The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-13

of White Bear. from Mower design.
This Will be sharp -nosed boat, one that
will meet a heavy sea easily and which
yachtsmen believe will be well adapted
to conditions as found at Montreal. John
johnson, of White Bear, will build the
third boat, Griggs & Read adaptation
of the Crowninshield design of the Mas
sasoit, and Of which the successful Pluto
of last years B class was a practical
type. Then there is possibility of other
clubs furnishing boats for the trial races,
IN response to q general invitation to
American clubs sailing small yachts to
participate.
A new wrinkle which will be adopted
by the White Bear club this season in the
thorough trying out of the candidates for
the trial races is the sailing of the boats
on Winnebago, at Oshkosh, where condf-
lions much similar to those at Dorval
may be found. The Jones & Laborde boat
will, therefore, never be shipped to White
Bear, but Will remain at Oshkosh and be
tried out there, in company with the,
boats to be shipped from here. 1t is also
barely possible that another boat, built by
Amundson last year, and which has never
been sailed, may be entered in the trials.
Mr.. Ordway stated that up to the pres
ent time 1920 had been subscribed to-
wards the building of the challenge boats,
club members sufficient to bring the
amount up to $4,000 as there are other
expenses aside of the building of the
boats which must be met by the special
race committee. After the race has been
sailed, all the boats will be auctioned off
and the subscribers to the fund will be
reimbursed in proportion to their sub
scriptions.
The trial races on White Bear have
10
day, June Is. The method which will be
adopted in sailing the races has been out
lined by the race committee, which will
race such crews as it may select for the
boats which are presented to it for trial.
1t will probably sail several series of
races on the Bagnall-Wyld system of
drawing-racing down to a single win
ner.
Instructions as to contestants, courses.
marks, signals, starting, numbers, and ali
matters pertaining to the race for the
day, will be posted by the committee in
charge on the bulletin board at the White
Bear Yacht club house at a. m. each
morning during the week commencing
June Is.
In the event that any outsider boat is
retained by the committee for further
trial races at White Bear lake, or to go to
Montreal, the White Bear Yacht club
guarantees to pay the transportation
charges to Montreal and from thence to
the home waters of such boat.
Capt. Van Weeks report OF the work
done by the club last year was very sat
isfactory He recommended that the
championships for classes A and B be de-
cided at date previous to the sending
away of representative yachts for the in
land lake races.
The secretary reported 205 members, an
increase of 10 over last year. The finances
of the club are in excellent shape, as
shown by the report of Treasurer Geery
Permanent improvements amounting to
more than $500 were made last sea-
son.
A communication from Commodore
Frank H. Libby, of the Oshkosh Yachr
club, was read by Capt Griggs, In which
an invitation was extended to White Bear
yachtsmen to join the Oshkosh club as
nonresident members. Oshkosh has been
selected by the twenty three clubs COM
posing the Inland Lake Yachting assoc
citation as the permanent location for the
holding of its regattas, and the oshkosh
club has erected handsome club mouse
for the benefit Of visiting yachtsmen, and
it will, therefore, be specially desirable to
visiting yachtsr1en to enjoy the privileges
of the club while there.