The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-23
CURT|SS SCORES
NEW RECORD IN.
A|RSAlP FLIGHT
Daring American Aviator Covers
Course in Little More Than
Eight Minutes.
YANKEE MACHINE FLIES
FORTY MILES AN HOUR
Many Americans in Record
Crowds Out for Events of
the Second Day.

RHEIMS. Aug. 23.-Glenn H Curtiss,
the American aviator, made a record
here this afternoon when he covered
one lap, distance of six and fifth
miles In s minutes 80 3-5 seconds. This
is official timing.
Up to late in the afternoon PauIham
was the only man to make a real ef-
Tort for the Prix de la Champagne.
He covered 49,500 meters in one hour
and three minutes. Several other men,
including Lefebvre. who intend to com
pete later in the week. simply crossed
the starting line in order to qualify.
Attracted by the sensational per-
formances of yesterday, when six aero
planes We're seen at the same time
winging their flight in huge circles
over the Plain of Betheny, thousands
of spectators came down on the early
trains from Paris, and when the
dirigible balloon. Colonel Renard, an
peared over the field at 10 o'clock, hav-
ing come from Meaux. the tribunes and
fences lining the field already were
black with people The Renard. which
is the first of the dirigible balloons to
arrive. carried out a series of impress
sive evolutions above the plain.
Tho IoI o.
the Grand Prix de la Champagne and
of the City of Rheims and continual
the Prix des Aeronauts. The first event
carried prizes araounting to $40, 900. the
first prize being $4,000. The money
gees to the six aeroplanes travelling the
greatest distance without touching the
ground or replenishing their supplies OF
fuel and oil. This event, consequent
ly, is a test of endurance.
Glenn H. Curtiss the American flyer
has decided to take part In the Prix de
la Champagne, but he will cover only
one round for the lap and speed deci-
sions. He was out early and made a
satisfactory trial flight of two kilo-
metres. Bleriot, with his SO-horsepower
machine, astonished his competitors
with the speed he developed
Latham to Represent France.
Hubert Latham has been chosen as
the third aviator to represent France in
the contest for the international cup,
the big event of the week, which will
be run off next Saturday. The others
are MN. Bleriot and Lefebvre. This
decision was reached by the judges to-
day after a full consideration of the
elimination contests held yesterday
Tissandier, Paulham and Sommer are
alternates to Latham. Tissandier, who
uses a Wright biplane, thus far holds
the speed record. Only one other
Wright machine, that operated By
Schreck, remains to compete in this
event
A new record is credited to the
Wright brothers today as a result of
the first day of the contest.
Latham, in an Antoinette monoplanc.
scared a mile above the earth-a new
record-and from that dizzy height
whirled and capered about and cut the
figure eight in the air. Once, out of
sheer deviltry, he made a swoop earth
ward, and to the thousands of specta-
tors 1t seemed that he and his machine
must be dashed to certain destruction
A second later, however the daring
aviator had changed the course of his
machine and was once again soaring
gently upward. He was wildly cheered.