Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-16


blow and, leaping from the machine
! started to run across the sodden bar
| ley field.
| At the time of the accident a Herald
man was within 100 yards of the ma
chine but no one else was near. Ihe
reporter caught the dazed aviator ana
asked him if he was wounded. Mis-
carol stopped, put his hand to his
forehead and said in French:
Me? What the devil has hap
| pened?"
Crowds Rush to Field
Then catching sight of the crippled
machine he seemed to understand,
| and with another exclamation turned
in his tracks and ran with all MS
might back to his injured machine
bird. Apparently the aviator momen-
tarily labored under the impression
that he had fallen from great height,
Aside from a slight bruise on his fore
head NIiscarol was unhurt.
In an instant everybody on the field
was running like mad to the wrecked
machine. 1t was with difficulty that
the mounted police kept the crowds
/ back from the monoplane.
/ The injured left plane, which had
/ been bent almost double, was partly
| Strengthened out. The under frame
] was Deul, DQChlGu anu JIOhCl' N'iAN
of the fore wheels was jerked COM
| pletely off its axle. The propeller
| blade was cracked. In the fall one end
| of the blade stuck in the mud ana
! stopped the engine. Otherwise the
machine would have been torn to
pieces by the tremendous pulling pow
| er of the motor The engine proper
was uninjured it was reported. After
a few minutes the broken monoplane
was blocked up on some boxes and
later towed back to the hangar. 1t IS
useless for the rest of the meet. How
ever, Paulhan has another monoplane
and probably will try flights with it.
Hamilton Loses Race
Next to the accident the race in
the AR between Hamilton in cur
tiss biplane and Paulhan in Far
| man bipIane was the most exciting
event of the day. One thing was
proved by the race. The Farman ma
| chimes have speed abilities as well as
endurance and carrying qualities, for
Paulhan in a burst. of speed passed
under and beyond Hamilton after
having driven like madman for a
lap and a half.
When the race began Hamilton was
attempting to break the speed record
for ten laps, or approximately 161-
miles. 1t was just about o'clock
when Hamilton rose into the air, ana
he had made three circuits around the
course. when Paulhan, who had been
| looking over his biplane in the low
land at the northeast corner of the
| field, suddenly shot into the air.
BY the time Paulhan got well into
the air and had struck his gait Ham
iltOn was a half a lap ahead of nm.
Around the course they raced, While
/ the spectators looked on in a frenzy OF
delight. Faster and faster went Paul
/ han and faster and faster went Ham
! ilton. AS Paulhan passed the grand
stand he glanced over his shoulder to
see where his rival was. Then he
pulled his throttle wide open, advanc-
/ ing the lever to the last notch of
speed.
Shot Rapidly Ahead
Like a thing of life, he shot ahead as
| cheers from below rose to his ears. The
/ great powerful "GnOme' engine
| poun n--.l harder and harder, the quick
| explosions sounding like the notes Of
a rapid-fre gun. Paulhan just missed
/ the first pylOn as he circled to the
north. Again he detoured but slightly
when ne passed the second tower.
| Down the back stretch Hamilton tore
/ through the air. with Paulhan gaining
/ a few feet every second. Gradually
| Paulhan drew closer and closer to his
rival, and suddenly, just as the north
west tower was reached, overlook him.
| With a swoop downward, Paulhan
passed under Hamilton, and the spec
tators went wild with delight. They
had seen the first real race in the air
of the meet.
Paulhan, coming down the home
| stretch, swerYed to the north, cutting
the corner. Hamilton, caught off his
guard by Paulhan's actions and
slightly unnerved by it, was thrown
out of his course several hundred feet
AS he swung around the pylon at the
western corner of the field he detoured
far to the south. For a moment it
looked as though he would strike the
grandstand, but with a superb show
ing of skill he righted his craft.
swinging it back into its proper course
within a few seconds.
May Cost a Fine
Hamilton continued his speed trial
and Paulhan in a sensational glide
came to earth almost in front of the
judges stand. Paulhan should not
have been on the course at the time
the race was being run, and his actions
may cost him fine. Hamilton may
enter a protest against the French
mans actions. Paulhan seems always
wanting to get into the air at the
same time others are there There is
little danger of collision in the air
when both machines are travelling in
| the same direction 1t makes good