The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-26
BOATS HAD FINE BREEZE
GOOD RACING AT THE WEEKLY
REGATTA OF THE WHITE
BEAR CLUB
YOUNG BOY TOOK FIRST PLACE
q. w. Markoe, who Sailed the Jen-
ME- Captured the Race In Open
Class, With Keewaydfn a
Good Second.

When the Jennie glided gracefully up to
the dock at the club house of the White
Bear Yachting club yesterday afternoon,
her youthful skipper, Eugene w. Markoe,
was greeted with round of hearty APP
plause.
The little fellow scarcely fifteen years
of age and weighing less than eighty
pounds, had accomplished the feat Of
beating the entire feet of the club in
the regular weekly regatta sail, and it
was due to his cunning seamanship and
good generalship that the speedy Kee-
waydin was forced to be content with
second place. In receipt of eight minutes
from the larger boat, the Jennie finished
only six minutes and thirty-seven seconds
In the rear, and thus captured premier
honorS by one minute and tWenty-three
seconds Harriet E was third, with the
rest several minutes behind
In all eleven boats started, seven in
the open class, two in the seventeen-foot
class and two were '1arks." The start
ing gun was fired by Charles Tarbon at
$40, and nine seconds later the falcon
crossed the line, followed by the Goblin,
Britannia, Jennie, Harriet e, Jennie
Keewaydin and Aurelia in the order
named The Lobo and Xenia and the
two larks started five minutes after the
ger DOdlS naQ got unQ6r Way.
The course was to center buoy to Wild
wood, to Dellwood, to Clark street, to
center and thence home again. Pointing
beautifully into the wind the Falcon made
the best of her good start and was the
first to go about and start on the run
to Wildwood. The Keenwaydin and Har-
r1et e rounded the buoy almost on even
turns, and the others came in struggling
order for the next five minutes or more
For the hall ha Yachts with
the exception Of the larks, were invisible
behind the peninsula, and when they did
emerge the Keewaydin was seen to be
in the lead, followed by the Harriet E,
the Jennie and the Falcon. On the run
to the home buoy the Keenwaydin in
creased her lead slightly and turned at
4:25:33; the Harriet e vas next, turning
at 4:27:3O, and the Jennie third
at 4:30:45; Britannia Falcon and Aurelia
brought up the rear, and the skipper Of
the latter gave, up, giving as his reason
lack of wind and sail area
The Xenia and Lobos crossed the home
buoy close together, and started after
the bigger boats, with the former slightly
in the lead The larks made an exciting
race of it, and when near the home stake
on the first round, the throat halyard of
the Gypsey broke when she was well In
the lead, and the race had to be abandon
ed.
In the meantime boats in the open class
ran into a squaH half way out to center
buoy, and from the club house a very
pretty sight was to be seen as the boats
! tackled in and out and maneuvered to
get the best advantage out of the brief
spell of brisk blowing. For the second
time the boats disappeared on the run
to the Clark street and were out of sight
for quite time, Finally the Keewaydin
swung into sight, sailing at a very rapid
rate. For four minutes she was the only
boat in sight, and 1t looked as though
she had the race at her mercy. The Har-
riet E. was the next to show herself, and
not a great way behind was the Jennie,
which at a rough calculation seemed to
be only about five minutes behind the
leader. AT the turn at the center buoy
watches were put on these two and then
1t was seen that, barring accidents, the
Keewaydin was a beaten boat. The lat
ter, however, was being sailed in beauti-
full style, and on the run home gained
almost a minute on the others. She pass
ed the last buoy at 5:16:12, and the Har-
riet E., the other scratch boat finished at
5:20:33, four minutes and twenty-one sec
onds to the bad.
The Jennie, with young Marl1oe at the
tiller, was still quite a distance out, and
as the wind exhibited an inclination to
die away, some interesting speculation
ensued, as to her chances of finishing
within eight minutes Of the Keewaydin.
This she accomplished safely, with over
a minute to spare, and the experienced
yachtsmen around the club house all
heartily congratulated the young boy who
had sailed his 4 boat to victory against
really formidable boats.
The Salem came in fouth at 5:3042;
the Britannia ffth,s at 5:35:50, and the
Goblin last, at $50.
The seventeen-footers made a close race
of 1t themselves, finishing only thirty-one
seconds apart, the Lobo being the lucky
winner. -
Taken as whole, the racing was of g
high order of merits The fourteen-knot
breeze pushed all the boats along at a
lively rate, and the finishes were, as
yachting finishes co. very close and ex-
citing. Summary:
Open Class