The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-03
HARMON'S DURATION RECORD
SETS THE NEH NlRk az MOI RS
. NINUTES 10 SECONDS.
Game Down when he WaS Out OF Fu-I
Re was Que Coai Wan Hereabout.
when Tie quit MN Try To ny Across

Hr was One tooi Wan Itereabout
when lie quit win Try To ~, Across
sound Tomorrow WIN Mrs. Harmon
GARDEN CRY. T. ! July , The pay
system was inaugurated to-day AZ the
aviation field II was estimated that
7O persons who paid the regulation
fees ~ - and a. cents. about 80 Whu
occupied automobiles not - mention
a number ~ small boys who scaled the
boarded fence. saw clifford u Harmon
break all American records for duration
m fiight made this afternoon
Mr.. Harmon remained mp > hour. =
minutes ~ seconds. thereby exceed
ing the American record ~ hour 4
minutes W seconds mad" by Paulhan ~
Los Angeles in n" sam" machine last
January Hc averaged a speed 81 forty
miles an hour covering approximately
III" distAnc" Of Hamilton's cross country
flight from New York to Philadelphia
and surprising CuriiSss record m hi~
! hight from Albany to New York
Il had not been the intention o. VI
( Harmon 10 try for the American record
| and h. set out only to bring up has own
r~Cord ~ hour and minutes r''c"ntly
! established Gage Tarb.ll, who il IN
! charge Of the new aviation field. an
nounc'.d that Mr. Harmon would go up
for short slight after which he would
make a long one. hut when Mr. Harmon
left the ground NJ 5n he found his ma
chine in such good flying trim that he
didn't come down until ~ 10. and then
IL was because he had exhausted his fuel
He had ordered the gasolen" tank 'llled
with a two hours supply and Il lasted
/ just "a little more than three minutes over
I that time
Mr. Harmon made fifty -nlna laps Of
the "our~. and was we'll around un an
other when he alghtsd on the far side
Of the cours. The fog was 50 dense by
this time that ~ was difficult tn distinguish
! the outlines ~ the machine from the
grand stand and the cruwi was not sure
, for a few seconds that h. was down On
his fortieth round he executed some Of
| he most rema able aerial gyrations that
| have ever been performed m this country
He flew the length % the grandstand
over the heads 81 several hundred parsons
and then darted out over the telegraph
wires m the direction ~ Garden city
lie wh,"led hi4 machine around and
few Ia the centre q the Held. performing
figure Fights and cutting all sorts Of
aerial d.doe- IL vas said that he - the
first aviator to direc; his machine both
10 the right and the left In the forty
sixth round Mr. Harmon swung over
tho grandStand a. an altitude " Ahout
. k..f, "A
a Hamilton dip ~" made several drops
in the first laps and once divad from IL
feet TO siNtY or seventy five
A. soon ~ Harmon had "ompl-ied an
hour IN ~" ar Mr Tarh"il notified the.
crowd and " Id cheer went up Women
stood IN the -eata and waved thelr hand
E"rrhiefS aud IA" men sent up a lusiy
howl Mr Harmon waved his hand
in return. hut showed no signs ~ coming
down II was dinner time bu' ~ one
seemed anxious to - home Some
thoughtful one sent messengers To- The
telephone to notify N" family that they
might not IT, m for some tim"
II was r"Inarknhl" tho way Tho iu'"res,
kctr M and vhru Mr. Harmon was
brought acru-s TIA. ii"ld m an automobile
a. almnS; O'Clock there vrer" 80 many
rcople left 10 congratular" nin that the
mon who had ba.n dep'r nd 90 ksap
order had Ia make room for him before
the aviator could get out of IN" car u
WIS with difficulty that he fought his
way over To a party of friends who were
waiting 10 greet him
Mr Harmon was cold aud numb from
his long trip In the air and he hurried to
his atod IIe saId he would never again
attempt tn do fancy dying ~ he had
found " a most difficult propo-i'ion
lie said he right and left turns werc par
ticularly trying felts
The fencing IN - the grounds prove! ]
20 both N" aviator and |
those below and perfect order was main |
tanned on tho grounds The small fee 81
admission will go townrd keeping th.. I
field ZAP and providing priAe- for the ,
aviator- Mr. Tarbell said no attemp, /
will ~ mad" to profit from the flights 1
and that II ~ necessary To deviae a sys-
tern 20 preserve tho safety ~ spectators /
and not hamper the aviatnrs. who other.
wise are in constant fear 81 accidents
A long row ~ boxes have icon placed
in front 81 tho grandstand for which 81
a scat is charged.
Many fashion3bly T. ; Il women were
present this afternoon and already a
~ocial atmosphere IL developing Mrs
" X Vanderbilt. Jr Mrs Thomas Hast
ing~ and Mrs Frank Griswold Mrs Gage
Tarbell and Mrs Swift TarlcIl were
among the spectators to-day
Mr. Harmon will nv Tomorrow after
n~on and on Monday will attempt n cross
flight from Garden city 10 Green
wich. Conn lie will take Mrs Harmon
n n passenger
Capt Baldwin left yesterday To max.
fiiRht- az Troy and will return on Tuesday
Several other machines ara b.ng az
-ernbled tn 10 tried o'it within the next few
days
Miss Ripley To " ed Count Cartel
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