The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-28

LONDON. April E-Au England Is
aviation mad over the result Of the rec
ord-breaking aerial derby that e1def
this morning when Louis PauIhan, the
daredevil Freedman having compIet-
Cd the 1S6-miIe trip from London with
but one stop. won tire $4,000 prize Offer
ed by Lord NcrthcIife-
The courageous attempt or Graham
White the English eltrant 70 avarLaIze
the Freuchmsn after The latter had
made a better start and bis continuinz
the fight after being Fsree5 to descend
AZ dark at Roade, near Northampton
have won the hearts OF his countryTuen
quite as fully as the more successful
deeds Of his foreign competitor
There Is no disposition 20 withhold
from the dashing F-enchman the laurel
for the greatest Performance IN the his
tory OF aviation but that a clever ruse
on his part, the product Of his nor
nimble French mind, had as much 10
Go with the victory as his skill is the
charge freely made today
SoIace for Britons.
The English are trying to find soIace
in th1 thought that had White started
at the same time as PauIhan, he might
have won Some OF Whites friends say
that an actual agreement was reached
between PaUlhan and White yesteruay
morning not 10 start the race until to-
cay. but PaUlhan denies this and White
has thus far refused TO confirm RE
report
The FrenChmeu stole a march on tHa
Euglishuau III the same manner Jra-
Louis Blerior. the Fre1chmau who
crossed the channel stole a march e--
the other EnEIishman. Hubert Latham
who. like White. had first tried tEz
flight and failed
While White was waiting on the 6elG
at Eormwo0d Scrubs. PauIhan set UI
1zv1ng assembled his plane without
making a single inquiry as TO Whites
plans.
White Is at PoIesvor1h, 107 miles frou
London. having made his second descent
there at O'Clock this morning lie
may complete the trip 20 ATauclest--
just for the glory Of IT,
Conditions Favor Paulhan-
Nearly all OF the conditions Of tire
race favored PauIhan- Not only is he
a far more experienced aviator than
White, but he got a start of seventy
two minutes OF the Englishzlan. rs
machine was IN better shape, Whites
having just come from the repair s2or-
In addition, PaUihan used a Farmaa
racing machine, while Whites machine.
also q Farman, was not Of racing type
PauIhan declared today that the Lon
don-Mauchester trip, IS6 miles, may
easily be made without q stop Il could
have done so yesterday" he said, but
for the cold and darkness Ny fuel vas
sufficient and the machine worked per
fectIy. I could have continued another
-
conditions
The first person 10 greet Pauihan a.
Manchester was his wife. who had
kissed him zood-by at hemstead at the
start OF the race, and then jOurneyed
tn Manchester on a special train Henri
Farman. builder Of the successful ma
chine, was also in the crowd Of 500
that pressed about the F-rencbman when
ne stepped from his machine. the recog-
nized aeropIane hero OF the world
Flight Is Spectacular
The flight was not only the most spec
taCuIar on record. but in many respects
the most daring Most OF the flying
was after dark and Paulhan and White
were able 20 pick their course only by
the lights along Jhf railway track The
START wss made Il q Strong wind that
frequently caused the machines 10
swerve and dip dangerously.
None OF this seemed 10 feaze Paul
han. VINO has ever been noted for his
reclSlessness. White. with characters
tic British pluck. accepted the gage q
hattie thrown down by the French
man and proved himself a really erest
aviator by reaching PoIesworth with
out mishap.
The seventy minutes that Paulhau
gained on White at the start was more
than made up by the n6lIshman this
morning. when he ascended at ROade at
$50 I hour and 19 minutes before Paul
han reascended at Llchheld- he was
sixty-three miles behind Paulhan ar tile
time His attempt 10 steal a warr1 cu
PauIhan was OF no avail, ami az