Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-21
MEET
CLOSES Los
ANGELES
PAULHAN CARRIES OFF
LIONS SHARE OF PRIZES
Retains Speed Trophy
But Frenchman's Machine is
Far Superior in Point of En-
durance and Reliability,
lBy MORNING. JournaI speelnI teasea wlrel

ulu Domingue1 ranch tonight -four
living machines that had been c~irciing
N the air settled softly to earth. The
aviators walked to their tents, tho
great crowd filed down the roadway
and the first international aviation.
meet ever held in America was over.
All was peaceful but few knew that
one man had been near death in those
last few minutes. Charles X. Hamil-
ton was returning from q fifteen mile
| Digit toward the ocean. While a mile
| from the aviation field the crank
! shaft OF his machine snapped 10 a
| ship it would have meant a helpless
drift on the sea. To the aeroplane it
! meant SO little that no one in the
| crowd noticed anything wrong
Hamilton shut of his engine ana
| 50 leveled and swayed his planes that
| he WAS waited gently down, touching
| with scarcely q thud II was the best
piece Of emergency handling that has
oeen seen as the meet.
Curtiss and ~Paulhan-the great ri
| walls Of the meet-furnished the ex-
citcment for the closing day. Paul
han went up at 1925 o'clock for an
| endurance flight. After he had gone
! two or three laps OF the course, Cur
tiss started on a ten lap speed trial.
half a lap, or more than three fourths
Of a mile behind Paulhan. Instantly
1t was seen that a great race was on
the first real race of the ten days. The
two aeroplanes, came over the grand
stand at the speed of express trains.
Curtiss, was gaining. He crept swift
ly on Paulhan and on the third lap
after starting he passed him and
forged ahead by half a lap. 1t was
no race after that. The American
| Machine was demonstrated as the fas-
| ter beyond question. As Curtiss rush
ed over Paulhan, he received the
greatest applause that any OF his cf-
| forts had gained. Paulhan went on
| until he had Travelled 644 miles and
! had been in the air nearly an hour
and Il half. Curtiss came down after
q thirty mile trip.
This race gives the whole story of
| the meet. The Curtiss machines have
won all the prizes for speed, quick
| starts. perfect landings, and those
| events where 4 light swift machine
showed best.
Paulhan has won al the cross
country. passenger-carrying n n
duranee tests, having q heavier. slow
or machine and an engine which he
| trusts absolutely. Paulhan has taxi
en- NONE than $4,000 in prizes. and
has broken the worlds records for
altitude and for cross-country flights
alone and with a passenger. Curtiss
has broker no worlds records and
probably win take less han $4,000
in prizes.
Hamilton and Willard have taken
second and third prizes in most Of the
events.
The meet ended with a perfect day
and an the aviators at their best. a
unique parade, showing the evolution
Of travelling WAS the feature. 1t was
headed by old Ezra Meeker, OF orc
gon trail fame. seated in the prairie
schooner that ooh him over the
plains, hauled by oxen. After MIN
came cowboys. burros, carriages, bal
Ions. dirigibles, ana finally tho various
build of air ships, ending up with q
multiplane that looked like a haryes-
ter. Curtiss ana Paulhan walked be-
hind the van like bashful sc~hoolboys.
Charles *. Hamilton will go to
san Diego and attempt to beat the
worlds record for altitude now held
by Paulhan.
Glenn Gurtjss viii leave tomorrow
for Hammondsport. N. Y.
Charles f. Willard will go to Port
land, ore.
Louis P%aulhan. with Mason and
Miscarol. viii leave tomorrow for San
Francisco.
II is probable that Paulhan will fy
in Salt Lake and Denver and reach
New orleans in time Tor the Mardi
Gras celebration.
List of Prizes Won.
The prizes won during the meet
follow.
Height. $4,000, Louis Paulhan, A.,
1856 feet. first: $1,000, Charles *.
Hamilton, 53o.5 feet: second, $500
Curtiss, no official height taken, third.
Endurance and time: $4,000, Louis |
Paulhan. 1911 mites, 1:5S.32 FIRST.
$1,000 Charles X. Hamilton. 1944I
miles. 1890 20 second: $500. Glenn
II. Curtiss, 1911 miles 2i.34 2-S,
third.
speed-ten laps. $4,000. Glenn II.
Curtiss. 1911 miles. 23t43 5-5, iirsti
$1,000 Louis Paulhan. 1911 miles. "a
So 2-5. second. $500 Charles X Ham
ilton. i6.11 miles, 30.54 3-5. third.
Three laps with passenger; $1,000
Louis Paulhan. Asa miles. sic Is;
no others contested.
slowost lap $500. Charles X. Hamii-
ton. 1852 miles 3 SO rs.
Quickest start. $3.50. Glenn "A. Cur !
tiss. % feet won.
Starting and landing in square S@a". |
Charles r. Willard won Score perfect.
cross country. $1,000, Paulhan won.
The following are records for the
course made during tho meet:
Hcight-4165 feet, Louis Paulhan,
Jan II.
Distance-75.77 miles, Louis rsul-
han. Jan. a..
Endurance-115s 80, Louis Paul
ham. Jan. T..
speed-ten laps 2s.se.s-5. Glenn n
Curtiss, jan. L.
speee-one lap. Pig. Glenn H
Curtiss. Jan. Is.
sp,ed-three laps with Iasseuscr !
Sis rs Pauihan, Jan 49,