The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-09
MAHToMEDI RACES.
Br1tannia winner, in the Cat Class
and RvEen In the Larks.

britannia winner, in the Cat Class
and HyRen: in the Larks.
The two weekly races OF the Mahtomedi
Yacht club were pulled off a half hour
late yesterday afternoon. At the time
for starting the; lake was like q sheet
OF glass, but along towards quarter after
4 a. few puffs put In their appearance,
and acted as forerunnars Of a fair breeze.
rhe boats WE'RE slow in getting into po-
ssitfeh en- account ct the calm, and for
fifteeh or twenty minutes merely drlfted
over the CLASSY -surface.ss@a x a
FL The boats to face the starter In the
cat elasss-we the Bonnie Castle Mar
gueFtte,z Albatros6,A Britannia and Queen.
When the gum was fired, it found the
britannia In au advantageous position.
with the othersu bAached some distance,
behind zkfter4 pe1zndhng the Mahtomedt
buoy esBr4t atua a. which was sailed by
Mr. 6owten. openedsup long gap which
she held to the finish The best race Of
the day was among the other four boats
for place shonors, and the uncertainty
kept the shippers ON their mettle. After
passing the Wildwood. buoy the first
b time, they were so closetyt punched that
1t looked as though asthey wera, tied to,
gether. All thing were apparently oven.
On the run to south shore from the
Mahtomedi bay buoy, the second lap,
batross heading for the peninsula and
tho others going on the port tack. The
Bonnie Castle was setting the pace. AS
they neared the south shore. the skip
pers- became puzzled as to the where
abouts of the buoy, which had suddenly
sprung leak and became invisible. All
the boats lost time In their search. After
1t was rounded the tussle for second
place was again renewed, the Bonnie
Castle leading the Albatross by two min
utes, with thes Queen and Marguerite a
minute behind the Albatross. The Queen
closed UP on the Albatross and the Mar
guer1te also.Feduced the day light that
had existeds between them. The wind
was strung ron this leg, and the boats
made rapid 1proGress. On the run home
the Queen pulled away from the Alba
tross and gained about thirty seconds on
the Bonnie Castle but could not entirely
close. up the gap. The Marguerite and
Albatross also zcame strong at the end
In the lark class, the Wren, sailed by J.
]. Dobson. won the race handily by over
four minutes The other contestants
were the M&gRAe, with George Doods at
the helm, and Frank Pinska's Skylark.
Dobson had things all his own way,
though the other two boats furnished
any amount Of excitement before they
finally crossed the line The Skylark
opened up a lead at one time which
threatened to put the Maggie out of
business, but Dodds intended to see the
thing. through, and after passing the
south shore buoy for the last time, short
ened the distance between the boats and
they turned the Wildwood buoy together,
the skylark having lead of about one
hundred feet. This was held until near
the finishing point. when the Magpie
came with a rush and settled herself
comfortably into second place
The interest and rivalry among the
sailors at Mahtomedi is increasing daily.
In the cat class, none of the boats have
shown any decided superiority over
others Among the larlks Halls Phi Psi
has been the most successful, but the
owners of other larks feel confident that
things Will soon change. The sport,
therefore, has been OF the very best, and
the club is in the best shape possible.
The Britannia and Wren are entitled to
pennants as the result OF the days races,
each boat having scored more than the
requisite number of points on the second
SERIES The result of the races is as fol-
lOVUa.