New-York tribune., 1905-06-02
GREAT OCEAN RACE OVER.
Helmsmen Lashed to the Wheel
Through Furious Gale.

The Lizard England. June 1.-THE great ocean
yacht race for the German Emperors Cup was
prao tically ended in the early hours this morn
ing when at I:44 o'clock. Greenwich time.
Comr1oGora Robert e. Tod's schooner Thistle
crossed the finish line off the Lizard. She was
the tenth yacht to finish. leaving only one-Ed-
nlund Randoph's bark Apache-to come in
-Four yachts have prizes. Tie Atlantic
wins the Emperor's $1,000 cup the Hamburg
wins 4 cup of smaller value as DO the Earl of
Crawford's Valhalla ard George +. LADDERS En-
dymion.
While the captains and crews of al the yachts
had interesting stories to tell of the passage
across the Atlantic, the chief interest. next to
the Atlantic. centres around the little eighty-six
ton schooner Fleur de Lys. owned by DR.. Lewis
Stimson. of New-York. she was the only vessel
in the feet Of racing craft that had q woman
on board-Dr. Sti1nson's daughter. Miss Candace
Stimson. The plucky girl. who it is said.
on deck most of the time. except when 4 gale
drove her below. was keenIy disappointed when
told that the yacht was the seventh to arrive
The Fleur &c Lys the only vessel that
steered northerly course. and she encountered
icebergs fogs and furious gale. For three days
the helmsmen were lashed to the wheel and for
sixty hours huge seas swept over the little yes
sci and almost carried three men overheard
They caught hold of the main sheet just in time
and managed to save themselves. One man.
however, had two ribs broken. One day a cur
rent set the Fleur de Lys back nineteen miles
The best days }04 miles.
Captain Tom Bohlin. the Gloucester skipper
who with a number of fishermen as A crew
brought the yacht safely across. did his best in
the face of overwhelming odds The little
schooners sails were split by the gale, one of
the Hfeboats was smashed and the decks were
hut
the yacht did not leak, drove her through it all,
hoping to send the schooner across the line in at
least the second or third place. All yachtsmen
agree that the Fleur de Lys sailed the pIuckiest
race of all the yachts that started from Sandy
Hook
English yachtsrnen pleased with the per-
forrnance of the old Sunbeam, Lord Brassey's
yacht for she only beaten three hours by
the Valhalla, a modern vessel and carrying
much greater spread OF canvas. The Sunbeam
is thirty-four years old and has sailed some
three hundred thousand miles in all parts of the
world.
The Valhalla sailed the steamer course. Her
owner the Earl of Crawford. said that she was
becalmed for sixty hours. Her highest log for
one day was 80 miles but in the last forty
eight hours Of her voyage she only made 120
miles.
American yachtsrnen in London are enthusi-
astic over the performance of the Atlantic, and
they predict that she will win the race from
Dover to Heligoland. The Endymion and Hide
garde, too. came in for their share Of con-
gratulations, and all feel sorry that Commodore
Tod was not able to make better showing with
his yacht, the Thistle. OF the yawl Ailsa, COM
manded by Captain Lem Miller. better things
were expected, but at the time, when her
size and rig are considered, fourteen days and a
half is not a bad passage. The last eight
yachts to finish all becalmed within
two hundred miles of the Scilly Islands With
a good breeze it is estimated that all would have
finished inside thirteen days.
There has been some comment here by British
yachtsmen over the fact that the German
cruiser Pfeil (the markboaD did not remain at
her post on Wednesday. and await the incOm-
ing boats. 1t is now reported that while acting
as markboat she scraped the rocks, off the
Lizard, and damaged her hull
The yachts Valhalla, Endynion and Sun
beam anchored at Cowes. Isle Of Wight, yes
terday afternoon. The Hildegarde is at South
ampton. The Hamburg has sailed for Germany
with full new set of Ratsey sails for use in
the Kel regatta.