The sun., 1910-06-03
.RERNOES FIBER IS WRECKED
LtyDS ~ Z DITCH HITH THE
sPROPELLER BROkEN.

ttamiiiBa Gets Machine IN Trlm and doe,
Ssine Clever Work Min capt. halll-
Win the ThFee FIy Around the Hemp
stead CourSe Onr Nbo'r the other
Several hundred New Workers saw an
acceptance race at Hampstead Plains
for the first time yesterday afternoon
Charles X Hamilton. clifford b. Harmon
and Capt Thomas b. Baldwin were the
Contestants The day ended with an
accident to Harmon. who after a spec-
taoular race with Hamilton daTted away
for n cross country flight
Hamilton. who had come down because
his oil was exhausted. waited for Harmon
10 return. Harmon did not return. Some
one suggested that Hamilton 90 in search
ol Harmon. who II was feared had met
with an accident Hamilton quickly
few across the field IN HarmOn's : shed
rehlled his tank and winged his way to-
ward Westbury. the direction IN which
Harmon disappeared
He made two landings hut was unable
tO get any tIaCe of the missing fiier. just
a. dark was coming on a speCk became
visible against the sky
It's Hamilton coming back. somebody
said and il was Instead or coming di-
rectly TO the starting point he made two
or three circles OF the field and glided To
the ground. n. had not been able 10
find Harmon.
just then Frank Van Anden brought
the news that Harmon had met with an
accident near Central Park and had
wrecked his machine. lie landed In a
ditch. broke the propeller and three
struts of his machine Harmon was no;
hurt. The aeroplane " ~ be hauled back
to its shed this morning
Hamilton. who has been surprising
the West by his feats IN the air. set a
fast pace for the New York fiers Before
the Hamilton machine could b. put in
good trim Capt. Baldwin trundled his
red aero on the field and circled the course
twice In few minutes Hamilton hauled
out his fier and pulled on his oiskin
Jacket and gray skating cap. He mounted
the seat and darted 20 a height OF fifty
feet after a short run over the. ground
he rose higher and higher a. he circled
the field until he looked like q speck in
the sky
suddenly he made an upward sweep
and rose 90 an altitude Of about 600 feet
Then he swung around the course over
the aerodroms Of the AerOnautical Society
and made a dive within fifty feet Of the
ground and again darted upward. He
flew IN the direction Of Garden City
Cathedral and reversed his course making
glide " several hundred feet 90 the
ground
By this time Harmon had his machine
on the field He made a sweep OF the
course and had started on the second
round when Hamilton started in pursuit
The speedy little dier gradually gained
ground and was soon flying directly over
Harmon. Il was an even race for a round.
when Hamilton suddenly shot past Har-
mon
Capt Baldwin Joined in the race and the
three machines at one time were flying
one above the other. Il was estimated
that Hamilton drove H. aeroplane a.
high as thousand feet. Tie himself
figured the height a. about six hundred
Harmon got up about two hundred feet
and Baldwin forty or Atty In ore u his
flights Hamilton dived down within six
feet Of a man. who did some lively sctirry-
ing. bat he looked around % see the avia-
tor dart skyward again and continue his 7
flight.
Harmon showed fine control OF his I
apparatus and returned the cheers Of the !.
crowd by a wave Of the hand each time he I
passed the crowd.
In making a landing Capt Baldwin /
almost ran into a woman who ducked and /,
a flowed the machine to pass over her
Hamilton said that he would start for .
the prize from New York 10 81. LOUIS as
soon as the conditions are formulated. /
Hamilton believes that each entrant /
should be- made 10 deposit ~ 60 a. evi- !
tenCe Of good faith