The sun., 1910-11-01
WORLDS RECORD
ALTITUDE FLIGHT
Continued from Second Poge.

Continued from Second Pogs.
OF violation OF the airmen's code.
Moisant listened to the admonition
handed to him. took his medicine and
grinned. Then with his nearest competi
tor six laps behind him. h. took the air
again and went merrily around and
around. That was the only time in the
two hours that Moisant touched tn.
ground, His competitors had harder
luck. Both Simon and Latham had en-
gine troubles. Time and again when the
biR Antolnette swung aTo,nd before the
grand stand her engines could be heard
hiccouEhing dangerously and there would
be tremor at the wing tips AT every skip.
Three times Latham had To come down
and tinker with his balky engines. and
twice Simon had to call an aero doctor
over from the hangar
MoIsAST COMES DowN TOO HARD
Moisant finished at IN. closing bomb
with fifty-siy laps actually recorded for
him even though d. had heen penaliz.>d
three. He had done within three miles
Of the distanc" from Ciiy Hall. New York.
20 Philadelphia aerial William Penn atop
Of her town hall.
When he came down No,sant came
very nearly anticipating the trick that
Grahame- White performed later in the
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the score board. bounced once or twice.
then gave such blow TO 'hs right wheel
on his chassis in making the final bounce
THAT the wheel crumped UP and part OF
tn. framework surrounding At was bent
To Mo,aant went tn" first prize Latham
finished second. with Is laps. and simon
was third. with - laps
wATERBrGs IN RACE
Then came Johnstons in the Wright
roadster on his long climb through
the sun notes Grahame- white Obliged
! a fair one by toting her around the held
! couple of times in his Farman. and il
was announced that a match race be-
tween the two Demolselle~ would take
place That match race was n marvel.
Il was like two wRterhugs skittering over
pond
The two bounding terrors went once
around the track GaTTo- IN his white con-
! traption nearly taking the cap OF Gra-
hame-White. who was sitting IN his big
Blsriot waiting for the starters word in
his special grand speed race with Nc
Curdy Then when the judg"~ saw that.
contrary to precedent. the Demois@ile-
were actually figuring on coming around
again one Of them grabbed flag and ran
madly ON the course. shoOlng them Of To
! tn. middle OF the field one would shoe
his neighbor's plundering chickens IL
| that really was a match race the white
wsbbler ran away with II.
/ While the spectators were archIng
their nscks trying to distinguish John
stone among the sun streaks and each
wondering II he hadn't better take a pill
! for iho-a white spots that were swim
ming before hls eyes Graharn. Whites
motor began 10 roar and FIVE men held
| his machine To the line until the judges
gave the word for u to hs' IN II shot
ont like a rocket. tail straight ont behind
II. for fifty feet or 50. then mp on a long
slant and into the course, When Nc
CurSiy, who had got away first. was IN
the middle of his second lap the faster
Rlariot racer was over his head. and thence
on Ia the end 81 the rae" Ncurdy was
Tapped about every third time around
His machine seemed To- he crawling
through the air ruads. so much faster
went the French swallow which rhe Eng
lishman pIoYed Grahama " hLfe fin
ished the ten laps II the race IN tho claTeed
tim. II - minutes "a - seconds. Nc
Curiy had descended during his eighth
lap when he saw the crowd a bout the fallen
machine ~ his rival. hut upon learning
that Grahame- Whit" WAS unhur' he
assembled and loafcd through the remain
ing two laps.
$3.50 MoRr roR GRAHaME. WRITE
C;rahame- White added ssoS tn his
bank account hy winning this race: H.oDO
was Mct'uriv's consoJ Jatlon.
A second race between winners of the
second places in the elimination contests
for monopianes and hiplanes was expected
To bring out a siiff fight bet ween " AI-
hrun and bud Mars, who had qualified
respectively for the event. But Mars
sulked IN his hangar and Auhrin alone
app.a red He went around the course
uncontested and won the $50 offered
While folks fingered for Juhnstone
and Drexel who had folio wed him into
the depths ~ the sky. 60 com. down
Grahame-Whit. attempted 20 an'iss' them
with his Farrnan machine, Hoxs.y played
an aerial game of tag with the last nj
the sunbeams and even Capt. Baldwin
with his red well digger took a few turns
around the track Just 10 show that age
cuts no figure in the qualifications OF
horn a. swimmer.
oRvILLE WRIGHT DOES STUNTS.
Before more than a sprInkling ~ the
afternoon crowd had arrived Orville
Wright decided to take ovit the little
climber which John-tone used 10 see how
II worked after a few alterations that had
been made The vice chancellor Of the
DAYTON Nv school certainly found out
He left the ground with long jump that
sent him bouncing into the air and then
he began tn paw mp through the air at
every revolution OF the propeilers, He
seemed to be in an elevator that didn't
make any local stops.
Wilbur stood on the si>ielines with his
homemade ysrdstick method os trangu-
lstioi. and beside him was another man
with n watch that clicked when Orville
got say. They figured thaf 75O feet was
salted away when he had bcen up minute
and ~ s~conds. BY tho time he had been
gone ? minutes and ~ seconds the stick :
showed .23O feet.
-Humph'- murmured Wilbur Wright
-.os feet n minute. Pretty fair climbing .
Considering that 3DG feet a minute is
generally looked upon ~ u very creciitable ,
performance the inventor WAS probably 4
well within the range 81 conservatism.
yASCy TRICKS AROUND pYLDSs
But the brother nloit WAS not salts ,
fied with PRIV ing that the climber was
agile when IL cam. 10 finding the craRs
of the atmosphere lie wanted IN INV rsti- r
gate its stability. And tho way he did
i was 80 try a fcw sharp turns around