Show BRIDE AT SHIPS HELM MRS 6 ir ASSISTS HER HUSBAND IN twenty eight foot yacht braves dangers dancers of gulf stream and treacherous waves off cape blatt hatteras eras winner received lipton cup after a daring ocean raco race of miles the sloop gauntlet with mis airs thora lund robinson at tho the wheel finished second in the contest for which sir thomas lipton offered a cup tho the course of tile the r race ace extended from gravesend Grave send day bay new york harbor to bermuda mrs airs robinson Is the tha two months bride of george W robinson the owner of tho the boat it was waa a daring race for each of the three small yachts that competed but more so for the gauntlet because sho bho ayag the smallest of them all being only 28 feet long from bow to stern tho the yawl tamerlane which won the cup was 40 feet long and the y yawl awl llla lila 39 feet all of the craft belong to the brooklyn Dro oklyn yacht club for eight das clays these tiny boats were at the mercy of wind and wave so BO much so that the yawl llla lila was compelled to put into norfolk harbor to save itself from destruction while the smaller yacht bravely stuck to its task they had to cross tile the gulf stream miles offar on anteras one of ADZ the stormiest spots on tho the atlantic experienced yachtsmen were much mile surprised that the little gauntlet was not lot wrecked or foundered somewhere on tho the way HUT TWENTY YEARS TEARS OL j mrs robinson nobl Is only 20 years old ut tit ever since childhood she has been used to boating and swimming for several seasons she has sailed an beigh teen foot knockabout making tier her summer headquarters near amboy on tile lower now new york bay though small she Is athletic and skilled in handling hn it a craft and Is said to be without fear on the water storm or sunshine Is all the same to her ono one of tile the conditions of our m marriage ar on april said mrs robin eon before starting in the race was that I 1 should go in this contest george tried to dissuade buu no it few days after we were married but I 1 anade lihn him keep his promise although I 1 am rated as the chief mate and bottle washer if you will of tho the gauntlet I 1 have an idea Ideath that I 1 may superintend things 5 bo be yachting Is not new to me I 1 sailed ed a knockabout for years in the tha lower bay I 1 learned to swim because I 1 was rap capsized sized so many times that I 1 had to learn mr robinson and myself are to stand watch together while J L dunlap and H higgins the remainder of tho the corinthian crew will alternate in keeping watch steer why you dont suppose im going to be a passenger I 1 can and am going to do everything that a good navigator must do STUMPED professional SALTS professional sailors stood aghast at the courage of the corinthian tars in undertaking such it perilous voyage disaster was predicted from the first the yawl llla lila lost her malti mainmast mast shortly after the start outside sandy g II 11 t fit 1 N 14 j una 01 3 hook arid and had to put back for a now spar which was immediately prepared to permit her to restart the following tuesday tho the Tamer lanes navigator seeing tile the lilas plight decided that it 11 would be an unfair advantage to continue in tho the race and she too put back the people of the gauntlet did not seo see the accident to the llla lila it Is supposed tor for the sloop kept right on in her sea smashing trip to bermuda the three yachts that contemplated the trip lay at anchor oft off the brooklyn dock all morning with their owners and crew busily at al work preparing them for their severe test on board the gau gantlet Gaut let mrs thorn thorit i ciul id robinson was as busy as aa the rest making things shipshape about the boat boal until the day before the race no one took seriously her statement that she proposed to accompany tho the yacht and it was with consternation that tho the ro gatta committee learned that she meant to go refusal to permit penult her to start threatened to disqualify if tho boat and all appeals were in vain at last the committee yielded and permitted her to start the tamerlane finished the course at hamilton bermuda at 3 june ird while the gauntlet tild gilld not arrive until 21 hours later the result was in doubt until the finish ot of this tiny boat as the tamerlane had to atlow allow it 16 hours rind and 10 minutes owing to the difference in their length |