Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-10-26
AIR SHIP CIRCLED THE TOWER.
TRIP WAS A PERFECT SUCCESS.
ueutsch says the heronaut Won the
Prize. but Committee Snys He Was
Too Slow-barge Crowd Present
Santos-Dunont Loudly Cheered-
ship Stccrcd by Motor.

Paris Oct 21--The Santos -Dumon
air ship assembled at St Cloud at q: 81
o'clock in the afternoon and five min
@tes afterward began to round the
Eiffel tower Dumont complet
cd his trip successfully, but question
mas arisen as to whether it was done
within the time limit, 80 minutes.
M. Deutsch says the aeronaut won
The prize The committee, however,
declares that Santos-Dumont took 80
minutes 40 Az seconds to make the
"Trip.
Santos-Dumon started for the first
time at 2:29, but on leaving the park
his guide rope caught in tree and he
was obliged to descend. He started
again at 2;42 p. m, rose $50 yards and
chen pointed for the Eifel tower, the
balloon going in a straight line. 1t
was seen through field glasses to ar
give at the tower and round it. The
time up to that point with the wind
in the balloons favor, was minutes
and As seconds. 1t returned against
the wind and made slower Roadway
but still kept in the right direction for
ST Cloud, which it reached in the total
time of 20 minutes. Is seconds. But
instead of descending Immediately,
Santos Dumont made broad sweep
over the Aero club grounds with the
result that another minute and % sec
onds were consumed before the work.
men seized the guide ropes. Thus
technically Santos-Dumont exceeded
the time limit by 40 seconds.
Crowd Was With Him.
The enormous crowd which had
gathered inside and outside the
otlS 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 q damper on the enthusi-
asm by saying: my friend. you have
lost the prize by 40 seconds"
Numbers of the onlookers protested
against this announcement in lively
terms, but the Count de Dion said:
THAT is the decision of the commit
tee in accordance with the rules of the
contest"
The crowd. however, refused to ac-
eept this view and a warm discussion
snsued the majority of the spectators
taking the ground that Santos Dumont
was entitled to the prize because he
had reached the grounds within the 80
although he had not de-
scended Immediately The aeronaut.
after protesting against the decision
of the committee, finally shrugged his
shoulders and remarked:
Anyway, ! do not care personally
FOR the 100000 francs | intended to
give it to the poor
The crowd persisted in declaring
that Santos -Dumont had won. A num-
her of ladies who were present threw
flowers over the aeronaut. Others of
iered him bouquets, and one admirer.
80 the amusement of the onlookers,
even presented him with little white
rabbit
AT this moment M, 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 | consider that you have won
the prize"
The crowd then gave the two men
great ovation, cheering heartily.
Santos-Dumont claims he won the
prize because he reached the park
within the time and that the original
rules 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.
tos-Dumont at the time protested and
refused to be bound by the fresh regu.
iations. and strenuously upheld this
view with the Count de Dion and other
members of the committee on descend
ing today, finally declaring that he
considered that he had won the prize
and would not try again If the money
was withheld. it was not his fault
NJ. Deutsch said he would give sos.
900 francs to the poor, Notwithstanding
the decision of the committee. but
Santos-pumont declined to accept the
oner as solution of the difficulty.
Ihere was large assemblage of
people at the Eiffel tower and cons;a