The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-06
BY CAVITE
THE BISON SILVER TROPHY NOW
BELONGS TO CAPT. F. M.
DOUGLAS
YACHT RACES WON ON MERITS
Xenia Won the Race in Her Class
and Has Been Selected to Repre-
sent the Club at the Inland Lake
Races at OshkOsh-Capt. Drake
Sailed Pretty Spin and Kept the
Skipper of the Goblin Guessing.

The Bison silver trophy, which has been
sailed for by many fast yachts on the wa
tiers of White Bear lake, is now the prop
erty Of Capt. F. NJ. Douglas, the owner of
the twenty-foot sloop Cavite. Yester-
days race, which resulted in victory for
the Douglas boat. gives the trophy to
the doughty captain for the present sea-
son. Next year it will go to some other
Of the popular White Bear shippers, If
perchance any is fortunate enough to own
g. craft that can outsail the new twenty
footer.
A full sail breeze gave some of the
boats an opportunity to claim the advan-
tage of a spinnaker, and several hoisted
their balloon jibs. At no time was the
lake squally, and the races were run and
won entirely on their merits, and not by
luck. as is so often the case with a yacht
race. DR.. A MacLaren sailed the Mahto
in the twenty-foot class, with Yankee
and Cavite, and put up a good race until
the last leg, when she abandoned the
race Cavite defeated Yankee by two
minutes and thtrty-nine seconds.
Xenia last years inland lake champion,
won in the seventeen-foot class, and Har-
riet e, Sam Shepherds new boat, won in
the twenty foot specials against a very
fast field, in fact the Wierdling. up to the
last leg Of the course, Travelled in the
wake of Harriet e, making decidedly
interesting race. Capt. Van Weeks Fal-
con won in the kitten class. Every week
sees added interest in the races and hops
of the White Bear Yacht club. After tea
the lake residents gather from the island
and the vicinity of Dellwood, and spend
the evening at the new club house dan
cling and occasionally in a moonlight
cruise upon the placid waters of the lake
SHOWED YANKEE HER HEELS.
Cavite from the first demonstrated her
superior sailing qualities in a steady
breeze, not more than seven knots. The
boats of her class traversed the eight
knot course, while the others only COM
pleted six miles. At the home buoy Cav
tie and Yankee left the line with the
starters gun, at 3:15, closely followed by
Mahto Cavite was sailed by Milton
Griggs and Capt. Douglas, who Is suffer
ing from q broken rib watched the prog
ress of the race from the judges boat.
At center Cavite had assumed a lead of
twenty-five seconds, and this lead was in
creased on every leg Of the course, with
one exception, until the race was COM
pleted. At Clark street the positions of
the boats were unchanged. Running
back to center 1t was an easy sail before
the wind and every inch Of available
canvas was set on each of the craft. On
the return to center Cavite was leading
by one minute and one second 1t was
dead heat" to Dellwood, and each boat
took half dozen lacks before the club
house buoy was successfully pointed, and
Yankee, by reason of a short tack, was
unable to 'hold the turn at the buoy
and had to try again, losing by the move
ment one minute and three seconds, CIV
ing Cavite lead of two minutes and four
seconds. The remainder of the race was
run with but little change in the position
Of the boats. as indicated by the time.
Capt. Douglas was quite happy over the
result of the race.
OF course it was only the proper thing
that Xenia should win the race in her class
as she has been selected to represent the
club at the inland lake races at Oshkosh.
Capt. Drake sailed a very pretty race
and kept the veteran skipper of the Cob
lin guessing at every leg of the course.
The most exciting race of the afternoon
was between Harriet e, Wierdling and
Keewayden, in the twenty foot special
class. For over three miles of the course
Harriet and Wierdling Travelled III happy
companionship, with scarcely a boats
length of daylight between the two craft
Harriet, however, succeeded in Shaking
the Saunders boat and finished four min
utes in advance of the rivals of her class
On the last leg Of the course 1t was nip
and tuck between Wierdling and Kee-
wayden, both of them last years boats
The Wierdling won by one second.
w. J. Dean sailed Chippy. of the lark
class, to victory. but. as indicated by the
result, the larks were well punched dur