The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10
SPORTING BOWLING RACING BASEBALL THE RING SPORTING

and otherwise buckled and wrecked
from the pounding she got on the rocks
in a heavy storm last fall. Geneva has
been sold off the lake. There remain
Aloha, Keewaydin, Genevra and pos
sibly Cavite to form the class.
Glass c was not a bowling success
last season, and it is impossible to
predict what will be done with the lit
tie fellows.
The boats built this winter are
showing various improvements which
go much toward making the perfected
Scow.
Speed Limit is Reached.
Various small changes in lines Of
the hull have been made from year to
year, and it is thought a speed limit
has almost been reached in the present
type of boat. Another improvement
is the increased deck area and smaller
cockpit. This change is made prin-
cipally with a view of meeting cOndi-
tons on other waters, rather than
from a question of necessity on White
Bear. Both White Bear boats which
were sent to Lake Winnebago at Osh
kosh last summer to represent the
White Bear Yacht club at the Inland
Lake Yachting association regatta,
filled with water in one of the heavy
gales, but for which the Pluto would
have brought home the Glass B cup.
The cockpit in each of the boats was
unusually large, so that when a heavy
wave was encountered, much water
would be taken into the boat. The
water came in faster than it could be
baled out, and it was useless to try
further. This objection has now been
remedied, so that the danger of
swapping is practically reduced to a
minimum. It is practically impossible
to ship by water with the small cock
pits without entirely capsiZing.
The advantage of the bilge boards
over the single centerboard has been
amply demonstrated to the satisfaction
of White Bear yachtsmen, and but few
boats will be built from this on with
the single board.
The double rudder is a practically
new idea. Fred Pabst's Comet IL,
which won the cup for Glass A boats
at Oshkosh last summer, was equipped
with the double rudder. The Ordway-
Clark boat, Knight Errant, was chang
ed from the single to the double rud-
der late in the season, and the manner
in which the boat answered the slight
est touch Of the tiller strongly recon-
mended the double rudder idea for the
new boats constructed this year.
Stronger Boats This Season.
One feature Of boats built under the
revised rules Of the Inland Yachting
association is their ability to stand
rough usage. The day of the eggshell
craft is past and quarter-inch
planking is no longer used. The idea
was to build boat as light as a
feather, and strength was sacrificed in
order to reduce weight. The result was
lot Of f1imsy affairs, merely resem-
bling boats, after a year or two wear.
They were fast, however, especially in
light weather, and probably faster than
some of the heavier boats built under
the new regulations, but every boat
built today will give ten years service
with ordinary care. Then there was
the expense which the light boats en-
tailed, and it took small fortune to
keep them in repair. This had tend
ency to discourage yachting, as every
yachtsman could not afford to invest in
new boat each year.
Everyone will remember H. T.
brakes Attila. This boat was so light
ly constructed that two men could lift
her. She cleaned up everything in
sight at home and on outside waters.
Even boats of greater length were left
far astern Of the feet Attila. But she
was not boat for wear and tear, and
after winning the Yachting association
cup at the Inland meet Drake sold her
to Chicago parties.
Power is what yachtsmen want in a
boat nowadays; a boat that can wealth
er a rough tumble sea and carry
enough sail to stand up under strong
pressure. Such boats also bring good
prices on the secondhand market and
White Bear has been a feeder for all
the lakes for miles around for both new
and secondhand boats.
Even Minnetonka has been a steady
patron of White Bear, and has not less
than twenty of the latter's boats at
this time. Yachting at Minnetonka has
taken a new hold since the Excelsior
Yacht club was organized, little over
year ago, and number of good con-
tests were pulled off last season.
Among the White Bear boats that will
race on Minnetonka this season are
Highlander, Jim Crack, Black Deuce,
Minneapolis and the old 1896 champion,
Alfredo. Crusader, too, is at Mime
tonka, and there is good promise of
plenty Of sport of the real kind there
this year, and there is no reason why
the Excelsior yachtSmen will not rank
with the best Of them in a short time
Twin City yachtsmen are looking for
ward to the time when interlake races
may again be held. The many good
contests between the old Minnetonka
Yacht club and the White Bear were
productive of much sport, and, although
| the latter club has it's hands full with
! two big contests this year on outside
waters, it is to be hoped that the in
| terlake races may become a feature Of
| the seasons sport in another year.