The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-02
jim CRACK TURNS
TURTLE IN HEAVY
WHITE BEAR GALE
Only the Braves of Yacht Club
Venture Out in Weekly Re-
qatta Seeress, Weirdling and
Pluto Win the Events.

OnIv the braves of the White Bear
Yacht club ventured out yesterday att
ernoon in the weekly regatta. A per-
feet gale blew over the lake ana the
water was studded with whitecaps,
which dashed each other in their tury
and sprayed the shippers and crews
until they were drenched to the SKIN.
A twenty mile breeze, blowing from
the northeast, hurried the boats along
and kept the lee rails constantly
awash.
The sport was exciting, to say the
least Records were broken in each OF
the classes and Jim Crack capsiZed on
the third mile Capt. Schuneman was
running free, with Spinnaker set, max
ing the center buoy from WILDWOOD.
The guy rope held by the spinnaker
man parted in some unaccountaple
manner, throwing the spinnaker for
ward and into the air. Capt. Schune-
man endeavored to throw his boat into
the wind but as the pressure caught
the boat broadside with the main
sheet and Spinnaker both drawing, 1t
was more than the boat could stand'
and diving into head sea she car
romed slightly and went over capt
Ring, sailing Avis, her only compeu-
tor. Immediately made for the up
Eurned craft and rescued the sailors,
who were clinging to the hull Whlch
had turned turtle.
The club launch also offered assist
ance, but could not get conveniently
near to the derelict, owing to the heaVy
sea. The jim Cracks crew consisted
Of Capt. Schuneman, Charles CLARK, ..
Archer and Forrest Daniels.
No other mishaps occurred to mar
ahe days sport.
The wind was the strongest of tho
year on a race day, and all the boats
went out with two reefs tucked away,
and storm glib. Even with this re-
duced canvas the boats heeled over
time and again and kept shippers and
crews constantly on the alert to keep
right side up.
The winners of the days events
were Seeress, Capt. Rees, in class A;
Weirdling, Capt. Dresen, In the open
class, and Pluto, Capt. SchuIze, in the
new B class. Owing to the capsiZing of
Jim Crack and the withdrawal Of Avis,
there was no contest in the old
class. remnants were sailed for In
each race.
For the third time this season tho
record for the eight-mile course went
glimmering. Seeress sailed it yester-
day in 1 :07, which clipped two min
utes and thirty-three seconds from
the time made by Knight Errant on the
afternoon of July 4. Pluto broke the
record of the B class, held by Reli-
ance, of 1:08:52, Plutos time being
1:07:40, and Weirdling established E
new record in the open class without
the use of spinnakers, sailing the
course in 1:15:12, breaking her own
record of 1:15:40 made on July 4, by
twenty eight seconds.
Bad Day for Spectators.
From the standpoint of comfort the
day was anything but ideal. The rain
during the morning and the early aft
ernoon, coupled with the heavy wind
kept the entries down to a small num-
ber The club house, which is usually
crowded, seemed deserted, save for the
regulars, who are always on hand. no
matter what the weather may be.
The start of the classes was delayed
nearly an hour. The two A boats, Seer
ess and Knight Errant, went off well
together, with Seeress a length in the
lead. They held well together on the
reach to center, and on the beat to
Wildwood Seeress was still leading
reaching the buoy a few seconds ahead
of Knight Errant. With the double
boards, SeereSs stood up in the heavy
windward work as we'll as Knight Err
rant, and it was here that Ordway ex
pected to overhaul the Rees boat But
SeereSS would not be denied. She me
each wave handsomely and footed well
every inch of the way Back from
Wildwood to center she gained slightly
and turning the fourth mile in Dell
wood bay showed a lead of one minute
and thirty-two seconds. On the second
round of the course she opened ur
more water and more than held her
own on every point of sailing Knight
Errant stood up well. but did not seem
to foot as fast as Seeress. The time
at the finish was: Seeress, 1:01:O7;
Knight Errant, 1:04:27.
The open class boats went off
on the second gun, Aloha and Weird
ling being the only two contestants.
Aloha shot over the line first and led
by a hundred yards to the first mark.
AS they fiattened sheets into the wind
Weirdling made some slight gains, and
on split tacl1s crossed Aloha's bow
about half way down to Wildwood.
Weirdling turned the second mark
first by only a few seconds. On the
next two miles Aloha closed slightly.
and was forty-three seconds behind as
they got into Dellwood. Once again
into the wind, however, Dresser pulled
away from Armstrong and opened up