;i2:i0
Wrenn,s:J sJs sDobsons. a 20 5i41 :15 1:21:1 is
Phi 81, H Hall Jr..:. .4:20 5:31: :35 &I.11:35
The Starting gun for the seats was fired
at $4:25 sharp.seThe Albafposss anda Queen
were together. followed In corder.Fbyy the
Br1ttanta, Marguerite and Swallow a
short distance behind. On turning the
Mahtomedt buoy, III. w. Dresen brought
the Marguerite up even with the Alba
tross, the Brittania coming to the left
about fifteen seconds back The Queens
loss, however was soon closed again,
and Williams was we'll up when she
rounded the South Shore buoy. On the
leg to Wildwood the Albatross, with
Ethel Murray at the tiller, opened quite
a gap on her opponents, and gained a
lead which she held throughout From
this time on the race between the other
four boats was most beautiful, one, then
the other taking turns at leading On
the, first run to. Wildwood, Sutton shook
out reef, which he had thus far had
in the Brittania, and the effect was at
once apparent.
Passing the starting buoy for the first
time the Brittania, Queen, Marguerite
and Swallow came down In a bunch, and
the ngnt Tor place hOnorS was becoming
intense. Again on the leg to the south
shore lhonors were even, with perhaps a
slight advantage held by the Brittania
In the meantime the Albatross was get
ting farther and farther away and held
the race safely in hand.
H. w. Dresen was unfortunate at the
south shore buoy, and was obliged to
make a short extra tack, which lost him
considerable ground. This afterwards
was partly made up on the run home,
but the distance was too short to change
the positions any. Sutton, who sailed
the Brittania, did splendidly, and this
boat will bear watching in the cat class
in moderate wind. The boats finished
as follows:
Boat. Skipper. Start. Finish Time.
Albatross, E. Murray 4:25 5:32:15 1:O7:i5
Brittania, j. Sutton. .4:25 5:34 :35 :09:S5
Queen. F. D. Williams .4:25 100 1:15:0O
Swallow, II. Johnson. .4:25 5:4:14 1:l6:14
Marguerite, H. Dresen.4:25 5:42:04 1:17:Ot
An odd thing happened to one of the
Mahtomedi sailboats late yesterday aft
ernoon. The Albatross, after the race.
had been tied to the Murray dock. but in
some unaccountable manner broke from
her moorings and started across the lake
with full sail up. her peak being slight
ly dropped She stood up so well that
it seemed some one was sailing her, al
though this was known not to be the
case. ]. G. Drensen and George Doods
chased after her with the Magpie, and
after overtal1ing her brought her back
home, none the worse for her giddy per-