Evening star., 1909-08-27
Latham's Time of Yesterday
Beaten by Farman.
PAULHAN MEETS ACCIDENT
Machine Badly Damaged Trying to
Avoid Collision.
WIND DELAYS TODAY'S EVENTS
Latham, Sommer and Farman Start
Over the Course in the Finals
for Champagne Prize.

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BETHENY AVIATION. FIELD
RHEIMS. August 27.-Fl!in& In n bi-
plane here today, Henry Farman beat
the record % 95.SS miles mnde by HUI
bert Latham yesterday.
Farman has completed his seven
teenth Imp. This gives him n distance
OF 40 kilometers. or 1856. miles.
RHEIMS. August o1.-The wind or the
aviation ground this morning was gusty
and rose from five or ten miles an hour at
1870 o'clock to ten or fifteen BY noon.
when Paulllan. after two false starts, made
a third. He had not covered 100 yards
and had reached height of twelve or ft-
teen feet, when, descending, his wheels
scraped the ground. The wind which was
following caught the machine and lifted
1t by the rear end on to the left ends of the
planes. which were smashed that IL IS
| not likely the machine can compete far
ther. Paulhan says he was trying to
! avoid Delagrange's machine
Bleriot made four rounds of the course
on the monoplane, which his firm now
proudly classes as of the ''Calais-Dove:
type, in 20 minutes and 50 seconds.
The wind became more steady toward 1
o clock and It was necessary a start
should be made before o'clock if rec
ords were to he broken, control ceasing
at 1880. Sommer went out. After he
had completed one round Latham joined
him i'm the air and two minutes later Far
man started out.
Machines Going Three Abreast.
Thus a new sensation was provided for
the spectators the three machines
raced up the side of the aviation ground
close together Somner passed the COR
ner to the left of the grandstaf1d 1y
| ing quite low; Farman passed at the
| same time little farther out, while
Latham also flew by. but at a height
| three times greater than that of the other
two. All three passed the grandstand
| in the same position. but half way up
| Sommer, apparently disiil<ing the prox-
inlty--of another machine, took a single
| turn of the tlmekeepers sheet, allowing
the others to precede him.
Sommer quit during the round following
| this exciting episode. Latham and Far
man continued, the types of their aero
| planes strongly contrasting. Latham was
on a small monoplane of the same type
as that on which he tried cross the
English channel. and flying bigh. tIe was
never lower than $50 feet, and sometimes
was as high as over 800 feet. FaInil1,
who was carrying seventy liters Of petrol.
averaged a height of only alb rat twenty
five feet. Latham completed five rounds
| In forty-four minutes and Fa-maa four
rounds In forty minutes.
| The dirigible balloon Colonel Renard Ii
| in sight. The Colonel Renard is a mil
| itary balloon. 1t flew to the aviation
ground from Meaux, fifty miles away, on
Monday. and. after going over the course,
| left for the military sheds, which are two
| miles from the course.
An Active Scene.
| Paulhan's shed is scene of feverish
| tj,,it
has been repaired, but the elevating
rudder in front is entirely gone. Voisin
says that the repairs to the engine.
which has one of the propeller blades
twisted at right angles, will prevent
any flight being made today. though
1 it is possible that one will be made to-
| morrow. Paulhan has sent a protest to
| the committee, blaming Delagrange for
the disaster and asking that the final
I for the duration prize be adjourned
| until tomorrow.
| The secretary of the committee says
it will be impossible to grant the re-
quest.
Paulhan Blames DelagTange.
Paulhan told your correspondent that
| he was descending when his machine was
damaged. in order to avoid DelagranGe,
who was returning after a poor start.
| Paulhan had filled UP his petrol tank
! for an attempt to break Latham record
and was bitterly disappointed at the acci-
dent, which dashed all his hopes as TO-
days was the last for the Champagne ell
/ durance prize. The incident illustrates
| the need or greater supervision over ma
chimes which are not actually racing.
Curtiss was embarrassed Yesterday IN
similar manner, on finishing the third
round, by Sommer, who was returning
after bad start.
| All the ayiators are receiving letters
from people, mostly women. who want to
/ be taken as passengers in the passenger
| race. One English woman offered SID
! for the privilege. NJ Vrene, the presi-
dent of the Zodiac Company. told your
| correspondent that he had found II i'm
| possible to take the Zodiac to the United
| States, at least. not this year.
| Maj. Ischudi, director of the late Frank
| fort aeronautic exhibition, is visiting the
| races here in order to engage avators to
come in the autumn TO Berlin, Where
similar meeting is to be held.
Big Event Tomorrow.
! The contest tomorrow for the intelna
| tional cup. known otherwise as the Cor
| don Bennett trophy. to go to the aviator
who covers two laps, os 1912 miles, IN
| the shortest time. is regarded as the prin
| cipal event of aviation week Both the
Wright and the English machines are
considered too slow to stand any chance.
and the contest consequently lies between
/ Bier 'ot, CurtiSS and Latham. Blerlot 5
| big machine is being fitted up with new
| wings and propellers and the pilot an
nounces that he will try out his aeroplane
this afternoon. Both Bleriot and his
gneer agree that the motor was not
damaged yesterday when the machine
| ran into a fence surrounding the tribune.
! Cortlandt r. Bishop. president of the
Aero Club OF America, and Roger Wall
| lace. president of the Aero Club OF Great
Britain. had a conference this morning.
| in the matter of the decision of the COM
mttee to allow Bleriot to machine
| IN the race for the international cup other
than the one with which he qualified.
| They decided that the issue raised con-
oerned the French flyers and If the other
contestants are satisfied the foreigners
| have no reason to protest
Curtiss Files Protest.
Glenn H. Curtiss. the American aviator,
after further consideration. this morning
| filed formal protest against his penaliza-
ton of one-tenth of his time In the con-
test for the Prix de la Vitesse, on the
ground that he was distinctly Informed
that no penalty would be inflicted II he
did not start Sunday. He Is willing. how
ever. to accept penaiization OF one
twentieth for his fault Of Tuesday, AZ