Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-27


Betheny Aviation Field, Rheims, Aug.
2T-The aerial races now in progress
here daily are arousing increased in
terest and excitement throughout
France as well as in Europe generally.
The published accounts of the marvel
Gus flights, in which record after record
has been broken, have grlpped the pub
lie attention and thousands of people
are flocking hither from all parts of the
continent IS s Ri
The american contingent is large and
many Americans travelling in other
countries are abandoning their original
plans in order to witness some Of the
performances of this historic week.
Everybody is enthusiastic and the
spectators declare the sight Of the
beautifully winged airstips flying.
steadily for hours seems like dream.
VI The program for today includes the
finals. in the Grand Prix de la Cham
payne, or competition for the greatest
distance covered without taking Son
fresh supplies of fuel and oiltwhich car
rles the largest prize OF the meeting.
The record Is now 95.SS miles, made by
Latham yesterday in two hours, is
minutes. o as seconds and the contest
today promisesito be exciting.
SPORTING BLOOD UP.
II The sporting blood Of the sky pilots is.
up /. Louis Paulllanl, whose record FELL
before Lathamis performance Of yester.3
,day declered today he did not propose
70 allow Latbalnlto carry off the prize
ana the Wright managers have decided
70 make a desperate effort to regain
their lost prestige. Latham himself
mas announced he will try to beat his
own record. st
.iPaulfan, with tank carrying 80
llters of gasoline. enough to last him
for five hours, went up shortly before ii
Q o'clock. but his oil feeder was not work
ing well and he alighted for repairs
al 1,,l having travelled "a couple OF miles.
me contest tomorrow for the inter-
cup known otherwise as tie
Gordon Bennett trophy, to go to the
AVIATOR N, Who covers two laps. or 12.42
miles. in the shortest time, is regarded
as the principal event of aviation week
Both the Wright and the English ma
chimes are considered too slow to stand
any chance. and the sontest consequent
" lies among Blerot, Curtiss and Lat
ham. ~
Bleriot's big machine is being fitted
up with new wings and propellers, and
The pilot announces he will try out his
aeroplane this afternoon. Both Bleriot
and his engineer agree that the motor
vas not damaged yesterday when the
machine ran into a fence surrounding
he tribunes.
{. While making his second start Paul
IAN had an accident, apparently due to-
1is attsmpt to launch his chihaainto
he air before it had acquired SUFFICIENT
speed. The biplane left the ground In
.esponse to the horizontal rudder but
t encountered strong puff Of wind ON
he beam. heeled over and was forced
back to the earth: The planes on the
eft side crumpled up like cardboard.
oaulhan texplained that the real cause
# his mishap was detour he made to
void De la Grange. who was coming
oward him. He said he expected to
,e able to make another start Later
n the day.
Shortly after his mishap Bleriot, In
lis No. 2, went up and rounded the
vas much slower than that made in his
10. 90, being, by laps. 9 minutes 50 4-5
econds:1 minutes, 494-5 seconds; 80
minutes, 10 seconds. and 10 minutes,
9l-5 seconds. Three Wright models,
ach equipped with tank carrying 80
tiers OF gasoline, and will fly this af-
ernoon iii the endurance test. Count
chamber, who flew in a Wright model
asst night, said iie could have continued
or 200 kilometers u24.2 miles) had it
OF been that his tank became empty
Acting on behalf of Clifford Harmon
e New York. Cortlandt F. Bishop Is
negotiating for the purchase of the
irigible balloon Zodiac for immediate
hipment to New York. The Zodiac
ad been entered for the dirigible races
0 be held in connection with the Hud-
exposition.