Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-26
COVERS 95.01 MILES IN
2 HOURS 18 MINUTES
Paulhan's Performance of Yesterday
Beaten by Twelve Miles.
FLIGHT MADE DURING SoUALL
Remarkable Performance at Rheims
Arouses Intense Enthusiasm.
Motor Used Was of Ameri-
can Manufacture.

!! RHEIMS. August 26-In his second at
| tempt this afternoon Hubert Latham. the
French aviator. broke the worlds record
| for time and distance. He came down in
two hours and eighteen minutes, after he
had covered about 153 kilometers or 9501
miles The record for distance is S3.07
miles. made by Paulhan yesterday.
! Latham started OF his second effort to-
day shortly after , o'clock The breeze,
| when he got away, was less than three
meters a second. but there were ominous
black clouds on the horizon, and during
| the aviators fourth lap a sharp squan
of wind and rain broke over the aero
| drome.
! The spectators did not believe il pos
sfble for Latham to ride out the storm,
but to their delight he only mounted the
higher. and took his machine over the
tribunes at a height of 200 feet. His
time for the first round was . minutes
% As seconds; the second round is min
utes II 1-5 seconds: the third % minutes
and Al seconds: the fourth 36 minutes
ID So seconds: the fifth ~ minutes -
seconds; the sixth J3 minutes 30 4-5 sec
onds.
Eighth the Fastest Lap.
/ The eighth lap was covered in 8 min
I utest - 3-J seconds. the fastest time La
than has yet made. His time at the COM
pletion Of the ninth lap was 1 hour 10
| minutes So 20 seconds. In this compe-
| tition Latham is using his celebrated No.
70. He made his flight this morning with
his No. 1s
During the tenth round the wind dropped
to five meters a second. Latham was the
only man flying over the field. He COM
pleted his tenth round. giving him a total
Of 100 kilometers. or 81. 10 miles. as steady
as liner In / hour. % minutes and II
seconds after his start. During the elev-
enth round the wind was blowing be-
| tween three and FIVE meters a second.
His time at the end Of the eleventh round
was / hour. 80 minutes and 46 seconds,
and at the end of the twelfth it was
4 l hour. As minutes and 33 seconds
Americans are rejoicing at Lathams
splendid showing, as the Antoinette
motor, used by the Frenchman to drive
his monoplane. is the invention OF an
American named Joseph Adams.
Wind Blowing Hard.
/ During Latham's fifth and sixth laps
the official signals indicated wind blow
ing at the rate of ten meters a second
The spellbound crowd breathlessly watch
ed the frail machine battling against the
heavy gusts. The wings of the monoplane
often fiuttered like those of bird caught
In heavy storm. but the machine MAIN
itained its steady progress. Latham smiled
and waved his hand in response to the
enthusiastic cheering as he passed over
the tribuneS.
| Four minutes later Latham beat the
worlds record for sustained flight in a
mOnoplane. ! hour and Z minutes. made
| by himself last June.
| The excitement was intense as Latham
completed his thirteenth round His time
was l hour. "a minutes and 20 seconds
The wind was blowing at the rate of sew
| en- meters a second. The fourteenth
| round was completed at the end of .
hours. :; minutes and 10 seconds, and the
fifteenth in hours, 13 minutes and .
seconds.
Weather Good at Start.
| The fifth day Of aviation week was
ushered in with ideal weather conditions
| The light airs and overcast sky brought
the flyers out early, and before noon no
| less than a dozen machines. like huge
| gulls. were circling above the plain
The program today included the oontin-
| uation of the trials for the Grand PriX de
1 la Champagne. the endurance test: the
lap event, the speed event, race between
dirigible balloons. and landing competi-
| ton for spherical balloons.
Latham, In a beautiful monopane was
/ the first aviator to get away. He an
| nounced his intention to make an effort
| TO beat Paulhan's great record for the
endurance prize. made yesterday, . hours.
| is minutes and "a seconds. Latham
started flying at great height. Sommer
Cockburn. Bunau-Varila, Della grange and
| finally Glenn II. Curtiss. the American
contestant. followed Latham into the air.
4 mos to t11yar lie,
| ord in the speed lap contest and to quail
| ify for one of the six prizes in the en-
durance contest. He accomplished three
rounds in an impressive manner but his
speed was disappointing. His total time
was 2S minutes 80 3-o seconds. BY rounds
| his showing was as follows: minutes
32 % seconds: minutes 20 20 seconds
and 10 minutes 80 40 seconds.
/ In the meantime the other flyers. ex-
| cepting Latham and Delagrange, had
| alighted without doing anything. note
| worthy feature was witnessed when Della
grange, flying low, started to overtake
Latham. who was still high in the air
! There was pretty race for four miles,
| and Delagrange was overhaulng Latham.
when he was compelled to descend.
Latham. after covering 20 kilometers
| (43.41 miles,, was obliged to descend be-
| cause Of trouble with his ignition Ten
| minutes later he was in the air again.
racing with another machine.
Did Not Push Machine.
Curtiss declares that he did not push
| his machine this morning, but he doubts
whether he can beat his time of yester-
day. Bleriot, therefore. will be the win
ner on form if he can go the distance.
The Wright managers intend to make
desperate effort TO wrest the endur-
ance prize from Paulhan and capture the
height and weight-carrying events
Lefebvre, in a Wright machine with
tank holding ninety liters OF fuel will
make try this afternoon.
Bleriot made his first appearance In tie