Evening journal., 1910-08-17
lie BLANC WINS
FLYING RACE
Covers the Final Seventy
Miles Sixteen Minutes
Ahead Of Aubrun
GREETED BY THRONG OF
HYSTERICAL FRENCHMEN
BY United Press Leased Special Wire.

BY United Press Leased Special Wire,
PARIS. Aug. I'm. Leblanc to-
day won the last and deciding stage
Ia the worlds greatest cross-countr,
aerOplane race, 494 miles, completing
the final stretch from Amiens TO Issy
seventy miles. sixteen minutes aheaC
of NJ. Augurn, the only other com.
petitor in the race at the finish.
BY his victory lie Blanc VIM the
$4,000 prize offered by lie Matt , and
other prizesc that bring the total NJ
to $4,000
lie Blanc made the flight fiom
Amiens in one hour and forty-two
minutes, having started at SOB. Au-
brun left Amiens at 5.10 and reached
Issy at 7O1, his time being nine min
utes slower than lie Blanc's.
A corrected count of the distance
Travelled i'm the six stages of the race
which included successive flights to
Troyes, Nancy. Mezieres, Douai,
Amiens and thence back to Issy, and
the time made, shows that La Blanc
covered 494 miles i'm eleven hours
and 56 minutes and Auburn in thirteen
hours and p minutes.
Paris got up early to witness the
finish of the thrilling and the long
est fly ever attempted by aviators.
Thousands gathered at Issy during the
night and by dawn the parade ground
and most Of the vantage points IN
the citys suburb were crowded.
Greeted With Cheers.
/ AS lie Blanc appeared over the city
a tremendous cheer arose and contin-
ued almost without interruption un-
Til both he and Aubrun, who come into
view a few moments after lie Blanc
/ had alighted. The War Minister and
! General Dalstein the military govern
or of Paris were among the first to
greet the winner. They and hundreds
of other men of prominence had been
at the parade ground since 4 o'clock
lie Blanc flew over the heart OF
Paris, passing by the top of Eiffe
Tower. Aubrun flew at a much gveat
er altitude than lie Blanc, but he sol
lowed practically the same course. II
Blanc stopped his motor when neal
the landing plane and glided to tn,
ground. Auburn's aged father greet
ed him with tears and kisses.
The aviators were raised to tn
shoulders of their excited admierer
and borne to waiting automobile
when a parade about the ground wa
begun. No more enthusiastic demon
stration has been seen in France il
years.
Crowds Hysterical.
The parade finall headed for Pari
and through crowded streets Of hys
terical Frenchmen it drew up at tn
Office of lie Matin, which planned tn
race and gave a prize Of $4,000 {
the winer.
A number Of other aviators, in
cluding four from the army, made tn
> fight from Amiens TO Issy. Lieuter
ants Letheux. Aquaviva. Cammerma
and Yullierme. Legagneux. and Bic
lovucie all made the trip. Several otl
er aviators met the racers outsid
the city and acted as an escort to tn
, issy parade ground. LieutenaT
Lucas was one Of these. He flew froi
Gillacordray, ten miles from Par
and was the first to alight
lie Blanc is one of the foremost av
? ators In France, with Hubert Lathal
e and No Labarouche, lie Blance is
member of the Speed Team" selectf
by the French ayiators to go to Anne
= lea in October to contest for the Go
e don Bennett trophy which goes to Il
1 aviator making the greatest spec
3 The winner of this contest also taxi
: the next international contest to b
y own country.