The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-18
| BLANC WINNER;
OF AVIATION RACE
Receives Great Ovation at End
Of Crosse Country
Contest.

Paris August 17.--Half Paris for.
Esook their beds last night nnd re-.
NAMED In the streets until morning to
watch the conclusion OF the great
cross-country aviation race, which was
won by LIE Blanc IN q Bleriot inono-
4 plane. Auburn, also in Bleriot, took
Isecond prize, finishing twenty minutes
behind the winner, although his total
time In competing the course was
sonlewhat longer.
lie Blanc's flight from Amiens. about
sixty miles, was mode in tho same
superb style as the previous laps IN
the race. He left A:niens at SOB anei
descended at Issy, in the suburbs OF
Paris, one hour and twenty-eight min
utes later, making the total tune for
the 1856 miles OF the entire flight IL
hours, So minutes and 55 seconds, ali
average OF nearly forty miles an hour
AS the crow flies, without maklrg any
allowance for detoaia or for the time
spent in battling With the storm in
the flight from 4Mezieres 70 Douai last
Friday.
Aubrun, whose II M from Athens was
: hour and 81 minutes, co:r7leted the
circuit in 10 hours. e minutes and IA
seconds.
None of the other competitors COM
pleted the entire course, though Lee
gagneux, who was forced to retro In
the early stages OF the race, tinished
with LIE Blanc and Auburn.
Cheering Is Tumultuous.
There was a moment OF tumultuous
cheering as LIE Blanc appeared above
1ssy in the early dawn, and ana from I'm the
height of nearly quarter OF a mile
planed down toward the earth and
swooped across the line like a giant
hawk, alighting with ease and grace.
The authorities, in anticipation OF the
excitement of the enormous crowds, had
cordoned the alighting place at lssy
with hundreds of police, backed by
regiment Of stalwart cuirassiers OF long
experience in handling Partisan CROWDS
on days of demonstration
Nevertheless. the spectators. In an
Irresistible rush, broke through the
line of cuirassiers and police and bore
the victor on their shoulders to Cen
era1 Brun, the Minister of War. who,
with his staff and other high officials,
had appeared at the finish at this early
hour to welcome the victor. General
Brun congratulated LIE Blanc heartily
| in the name OF the government. NIL.
itary band struck up the "Marseillaise."
4 but the music could scarcely be heard
above the cheering OF the crowd.
Before the cheering fof LIE Blanc had
i commenced to die down, Auburn. In
his graceful monoplane. shot into sight
lat the very point In the sky where LIE
l5Blanc had first been seen, and, follow
ling the victors wake, crossed the line
and made an equally graceful landing,
giving fresh impetus to the cheering.
LcEnsneux Also Finishcs.
In close succession to LIE Blanc and
Aubrun came LegagneuS and five army
| officers who had acted as escorts to
the contestants in the last stage Of the
| tight, the successful trip of eight
aeroplanes across the country stimuli
taneously and under prearranged con-
ditions demonstrating to what an ex.
tent the conquest OF the air has been
carried
A gallery of spectators such as that
:, which gathered for the finish of the
race has never before been seen In
/ Paris, nor has the scene been dupli-
Gated at any other place. Eiffel Tower
} was chosen as point Of vantage by
crowds OF spectators and the towering
!, steel structure, like the housetops and
other elevated points In the city, was
! black with people watching the finish
i | through field glasses or with strainins
3 eyes.
On the field at Issy. where the
avlators finished, 100000 spectators
mad gathered the crowd including
IL PrlNCe ftOldHu bOUdpd GeuStul lJd1'
stein. the military governor Of Paris
!, and hundreds Of distinguished men ant
i, women. who. When LIE Blanc's mono
plano was nrst sighted as Il blaci
:. speck high above the city, were seize
!. with perfect delirlum.
Breaks Wing of Diplanc.
~ LcsagneuX and the military aviator
: We're forced to make landings on tn
trip from Amiens, Interfering wit
:. their plans to convoy the winnin
aeroplanes. Legagneux. in landing a
Issy. broke a wing of his biplane
a All the aviators are most enthusiasts
). tic over the successful outcome Of tn
long cross-country tour. which ha
s, demonstrated that aeroplanes can b
run to scheduled time over a prear
: ranged course disregarding ordinar
. conditions and combating even wit
moderate storms.
Leblanc and Auburn agree that tn
n chief difficulty in flying across countr
y lis furnished by the strong air current
!. and eddies over valleys and ravine
: along the course, which often sue
9 down the aeroplanes from zoo to 80
: feet without warning in an abrur
: drop. During such experiences tn
aviators We're able to keep thel
places in the machines only by cling
Il ing on all tours to the levers an
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