The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-26

hidden behind a clump OF trees. Ely,
III a curUlss biplane, went out TO re-
eonnoiter and found Latham with moth
ing worse than punetured wing and
broken skid
CrOsS-COnntFy Run.
The last event Of the day was fun of
uncertainty and suspense. With very
little preliminary maneuVering, f. ".
kadley Of the British team flashed
over the line in a BleriOt and vanished
any but the Judges that he had started
IN the crOss-cOuntry run of twenty
miles TO a captive balloon ten miles
east OF the course and return. In less
than seven minutes word came back
that he had rounded the balloon. His
time seemed incredible. and II was
agreed that there must be a difference
between the chrOnOmeter at the judges
stand and the observers watches at the
balloon
While the matter was stilI heing ar
gueds Radley was back again. He had
done the 20 miles in express train
speed, "a better than sixty miles an
hour. ais exact time was IS minutes
4S 2-5 seconds.
Moissant in passenger carrying
Bleriot- started almost as Radley fin
ished. and was shortly followed by Nc
curdy in a Curtiss biplane and DreNel
IN HlerlOt. AT intervals or approx
mately one minute.
All three Of them got lost and DreXel
and McCurdy never finished.
WrIghts' New Racer.
Much interest attached TO the first
appearance today OF the new Wright
racer, which was uncrated last night
and assembled this morning. With or
Vile Wright in the pilots chair, il was
given TWO tryOuts. Garris Of the French
team caught its time for one morning
trial at I minute l6 seconds, and in the
afternoon trial at 1 minute % seconds
These unofficial figures are to be
= - arfN NV he
judges today for the fastest lap made
yesterday by Auburn in BleriOt, !
minute A seconds.
A little bevy OF adYenturesOme wOm-
en- went up for the short flights during
the day Count de Lesseps took up four
during the day. and Miss ElinOT Sears
OF Boston made another trip with
Grahame- White. at a height of about
$50 feet. Allen Ryan, son of Thomas
I. Ryan, and chairman or the commit
tee on drrang ements, was another pas
senger in are Of HOXsey.
If you like il that much at a height
OF Few hundred feet, said Wilbur
Wright, how much do you think you
would like II up seventy hundred
Il am going up that far before I
Ryan. I'm coming down here tOmOr-
row 10 take my first lesson"
Tomorrow the first elimination heats
in the trials for the Gordon Bennett
International trophy viii begin.
Summaries.
First. hourly altitude-FiTst. De Les
seps tBleriOt1, 6,39l feet; HOXsey
tWright). $3.50 feet. second. tombstone
forgot his baFOeraph and was unplaced.
Second. hourly alJitude-First. john
stone (WrighD, 1893 feet, new
American record, HOXsey (WrighD,
second, 1852 feet; Latham (AntOinette),
third. 3.772.
First. hourly distance-First. Latham
tAntOineJte), IS laps, penaliZed one lap
for fouling a pylon. Time, "a minutes
SO IS seconds Grahame- White (Far-
mani. second, TWO laps. Time min
uIes 81 % seconds. No third.
Second, hourly distance-First, Ora
hame-White (Farman biplane and
Bleriot monoplane). Il laps Time, "a
minutes 10 3-5 seconds: Mars (Curtiss),
/ second. Is laps penaiiZed two laps for
fOullng pylOns Time, IS minutes 20 10
/ seconds Third. McCurdy (Curtiss(, u
laps Time, q minutes 43 Ia seconds.
TOtaIizatiOn OF duratiOn-HONsey
/ (WrighU. and tombstone (WrighD,
tied for first place with two hours
third, Latham tAntOinette), one hour
/ Cross cOuntry-WOn by Radley (Ble-
lri0tl. elapsed time. 8 minutes As %
/ seconds. Second, MOissant tBleriot),
/ elapsed time SO minutes e seconds.
DreNel and McOurdV did not finish.