The Washington times., 1905-06-02
TROUBLED TRIP Of
The FLEUR De LYS
Net Heavy Seas, But Did
Remarkably Well.
Kiss sTIMS0N DISAPPOINTED
Exceedingly Close Contest Between
Observation-Disclosures Condi-
tions at Finish.
Mss sTIMs0N DISAPPOINTED

PFNZANCE. June 2.-Driving
through the heavy fog. with every sail
set, gsse little Fleur de Lys. smallest of
the international racers in the great
ocean race. whipped past ths Lizard
just at the breaking of day yesterday
morning.
II was wet and squaIly. and across
the gray sea the tiny schooner was
barely. discernible as she passed the
finish mark bearing the only woman
who had nerve enough to make the
trip on any of the eleven racers.
Smallest Yacht.
She finished at 2:4s a. m.
The FleRr de Lys is by far the most
picturesque OF the yachts that made
The ocean trip. She finished seventh,
doing the voyage III Ii days hours and
IS minutes. But she was the smallest
craft. and for days swept along
through a heavy gale that kept her
decks knee deep in water and pounded
her so that her helmsman had to be
lashed TO the wheel. One seaman had
two ribs broken by a wave,
She chose the northerly course,
moreover. and took all chances OF
bergs and fogs in ner effort to cut the
distance down to the limit.
Miss Stirnson Disappointed.
Miss Candaee Stimsen. daughter Of
the owner. Lewis a Stimson. Of the
New York Yacht Club did not finish IN
front, as she had predicted when she
announced she would do d days shop
ping in london before the other yachts
crossed the finish line. but the gallant
little craft gave better account or her
self than was to have been expected.
OF all the eleven yachts that partiei-
pated the history Of The run OF the FleuF
de I-ys viii be the most interesting told.
On board was ]. B. Connolly. whose
tales ot the sturdy Gloucester fishing
folk have q merit distlnctiyely their
own, and who has made Tom Boiling,
sajiing master OF The fieur de Lys IN
$ this race; well-known character
throughout the land. No better sea
steFy has been written in recent years
TN the story of how this same Tom
ing raced III his tlshing schooner
al $ the ocean against q trim and
n;sssy yacht and won by Gays instead of
hD..4..
AS in that race Boiling kept all sail
on the little Fleur de Lys, and for two
whole days he drove her lee rail so deep
IN the water Inat Miss Stifnson had TO
seven davs OF peaceful travel, however.
and on such days the passengers on
board the Tiny schooner iounged IN deck
cnatrs ana played backgammon as the
fcg. - -
Yacht IN Stress.
From the time she ran into the ice,
however. the little yacht was in sore
trouble. She was forced straight on
toward her goal by Tom Boiling re-
gardless Of wind, or Ice, or ripping
sails. For several days she plunged
straight on, taking the green water over
her bows and once three amen were
apparently doomed, as they We're caught
up by great wave and dashed across
the deck One had two ribs stove in
and all were hart. A boat on deck was
smashed TO pieces, the strong iron holder
being wreEched from it's fastenings.
Tom Bohling's sixteen Gloucester
fishermen We're used to this kind of
never daunted them. Nor did ii spoil
the nerve OF the owners plucky daugh-
ter, for she was the most enthuSfa stic
and least discouraged of all in the bad
days of calm and fog. when the little
craft lost headway, as well as during
the days when they would not let her
come on deck
The northeFly course was not all that
was expected. for one day the little
schooner was drifted back nineteen miles
by an obstinate current. Another day.
however. she made the excellent record
of sA miles for the days run.
Close Finish of Tailenders.
With the arrival of the Thistle at noon
yesterday the great ocean yacht race is
practically finished, as the Apache is the
only one OF the eleven starters whose
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