The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-13
is INVADERS RACE
SECOND OF SERIES FOR CLIP Is
TAKEN BY THE CHAL-
LESGER
HAVE NOW WON ONE APIECE
In Yesterdays Contest Cadillac Was
Both OutpOinted and Ont
sailed by the Fin
Keel sIoOp.

uonaI series Tor the Canadas cup almost
as easily as the defender, the Detroit
boat clubs Cadillac, won the first race
last Saturday.
Invader gained four minutes twenty
seven seconds on what was intended to
be a beat to windward of nine nautical
miles, but which, by reason of the wind
hauling round before the yachts had
made two miles to weather became a
cIese-hauled reach, and on the run home
off the wind the challenger added nearly
two minutes mora to her lead
Though the shift in the wind spoiled
what waste have been beat to weather.
invader had sufficient opportunity To
demonstrate that in light airs she can
beat Cadillac to windward
The Canadian yacht clearly -outpeinted
the defender. Both were footing equally.
This was in faint zephyr of barely five
miles hour, and during the first hour
of the race, which was tediously slow 10
begin with and threatened to be-
come drifting match, with little prota-
biity of being finished within the time
limit Fortunately a fresh breeze sprung
up at noon, and therefore defeated the
judges purpose of a race dead to wind
ward and leeward. 1t proved very ae
ceptable and showed off Invader to great
advantage at certain points of sailing
The articles of agreement governing
this international contest REQUIRE a tug
bearing the buoy to start at the time the
preparatory gun is fired for each wind
ward and leeward race, but the commit
tee neglected to have this part of the
programme carried out This gave the
judges boat a chance to lay out a course
varying a point or two from the course
given previously to the racing captains.
Had the original course been adhered to.
the BniSt would have made the race a
brOA1 FeEch back; whereas, by changing
fqa fpifi
to make it a close-hauled reach out
and almost quarterly run back. So the
rival yachts really were tested on these
points of sailing namely: A two-rniIe
beat in a very light wind; close reach
for seven miles, and a quarterly run off
the wind for nine miles, and on each and
every point of sailing, and at every mo-
ment during the race, Invader always
was beating Cadillac.
MAY LIFT THE CUP.
The Canadian yachts decisive victory
today came as a great surprise to the
majority of the talent and many are
already apprehenstve that if breezes of
fifteen miles an hour or less prevail
during the next two Or three days In
vader will win and take back to Canada
the cup which Genesee won for the Chi
cago- Yacht club two years ago.
Cadillac had no chance today to avail
itself Of the increases allowed in it's
spinnaker boom.
When the starting gun was fred, at II
o'clock, the fine sailing breeze Of the early
morning had died away to a mere whis
per from east-southeast
Jockeying for position before the final
gun, Capt. Jarvis stood along the line on
the starboard tack and forced Cadillac
about. Jarvis also went about and again
stood along the line, meeting his adver-
sary and passing under his lee near the
southwest end of the line just two min
utes before the gun. Here the Canadian
skipper let his craft wear around very
slowly, being close to the line, and he
had just filed away with the wind on his
StarDoard beam again when the gun
cracked. Cadillac was near the northeast
end of the line, which they crossed at
almost the same moment ON the star
| board tack, standing northeast. They
mad scarcely more than steerage way
and could not point higher. Standing
out thus, Cadillac had Invader on her
starboard or weather quarter.
Slowly, but surely, the Canadian yecht
passed to windward of the American
After twenty-five minutes Cadillac went
about on the port tack and crossed go
yards astern of Invader. which came
about also. The challenger was outpoint-
ing Cadillac and moving a trifie faster
as well.
not made much more than half a mile
to weather on the course All this time
the judges boat lay at the starting line.
At 1:45 a little breeze could be seen
coming across the water which put some
life into two racers, tt was notice.
able that this new. breeze was coming
from the east and the yachts held UP to
it, thus standing out more into the lake,
where the breeze was found a shade
stronger and they moved along faster;
Invader continued to point higher t1an
the defender.
At noon they stu We're on the port
tack, heading southeast, and Invader had
a big gain, being all of 800 yards 10
weather and 200 yards ahead of Cadillac.
BREEZE FREsHENs.
The breeze was now freshening and
gradually hauling north Of east and the
Canadian fin keel pointed continually
higher. Having already worked into a
fine position to weather, Invader gained
materially by the shift in the breeze.
Capt. Jarvis was well ahead when, at
1915 p. m, he passed to leeward of the
feur-mi crib, which lies two and two
thirds knots east of north Of the start
The judges boat, Commodore Warning
toms steam yacht Thistle, was now log
ging off the course and was laying it
apparently four points off the wind So
it proved and instead of the regulation
beat to windward the race for the new
breeze settled down, became a close
hauled reach for seven knots.
At 12:45 O. clock the judges boat hove to
and dropped the buoy and just before l
o'clock the Invader jibed around it neat
ly, breaking out her balloon jfb with con-
siderable smartness. -Four and a haIr
minutes later Cadillac jibed around and
set its big balloon jib, which at first
failed to break out all the way UP the
stay, on which it had been sent I'D in
stops. Ten minutes later the No 8 ball
loon jib was sent up inside the big one,
which then was dropped. 1t soon became
apparent that Invader was more than
holding it's own and, barring accident,
would win.
When half of the homeward leg had
been covered, Cadillac's big balloon jib
was set again. but in vain. There was no
chance now to catch the flying fin keel.
which in the twelve-knot breeze made
the run of nine nautical miles in sew
erty minutes and crossed the line at the
finish amid the terrific din of steam
whistles with a leadaof six minutes and
twenty-five seconds, having gained one
minute and ffty-fves seconds on the run
home under mainsan and Balloon jfb.
The official times for the race were:
Start. Turn. Finish. Time.
Invader ..11:0o:0O 12:58:35- 2:0S:00 3:0S:09
Cadillac -. II 10000 1:02:02 2:4:22 3:14:22
Tomorrow's race VIII be- over the trt-
angular course, as on Saturday.
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