New-York tribune., 1910-09-06
GRAHAME- WHITE FIRST
Leads in All Five Glasses at
Harvard Meet.
MANY HAZARDOUS FEATS
English Aeronaut Takes Up New
York Woman, Giving Her 200
Foot Slide Down the Wind.

OOb SI1OS OOWQ the W1nQ.
Boston. Sept 5--Claude Grahame-White,
Of England, proved himself the superior of
all the aviators taking part in the second
days events of the Harvard Boston aero
meet before thirty thousand persons at At
lantic to-day. when he took first place in
every one of the five classes which were
competed IN addition. Grahame- White
gained the plaudits OF the thousands
peatedly, in exhibition flights ne demon
strated in a thrilling manner all the haz-
ardous feats of the men Of the air in dip
ping and swooping and short turns. dodg
ing first over the grandstand and down
almost on the heads of the spectator to
soar UP and swoop down again into the
automobile section. He did this not only
alone, but on one of his fights took up
Miss Mary Campbell. of New York. in his
Farran btplane. and after twice cfrcling
the course with her in easy manner,
gave her a thrill with a 2oo-foot slide down
the wind 10 within ten feet of the ground
from which elevation he dropped lightly
on 10 the turf
Charles Foster Willard, of Melrose, took
up the first newspaper woman to make an
ascension in this country. Miss Eleanor
Ladd. of Boston following with another
flight in which he took up J. c. Toye, Of
Boston newspaper
The best time Of the day, made by era
hame- White was 81 miles in minutes
second. with a Bleriot His distance record
of the day was a miles 617 feet, on which
trip he was l hour 16 minutes seconds in
the air.
kearny in an Accident.
The one serious accident of the day took
place in the amateur class, when Horace
F. Kearny Of Kansas City. Mo. while
running over the ground al the getaway.
shot into the wire fence in front of the
grandstand and crumpled up the front con-
troll Of his Phtzner monoplane. He es-
capped unhurt Later in the afternoon A,
Y Roe. of England, had little difficulty
in landing from a short fight when his
wheels buckled setting his triplane on
end and digging her nose into the turf
Little damage resulted
Whites flights for distance and duration
records were ended by the smashing of an
inlet valve of the engine, while the Wright
machine. operated by Johnstone, also had
4 contrary kink- Cromwell Dixon came out
with his dirigible, intending to fly to Boston
Common, but suffered ! twisted shaft and
gave UP the attempt
tests pulled off in the five classes in which
there were competitions to-day. Owing to
a heavy fog which prevailed all day and a
pouring rain for an hour in the afternoon
it was impossible to start any machines in
the altitude contest or on the fight to Bos-
ton Light and return.
Three in Speed Contest.
Crahane-W White. in Bleriot; Curtiss, in
his own machine and willard. in another
Curttss. competed in the speed contest Of
three laps of the mile and three-quarter
course. Grahame- White did il in six min /
utes ! second. Curtiss in minutes 81
seconds and Willard il minutes 38 40
seconds.
There were eight entries in the duration |
contest. Grahame- White winning out by |
remaining up l hour is nintues and sec
onds, while Johnstone was in the air IS
minutes - 2-5 seconds
The five contestants in the distance event /
were obliged to allow first place to era /
hame-ZVhite. who made - miles 617 feet |
Johnstone being second, with 26 miles 3.I07 |
feet. The Englishman was the only man
TO compete in the getaway. and required |
10 feet S inches to get his BlerlOt mono |
plane off the ground, and III feet 2i2 inches
to raise the Farman.
In the bomb dropping contest Grahare-
" hita proved himself the star performer
Of the day. dropping two Of his ten bombs
directly into the funnel Of the battleshtp |
while ali Of his other shots hit some part
o. the deck. Wizards shots landed on re
mote parts Of the deck, while Curtiss in
two trials made 2 bulTs-eye on the funnel
and seven hits on the deck out Of eight
shots on one entry. and struck the battle
ship nine out Of ten times on his other at
tempts-
on points to date Claude Grahame-White
has IS: Glenn H. Curtiss, p; Charles F. Will
lard, 13: Ralph Johnstone, 6. and Walter
Brookins, ,
During the day announcement was made
that John Barry Ryan, son Of Thomas f.
Ryan. of New York, had offered $500 cup
II the bomb dropping contest.