The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-26
White BEAR YACHT
RACES SAILED IN
MODERATE BREEZE
Warm Weather Brings Out
Twenty-one Boats = Seeress
Defeats Knight Erant-Pluto
Wins Again.

White Bear Yacht club was sailed in a
moderate northwest breeze blowing
from six to eight miles an hour. The
day was warm and the sun on the lake
was hot. 1t takes warm weather to
bring out a good fleet, and twenty
boats faced the starter in the different
events. All the boats sailed the eight
mile course with the exception of Class
C, which sailed six miles. The first
leg was a free run to center, then
reach to Wildwood, with two miles of
beating back to Dellwood. Cups were
raced for in each class excepting in
Glass B (new), which sailed for the
pennant The trophies were the Com
modores cup in Glass A, Gotzian cup
in the open class, Club cup in Class B
(old), and the Island cup in Class c.
The winners Of the day were Seeress,
Capt. Rees in Glass A; Pluti, Capt
Schulze, in Class B (new); Geneva,
Capt. Fry, in the open class; Monedo,
Capt. Shepard, in Glass B (old), and
XII. U, Capt. Taylor, in Class c.
The contests were not close in any
of the classes, the winner in each in
stance finishing well ahead of the 9TH
ers, excepting in Glass C, where XII U
beat Bingo only rs seconds.
The greatest interest of the day was
centered in Glass A. Seeress and
Knight Errant are fighting 1t out for
championship honors from week to
week, and before the race Of yesterday
each boat had three races to its credit.
Seeress has been equipped with the
double centerboards and made her
first appearance yesterday with the
new arrangement The moderate breeze
caused many of the yachtsmen present
to predict another victory for Seeress,
as the Rees boat has shown a DISPOSE
ton to trim up the Ordway craft in
most anything except in reefng
breezes, and now that Seeress has two
boards her owner believes she will hold
Knight Errant down in anything that
blows.
The A class started at 1925. Knight
Errant crossed ahead of the gun and
Starter Tarbox called to her skipper
to recross, but Ordway evidently did
not hear the summons, as he kept on
his course. Seeress and Crusader were
next. 1t was only short way out be-
fore Seeress took the lead and led the
way down to center then down to
Wildwood and back home, and then
again around the course, widening the
distance at each mark and holding the
other two boats safe beyond question.
At no time during the race was Ord
way able to cut down Seeress' lead, and
Capt. Rces was taking no chances,
keeping his boat under good control
and Roadway to the finish. Seeress
won by $40, being more than half
mile ahead Of Knight Grant who was
arlu foY oh Of
Crusader was sailed by Capt. Ritter, of
the Calhoun Yacht club
For Crusader to be beaten nearly
twenty mintes by her old rival of last
year Is causing considerable comment
among yachtsmen and no satisfactory
reason seems to be forthcoming ex-
planning her sailing of this season.
Knight Errant seemed no worse for her
capsize of week ago. Her sails were
torn by the center boards dropping
through, but otherwise suffered no
damage.
Pluto Wins Again.
Pluto is making it a habit Of win
ming in the new B class, and yester-
day repeated her last three perform
ances by finishing first, in field of
six. Red Devil crossed the starting
line first, followed closely by, Mime
apolis, Spindrift; Pluto, Black. Deuce
and Nicola in the order named. The
run down to center, with spinnakers
set, was a pretty picture, the boats be-
for the first mark. This they turned
well punched, and on the reach to
Wildwood Pluto drew slightly away
with Red Devil and Nicola we'll up and
pushing her hard. Schulze reached
the Dellwood mark nearly minute
ahead of Nicola, Red Devil, Spindrift
Minneapolis and Black Deuce, and
kept the lead for the next four miles
After sharp exchange with Nicola,
Red Devil took second place by TWEEN
ty-six seconds. The other three were
well astern Of the leaders, and at no
time seemed dangerous after the. first
two miles of sailing
Keewaydin, after long absence,
made her temperance in the open
class. Capt. Herr Rodenberg has
purchased quarter interest in the
boat, and will sail in the regattas for
the balance of the season. The other
contestants were Geneva, Aloha and
Weirdling. Capt. Armstrong crossed
the starting line close after the gun,
with Weirdling, Geneva and aKeeway-
din following Aloha kept her lead to
the second miles, where Geneva over
took her as they came into the wind.
Keewaydin was also well up. Capt
Fry increased his lead steadily, while
Aloha and Keewaydin were having a
merry, fight for the place, Weirdling
quitting at the fourth mile, after hav-
Ing some trouble with her gait. Geneva
finished two minutes and twenty-five
seconds ahead of Keewaydin on cor
rected time, Aloha coming in third.
The old B class boats weer sent off
at 3:40, Avis and Owl being the first
to cross. Ring set fast pace for the
first five miles, with Monedo only a
few lengths back, and Jim Crack, Owl
and Nausett next in order On the
second. round of the course Shepard
gained the lead and opened consider
able water on the other boats. Avis
fell back beaten, and Nausett was new
er better than fifth. Owl and Jim
Crack were the only ones to make a
showing and Schuneman finally beat
put Sullivan for second place Capt.
Sullivan feels much encouraged on the
showing of Owl and believes that when
her new sail, arrives, which will give
him the full $50 feet allowed in Glass
b, his boat will make them all
hustle from start to finish. Dakota
quit on the third mile, breaking a side
stay, which forced her to retire.
N-U and Bingo had the contest all
to themselves in Glass C, and the race
was in doubt up to the last 100 yards of