The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1901-10-26

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Santos Dumont made a broad sweep
over the Aero club grounds, with the
result that another minute and 25 sec
ends were consumed before the work.
men seized the guide ropes. TAus
technically Santos-DumOnt exceeded
the time limit by 40 seconds.
Crowd Was With Him.
The enormous crowd which had
gathered inside and outside the
grounds gave the aeronant tremend-
GUS ovation. As his basket came with
IN speaking distance. Santos Dumont
leaned over the side and asked Have
won the PRICE
Hundreds Of spectators shouted
Yes. yes" but the Count de Dion. a
member Of the committee, appeared
and threw a damper on the enthusi-
ISM by saying: My friend, you have
lost the prize by 40 seconds.
Numbers of the OnloOkeFs protested
against this announcement in lively
terms. but the Count de Dicn said:
That is the decision Of the commit
rec in accordance with the rules Of the
contest"
The crowd. however, refused to &C
'ept this view and a warm discussion
ensued the majority Of the spectators
aking the ground that santos Dumcn
was entitled to the prize because h
had reached the grounds within the 2p
minutes, although he had not de
scended Immediately. The aeronaut
Utter protesting against the decision
II the committee. finally shrugged his
shoulders and remarked:
Anyway I do not care personally
'or the 100000 francs. I intended to
| 1--WE it to the poor
The crowd persisted in declaring
hat Santos-Dumont had won. A NUN
Der of ladies who were present threw
lowers over the aeronaut. Others Of
Tered him bouquets, and one admirer.
to the amusement Of the onIookers.
even presented him with little white
rabbit
At this moment W. Deutsch himself
arrived at the club grounds. having
only shortly before that moment
reached Paris from Biarritz. He ad-
vanced. embraced Santos Dumont
shook hands with him and said: For
my part l consider that you have won
the prize
The crowd then gave the two men a
great ovation, cheering heartily.
Santos Dumont claims he won the
prize because he reached the park
within the time and that the original
Jules governing the contest made no
mention Of having to touch the ground
within 30 minutes
The dispute is due to the action Of
the committee. which some time ago
modified the terms Of the contest by
inserting the latter stipulation. San
,os-Dumont at the time protested and
efused to be bound by the fresh regu-
lations, and strenuously upheld this
view with the Count de Dion and other
| members Of the committee on descend.
ing today. finally declaring that ne
| considered that he had won the prize
| and would not try again. II the money
vas withheld. it was not his fault.
VI. Deutsch said he would give s25..
900 francs to the poor. Notwithstanding
the decision Of the committee. but
Santos Dumont declined to accept the
offer as a solution Of the difficulty.
There was a large assemblage Of
people at the Eiffel tower and consid-
cradle interest was manifested in the
movement in other parts Of Paris.
groups Of people gathering In the
streets to watch the progress Of the
elongated yellow balloon with long
guide rope hanging and white canvas
propellors whirling around while those
below distinctly Heard the loud buz.
zing Of the motor.
Santos-Dumont rounded the Eiffel
tower between the second and topmost
platforms at about 70 yards away from
the tower The balloon pitched some.
what when going against the wind and
Santos -Dumont, when he descended.
said the motor suddenly stopped while
the balloon was little distance from
the tower. He thought ne might have
TO descend, but luckily he succeeded
in getting the machine started again.
From that time on the motor worked
| satigfactOrily