The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-17
WHITE BEAR YACHTS
IN STRENUOUS RACES
Two Boats Capsize in Stiff
Wind and One Race Is
Postponed

"A small-sized gale blowing fully TWEEN
| ~ miles an hour directly from the soutl,
made sailing strenuous work at VVl,ita
scar IN the weekly regatta of the White
scar yacht club yesterday afternoon.
| ChIlke the weather of week ago i'm
w1ilch the lake was as smooth as glass.
IL blew Vieiously yesterday, and incident
any TOPPED over two of the boats which
attempted to cover the course.
Moecasin, Capt. Fry, sailing in class A.
was the 1lrst to furnish excitement to the
| several hundred spectators who crowded
the club veranda and dock. The heavy
leg OF the course was the first one. a
dead beat into the wind The sea was
rolling heavily and the lake was faxed
with white caps. Moccasin staggered as
she crossed the starting line, but seemed
70 De gong fairly well few rods out
one Weatnered one heavy puff but that
! was all. The next one bent her well over
and the crew at once scrambled for tbe
high SIDE. AS she was keeling over a third
gust followed quickly and capsized her
c oIeeiesS, tne only other starter in the
CLASS peneVlng that her assistance might
| ne needed did very sportsmanike thing
10 yleid the race which was now a cinc6
ana an !. STOOD by the upturned craft. taking
OH the crew and landing them at the clubo
| mouse. The boat drifted over on to In
geIsolI S reef, but is not believed to be
|
| Hardly had the onlookers recovered
| from the excitement occasiOned bv the
| Moccas1n episode than Wrath continued
rne performance by turning bottom side
| up. Cdpt. Reld had gotten out hardly anv
| FARTHER than the Fry boat when he mot tIe
same fate. This makes the second time
| thls season for Wrath. and yachtsmen
| Wrath ~
| Three Reefs in
All the boats went out with three reefs
H. pelng the most tucked away in any
| race this season. The first leg was a
reach back to center, and free run
! nome Some of the more venturesome
Was ri SPnnakers on the free work It
| no bad results followed
Gree and Piqua buckled their masts
| badly and withdrew.
The The winners of the day were wanderer.
Capt j. Ordway in B class new, and
Monedo, Capt. Sam Shepard in B class
Old Both boats sailed fast and there
| was little difference between the actual
Salilng time. Monedo did not use any
flying sails and beat the next boat in her
class nearly mile.
capt. Taylor, Of Flycamaroo, lodged a
protest against Wanderer which will be
discussed before a meeting of the regatta
committee this week. The fouling on
which protest was laid was committed
at the time of starting ins4nediateIy aft
er the gun went off. Eight boats were
In line, and there was considerable crowd
ing at the east buoy. Wanderer was on
| port while Flycamaroo was on starboard
| There was comparatively little space be-
/ tween Wanderer and the buoy and
| rambler was trying to fit herself into
what space there was. This put Wander
er into pinch. where she had no op-
/ ton. The result was that Flycamaroo
! struck Wanderer about even with the
! forestry.
Capt Jack ordway contended that I'M
| der the circumstances he could not be
| crowded out of position until he had
crossed the line, ,inasmuch as the gun had
| already sounded. On the other hand,
| Capt. Taylor believes that being on star
board gave him every possible right. and
any boat getting in his way, sailing on
| port, did so at its peril.
Moccasin Turns Over
The two A boats were sent off at 1920,
but they had gone only short distance
! before Moccas1n capsized and the Seeress
| went to her rescue. The race will be sail
! ed off at a later late.
| In class B Wanderer took the lead with
| the other boats we'll punched. Wrath
| capsized after going a short distance.
! The boats split tacks Immediately and
| Were soon scattered throughout the bay.
| The wind continually damned the boats
and laid them over time and again on
| this leg. and it looked as though there
would be other capSizeS. Young OrdWay
reached center first and laid a straight
| course to Wildwood. Pluto and Ipcelon
! were next, sailing close together, while
| Flycamaroo and Piqua followed in order.
| There was no material change on the sec
/ ond leg, and on the reach to center and
| the free run into Dellwood Wanderer in
| creased her lead by the use of her spin
maker. She turned the Dellwood buoy q
minutes and ID seconds ahead of Pluto,
| which was l minute % seconds ahead of
| lpceion. Then came Flycamaroo, Piqua
and Rambler.
The next time up the windward leg
| Wanderer stood away on a long port tack,
while, Pluto sought to improve her posi-
| ton, by continuing on sstarboard tack
until well into the lee OF the peninsula.
| While she made good time, she did not
seem to pull down 1.-THE the lead cad OF the flying
beaten at this stage of the game and
badly strung out.
this season out of eight starts, and it
looks as though she will be the boat Sc
lected next month for the inland lake
meeting at Oshkosh.
3:45. Monedo, Avis and Nicola being the
entries. Monedo simply walked away
| from the other two boats and had the race
at her mercy after the first leg of sailing.
1t was just the kind Of breeze she liked,
and she opened water on the. others be-
tween each buoy. For the most part there
was a spirited contest between Nicola and
| Avis for second place Nicola led the
Ring boat for three miles, but the latter
made good before reaching the fourth
| mile and then held the Savage boat for
| the rest of the course.
The Wednesday races for the B classes,
| inaugurated last week. proved highly sue
| the season. Pluto won out last week.
beating a good sized field In q stiff breeze.
The races yesterday were for cups, be-
ing the postponed races of a week ago,
which were substituted for the remnants
offered on the regular schedule. The
Douglass cup. in class A, will have to be
sailed for again on account of the mishap
in this class yesterday The Island cup
will ge to Wanderer providing, of course,
the protest in yesterdays race does not
hold, and Monedo gained the first leg oil
the Club cup by yesterdays victory.
which makes three straight races for the
Shepard boat. Summary:
Time
Boat and Skipper. Miles. Miles.
SeereSS, Rees. ............. Did not finish.
Moccason, Fry. ........... .CapSized
Class B (new)-
Wanderer J. Ordway.. 10000 1885
Pluto, Howard. .42:15 1:23:50
Ipcelon Owens. ......... ..43:40 1:26:52
Flyeamaroo. Taylor .......47:39 1:2S;32
Rambler. Skinner .........49:20 1929
Piqua, Daniels $500 Disabled.
Gree, SchuiZe Disabled;
wrath, Relu .CaDStZed.
Class B Odd
Avis. Ring 1872 1922 1s9 IS
Course. eight knots to center. to Wild
wood to center TO DeIlwood and repeat;
wind south. twenty miles; starter, Tar