The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-03

1t was strenuous day for the yachts
tn t essayed the course of the White
Bear Yacht club yesterday. A fifteen
mile breeze, showing much stronger
on the puffs, blew from the west with
a clear sky over head and warm sun.
The blow did not keep down the entry
list, however, as twenty-one yachts
C. Jssed the starting line, of which five
did not finish. Geneva was the first
to furnish excitement for the specta-
tors, and before she had travelled more
than 200 yards she got a good one,
which sent her Keeling. The boat was
undermined at the time, and had
Fry had a couple of more fellows
aboard, would undoubtedly have fin
ished the course. Harry Drake picked
up the crew with his launch Aida,
and after righting the boat and bailing
her out, she sailed to the island with
her jib. There were also a couple of
minor accidents to other boats. Min
nesota broke her jib rigging after haul
ing into the wind, and Mooswa tore
her SAIL although not sufficiently to
put her out of the running. The sur
prise was that there were not more
mishaps, as the boats were heeIed
over, apparently to the last notch, on
the Windward legs, where another puff
might have done the business, but
clever handling and good judgment on
the part of the shippers saved further
capsizing.
Crusader Beats Seeress.
Crusader again showed her prowess
in a wind much to her liking, and beat
the Eastern boat Seeress, which fin
ished second, by several minutes. This
makes the fourth official race which
Crusader has sailed on this lake, and
has won them all.
Cavite, Avis, Falcon and XII U were
the other winners of the day. The
start in the open class was the poorest
seen on the lake this season. Only
one boat, Cavite, was In position as
the gun sounded, Aloha, Harriet and
E. Geneva not having gotten on the right
side of the line. The wind caught Ca
vite nicely, and she was a quarter of a
mile ahead of the others before they
3 were in position to get away. They
finally did so, Harriet and Aloha being
Tapped, while Geneva was a couple of
lengths back. Geneva capsiZed after
going but a short distance. Cavite
led the way all around, and won with
a comfortable margin. Her time was
L: 10: So, and, had she been pushed,
would undoubtedly have sailed the
course in a couple of minutes faster.
Aloha and Harriet fought it out at
close range for place honors They
are both light weather boats, and did
not like the going, but they held on
gamely. Aloha came in second, less
than two minutes in front of Harriet.
Goblin, Monedo, Avis, Jim Crack and
Mooswa were entered in class 3. The
start was close, the boats racing we'll
together for the first couple of legs.
Avis then showed signs of pulling
away from her field, and at the fourth
10 nd Tow do,
ahead of Monedo, who was a minute
ahead of Jim Crack. Farther back
came Mooswa and Goblin, sailing close
together, and hanging on 10 the lead
ers with splendid determination.
Avis Wins in Class B.
Capt. Ring managed to keep Avis in
the lead, and, although Monedo and
Jim Crack were pressing him hard at
all times, he finally got his boat over
the line by a margin of more than two
minutes over Monedo, who beat Jim
Crack 35 seconds.
The six boats in class A were to start
at $3.50, but Minnesota was slow in get
ing off, and the shippers agreed to wait
five minutes. While maneuvering
around the line Crusader broke her
peak sling, which necessitated running
in for repairs, and another postpone
ment of five minutes was taken, so
that it was 3:40 when they finally got
away. Minnezitka crossed first, with
Highlander next, and a half length in
front of Undine Then came Crusader,
Minnesota and Seeress, all we'll up.
Mill Griggs eased off on the reach and
took Seeress well to leeward of the
other boats, where there would be no
wind interference. He turned the first
mark first, with Minnezitka, Highland
er, Undine, Crusader and Minnesota
following in order. Minnesota was a
beaten boat at this stage of the game,
as she was falling off badly and had
great difficulty in meeting the heavy
sea. Clarkson got his spinnaker set
first and Undine passed the others on
the run to Wildwood, with SeereSs
overlapped and Crusader next. Back
to windward Crusader plowed through
the heavy sea faster than the others,
and from this time on she opened up
water on every leg. AT the fouth mile
she was leading Highlander by three
minutes and five seconds. Minnezitka
was next, with Undine and Seeress
right together. On the next trip down
the lake Seeress made constant gains,
and sailed the last four miles faster
than any of the other boats, even in
Guiding Crusader. She ran up and
but Crusaders lead was too great to
be overcome. Crusader completed the
course in 1:17:12 which establishes a
new mark for the season. Seeress
made the course in 1880, Highland
er in 1:20:10, five seconds better than
two minutes behind Minnezitka, but
did not cross the finishing line.
Falcon Wins, as UusuaI.
Van Week sailed Falcon to her GUS
tomary victory in the second division
of the open class. Pyxie, her only con-
testant, found matters to strong both
overhead and underneath, and decid-
ed to pull out after getting a good
taste of the blow. Falcons time over
the six-mile course was 1:19 fiat.
Ki-U, Blanca, Curlew and Nip went
over the line shortly after gun fire in
class C. They were well punched.
Ki-U led over most of the course, but
Blanca and~Curlew were hard after
Blanca fell back. Nip was several
minutes behind. Ki-U and Curlew
sailed a. tight race on the last two
miles of the course, the former getting
the decision by 81 seconds. Blanca
quit on the last leg of the course. Nip
was third.
Racing Summary,
Boat and Skipper. 4th Mile. Finish.
Cavite, E. Rees 1900. 39:40 1889
Aloha, R. K. Armstrong. 47:4O 1858
Geneva. G. Fry4Capsized. 700 '''iO
ClaSSB-
A A0nss9 Ring Gam sbepard 4 4I:Ss 1s s1t
Jim Crack, Jack Ord
Mooswa, Hannaford -. 47:22 1875
Goblin, Geo. Lemon....... 1906 1892
Seeress. c. NJ, Griggs.. 1890 1:19:50
Highlander, MacLaren :. 41:57 1:20:10
Minnezitka, Thee. Griggs.1;2O: 1:2o:15