The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-31

racing days which are dead was called
forth by the elimination contest for mono.
planes preliminary To the grand speed
, contest to be determined tomorrow
Four of the Beriot birds were trlndled
acrnS. the field. their tails carefully held
aloit by the assiduOus mechanics. and
lined M wheel by wheel. each with IT,
nos. Jl-t above the strip OF canvas which
marks IA" official tape W front OF ~"
Judges stand AubrIn and Simon. IN"
Two Frsnchmen and Radley and OTahsinc-
White Of the English team. were To be ~"
Somebody in the Judges stand gave a
signal and Immediately the nechanicians
ahead - each machine gave The propeller,
a sharp twist On the instant each eng RE
began 10 roar and our from Under zach
machine a cloud % dust Nas driven
straight down the track. Three aud ip'iT
men "a ch were holding the machines down
10 the track. as the starter assistants
used 90 hold the bad actors ~ -" "ld"n
davs
GRAHAMF-wHtrE AHEAD AGAiN.
Simon got th" first signal 60 b. On
HIS mrChanlcians released their hold N
III" tail II tie Bsript th. machin' Jump~h
forward ~ IT. whs-ls for distance 81
a hundred feet or so. then climbed swittiI
M INTO the. air At r,ACurreut iI's'rN ais
NJ a MINT" each chs, other machines
scr. ct 60. and then all four 81 them
/ 49,. whirlng over th" course Tor ths
sp",if.d zen Laps.
" p-ual Grahams-N hit IN hls l"'
Iprs..- fIuW"r BlerIOt Was invinCible. IN"
ptL-r~ with only half IN" power could not
aI;Toach near tn. tim" that D.. mad.
WHICH was IL minutes ~ seconds Tor q
li'tl. pvor fifteen miles and hall Auhr,h'
Wi- SECOND IN ~ minutes - ! seconds
y nloII th,rd "a ~ minutes SIS s'conG>.
Rid."7 id not finish
IN. only other scheduled event Of the
1f'"-npnn was IN" climbing in IN" grand
1itifId competition. Latham IN MS IN
'uin ,ttr was III" ouiy competition IN thls
".".I' Although II IL mot usual Ia -"
It- .IR ma rninn climbing into the far
spaca. VI ia" sky the French driv"r gay"
4 pretty exhibition 81 airmanship. In
s,i,., Il the fact that h" had no compcti-
tor and could hav" won III. prize WIN
.u1l fcnt he chose - 90 3,39S
Tn. crowd ~ yesterday was disap-
pointed when IL learned that owing To
IN. rule ~ the Wright brothers which
frTbId- the hisrz OF the Dayton schoot
To- soar on sundays there would 10" no
chance to see the Star Dust Twins. Friend
HuNsey and Friend tombstone. trying {"
nutdo each other IN being first To get up
Ia the hghest falling oh spot in the sky
RRookINs IMPRoNI SG.
-BTookins j. getting well rapidly.
Wilbur Wright said yesterday. Hes
pulling himself together at the Hotel
Manhattan and threatens to he on the
field tomorrow
His chief trouble. said Orville Wright.
rs his concern over the loss 81 the inter
national race because 81 his accident.
He knows. as We do. that at the time he
fell saturday he was going at rate which
was fourteen seconds better TO the lap
mean the short lap. of course than the
worlds record time 81 IL Blanc. He had
only very short time to prepare IN
plane for speed. however. and now that
We know that We can turn out a bIplane
~ ,s-tll nalfAN machine saNlefenrfs
We shall begin Immediately To- build u.
.Inknstone and .HoA-ey will be out to-
day for the last dying ~ me meet stu
ally II j. when the more serious business
Of a meet has been finished that the star
Dust Twins really begin to break loose
IN their efforts 10 h. first To loop the loop
and get away with u And the crowd
doubtless viii learn to-day that Charley
Willard ~ the Curtiss camp and q muir
her IT the other fisrs can come almost
A. near To breaking their necks and stll
ju.t miss doing 50 as the cherubic Star
Dust Twins ~ the Wright camp
MAJOR samuel Reh"- IN behalf NJ N"
international aviation committee an
n, unC"d late last night that thor" would
he q - eCi4I gala day programme TODAY
The events have no relation - the record
events ~ last work There will . sln."n
worth of syecial IriYes offered Tor the -
events.
IoIALIYNTtON vICTORs
victorious three for the totaiizltion Of
ALTITUDE. duration and distance for all the
record events NJ The weak would he when
tho anal figures are IN. Inhnsfpne. HoSs-v
aud C;raha me- White respectively Tn"
exact results have not been reckon"1 a.
vet hut these men are clearly the winners
The first event on the programme
/ TO-DAY will be- the Aero Club dis'anC"
event. which will last from ~ 20 2 ~
VI The first prize will he 81 so. the
second 81 .OssI and the third sS11
The second event will he for q special
attitude prize The winner. provided lac
goes up more than I.nO feet. will receive
tjIE n he exceeds the record Of the meet
30 far he will receive an additional $500
and n he breaks che world's record he will
receive 81 on more.
AgP VI the grand speed contest will
he run N in two Sections. The first
section will be between Graham~- " hite.
tho fastest ~ the monoplane operators
by the records II the meet. and McCurdy.
the fastest ~ the hiplane operators nv
those records Each man u sure 81 a
prizn 81 81 nm nv starting
m" winner gets 81 on and the second