The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-28
FOR THE CAXADA.s cup
Cadillac Wins Sixth Trial Race in
Series at Chiea.o

CHICAGO, July T.-CadffIac won +ba
sixth trial race for the Canada's cup this
afternoon and viii in all proba biItty be
aWeIteu the hollor or defending the cup
against the Canadian boat invader 'Fhs
( race today made the third Victory for.
the Cadillac against two wins for +ho
milwaukee, and one for the Illinois Tho
laI ~ poat was second, Milwaukee third
and Detroit fourth The race TO-DAY was
nine miles before the wind and the s-yrTa
distance to wfndward From, tf1a ,yisySy
OF the spectators the race was a fiat
failure, as thsre was a heavy heze ,I-sr
the water that made the Yachts fTS-iS-I,I.,
at less than two miles. and AT times II
was difficult to tell which beat vas in
the lead at the distance Of one nile.
The wind blew from the so3;f hJE,a.st ~
twenty miles and held true and strnnp
throughout the race The boats crossed
the line in the following order at the
start:
Milwaukee, Cadillac, Illinois and De-
tro5t. Spinnakers were nut out and rhs
break was fairly even. AS soon as the
yachts We're We'll over the line the tIadij-
lac went to the front and as The boats
passed out OF sight in the haze it wlas
still leading, with the Milwaukee second
Detroit third and Illinois last Wf+hiu
the first mile the Illinois made a tac+S far
to the windward that gave her con-
siderable advantage and made ff necas-
sary for the other boats to make a long
tack in order TO close the gap.
The Milwaukee had trouble with her
spinnaker before She had gone over half
Of the course and was cornneIJad to taIxa
II in. This handicapped the boat greatIy,
IN making the first half of the course and
but for the accident she might have had
a better place at the finish The positions
assumed BY the boats soon after The Srar+
were practically maintained throus-hout
TIE race The run home between the Cad
lilac and the Illinois was close When the
Tntchtrs near the finishing line saw the
Cadillac come out Of the haze they
could see no other boat and in their
opinion there was nothing to beat the De
troit boat
In a few minutes. however. the Illinois
was made out and II was seen that she
held a better position than the Cadillac
and stood an excellent show Of crosSin 9
the line first. The hopes of her friends
We're, however, doomed 10 appointment
as the Cadillac held her lead rG me finish
and crossed the lire ahead. The Illinois
was close up, being but ten seconds be-
hind the winner in crossing the line
The official elapsed time for the boats
was as follows:
Cadillac. 3:15:30.
Illinois. 3:15:40
Immediately after crossing the line the
captain of the Illinois lodged a protest
against the Cadillac clair1iu0 his boaE
had besn f0uled and deprived of a vic
tory. AS the two boats approached the
finishing line side by siGe about 10o
yards from the mark the wind was off
the port quarter. the Cadillac having
the line at an acute angle. The Illinois
was coming straight on, but was near
the end of the line and was unable to give
distance without being crowded out
of the course The Cadillac WAS not
able to point sufficiently high 10 give way
to the Illinois without being compelled
TO make so wide a turn that it would
without doubt have lost her the race.
Both boats held on their courses and col
Hded forty yards from the line. The Cad
lilac Beng 10 windWard was In the better
place after the collision, as she WAS
blanketing the Illinois She slid over the
line about one length in advance of the
Illinois
At late hour arguments on the pro-
test We're still being heard. and no de-
cls.en Will be announced until tomos--
row. Elapsed time of Milwaukee, 3:27 %
Detroit 3:43:42