Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-21

AeropIanes Closed Parade
Then came aeroplanes, the newest
and most scientific mode of travel.
Gates NJ. Fowler, with his Desert
Eagle No. 2" of Phoenix, Ariz., headed
the flying machine squadron. Prof. H.
Law Twining's monoplane was next,
and Edgar Smiths boat-like biplane
followed. Prof ]. S. Zerbes multiplane,
which resembles a harvester, was the
last of the flying machines which have
never flown The next three biplaneS
were of the Curtiss type. One was the
Curtiss Rheims racer, another the ma
chine in which C. f. Willard has made
so many expert flights, and the last
the one which later in the day almost
nroyed a death-dealer to c.. X. Hamil-
ton
Following the biplanes walked the
aviators who have made history and
fame for Los Angeles. Paulhan, Cur
tiss, Willard, Hamilton, Beachy and
Knabenshue walked with others less
famous in the world of aeronauttcs.
Medals Are Presented
AS the parade halted for a few mo-
ments D. A. Hamburger, chairman of
the aviation committee, made a short
speech of appreciation and thanks to
the aviators and then presented them
with medals as souvenirs of the meet.
The favored few were Cortlandt Field
Bishop. Willard, Curtiss, Hamilton,
Lincoln Beachy, Hillary Beachy, kna-
benshue, c. E. Miscarol, Ditmer Mas
son, Frank Kanne, H. w. Gill, Cllttord
B. Harmon, George b. Harrison, Paul
han, Prof Twining, Col. Frank John-
son. Edgar Smith, j. c. Mars, A. q
Pillsbury, Timer Colby, Clerk Leonard
Edward Cleary, Lieut.. Beck of the reg
ular army and jerome B. Fanclull.
As soon as the presentations OF med-
ais were over Paulhan and Curtiss got
down to business. Paulhan first rose
into the air and began long ana
weary grind around the short course
in an endeavor to break the endurance
record. He had been in the air some
minutes when Curtiss in his Rheims
racer rose on what was supposed TO
be a ten-lap speed test 1t proved d
n1id-air race between CurtisS and Paul
han, with Curtiss an easy winner.
When Curtiss rose into the air Paul
han had a lead of three-quarters OF a
mile. In three laps Curtiss had cut
down the lead to few hundred feet
AS the two machines came by the
grand stand with lightning-like speed
Curtiss swept by his rival foot by foot.
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The crowd cheered the plucky Amerl-
can like a tribe of Indians. The race
was not over, however, for Curtiss kept
his engine working to fullest capacity.
He caught and passed his rival twice
after that, each time receiving ire
mendous ovation.
Curtiss Quits First
Round and round and round the
Frenchman and the American Went
Mile after mile was tolled off until at
last Curtiss, tired of success and ap-
plause and exhausted from the grlna,
came to earth. He had driven 54'l4
miles and was in the air hour and "a
minutes and 80 seconds. Paulhan,
whether through a desire to break
record or through chagrin at being
defeated by Curtiss, kept up his grind
He made forty laps of the course,
distance of 64.4 miles, in L hour, Az
minutes, 40 AS seconds.
When Paulhan came to the ground
and was helped out of his machine he
was stiff with the cold and his arms
ached like a sore tooth. He said ne
would not want to attempt such per-
formance again for some time to come.
It was while Paulhan and Curtiss
were flying their one-sided race that
Hamilton rose into the air to try for a
height record. He circled several times
far off the course, and with spiral
movement of his machine assembled to
626 feet above the earth, the greatest
height made by any aviator except
Paulhan since the meet began. While
he was a mere speck in the graying
sky he suddenly started to come down,
and then with a turn of his wheel shot
out towards the ocean.
Travelled to Moneta
He travelled cross-cOuntry until he
was over Moneta, five miles from the
aviation field, turned his biplane to the
east and came sailing rapidly home.
He had been gone so long that the
judges feared he had met with an ac-
cident, so Willard volunteered to go in
his biplane and look up the missing
aviator. Willard had not been in the
air three minutes when Hamilton ap-
peared out of the western twilight.
When within sight of the spectators
he met with his accident and made his
long glide to earth. He had been in the
air 80 minutes.
Paulhan won the most money in
prizes during the meet. He captured
the cross-country prize of 100000, the
endurance and time prize of $4,000, and
the three-lap-with- passenger prize of
$1,000.
Curtiss won in all $4,000 in prize
money.
Hamilton has lined his pockets with
s35OO and willard is richer by $3.50
which he won by making a perfect start
and stop.
According to official estimates fur
nished last night, the total attendance
was 176, ,466 The receipts amounted to
S137 7,52O 80, all of which was deposited
in the Park bank of Los Angeles. The
$4,000 subscribed will be paid back