The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-30
i. s. JACKIES WIN
IN RACES At MEL
American Men, of Warsmen
Take a First Second and
Third From Gfrmans.

KEEL. June 29.-The American men
of-warsnlen were tvs firsts, second
and third in today's races against
the boats of the German fleet. The
American had five boats entered in
four events, While the Germans had
thirty seven, and the American crews
were not familiar with the course and
had not specially trained for the oc-
cation.
The United States cruiser Chicago's
sailing cutter, entered by Midshipnan
stephen G. Rowan, today won Prince
Henry's prize for warship cutters in a
competition with German ships cutters
Fryea, HohenzelIern, FrauenIaud,
Ariadne, Glitz and Hagen.
The sailing launch Of the United
States cruiser San Francisco, entered
by Ensign w. Steele Jr., won the prize
in the race for Warships' launches The
launch of the German turret ship Kali
ser Wilhelm der Crosse was second and
that Of the United States flagship
Kearsarge, entered by Lieut.. Henry c.
Muslin, was third
There Were fourteen German entries.
Lieut.. Mustin's boat would have won
IT an outsider, the Hodrit, had not
fouled her when she was in the lead
and near the finish. The German crews
cheered the Americans. The course
was twice around a seven and one-half
miles triangle.
Lieut.. Patrick w Hourigan, of the
kearsarge. was entered in the sailing
cutter competition, in which fifteen
German cutters took part, and came in
fifth The Chicago's small cutter COM
peted in another race and came in sec
ond. =
The protest entered yesterday by
Herr Guifleaume, owner of the Clara.
against the British schooner Cicely be-
Ing awarded the race for boats of her
class because she carried only one
anchor, whereas under German rules
two anchors are necessary, has been
overruled and the prize awarded to the
Cicely, which beat the Clara three min
uteS. lAt
More than 100 sailing launches COW
cred the lower bay this morning, for
besides the boats against which the
American crews raced eighty German
boats took part in seven other events.
The closest contest and the one
which attracted most attention from
the Germans was that between the
large launches. Lieut.. Muslin led after
the first quarter of a mile and gradu-
ally increased his lead until near the
finish he was one-eighth Of a mile ahead
of the San Francisco's launch Then.
what was probably a civilians yacht
Which was running obliquely, yelled
something unintelligible to Lieut.. Mus
tin. and few moments later the
stranger bewSprit run through the sail
of the Kearsarge's launch, tearing
away part of it. Before the two boats
could be disentangled the San Fran
cisco's launch passed, and a hundred
yards behind her the launch of the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. Lieut..
Muslin and Ensign Steele both out
sailed the German boats in turning the
mark buoys, gaining several seconds
on each turn. The German crews
cheered the American winners heartily.
The emperor presented the prizes to
the winners at the yacht club tonight
IN the shape of personal gifts to the
officers commanding the launches En-
sign Steele received a silver cup.
Il hope you will drink many a bump
er out of it," said Emperor William,
handing it to him. Lieut.. Muslin and
Midshipman Rowan, who sailed the
Chicago's small cutter, received silver
cigarette boxes.