Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-17
Hall the City Remained in Streets
All Night to See End Of Cross
Country Aviation Race.
FINISHED IN SUPERB STYLE
Covered Distance of fs5 Miles I'm II
Hours, So Minis. % secs, an Aver
age OF Nearly 10 Miles an Hour.

Paris, Aug l7.-Half Paris forsook
its beds last night and remained I'm the
streets until morning 10 watch the CON
clusion of the great cross country ayia-
tion race which was won by Leblanc In
Blcrlot monoplane. Auburn. also in u
Bleriot touk second prize, finishing a
short 20 minutes bchrd the winner, al
though his total time in completing the
course was somewhat longer Lee
blanc's flight from Amiens some so
miles. was made in the same superb
style as the previous laps in the race.
He left Amiens at 5:c3 and descended
at Issy in the suburbs Of Paris
one hour and twenty-eight min
utes later, making the total time
for the 4S5 miles OF the entire fight ii
hours 50 minutes and 80 seconds. an av-
eragc Of nearly 40 miles an hour as tho
crow flies, without making any allow
ance for detours or for the time spent
I'm battling with the storm in the flight
from Mezlercs to Douai last Friday
Auburn, whose time from Amiens was
/ hour and 81 minutes. completed the
circuit i'm i3 hours q minutes and "a
seconds None Of the other compeu-
tors completed the entire course, al
though Legagnleux. who was forced to
retire In the early stages Of the race,
finished with Leblanc aud Auburn
LEBLANC is SEEN
There was a moment Of tumultuous
cheering as Leblanc appeared above
Issy in the early dawn and from the
height Of nearly q quarter of mile
planod down toward the earth and
swoopcd across the line like a giant
hawk. The authorities in anticipation
OF the excitement OF the enormous
crowds. had curdonod the alighting
place at Issy with hundreds of police,
backed by a regiment of cuirasslers OF
long experience in handling the Paris
ian crowds on days Of demonstrations.
Nevertheless the spectators in an ir-
resistible rush broke through the line
and bore the Victor on their shoulders
to Gen Brun, the minister OF war, who
with his stan and other high officials
had appeared at the finish at this early
hour TO welcome the victor. Gen
Brun congratulated Leblanc m the
name OF the government \ military
band struck up "The Marselllaise,"
Before the cheering for Leblanc died
down Auburn In his monoplane shot
into sight at the very point i'm the sky
where Leblanc had first been seen and
following the vlctors wake, crossed
the line and made an equally graceful
landing.
ESCORTS ARRIVE.
In close succession to Leblanc and
Auburn came Legagnieux and i've army
officers. who had acted as escorts 10
the contestants IN the last stage of the
flight. the successful trip OF eight
aeroplanes across the country stimuli
taneously under prenrranged condi-
tions demonstrating TO what an extent
the conquest OF the air has been car
ried
such gallery NJ spectators has
never before beon seen IN Paris Efcl
Tower was a chosen point OF vantage
by crowds Of spectators, and the tow
ering steel structure was black with
people watc ching the finish
on the field at Issy where tho aviators
finished, 100000 spectators had gath
cred, the crowd including Prince Ro-
land Bonararte, Gen Dalstein, the mil
itary governor Of Paris. and hundreds
Of distinguished men and women who.
when Lchlanc's monoplane was first
sighted as "A black speck high above
the city. were seized with "A perfect
delerium
LegagnicuN and the others were
forced TO make landings on the trip
from Amiens. interfering with their
plans 20 convoy In the winning aero
broke a wing at his biplane.
AVIAToRs ENTHUSIASTIC
All the aviators are enthusiastic over
the successful outcome Of the long
cross country tour. which has demon
strated that eeroplancs can be run to
schedule time over prearranged
course. disregarding ordinary weather
conditions and combating even With
moderate storms
Leblanc and Auburn agree that the
chief difficulty in hying across coun-
try is furnished by the strong air cur
rents and eddies over valleys and ra-
vines. which often suck down the
o croplanes from 200 10 300 feet In am
a brupt drop. During such experiences
the aviators were able 10 keep their
places in the machines only by cling
ing on all fours 70 the levers and
fra network.
Issv was also the goal Tor the big
dirlgibic balloon Bayrd Clement, which
arrived from Croil a short time after
the bcvy Of heavier than-air machines
had alighted
Its arrival caused a further burst Of
cheering,