The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-11-11
CABINET OFFICER
MAKES FLIGHT

BALTIMORE, Nov. 10. - Sunbeams
shot with raindrops narrowed the en-
thusiasts at the aviation field today.
Todays flights differed In many re-
spects from anything seen here hith-
! erto. They included bomb-throwinS
| and target shooting from speeding air
ships; aerial gymnastics and trips
s,oft made by government officials,
followed by official expressions as to
the sensations experienced. and as
to the merits of aeroplanes Of different
! designs.
Hitchcock Takes a Flight.
Postmaster General Hitchcock. aft
CT fight with Count Jacques de Les
seps, was so pleased that he asked
Archibald Hoxsey for higher flight
In the Wright bIplane. But HoXsey
lad found the upper air too gusty
10 make u passenger carrying trip al
together safe, and he asked the post
row. Mr. Hitchcock expressed him
self as delighted with his expert
cnco in the air
Prominent People at Flight.
After he had been brought safely
to earth General James Allen. chief
OF the signal corps. u. s. A., entered
Count De Lesseps' 100 horse power
Bleriot and was given the new eXpe-
| rience OF a flight. In the party from
Washington with him and the post
aster general were Secretary of War
{ Dickinson. General William Wither-
| spoon, president Of the army war col
| lege; Thomas Nelson Page and sever
al others, together with a number OF
women.
Marksman In an AeroPlane.
The first OF the 6iers TO take wing
was James Radley shortly after
| o'clock. he being followed Immediate
~ by Latham in his AntoiDette Both
| descended after brief flights. A lit
tie later Count De Lesseps. in his 100
horse power Bleriot, took alolt for RI
| fe practice Captain John p Douw OF
the state ordnance corps After a
| trip around the course to give the
narksman his bearings, Captain Douw
fred twice at the c target, United
! States small arms practice, but the
| hest of the shots missed the mark by
four feet.
Latham Shoots at Target.
Latham then tried with d revolver
Covering the target in the circumfer-
cree of a small diameter, from his
Antoinette, he twice fred four shots.
OF these two were hits, one scoring 2
end the other points
Count De Lesseps then took up a
passenger. Lieutenant Dupuy of the
signal corps of the state of New
York
Just before O'Clock J, Armstrong
D-eXel began a try for altitude. the
wind at the time blowing 9 miles an
hour. In about 10 minutes he had
Seated out OF sight in the direction
OF the city, He returned after a trip
OF about Is minutes, reporting the
WIND too fluky for high flight His
barograph recorded $40 feet. though
the manner OF his flight gave the
impression of much higher altitude.
Try for Bomb Throwing Prize.
Ely. In a Curtlss biplane. went into
the air intending TO try for the Com
rlodore Barry bomb throwing trophy,
Dut descended before completing a lap
for the purpose OF making Teadjust-
ments to his plane. Latham made q
score OF is points with six bombs
One of these would have dropped into
the funnel OF a battleship and there
fore counted as bullseye
Under the rules governing the Bar
ry trophy contest bombs must BE-
thrown from height OF not less than
100 feet. Some OF Lathams fell from
more than double that altitude, and
sgainst rising wind
Drexel from his BleTlot dropped six
OF the missiles upon the outline rep
resenting the deck OF a battleship.
but as none of them struck a vital
SPOT his score was only 6
Hoxsey Performs With eipane.
While he was preparing to drop his
second bomb, HoXsey, In big Wright
tiplane. flew across the grand stand
from the railroad station at Hale
thorpe, where his machine had been
assembled. In record breaking time
he circled the course many times,
performing brilliant evolutions and di
riding the interest Of The audience
with DreXei, who continued his bomb
dropping.
HoNsey flew his Wright in almost
every conceivable manner now in ta-
IeTinS longitudinal sp,rals, now grace
iulIy gliding from great heights, then
literally gliding over the surface OF
the earth. only to rise again into the |
upper air. He made three flights In |
all during the afternoon
SHORTY after 4 O'Clock angry clouds |
In the west spoiled further efforts. |
ana less than a quarter of an hour |
iater came the rain Then the trio !
OIL bombs signaled the official close |
CT the day.