, 1908-10-24

Wright, WIN his CLOCK, hHoW Wuht III was
going 10 do, and did it but about this time
the breeze, which bad been hardly percep.
tible when the machine first took the air,
sprang UP and almost at once reached q
speed of ten miles an hour. It came sud-
denly. and it's effect upon the aeroplane was
Immediately apparent, for in place OF the
easy. steady flights up and down the length
of the parade-ground and of the wide, state
Nv curves which had been made heretofore,
the machine began to dip and dive, to rise
sharply in the air, and then to rush head
long down the steep incline of an aerial
wave, as it were, until brought up shortly by
the steady hand upon the levers, the figure
who was guiding the machine sitting almost
motionless the while. No difference did the
breeze make to the man who has negotiated
winds twice as fast, and but little difference
was noticed in the speed when the wind was
on one side, in spite of the pitching and
tossing. But against the wind the speed
was perceptibly slower, aud, with it, as the
machine swung round he curves, it seemed
q varitable aerial express train, so meteoric
was its flight.
2O0FT. ABOVE GROUND.
After q few rounds of uneven travelling,
MI. Wright seemed to think matters might
be improved by going higher, which he did.
The aeroplane, running up q long, increasing
spiral in the air, took several turns OF the
parade ground to accomplish the task, but
finally it put the aeronaut 200ft. above the
heads of the 1000 spectators. Here the
going seemed easier, and the putfS OF wind
which had caused The uneven travelling less
strong. Perhaps it was that the greater
height above the buildings aud trees left
less chance for intermittent puffS to do their
work. The machine rode much more steadi-
ly, the elevation maintained being between
15Oft. aud 2OOft. until the end of the flight.
Minute sped by minute, and the c,rcling
Of the flashing white, buZzing neToplape
became mouotorous. Some boys who had
stood open-mouthed in the corner Of a field
forgot their wonder and began to play ball.
Then the slow-moving minute-hands drag
ged themselves painfully past the hour-mark
and the crowd sent forth a cheer and wildly
waved hats and handkcrchiefs III the air as
the machine swept on. Having stayed for
an hour in the dir Mr.. Wright would stay
long enough to beat his own record, to give
the Newspaper representatives. something to
write about, and to make it mere difficult
for any one to catch up with America and
Mr.. Orvi3e Wright and the Wright aero
plane in the race for supremacy i'll the air.
A Curious INCIDFNr.
Here, with the hour-mark passed and the
record of yesterday broken, came q little
incident which was q convll cling demonstla.
ton of what The "man-biId" WAS doing.
Another kind of o bird, q dove, came wing
ing down the field after Mr.. Wright and
followed him for 800 yards in q vain effort
to catch up and examine this monster bird
which made such a queer noise and few
without Tapping its wings in such a constant
circular path. But the effort was futile.
The "mar-bird" was ahead Of the bird of
the air. Brains and machinery ~triumphed
over instinct and perfect knowledge of fly
ing. Mr.. Wright shot ahead OF his COM
petitor-the bird being on flown, outclassed,
and outrun. There were more cheers as he
swept above the crowd, more hands, hats,
and handkerchief were waved in the air,
and louder shouts than ever were raised Gs
the record of Yesterday was beaten.
For five minutes and 50 seconds beyond
the hour the machine stayed up, alighting
softly and easily In a cloud Of dust and a
babel of congratulations near the derrick
from which the machine had sped.
The same Correspondent wrote on the
18th:
MIR. Orville Wright few again last night
for one hour 10 minutes and "a seconds.
He described two figures eight in the air,