The Saint Paul globe., 1904-06-19
MINNETONKA BOAT
SAILS SPEEDY RACE
Alpha Wins From Loudon's
Challenger After Hard
Struggle

weekly regatta Of the White Bear
Yacht club yesterday afternoon. The
| fine fleet was divided into four classes,
which resulted in some highly exciting
contests The races were the best held
50. far this season, and commanded the
keenest interest from the time the first
gun was fired until the last boat fin
ished the course.
-Four of the Seawanhaka chalIengers
were on hand to try conclusions in a
friendly bout, including the Wihuja
from Minnetonka, sailed by Capt.
James Loudon. The race among the
big fellows was in doubt until the last
half of the last leg was sailed. Alpha,
| handled by Capt l.. p. Ordway, won
out by the narrow margin Of forty four
| seconds over Wihuja, the Minnetonka
flyer. Beta, the winner of a week ago,
was third, and Gamma, Dr. Welch's
creation, was fourth.
The Wihuja won the admiration of
! the yachting sharps as she lay tied to
| the club house dock before the race,
and after she gained the lead and kept
| it for most of the course Minnetonka
| stock went soaring rapidly. 1t was
| only after the hardest kind of work by
! Capt Ordway and his crew that Wi
hula was beaten at the finish. Gamma
is strange looking boat, with sharp
| bow and some overhang at the stern.
| Using a barnyard expression, one might
| call her swaybacked. She held with
| the bunch until the last two legs, when
| she fell back with Beta and the two
| raced closely together in a contest for
| third place.
! In Glass A, Seeress beat Moccasin
| for the third time, and bids fair to
! shut out the latter from championship
honors at the rate she has been going
| lately.
Wanderer Wins Again
Wanderer, Capt. Jack Ordway, re-
| peated her performance Of a week ago
| and beat a fine field Of seven compet-
| itors in Class B, new, while Pluto, sail
/ ed by. Capt. Carl Drake, maintained her
! reputation by trimming up the old B
| class boats by good margin.
The boats sailed the six-mile course.
The first two legs were windward work.
| while the next two were free runs
| Spinnakers were used by nearly all
| the boats.
The Glass A boats were sent off at
| 1920. SeereSs and Moccasin were the
only entries. Seeress jumped into the
| lead at the start and held it over the
/ entire SiX-knot course, stretching her
advantage between each buoy. At
| Wildwood she was leading by more
| than two minutes, and on the free run
| to center increased it by forty seconds.
As they turned the home buoy at the
| fourth mark she showed more daylight
| and beating back to center and reach
ing for home the last time loafed all
| the way, completing the course in
| 1:2O:37, nearly six minutes ahead of
| Moccasin.
The four challengers went off next
| It was pretty start. The boats going
| over well punched. Alpha's nose show
| ed slightly in front, with Beta and
| Gamma Tapped. Wihuja was pocketed
| a half length back of Gamma. All
| boats went away on the port tack, Beta
seemed to fall off a bit on the wind
| ward work, but was slightly outfooting
| the others to make up fer it. Alpha
and Gamma were hooked together, and
| Wihuja was just to Ieeward. Griggs
kept his course until well on to the is
| land, when he went about on the star
| board tack. This forced Alpha and the
two raced close together to the point
| Of the peninsula.
Wihuja Shows Speed
Wihuja split tacks with the others
and stood for the south shore at point
above the first buoy. Gamma was
making the mark on short tacks At
| the buoy Beta was leading by two boat
| lengths, Gamma turned next, with AL
pha right on her heels. Wihuja tackled
above the buoy and then came down in
long starboard tack to the Mahtomedi
shore. The other boats played a short
tack game. DR.. Welch also stood for
the north shore. Wihuja found the
wind better on this side of the lake
and showed surprising speed She
leaped over the small choppy waves,
c!eanly taking the water without and
| disturbance.
AS the boats came about and headed
| into Dellwood for the second time on
the final run home, with all sails flying
and drawing nicely, it was still any
body's race. Alpha was coming with a
! nj hof h.
half mile had run up on even terms
| with Loudon. They stayed there for
| a few moments, when OrdWay pulled
| away. increasing his lead at every
bound, and crossing the line "A seconds
to the good. Wihuja's boards had been
allowed to drag, and as they flare out
| considerably. they seemed to offer ad-
! d1tonal resistance, and may have had
something to do with her defeat
Eight class B boats started in the
new class Wanderer was first over
| the line, with Circe, FIycamaroo. Rob-
| IN Hood, Damfino, Rambler Young
America and Wrath following in or
der. The boats were nicely punched,
but strung out slightly on the first
Nwindward leg. Wanderer kept her
| lead to the first mark, and rounded two
| lengths before Gree Dan1fino was
| several lengths to windward, and lead
ing Robin Hood by short margin
1 Rambler, FlycamarOO and Young
America split facks with the others.
| Damfino and Circe both closed on
| Wanderer at the Wildwood buoy, but
| young Ordway refused to yield the lead
| and broke out his spinnaker immedi-
| ately after rounding. The lead was
| increased after passing the third mark.
/ Circe and Rambler sailed side by side,
| Damffno dropping back to fourth.
| A short distance back Rambler and
| F1ycamaroo were struggling for fourth
| honors. both even up and shooting di-
rect for the line. Rambler gained 1t
first. with seconds to spare Robin
! Hood, Young America and Wrath
came next in order. Summary:
Boat. Skipper. Time.
Glass A.
Seeress. Evan Rees es..........1: :20:37
/ Moccasin. C. Frey t:26:25
Challenger Glass
/ Alpha. L. p. Ordwny 1:22:43
Wihuja. ........J. Ioudon. ..........1:23:2
/ Beta. a..........C. M. Griggs. ......1: 1854
| Gamma. .....Dr. j. NJ. WEIGH. IL :26 so
| Class 3 (newl-
| Wanderer. -. Jack Ordway ...1 .1:29:0S
Damfino. DIR. Owens. 1854
Circc Schulze 1:33:15
| Rambler. .......W. Skinner. 1885
Flycanla roo. Don Taylor .1:34:45
ROBIN Hood Murray ............ 1:44:f7
! Young America H. Pinska. .1.4S;52
| Wrath. Reid ............... 1:53:19