The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-01-28
CARRIES OFF THRRE WORLD
RECORDS AND $4,000.
IN PRIZES.
in SLOW, RELIABLE CRAFT
Contests Are Few.-Hamilton Has
Narrow Escape as Meet
Comes to End.

Los Angeles.-As four flying ma
chimes that had been circling in the
air sailed to earth, the great crowd
left the field. and the first internation-
al aviation meet held in America. was
over.
Few know that one man had been
near death in those last few minutes
While Charles X. Hamilton was re-
turning from a 15mile fight, the
crank shaft of his machine snapped.
Hamilton shut off his engine and so
leveled and swayed his planes that
he was waited gently down.
Curtiss and Paulhan furnished the
excitement OF the closing day. Paul
han went up for an endurance fight
and after he had gone two or three
laps of the course Curtiss started up.
Instantly it was seen that great
race was on. The two aerOplanes
came over the grandstand with the
speed of express trains. Curtiss crept
swiftly on Paulhan's heels and on the
third lap after starting he reached
Paulhan flying above. The French
man for few seconds held his own,
but Curtiss forged ahead and it was
no race after that. Paulhan went on
until he had travelled GA miles and
had been in the air nearly an hour
and a half. Curtiss came down after
30-mile trip.
CurtIss the Speedy One.
This race gives the whole story of
the meet. The Curtiss machines have
won all the prizes for speed, quick
starts, perfect landings and those
events where q swift machine showed
best.
Paulhan has won all the cross cOun.
try, passenger carrying and endurance
tests, having a heavier, slower ma
chine and an engine which he trusts
absolutely. Paulhan has taken more
than $4,000 in prizes and has broken
the world records for altitude and
cross country fights alone, and with
a passenger. Curtiss has broken no
worlds records and probably will take
less than $4,000 in prizes.
Hamilton and Willard have taken
second and third prizes in most
events. The meet ended with un-
ique parade showing the evolution of
travelling as feature. 1t was headed
by old Era Meeker, of Oregon trail
fame. seated in the prairie schooner
drawn by oxen that took him over the
plains. After him came cowboys,
automobiles, burOs, carriages, bal
looms, dirigibles and finally the vari-
Gus airships ending with multiplane
that look like a harvester. Curtiss
and Paulhan walked behind the van,
like bashful school boys.
A medal presentation took place and
then Paulhan went on his endurance
flight.
Tho Prizes Won.
The prizes won during the aviation
meet here, follow:
Height-$3,oOO. Louis Paulhan, 4.165
feet; first. $4,000, Charles X. Hamil-
ton, 53O.5 feet, second, $500 Curtiss,
third
Endurance and Time-$3,00O. Louis
Paulhan. 1877 miles, 1882, first;
$4,000, Charles K. Hamilton, 1914
miles, $1,000 2-5, second; $500, Glenn
II. Curtiss. 1911 miles, 24:54 2-5, third.
Speed, 10 laps-$3,000, Glen II. Cur
tiss, 1911 miles, % 3:43 3-5, first; $4,000,
Louis Paulhan, 1911 miles, "a: SO 2-5,
second; $500, Charles X. Hamilton,
1911 miles, 3O:34 3-5, third.
Three laps with passenger-$1,0 900.
Louis Paulhan, 4.S3 miles, S:16 1-5.
No others contested.
Slowest lap-$5OO. Charles X. Ham
ilton, 161 miles, 1886 2-5.
Quickest start-$250, Glenn H. Cur
tiss, SO feet, won.
Starting and landing in square
$3.50, Charles F.. Willard won, score
perfect.
Cross county-$10,0 900. Paulhan won.
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