The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-29
FIRST RACE
SECOND RACE.
THIRD RACE.
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KEEwAYDIN WON EASILY
showed Great Speed In the White
Rear Run Yesterday.

yesterday afternoon at w llto Bear
the sloOp keewaydin carried off the hon
ors by exactly half minute Skipper
Merrill states that she Is in as fine con-
diuOn as she ever was. owing TO the
trOuS upSettng recently, when her mast
was left sticking upright in the mud for
twenty-four hours. Her huh and deck
were stove in and the glue lOOSened in
the mast braces, but apparently she has
been repaired so welf that possibly she
is faster than her old records
The crew who assisted in the interest
ing run Yesterday We're: Merrill, Ring
Ogden and Abbott.
1t was spectacular race from the
start to the finish, an hour and a quarter
later. Among the distinguished visitors
was Judge Mitchell, of the supreme
court. In spite of the fact that the chal-
Iengers were not expected to put in an
appearance, and heavy clouds hung over
head in an oppressive calm. quite a num-
Der of yachting enthusiasts and their
friends went out to the DellwOod club
house to view the regular Saturday aft
ernoon regatta. Nothing daunted bv the
unfaVorable wea Their prevailing, an un-
usual fleet of water craft had pulled up
TO the club dock The threatening sky
ana placid water seemed ikey to put
a finish within the time limit completely
out of the question, but later the air
commenced to stir little from a west
erly direction upon the approach of sew
eral heavy. windy-looking clouds. and
the starters. MeSsrs. TarboX and Stem
feft encouraged and warned the boats
OF the approach of the time for the first
of the signal guns.
The preparatory gun was fired at pre-
clSely 80 and before long every one
had cast loose. The course was a lit
tie shorter than usual, to center buoy. to
Wildwood. to Clark street. to center and
home. instead of the ordinary eight-knot
course: This change made sixknot
the Goblin. Jennie and britannia down
to six minutes allowance
The sloop Spindrift made her maiden
trial and succeeded very well. When
the crew gets little more familiar with
her ecceHtrcities she may make trouble
IN the open class She is modelled a trihe
broader than speed requires being built
more for a pleasure boat than a rae
ing machine. Her builder and designer
AmundsOn. has had her construction un-
ger way some time, putting her together
Tor X. 5. skinner Her owner sailed
her yesterday, with TAYLOR and the An
pIetOnS as a crew.
The racing signal for the open class
was tlred at 800 and the Britannia got
across the line half a minute later. close
~ followed by Spindrift and Jennie The
WIND had risen to fourteen knots and
they went down the bay in a string at a
me Iarks got over pretty well punched
except Lotto. which got quite lead. and
Ma 1rh I Ior[ equally as much.
ne Iarks took the inside course COW
ering four knots. Matt Murphy's Gvnsv
snortiX after rounding the second buoy
was three minutes i'm the lead Shortly
a. 'oi IltI ne CTfISS lark was not seen
al all having withdrawn from losing
Rodenburg's Jennie was unable to fin
!sh, the rudder tearing itself completely
from the tiller, which was left in the
heImsmans hand. The crew had great
dl1hcultY in making their way back oWy-
ing to this misfortune
Near the Wildwood buoy some mistakes
as 20 right of way on the part of the
Splndrlft caused a loss of time to the
other craft which did not contest matter
by breaking her in, which easily lay in
their power.
Toward the finish gale Of twenty
five knots freshened up from west
southwest and the whitecaps broke out
as the leaders neared the last buoy
The Keewaydin. with thirty seconds to
spare, crossed the line at tearing rate
followed by the Harriet Z.
The Xenia, Capt. Clsrkson, won I'm the
seyenteen-foOt class, followed by the
Lobo
Murphy finished alone among the Iarks
He has alraedy one leg of the to his
credit and his chance at It and the lark
pennant is almost a certainty.
Commodore OrdWay has appointed A.
III. Stem In charge of the races next Sat
urday afternoon.
Ordway left the club house early, as he
left last night for the international races
at Montreal with the rest OF the repre-
sentatives of the White Bear Yacht club
over the 500" AS he pulled away for
the last time from the club house every
one fell TO cheering and called out all
manner Of good luck Then the cannon
was fired as a Commodore salute"
SIX knots; wind, seven to twenty-five
knots.