The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-21
ROUNDED EIFFEL TOWER
SantOs.DumOnt Made a Successful
Trip in His DirigibIe Balloon
THE PRIZE WAS WITHHELD, HOWEVER,
The Committee Claiming NAT TIC
Did Not Make the Trip Witn'n INC
Prescribed Time Limit

Paris October io--The Santos pumont
airsnlp ascended at st. cloud at Z'Ss clolH
this afternoon and i've minutes after"'ru
began 10 round the Elnel tower
Santos. pumont completed his trip sue
cessfully. but question has ARISEN 10
wDethcr it was done within the time Ilni'
tbtrtv minutes NJ Deutsch says tue
aeropaut won the prize. The committee
however declares that Santos.Dumont tooH
80 minutes 30 and four-seventns secohus "
make the trp.
soptos-punont started at ZAP p. M
rose $50 yards and then pointed tor lne
Einel tower. tae balloon going in slralsut
line. II was seen through heid glasses 10
arrive at the tower and round II. Inc
time up TO tina. point with the Wlhd III
the balloon favor was 5 minutes ana -
seconds. II returned against the wind ana
made slower Roadway, but. sun SEPT ~ ~
the 7,.ue direction for st. Cloud, when II
reached In the total time of - minutes 10
seconds Rut instead of returning lmme-
diately. Santos-Dumont made olVau
sweep over the Aero cup gloun"s Win Wy
result that another minute ana - secon Is
were consumed before the Workmen se.btu
the guide I0Dc. Thus, techncallE, Sdul"s'
Dumont exceeded the time limit ny I" sec
The enormous crowd which had gathered
inside aud outside the grounds gave tne
aerouaut a tremendous ovation. as MS
basket came in speaking distauee, santos
Dumont leaned over the size ana asAeni
Have ] won the prize: ~.
Hundreds Of spectators shouted; es,
| yes bur the Count de DtQu, menu II
! OF the committee, approached ana threw a
/ damper on the enthusiasm by saying.
My friend, you have lost the prize DF
/ Numerous Of the onlookers protested
] q aullIIHftuaulCnf nEelF
/ but the Count de Dion said.
Tint is the decision of che COMMITTED
| In accordance with the rules OF the CLUB
The crowd. however, refused to accept
/ this view and q warm discussion ensueu
many of the spectators taxing tle grounO
that Santos DumOnt was emitted 10 inc
/ prize. because ne had reached the gIounC
I within 80 minutes, although he mad mol
/ descended Immediately.
The aeronaut after protesting agalnsl
the decision of the committee. finally
! shrugged his shoulders and remarked
/ Anyway l do not care personally for th'
/ 10000 francs intended TO give it Il
the poor
/ Santos Dumont had won.
The number of ladies who were present
threw flowers over the aeronaut, others
offered him bouquets and one admlrer, q
/ me amuse ment of the onlookers, even pre-
sented him a little white rabbit
At this moment NJ Deutsch himself ar
/ rived at the club grounds, having only
/ suQIAlN DeLOIH lhdl upmclt tNltLeu L ~ IL
from Blarritz lie advanced, embraced
Santos-Dumont. shook hands and said:
For my part. / consider that yon have
The crowd then gave the two men
| great ovation.
santos Dumont claims thar he won th,
prize because he reached me park within
the time and thar the original rules gov
ernlng the contest made no mention o
having % reach the ground
The dispute Is due TO the action of tn
committee, which some time ago modified
the terms of the contest by inserting tn
latter stipulation, Santos Dumont at tn
time protested and refused 10 be bound b,
fresh regulations and OF des- Sndng today
finally declared that he considered that b
had won the prize and would not try again
his fault
NJ Deutsch said he would give $500
francs 10 the poor Notwithstanding the de
c'Sion Of the committee, but SantoS-DJ
mont declined 70 accept the offer as a soiu
tion Of the difficulty
There was large assemblage of peopl
at the Ethel tower and considerable In
terest was manifested In the experiment
in other parts Of Paris groups of peopl
gathering In the streets to watch tn
progress Of the balloon with the long guild
rope hanging and white canvass prope
lnrs Whuliug around, while those beio,
distinctly distinguished the loud buzzing q
the motor.
santos Dumont rounded the Elhel towe
between the second and topmost platform
at about seventy.hve yards away from tn
tower
The balloon pitched somewhat when Q,
ing against the wind and Santos Dumon
when he descended said the motor sue
denly stopped while the balloon was a II
lie distance from the tower. He thoucf
he might have to descend, but luckily b
succeeded In getting the machine stArte
again From that time on the motc
worked satisfactorily.