The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-10

Great is Crusader! For the fifth
consecutive time in the official races
of the White Bear Yacht club she
line. But hardly less great is Seeress,
for she pushed Crusader for every inch
of the ten-mile course in yesterdays
regatta. 1t was Greek meet Greek, not
only in the two leading boats, but in
the shippers who sailed them. Cru
sader covered the distance in 1: 81 %,
one minute and ten seconds faster
than Seeress, who made it in 1:32:3S.
A piping southeastern, blowing sixteen
to twenty miles an hour, with puffs
and squalls to burn, kicked up a nasty
sea and threw copious sheets of spray
in the faces of shippers and crews.
All boats had not less than two reefs
tucked away, and lee rails were awash
almost all the time. Such sight, such
enthusiasm and so much mystery, all
bottled up in one little green bottle,
waiting for some one to pull the cork,
which Starter Tarbox promptly pro-
ceeded to do at 1920, when he called the
Glass A boats into line. Up to a late
hour last night the oldest inhabitant
on the lake could not be found, as the
day had been too much for him, and
younger devotees of the sport of kings
are now armed with that information
which will be doled out in small parcels
to generations yet to come.
Highland II. Is Distanced.
There was a new and strange craft
among the seven giants at the line,
about which there was considerable
mystery, for she had not been tried,
and there were those who said that
Crusader and Seeress would be kept
moving when Gus new wonder came
on the lake. But the new Amundson
boat,~which has been named Highland
er H., and which was sailed by Capt.
MacLaren, did not meet the eXpecta-
lions OF the wise ones, and has still got
to make good. 1t must be said, how
ever that the boat had never been
tried before she was raced, and her
sails were hurriedly bent in order to
get her entered in time. She carried
strong lee heln1,- and there is a lot of
tuning to be done on the boat before
she is right. Gus was an interested
spectator from the steamer and watch
ed his boat closely, and the showing
made offered him not the least concern,
as he seemed confident that the new
craft will meet his highest expecta-
tons when she is thoroughly tried and
put in tune.
The boats got off promptly after
gun ire, Highlander II. and Cavite 60
ing away on port tack, while Cru
sader, Minnesota, Minnezitka, Seeress
and Undine came down on the STAR
BOARD. They were we'll punched, and
1t was a splendid struggle of the big
fellows to get lined out during the
nrSt mile: Crusader was drawing away
slightly from the field, enough to get
a free position, where she suffered no
interference, while the others were at
close quarters, with their sheets pinned
IN as fiat as wall paper and their lee
rails aWash to the cockpit. They
forced each other about from time to
time, as their respective rights de-
manded. Then Griggs, with Seeress,
not. pointing quite so high, but footing
faster, also drew away from the
bunch. Crusader ate rapidly into the
wind, sailing equally we'll on both
tacks, and made the first mark thirty
second in the lead OF Seeress, theE
stood out into the open water on a.
Starboard tack. MinneZitka. High
LANCER, Cavite, Minnesota and Undine
was theF order of the others.
ordway Kept Gaining.
capt. Ordway maintained his lead
increasing it considerably on the sec
ORD leg, which he turned one minute
ana hfty seconds ahead of Seeress,
who was fifteen seconds ahead of
Highlander II. Minnezitka, Cayite.
Und1ne and Minnesota followed. The
boats simply flew down to Mahtomedi
the position of the leaders remaining
unchanged, while Minnesota seemed to
nave first mortgage on last place.
having lost ground continually. At
Monedo closed on the leaders and the
three boats turned the buoy together.
Then there was a scramble for home
the boats sailing as close together as
is was possible to get them, and all
abreast. Monedo pulled away, only a
half length at first, then stretched it
INTO a couple of lengths, and beat in by
eighteen seconds. Jim Crack and
Avis continued the fight, and it was
mast and mast until within the last
fifty yards, when Avis won the de-
cision by six seconds.
Curlew had no trouble in disposing