Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-01
AVlAT0RS DASH OVER BAY
Three Renowned Experts Make Race
to Status Of Liberty
TO1sAET HAS FASTEST TINE
UnglishmaR and FrcHchman Fly In
Exciting Race Three Thousand
Rect Abote water and
floors of city.

NEW YORK. oct a.-Three ayiators
dew from Belmont park. Long Island, yes
terday AFTERNOON circied the statue Of LIB
rrty in sepopiaRes. swept back through the
upper aif without a mishap and alighted
chilled. but eSubaht
John B,s.-Nolsant.j flying for America,
covered u}e Estimated S6-mile course in
1854, Grahame-White OF England was
second in S5:2fS0 and Count DeLesseps
u France vas third IN a 500
None, however wins the $1,000 prize for
the flight offered by Thomas F. Ryan as
the rules ptesefibe that the contestants
may start dhFi.tirne between PAS p. M.
and $50 ps ulsiaan day or the intena-
uonRl aviation meet. Under this interpre-
tation Moisapt although he protested,
must await tie result OF any possible
flights tomorrow, lie Is at liberty to
better his tlm6 pf today. as are Grahame-
White and peLesseps.
II was reported late tonight that the
aviation Committee had decided to sustain
Moisants protestcon the ground that the
meet officialy,eAOsed today and that flights
tomorrow therefore could consist only Of
the deferred flights OF last Sunday and
whatever special events the committee
might be able 10 arrange.
Hardly had the bomb announcing the
Statute Of Ihpefty flight exploded In
mIdair when up from the field scurried
DeIesseps In his, 5O-horsepower Bleriot
Gracefully he arose, with the motor dron-
Ing perfect attunement circled across the
starting line and. as though to make sure
that his machine was shipshape for the
flight. flew circuit. the course and then
pointed its. PROV upward and west and
went sailing mRjAstcally over the grand
stand N4
Enailshinan t. OFF.
Grahame4Ni9te in less than minute,
was in this afr in a Bleriot of 5O-hOrse
power with no preliminary skirinishing.
Once PAST the starting pylon, the English
man wnH oif 90 bis journey and figura
lively speaking, at the heels of DeLes-
seps. Grahame Whites machine appeared
to be the faster of the two.
Passing the efandstand at an elevation
Of about ! 900 feet both aviators scudded
above the railroad. tracks, which took them
over jamaica plain and across the town
Of Jamaica where they were sailing at an
elevation OF about 1900 feet. with the Eng
ushman stin chasing the Frenchman. half
a mile astern. On over Jamaica, still fol-
lowing the railroad as a guide for their
flight De Lesseps and Grahame- White held
their course into Brooklyn. The aviators
kept up their express train spead despite
the biting cold.
Grahame- White was stil gaining on De
Lesseps bHt the Brenchman was first out
across New York bay and around the statue
about 1000 feet above the big. black ba-
loon that had showed him the course The
crowds along the Brooklyn water front, on
Governors stand and along the Battery
shouted aud waved handkerehiefs.
<R HPane u AIfaa IiIBeftyS a 81 "
Tbeu thallass NVBite sent the nose of
his sBiefiot, around above the head Of Mas
Liberty sha stai9cd back along the same
course he rad traveied he Lessepa stili
had slight lead, but with the wind at his
back. Grphame-white put on full speed
and began eetink down his rivars ad-
vantage. Midway over Brooklyn the avia-
tors were on even terms. each at an. alti-
tude Of between 1900 and 1900 feet. but
reaching The outskirts OF the city. Grahame-
White fotBed ahead and set saE in earn
est with belmont park as his objective
point NJ #
he Lesseps kept directly In the English
mans wake. and now and then could be
seen worktng his controls in an endeavor
to get grSster speed from his machine
which was fast falling behind.
Both men continued to Fly above the
railroad track. II seemed as II they feared
to lose its guiding glimmer Of steel rails
Passing bark over Jamaica. Grahame-
White had lead OF about two miles.
Dsaoends from Height.
Arriving at the aviation field the Eng
hshman stafted his descent from a height
Of about zoe feet. He came down in a
graceful swepp over the tops Of the great
trees with,the nose OF his machine pointed
downward "a an ankle of forty-nve de-
grees. sgN
Like Grahilme- White had done. De Les
seps came Down from level of 5000 feet.
Meanwhils Moisant was tuning up his
newly bought Blerlot preparatory to max
ing a start At first Its motors did not
sing true, but finally they beeams attuned
and he Soft over the grandstand Fifty
miles an hour was the speed the spectators