The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-16
WFIRDLING WINS
DECIDING LEG ON
THE DELLWOOD CUP
Owing to the Light Wind Starter
Tarbox Sends White Bear
Boats Over the Six-Mile
Course Race i'm A Class
jim Crack and Spindrift Win.

The sailors of the White Bear Yacht
club doubted being able to pull off the
regular weekly regatta yesterday aft
ernoon. For most of the day the lake
was quiet. only light ripple now and
then marring the otherwise CLASSY sur
face. Shortly before the time sched-
uled for the races a light, fiuky breeze
sprang up, which was of just sufleIent
strength to send the boats around the
six-mile course nicely with the time
limit.
There was no race in the A class.
Seeress, which had been selected to rep
resent the club at the interlake re-
gatta as Oshkosh, was in dry dock,
and Knight Frrant was stripped OF her
best apparel which is to be used on
Seeress while away. The other A class
boats have all been sold off the lake.
The new and old B classes and the
open class afforded a representation OF
sixteen boats and the racing was keen
and spirited throughout, and in the
new B class the contest was the closest
of the season.
The light weather, which made rae
ing uncertain and which dealt out its
favors and handicaps in a strange
manner, kept the yachting sharps
guessing as to the results. At the
wind-up the score sheets showed the
winners to be Spindrift, Capt. W. w.
Skinner, in Glass B (new); Weirdling,
Capt. H. w. Dresser, in the open class,
and Jim Crack, Capt. Schunemann. in
Glass B (oId).
The two B classes sailed for pen
nants, while the open class sailed the
deciding leg on the Dellwood cup.
Three boats, Geneva, Weirdling and
Keewaydin, each had leg on the cup,
nd Ia INV o1Y.xyv CHI n
win the trophy.
Race Over Six Mile Course.
Starter Tarbox decided to have the
boats go over the six-Inile course. ow-
ing TO the light wind. The first leg
was a close haul, the next beat TO
windward. A shift in the wind made
the leg back to center a broad reach,
with another haul into the bay.
The start in the new b class, which
was sent off first, was very even, Pluto
going over half a length ahead of Red
Devil, with Black Deuce, Spindrift,
Nicola and Minneapolis following.
Down to the first mark it was nip and
tuck between the leaders, and down to
Wildwood there We're many changes OF
position. Pluto hung on to her lead.
however, and reached for the third
mark we'll in advance of her field, Red
Devil coming next with Nicola, who mad
crept up on the others, third.
At the center the beats were again
punched, and into tn. bay the fight
was growing more intense. Black
Deuce and Minneapolis had fallen off
considerably, both boats having gotten
the worst of the little slants which
Tiddled the lake. Capt. Skinner brought
Spindrift along on the fifth mile and
challenged the leaders, bringing his
boat to the windward of the others, a
piece of work which stood him well, as
Spindrift afterwards gained the buoy
ahead of her field and started home
ward few lengths in advance. Red
Devil was making desperate efforts to
overtake her, with Nicola and Pluto
only few seconds behind. It was
anybody's race, with. the advantage
slightly with the Windward boat. Spin
drift managed to cross the line just five
seconds ahead of Red Devil, who was