Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-26
RECORD OF WILBUR
WRIGHT IS SMASHED
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that he would again attempt to cover
fifty llilometers (3l.05 miles) before :
O'clock He was the first aviator TO
get away He was out for long dis
tance and flew low He fnlshed ms
first lap in 1915.
Latham followed Paulham into the
air a few minutes later and at once
ascended to a height of 100 feet. Sew
eral times his machine was caught
in a gust of wind and heeled over. Al
ter finishing a lap, six and one-htth
miles. in 9:35, Latham came down.
I,efebvre was another starter in the
Prix de la Champagne. Prince Albert
Leopold of Belgium witnessed the get
away, but Lefebvre had haruIy
crossed the starting line before motor
trouble caused him to descend.
Fournier. Rougier and Feerber made
brief flights, and Latham got out
new machine, but only rounded the
first turn.
Didn't Stop at Sixth Round
In the meanwhile Paulham was MAX
ing round after round with the regu-
laTitv of clockwork and completed his
fifty kilos at 4:53. He did not stop
but began on the seventh.
Latham finally was successtul in IlS-
ing and made another start. ne lt Mas
passed at short intervals by Bleriot
six rounds was 1:l2:oo.
latham made his second start dur
ing Paulhams seventh round. A hGhI
shower fell shortly after o'clock ana
q beautiful rainbow spanned the vast
pIain. and under it biplane ana mono
nlane came home amid wild cheelS
from the thousands of spectators.
Paulham continued his steady fight,
Milling up round after round, and the
interest in his performance became IN
tense when, at the completion OF the
eleventh round, it was said that ne
was trying to beat the Wright record.
paulham's time at the end of the
ninth lap was 1:5O:3'.
Wind Causes High Speed
AS Paulham turned for the back
stretch in the eleventh round the
RAPIDLY rising wind had developed
velocity of eighteen miles, and the
pIucky aviator with that breeze behind
him was carried along at tremendous
rate Of speed.
In the beginning Of the eleventh
round Paulham battled against an IN
verse wind. His machine was rock
ing dangerously as he turned the post
and crossed the line amid q tremend-
GUS outburst of enthusiasm. When
Paulham caught the wind abeam i'm
this round his aeroplane pitched and
tossed like a ship at sea. lie headed
back into the wind for the home run,
and with the completion of the eley-
cnth lap had covered IS ID miles.
There was intense excitement as
Paulham finished the twelfth round in
2:1645, and the grandstands went
wild when both the Wright and the
Sommer records for duration Of flight
went down before the plucky flyer
The wind subsidized slightly as Paul
ham finished the twelfth round, but it
rose again shortly after to twenty
miles an hour and the aviator had to
fight his. way in the teeth of heavy
gusts.
Penalty Clause Enforced
The committee. after further consid-
Grafton Of the thirty -kilometer OS63
niles speed situation, has decided to
apply the penalty of oue-tWentieth of
the elapsed time to every machine
that failed to start or did not cover
tho distance Sunday or yesterday
The penalty for both days has been
imposed on Glenn II, Furtiss, the
American aviator Curtiss and Cort-
landt Field Bishop, representing the
Aero Club of America, were inclined
to protest in view of the fact that the
committee yesterday withdrew the PEN
atty imposed upon Curtss for Sunday
but refrained when they learned that
the double penalty had been applied
to Bleriot and others
Both Curtiss and BleriOt cquent-
Iy will compete i'm the final speed tests
next Sunday with "A handicap or one
tenth against Tissandiers time OF
2S:59 Is. the lowest record established
by the Wright type.
Curtiss Is Confident
Curtiss said today he thought he
would be able to negotiate the thirty
kilorneters under twenty-six minutes.
The feature Of today's contests was
the continuation of the trials in the
Grand Prix de Champagne, which car
ries the sum Of $4,000 in six prizes