The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-09
THE WORLD OF SPORT

They got away together. knight Errant
a length in the lead. with the Seeress
holding the windward BERTH There was
much jockeying for the first mile, ord
way endeavoring to wreSt the WindWard
position away from Seeress, but was not
successful The two boats stuck close
together for the first two miles, sbat ORD
way gained considerably in the wind
ward leg and kept his lead from the sec
ond mile.
pounded heavily on the return from Wild
wood. The strong puffs knocked them
down time and again, but they stood inc
strain admirably, excepting that Seeress
Suffered slight rip in her sail which
might have hindered her. some In mel
work.
After the races were over Capt. Griggs
took the helm in Seeress and sailed
short race against the Knight, but wa
defeated, and it is likely that there viii,
be more racing between the two boats to-
day in order to enable the judges to come
to decision with respect to the Osh-
kosh representative. Its admitted on
all sides that the boats are very evenly
matched, and the choice of picking the
White Bear representative Is proving
very delicate operation.
In the Open Class.
There were five entries in the opel
class. Geenya got over the line first
followed by Goblin. Weirdling, Aloha and
Keewaydin in the order named. Capt
miles, with Weirdling second and Alohe
next: On the windward leg Keewaydir
stood up, splendidly and on long port
tack made up much lost ground and flat
Geneva blanketed shortly after pickine
the third buoy, Geneva had trouble will
her glib and substituted a new one. Kee-
Waydin showed the way into the bay
leading Geneva by a minute, with Weird
ling third. Then came Aloha and Goblin
who were fighting it out at close rancc
and changing positions frequently. While
A s,6 sailed over the entire course, she
dld- not cross the finish line. Capt Arm.
strong had trouble galore yesterday. and
win breaking GIBBS and torn lacings haf
ms hands full. Keewaydin beat Genevc.
by two minutes and thirteen seconds
me I 1atteT .belng nearly two minutes ahead
Menodo turned the trick in the B class
(old), beating Avis something over
minute minute. with ,JinsCraelS Owl and Dakota
first and held the lead all the way' Avn
proved troublesome on a number of occa-
SONS and might possibly have beaten
IA but for tear she received il
the leech of her main sail. the reefing rim,
pulling out Avis pluckily hung on, how
ever, and finished a good second Jim
Crack, who turned turtle a week ago
was on deck again. fit as a fiddle, but
could do no better than third She beat
owl and Dakota. who came in next
The two leaders had things all thei
own way and steadily opened water o,
TIC OlHer podtS. me contest was some
what marred by the slight mishap to
AVIS, but for which it would have beef
close and spirited.
In the kitten class XII u and Bingo met
for the fifth time this season, and for thu
fifth time XII u beat her competitor TIL
HI U was handled by Mill Griggs Jr
Yesterday. who sailed her in the lead from
start to finish and won the second Les
On the Taylor cup.
Summary of Races.
Boat and Skipper. = Time
Glass A
Knight Errant. L. P Ordway. ....1:18:11
Seeress, Evan Rees ..............1:19:5 so
Red Devil, Sam ordway ..........1:24:55
H H,e' owens -. i.......-.. Is
Pluto, Scnulze j 80: 20
Black Deuce, Taylor 1898.
SpIndrift. Skinner .................1:36 $500
Open Glass
Keewaydin. DR.. WEIGH .1:25:47
Geneva Fry 2S:00
Weirdling, Dresser 80 :03
Goplln, Lemon :35 80
Al C.f armstrong ,.....,... Did not f1nisl
Monedo. Shepard 1.25 .OS
Avis, Ring .1:26:40
Jim Crack. Schuneman ........... L :33 %
Owl, Sullivan ................1:3 S:15
Dakota, Ward ....................1:3 80 10
XII y. M. Griggs .0.57 .oe
Bingo. l.. r. Ordway Jr $50 AZ
Course. eight miles, excepting Glass c
six miles. Wind. II miles. Starter, Tar.
box.