Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-19

MN rode MS WIG III an duIOiuODlle,
and dozen of men on horseback, in
autos and in equipages of various sorts.
Nine Paulhan mingled prayers and
shouts of joy while tears coursed down
her face.
In Los Angeles buildings and house
tops were points of vantage for fortu-
nate ones with binoculars. All eyes
were turned PaulhanWard, for the news
that he was on his way through space
for the longest cross country ride the
world has ever known had spread like
wild fire through the city Whittier
DoWney Sierra Madre and every VIII
lage and hamlet, every farm and every
place of habitation was agog with the
news. There are thousands of necks
that ache and thousands of pairs of
eyes that burned last night from the
strain of watching the strange creature
of the air in his mad hight.
Arcadia was reached in thirty min
utes. Around the Santa Anita race
track, Paulhan flew at an altitude of
nearly 2O00 feet. Arcadia has seen
many strange sights, but never in all
it's past history has it been witness
to such an exhibition as that given
by Paulhan. Lucky" Baldwin died
too soon. He was lucky in many ways,
but was not lucky enough to have lived
until the time when the masters of the
air added their mite to the fame of his
race track by flying around the course.
Starts on Return
With a turn around the course just to
make sure of himself, Paulhan pointed
the beak of his bird" to the southwest
and, with the insti .ct of a homing
pigeon, Paulhan and his machine start
ed for the hangar at Dominguez.
The wind was still high; in fact it
H., IN
against the planes of the Farman than
when he started, but Paulhan was not
afraid. He did not seem to mind the
buffeting. He took a higher altitude,
and with a wide circle, passed over
the extreme eastern portion OF Los
Angeles, through Huntington park
1t was just a speck that the strong
est field glass of some spectator dis
cerned far to the north and east. A
cry of There he comes went up as
every pair of glasses was leveled in the
direction from which the little French
man was expected The speck grew
into a spot, and then into an object the
naked eye could discern. With every
second the object grew. In the grand
stand few scattered cheers rose. Then
few more were sent up. The band
began LA Marsellaise" for the second
time. Cheers mingled with the hum
ming of the stirring song of the French
revolution until, when Paulhan with
the grace of a dove shot over the tents
in the center of the field and came to
earth a few feet from the bulletin
board, roar of approval was being
sent out in greeting to the dauntless
aviator.
Given Wild Ovation
Women threw kisses to him. Men
rushed past the deputies and onto the
field for chance to grasp the world
astounder's hand. Some of his mecha-
nicians threw their arms about him
and kissed him rapturously on the
cheeks, He smiled.
"Ah, it was great sport" he eX-
claimed as he jumped down from his
seat.
Up on their shoulders the crowd
raised the little Frenchman. He looked
down and in the quick accents of his
native tongue said mo, no. Let me
down, if you please" He was too
modest to be borne before the crowded
grandstand like the heroes of old. He
wanted to retire to his hangar, and
retire he did, walking with springy
step to his tent.
Not many minutes later Mime. Paul
han in an auto dashed up. She rushed
to him, threw her arms around his
neck and, laughing and crying in turn,
showered kisses upon him. She was
more thankful than proud, like other
wives in times of great accomplish
ments.
No Trace of Fatigue
Paulhan showed not a single trace
of exhaustion from his flight. His
eyes were as bright and sparkling as
merriIy, his smile as broad, cheering
wonderfully all who saw him, as when
he had started. He may have been
thinking of the joke he had played on
Henri Farman, builder of the biplane
in which the worlds record was made.
Farman once scared forty miles
through the air cross country, but he
came to earth at one end of his jour-
ney He did not make a CROSSE country
fight and return, and he flew at an
altitude of only $50 feet. Paulhan
reached an altitude of nearly 1000 feet.
He was always at least 250 feet above
the earth, except when starting and
landing.
Next to Paulhan's flight yesterday,
Bleriot's crossing the English channel
is considered the greatest aerial ac-
complishment. From Sangatte to
Dover the distance is 25 miles. The
flight was made July 25, 1909.
Henri Farman flew 40 miles cross
country, landing at one end of the
Journey in one hour and five minutes,
That flight was made in France June
23, 1909, and was between Chalons and
Suippe.