The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-05
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that f,cssl nom Nes YofE ~ tis oup
oaefud ~ sis fhutnss ilpton a%ffiv"si here
this Hftefnunh ahs htd had q f1ufh
experiences and 10 " l%tuhin@,n, hrf own~f
he wife and ths two s%gaateufs IN he ofeN
sefe iirrd out shsn they fvt"h"d ~"
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4 yacht sss sighted esSiy IN lbs attsf
nonh haadihs ftg thu finishing Inns ~ ~
iavld's Head. and n VA thouRhs that "
was tho yHsl lila, tho unfortunate ms IN
the fsss but ~ che drew nearef N Was a'rn
that the zach, was .loup risEesl snd must
he tho usuhtlet
IA On sunday. = fyst n ANAL lss,t- put
oft a. wolcufr" the Yacht, aud when ah"
CROSSED tbs finishing lihe ~ e@ O'clock
New YORK time 'in got u reception ~ hntrty
~ the Tamrfians did when ahe sOt IN on
sunday Chaerp we're given for tho yacht,
her owner and hia plucky wife who Ind
put up With tho discomfort ~ n nine days
voyage In "a small yacht "a Try and capture
The much coveted trophy The crew of
the 1amerlan. were out and gave hearty
cheers for every ons They we're all glad
that the Gauntlet had got In, because she
had beef out sO long and had had to battle
with q storm. and they were glad, too. be-
cause Il WAS settled about 7 o'cloc this
morning that tho Tamerlans had won, IA
the allowance she had to give the Gauntlet
expired at that time
1t was Il triumphal procession all the
way up the harbor, and when the tiny yacht
reached her mooring- Of the Royal Ber-
muda Yacht Club house u big crowd had
gathered on shore and all hands cheered
again and again The Gauntlet fired Il gun
~ she came TO anchor, which was answered
by the yacht club, the Tamerlane and all
the yachts in the harbor,
Everything was soon made snug on the
Yacht, and then all hands went ashore
Mr.. Robinson and hls crew went TO the club
house. while Mrs. Robinson went to visit
friends at st. Georges.
Mr. Robinson in speaking Of the trip
said. The Gauntlet ran into a gale on
Saturday a. soon a. she got outside Sandy
Hook and the yacht was blown $50 miles
to the east Of Sandy Hook. Then we were
hove too for twenty-one hours in the Gulf
Stream, after which the wind moderated,
and we proceeded with fresh head winds
and squalls nearly all the way. Altogether
the Gauntlet sailed about 200 miles. Mrs.
Robinson TODD the voyage well. She
was quite brave. but is somewhat tired now.
The crew are all we'll"
Mr.. Robinson had not heard Of the acct
dent to the lila and said If he had seen
that the two other yachts put back he too
would have waited and all three might
nave made a fresh start. He was very
much disappointed that the Gauntlet had
not won, but after the bufeting the Gauntlet
got for the first part Of the trip he did not
expect to get in first.
The Gauntlet's actual time over the
course from Gravesend Bay to the finish
ing line of st. David's Head was 8 days
2e minutes She gets an allowance from
the Tamerlane of 10 hours 10 m inutes,
30 that her net time was s days 8 hours Is
minutes. The Tamerlane, the winner,
made the journey in 8 days s hours 10 min
utes actual sailing, but as far as the race
is concerned she ia timed as having started
at 8 O'Clock on May 20, when the Gauntlet
did, 40 that officially her elapsed time is
7 days % minutes so seconds. The Tam
erlane thus beats the Gauntlet by s hou re-
II minutes corrected time. With a little
bit more Of luck the Gauntlet would have
captured the trophy.
On board the Gauntlet, which ia only 2s
feet long on deck, were Mr.. and Mrs. G.. W.
Robinson, John W. Dunlop and II. Higgins.
The Lila, owned by r. D. Floyd, the yawl
that lost her mast soon after the start and
had to get a new one. has not been sighted
yet, but it is thought that she will he in
tonight or early in the morning.