Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1909-09-02
Made Best Time for Three Rounds
of the Course on the Rheims
Aviation Field.
BLERI07 IN ACCIDENT
Ills Machine Caught Fire md lie Had
Narrow Escape from Denth-Ln-
thnm Won the prize for Mink
ing tho Highest Attitude
Tarmau Also won.

Betheny Aviation Field. Rheims, Aug
"A twilight vision Of Paulhar's grace
full monoplane like q great white bird |
soaring above the plain 80 high that It
seemed to rise above the yellow harvest |
moon Just above the distant hills and tho |
feeting golden fler' MS the Curtiss |
machine has been dubbed, smashing an |
other worlds record in the prix de Ia |
vitesse were the closing glories Of aviation
| week.
The victory NJ Glenn II Curtiss. the
sole American representative IN tho con- |
tests. coming on the heels Of his Ereat
| victory in the International cup Yesterday
gives the United States the lions share
Of the honors of the meeting. The prix
! de In vitesse Of 30,0nO francs $4,000
| divided into four prizes was distributed
| to the four machines making three rounds
| Of the course. 20 kilometres at the great
est speed. the first prize being won by
! Curtiss quite handily Notwithstanding his
| penalization.
Curtiss only missed winning tho lap
speed contest from Bleriot by n small
| margin. He captured second place in
| that event. which was over the full
| circuit Of ten kilometres or e.c1 miles
TdlslIlg MS TOTAL money winnings Tor VNN
meeting to $4,000 francs besides tho inter
national cup which goes to the Aero club
| OF America Inscribed with hts name
As In yesterdays cup contest an ac-
cident--thc only serious one ~ tho
mediterranean Rler'ot. tho Americans
most dangerous competitor from to-
DAYS three lap speed contest. Rleriot's
escape from death was a narrow ono.
He had passed the first turn in the prx
dc In vitesse, when the rudder sud
denly failed TO respond The ma chine
! turned completely over three times
landing with such force tina. the pet
roleum tank burst and catching fire
from tho hot motor onveloped the mn
chine and pilot IN flames. before Rlerot
could extricate himself he was burned
about the face and hands but Fortunate
~ not seriously
With Rleriot ont Of the contest L.
than remained ms Curt,ss's only serious
rival Latham with mo. 49, started only
four minutes ahead of the American.
who gave chase. Curtiss overhauled him
In every kilometre. finishing less than
100 metres behind the Frenchman. The
time was:
Latham ?6:32 2-5: Curtiss c4:l5 -
The committee first posted Lather's
time with penalization MS 27:5 2-5. giving
Curtles the victory, ms the others who
had taken part IN the event had not
approached the Americans speed Lat
ham however refused to accent defeat
ard brought ont number -" With this
he how considerably n eter. his time be-
Ing recorded as o5:lS Is. which with
penalzatlon was BROUGHT to 26:33 Is.
seven seconds less than that made by
Curtiss
, Curtiss declared his confidence 10
do better in another attempt Within
two minutes his machine was out and
: speeding across the line he few
higher than he had ever gone before
keeping the throttle wide open and
making each round at swiftcr speed
than in any Of his previous efforts
The FIRST round he covered In 10 o-5
the watches showed 1897 As at the
end of the second round and os29 n,
the finish. With his penalizatiou
Curtisss time stood at 25:49 2-5
which gave him the race by almost n
minute margin. But when he learned
that the second round had been trav-
ersed in 7,4s 2-5 less than one second
from Bleriot's lap record. he insisted
a upon making another effort. hut fail
ed TO equal the Frenchman's time by
. four seconds.
The prix DC latitude. 10000 francs,
to be awarded to the aeroplan!st at.
tanning the highest altitude was won
by Latham, who reached height OF
1876 metres (nbout 400 feet. Tarman
was second with ITO metres. Paulhan
third and Rougier fourth.
Tho passenger carrying contest was
: won by Tarman. With two passerg
ers he made the circuit of the course
in ten minutes. 80 seconds and wifi
one passenger, minutes, 80 4-6 SOC
onds, Lefcbvre, with ono passenger
completed the lap in ii minutes, 20
As seconds
The lap speed contest went to Rleriot
who covered the 10 kilometres in : min
utes. AZ 40 seconds. Curtiss was second
with I minutes a 2-5 seconds.
Bunau-Varila with 100 kilometres won
a the prix DIES mochaniciens. He Is only
. 10 wears old Rougier was second,
{ The dirigible balloon. Colonel Renard
captured the prix de aeronats. a prize OF
10000 francs for the best time in Ave cir
cults Of the course 30 Kilometres The
time was hour. "A minutes. 40 seconds.
The altitude and weight carrying con-
tests were the other most interesting
events Of the day. Farman mounting
in a great circles. rose until he was nres
times as high as the flag above the tri-
a bune Lathams feat was more specta O.
}. ular. Rising frst to a height Of 200 fee,
Il he made an almost complete tour of the
j. plain. Then mounting until he reached &
II height of almost 800 feet he flew hisi
j. over the captive balloon executing grace
q full circles.
J. Farman in the prix des passengers car
n ried two newspaper reporters, one sitting
d on the others shoulders. His single pas
o senger was the Marquis De Polgnac
q president OF the committee on aviation
d I.efebvre carried Herbert Ward, th'
Y sculptor who was with SANKEY'S real
% guard In Africa
Cortlandt r, Bishop. president OF tn
Aero club OF America, says that he in
tends to ask American cities to Compel
for the honor OF holding the meeting
where the international cup won h.
!, Curtiss will be defended. He has cable
to the Aero club offering cash sub
scription for gold medal to be presente
a to Curtiss by President Taft,
II Speaking of the American victory MI
9 Bishop said;
r 1.-THE success of Curtiss was due to hi
20 genius and character. He has prove
70 himself n great American. Never for n
~ instant while flying or watching IN