New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-30

ute schedule has been maintained for sixty
miles and is the record of duration for a
1ec-horsepOwer engine for aeroplanes.
At Bordeaux, France. Leon Morane made
his world record OF 100 kilometres in l
hour minutes 90 As seconds. in a 90
horsepower Bleriot.
Fire Scare Upon the Air.
After the race Grahame- White said:
This was one OF the most eventful
races ever drove I was badly frightened
at one time. fox l thought L was on fire
I'm something of a stranger 10 the big
Bleriot. for I never few it until yester-
day. and it seemed a bit queer 10 me to-
day when / began TO work in it.
But ] love IL now. What startled me
was the exhaust from the strong engines.
Smoke came up around me. and I fanCied
that the woodwork had caught fire from
the engine in some way During the
fifteenth lap / started 10 come down, but
in the seventeenth ] realized what was the
matter ana then ! kept on"
I never saw finer machine he con-
tinued enthusiastically. 1T worked like
4 dream ] usually try not so much for
speed, but look TO conserving my engines.
but this time let them out, and you could
see the way hey responded. | kept at
about the same level all the time. / real
tied that / was behind the marvellous per
Torrance Of Leblanc and i knew why. His
machine is identical with mine except in
the propeller. Formerly he had a Petit
Conchis on his machine. but replaced It
with a Regy Freres. My machine is
equipped with a Cheauviere. which has a
different pitch. And pitch is everything.
Il is really the most important part of the
machine.
My gasolene tanks were full TO the brim.
They contain twelve gallons, and I burned
up ten and one-half of these I am sin
oerely sorry for Leblanc. He made won
derful race. and would have won but for
his accident. OF course am glad / won
the cup fcr England"
The Others in the Race.
Others 10 qualify as contestants in the
international race were Alex Ogilvie. of
the English team. flying a Wright; Hubert
Latham, OF the French team, using his
1eo-hOrsepower Antoinette. and J. Arm
strong Drexel, American, in a 50-horse-
power racing Bleriot
James Radley. of the English team. in q
50-horsepower Bleriot, started at 3:S2:2 26
or % seconds plus. late, and Charles X
Hamilton was over the line at practically
3:35 o'clock, or three minutes behind the
requirements. Brookins's tumble kept him
from getting even a start.
Ogilvie came down once, just after finish
ing the twelfth lap, stayed down 50 minutes
30 seconds, and finished the twenty laps in
the elapsed time OF 2 hours { minutes So So
seconds.
IL was then 1115 o'clock, and none Of the
other contestants carad 10 start because
the wind was said 10 be better than fifteen
miles
At noon Drexel signihed his intention Of
trying his luck. when the wind had risen
TO twenty miles. The race must be won or
lost during the day. blow high. blow low
Drexel ste luncheon. anc. though not feel
ing as hopeful as he could wish. with only
q 5o-horsepower engine to depend on. got
ready for the aerial lists.
The wind continued 10 go up, and at $50
D. m. Drexel and Hamilton decided TO stay
down q while longer. The American spec
tators grew discouraged. IL was appar-
entity dependent upon Hamilton. with his
10 horsepower biplane. 10 save the day; and
belief that the day would be rescued In the
teeth Of the strong wind grew faint and
seemed fading-as tombstone and Hoxsey,
i'm Wrights, fast were doing-out for q
special prize for altitude.
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