New-York tribune., 1910-11-08

Baltimore Nov. Huber Latham was
1robsbly the only aviator IN Baltimore. If
not II the United States this morning who
believed that he would accomplish d fight
e. nearly twenty-five miles. about half Of
q ove- this city. Predictions that he would
be killed that he would tail y The attempt
znc that he would not even make tlie vent
ere were abundant Tonight Latham Is
hailed on al sides a. a here WHO has eS-
rsbisheo q new record fer over CITY fight
The incentive for the fight was urize
~ s 0e9 offered BY The sun and The
Evening sun for trip over 8 prescribed
route from and returning 10 The field where
Baltimore s aviation meet Is now in prog
-ess. Latham was 20 follow the course Of
she PatRpsco River from hear the aviation
felo TO Forr GcHenrr. whose banner FUR
Sffshed Francis Scott Key the inspiration
sor lis famous poem. thence up the inner
Fsrbor 70 and around The Sun" Building.
thence east 70 the city limits mile north,
Hnd thence west 10 Druid FFiI Park. down
Charles street 70 Baltimore, and thence
again west. and later southwest 10 the
aviation field. There was TO he a short de-
tuur Tor the benefit OF Ross Winans. q
wealthy invalid who, unable 20 leave his
horne. offered an additional S5iss II Latham
would come within his range Of vision
AL This Latham accomplished, ana into
she programme he injected some remark
sbie evolutions. He varied his altitude from
sao % 2O90 feet. and had u contend with q
wind blowing from seven TO fifteen miles
ar hour F7e used his 5e-horsepower An
-ofne-re and was IN the air fUrty-tUo min
utes making no stop after leaving The
s8eld until he returned II Is estimated mat
the fight which is understood 10 establish
= record for over city flying. was witnessed
by half a million persons
Everv point of vantage about The city
was occupied All the tail buildings IN the
downtown section were crowded by phou-
sands. and by noon every rooftoP WAS black
with people. At this hour the whole city
seemed 10 stop work. and the excitement
was added To by the terrific hubbub which
whistles and bells set UP.
There We're real competitions at the
aviation field TO-DAY, being The first thus
far shown the pUbuc here. Here again
Latham came 70 she front 1y winning first
sn the duration and also III the distance
contests. Count Jacques de Lesseps. IN his
Rleriot- took second prizes in the altitude
and IN the duration trials. and 7. Armstrong
DrexeI. sailing q Eleriot. won the first prize
for altitude His record was LSS6 feet
while Count de Losseps made 1.7-2.
-naininE in tfe air total Of - minutes =
seconds. De Lesseps remaining alOfJ 80
minutes &. e.. seconds. The latter tried
Tor altitude. but was compelled TO descend
after reaching q height Of S-U feet, because
Of motor trouble. Three minutes before
she closing bonn was fired Willard began
short fight in a Curyiss biplane. La
4haul's fight over -he ciry did not count IN
his duration score, as it was finished before
the Official opening q the DAYS flights.
DrexeI began lhe days sport with an eX-
nibitfon fight 70 ny out his BleriOt. and n
1au minutes later he was followed aioft
by Latham and he shortly by De Lessens-
Early in the afternoon the wind blew al the
raJe o. twenty miles an hour. but as time
passed q fell 10 practically nothing Aloft
e. was found to be too gusty 20 make great
altitude Both DreXel and De Lesseps re-
PORTED intense cold n The high strata.
After fying Il the baby Wright biplane
from the railroad station 10 the course,
arch I7oxsey made bad landing and dam
sSed the machine II VIII be repaired 81
time for ro-mOrrOws flights. however
6oxsey. VINO is expected 10 Try 10 take --e
worlds altirude record from Johnstone
y hile here was uuhurt-