Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-28
PAULHAN, KING
OF THE AIR., WINS
$4,000 PRIZE
Daring Frenchman Flies lS6
Miles from London TO Man.
chester in About IL Hours.

MANCHESTER, Eng, April 2S.-The
first aerial Derby for a prize offered
by an Englishman has been won by a
Frenchman and handsomely. Upon
landing here Louis Paulhan was given
a tremendous ovation and unstinted
praise for his remarkable feat. At the
same time his less experienced but no
less plucky competitor is being show
cred with congratulations over his
splendid attempt and because he has
shown himself a good loser.
As o as Graham White learned of
Paulhan's success, he called for three
cheers for the victor. Paulhan. winner
of the $4,000 prize for the first fight
from London to Manchester, made
within "a hours and with not more
than two stops, arrived here at $3.50
! O'Clock this morning almost exactly
twelve hours after he left London last
evening.
White A%bandons Race.
White, who got away from the
metropolis an hour later, again met
misfortune and was obliged to descend
at Polesworth and abandoned the race
after having covered a little more than
halt the distance. White, who is hard
ly more than a novice in the art of
aviation, encountered treacherous wind
currents, which thrice turned his ma
chine around, and he also experienced
trouble with his motor. But for the
Englishman's i'll luck and lack of ex-
p~erience there would have oeen a close
finish.
Da..Thp- r-1a h1,t,NaI A1 with +1a cole
and thoroughly exhausted when he
reached here. A great crowd awaited
him and gave him a sportsman-like
welcome. Manchester first saw the
French aviator a few minutes after
8 o'clock coming steadily as a steamer
on a smooth sea, and heading directly
for the field which he had chosen as a
landing place. Flying at a height of
400 feet, Paulhan came over a clump
of trees and then, bringing his biplane
around with a beautiful curve, landed
exactly in the centre of the field. He
seemed daze1 and benumbed and
swayed as he walked down the field
All he could say was. Il am very cold,
out very happy" From his friends
and the crowd the aviator received a
hearty welcome, but he was too tired
to reply to the ovation. Presently he
went to a hotel and retired.
Pauihan Makes Mile n Minute.
Paulhan did the last "a miles in ex-
actly "A minutes, outdistancing the
special train bearing his wife. Henry
Farman and other friends which had
accompanied him.
When at Polesworth, White was told
of the Frenchman's success he mounted
the seat of an automobile and cried:
Ladies and gentlemen. the $50, O0C
prize has been won by Louis Paulhan
the finest aviator that the world has
ever seen. Compared with him l am
only a novice. Three cheers for Paul
ham"
The crowd gathered about the gen.
erous Englishman, gave the cheers
heartily. following them witt a round
of cheers for White, who said:
There Is no longer an opportunity
for me to win the prize. but l mean tc
get to Manchester and by aeroplane,"
Speaking of the fight which he made
White said;
81 was completely turned around
three times by the wind. / tried my
best TO get along against 1t but un.
fortunately it was no use, and l wal
forced to plane down. ! managed t.
get over the telegraph wires apd got &
start over the rack of the railroad a
Roade by aid of signal lights, but over
a good many miles about Rugby I saw
no signal light and there was Ionsid
cradle wind. I could see clc13s racing
across the moon. and when daylight
came the breezes were still vigorous
and the gusts troubled me a lot"
Following the example of the French
man. who got away from London ar
hour ahead of him yesterday. White
was up long before daylight this morn
ing and was in the air at 2:50 o'clock
more han an hour before Paulham
started from Lichfield, fifty miles
further north. White passed Rugby
just before day broke. flying at a great
height and with terrific speed In ar
effort to make up the distance which
he had lost by his late start yester.
day. He kept up his speed. following
the railway line as we'll as he could ir
the uncertain light over Nuneaton and
Atherstone, and when he was com
PEELED to descend at Polesworth he
was only ten miles from Lichfeld
from which point Paulhan had started
but a m before.
Paulhan, upon ascending at Lichfeld
sharply at 400 o'clock this morning