The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-27
FARMAN BEATS
LATHAKS WORLD
RECORD FLIGHT
Before Immense Crowd, in
Rheims, Surpasses French
mans Aerial Achievement.
PAULAHAN SKATERS
MACHINE IN CRASH
Craft Badly Damaged and He Is
Forced to Withdraw for
the Day.

RHEIMS, Aug. 27.-FIying a bipIane
here this afternoon, Henry Farman beat
the reorcd of 85.ss miles, made by
Hubert Latham yesterday.
A wild burst of cheering broke from
the grandstand after Farman com
pleted his fifteenth round, and it was
seen that he purposed to continue.
Latham came down yesterday shortly
after having completed his fifteenth
lap.
BETHENY AVIATION FIELD.
Rheims, Aug, 27.-The aerial races
NV in progress here are daily arous-
Ing INCREASED interest and excitement
~throughoat France, as well as in Eu-
rope generally. The published ac-
counts of the marvellous flights, in
which record after record has been
broken, have gripped the public atten-
tion, and thousands Of people are
1ocking here from all parts of the ON
tinent.
The American contingent is very
large and many Americans travelling
In other countries are abandoning their
original plans in order to have the
satisfaction of witnessing some of the
performances of this historic week.
The program for today includes the
finals in the Grand Prix de la Cham
payne, or competition for the greatest
distance covered without taking on
fresh supplies of fuel and oil, which
carries the largest prize of the meet
ing. The record is now 95.SS miles,
made by Latham yesterday in 2 hours
IL minutes 9 3-5 seconds, and the con-
test today promises to be an exciting
one.
Paulhan, with a tank carrying 30
litres of gasoline, enough to last him
five hours, went up shortly before II
o'clock; but his oil feeder was not
working well and he alighted for re-
pairs. after having Travelled a couple
of miles.
The contest tomorrow for the inter-
national cup, known otherwise as the
Gordon Bennett trophy, to go to the
aviator who covers two laps, or 1912
miles. in the shortest time, is regarded
as the principal event of aviation week.
Both the Wright and the English ma
ichines are considered too slow to stand
any chance, and the contest conse-
quentIy lies between Bleriot, Curtiss
and Latham.
Glenn H. Curtiss, the American avi-
~ator, after further consideration this
morning filed a formal protest against
his penalization of oneatenth of his
time in the contest, for the PriX de la
Vitesse, on the ground that he was
distinctly Informed that no penalty
would be inflicted If he did not start
Sunday.
PauIhan Has Accident.
While making his second start Paul
hans biplane left the ground in re-
Spouse to the horizontal rudder, but en-
countered a strong puff of wind on the
beam, heeled over and was forced back
to the earth. The planes on the left
side crumpled up like cardboard. Paul
han explained thai the real of
his mishap was a detour he made to
avoid Delagrange, who was coming to-
ward him
Three Wright models. each equipped
With a tank carrying 80 litres of gaso-
lene, fly this. afternoon in the endur-
ance test. Acting on behalf of Cliff
ford Harmon. of New York, Cortlandt
F.. Bishop is negotiating for the pur-
chase outright of the dirigible balloon
Zodiac for immediate shipment to New
York. The Zodiac has been entered for
The dirigiLle races to be held in connec-
ton with the H~udson-Fulton celebra-
ton
Between noon and 3 O'Clock the wind
blew at the ate of five metres a Sec
ond, making flying hazardous inc the
champions waited in the hope that the
wind would fall. 1t was an hour later
before Sommer. latham and Fannan
got away.
Paulhan's mechanicians worked furi-
ously to repair his machine, but when
1t became apparent that 1t would be
Impossible TO complete the necessary
changes In time for the aviator to start
this afternoon, Paulhan filed a protest
with the committee, claiming that he
had been fouled by Della grange