Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-10-25
THIRD Days MEET OF
MAN BIRDS IS NO WON
Air Is White With Bi-PIanes
and ManopIanes at Belmont
Park, in Keen Competition

BELMONT PARK. Oct. 24.-RaIph
tombstone and Arch Hoxsey. both in
headless Wright bi-planes. were cir
cling the field side by side this after
noon. when the signal bomb broke
above them. announcing that the third
day Of the international aviation meet
had been officially opened They
wheeled sharply aud crossed the line
with Hoxsey slightly ahead.
Grahame-white. in Clifford B. Har-
mons Farman bi-plane. followed them
in a few seconds; ]. Armstrong DrexeI
rose like q rocket with his so horse
Frisbie in a machine OF his own make
was last.
There were so many air planes in the
air at once that the eye could hardly fol-
low their positions. They were evident
ly competing for distance and duration,
IN the regular daily events for the first
hour.
Auburn. in another Bleriot. jumped up
and then there weer six in the air. Fris-
bic had engine trouble and came down in
the far turn before completing a full
circuit.
The monoplanes. starting behind the BIZ
planes. soon showed their superior speed.
In the seventh lap Drexel. flying low,
was already two laps ahead.
GOOD WEATHER FOR FLYING.
Early indications today gave promise
OF excellent flying weather for the air
men on the third day OF the information
A.
up in an unclouded sky and RAPIDLY
cleared away the morning rnists. and the
only wind was a light breeze from the
northwest
The sviators were slower than usual
In getting about and preparing for the
days tune-ups. the only early activity
noticed being in the Moissant camp.
There, in fact. work had been going on
all night, A J. Moissant having been.
labortng hard to put his brothers Bile
riot monoplane IN shape for use. The
program for the day comprised the hour
~ distance events. 1:30 to 2:30 and 2:4S
TO 3:45: the hourly altitude contests
at the same hours: the daily duration
and fastest flight competitions, pro-
ceeding simultaneously. the program
eliminating in the grand speed and
grand altitude contests at p m
PROGRAM AS CARDED.
The program for today stood as carded.
The program for yesterday because of
q gale was postponed TO a subsequent
date. The preliminsriess for the grand
speed event "a z5-kilometer race around
the inner course is not to be confused
with the 100 kiIometer race around the
outer course for the Gordon Bennett in
ternational coursel viii be divided into
two days, the first for bi-planes, the
second for monoplanes. Today's elimina-
ton heat for bi-planes was scheduled for
o'clock
The butterfly Desmoiselles. the 100
horsepower flying fish Antoinettes with
their sharp stems and spreading tails:
the 100-horsepover Bleriot. fatter, SMALL
er and faster than the cross-country mod
els; and the Wright and Curtiss; single
surface racers. had never appeared in
competition in this country, and there
was the keenest desire to see what they
could DO.
About noon Walter Brookins took out
the new Wright racer with its tenuous
planes and fine-drawn lines. for two
short practice spins He rose $50 feet
or 50 and then settled softly in front of
his tent His control seemed perfect.
Frank B. Coffyn. his team mate, was
next on the program in a qualification
flight for a license from the Aero Club
Of America.