The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1910-11-04
Ls sIane Would Have Won Had He
Not HE PoIe.-tias Marrow Escape
From Death. but Makes World !:
Record.

each lap on an average Of 20 seconds
faster than Grahame-Whits and would
have won the cup II no had not met
with disastrous accident in his last
lap, when he had the race seemingly
we'll in nand.
LIE Blanc was running with the wind
under full power at an estimated speed
of 80 miles an hour when the feed
pipe from his gasoline tank to his mo-
tor loosened under the incessaut Jar.
ring Of the engine and he suddenly
found himself with nothing but mo-
mentum to carry him.
Hits Telegraph Pole.
He tried to lift his planes SO that
the last few drops of gasoline might
filter down into the engine and LEND
him strength enough to make land
ing. His steerage way was gone and
when puff of wind caught him he
drifted sideways, still driving at tre-
mendous speed and crashed head fore
most into telegraph pole.
The pole was IA inches thick, but
he broke it in three pieces as If ID
had. been toothpick. The first frae.
ment was sliced clean of IL feet up
and snapped again at the bottom Of
the stump. The third and topmost
fragment fell over backwards and
smashed down on the fragile planes.
The chassis and steel shield which en-.
closed the motor were completely
crumpled, but the solid steel Of the
motor itself withstood the shock. Had
LIE Blanc hit the pole in any other
manner it is difficult to see how no
could possibly have escaped death.
In addition to LIE Blanc's accident.
the day was marred by serious mis-
hap to Walter Broolkins of the Wright
team, who had taken up the new "ba-
by" Wright racer for the first time.
The machine was comparatively UNI
tried and in previous flights Orville
Wright always guided II !,
Brookins Has Accident.
Brookins was Just coming around
the turn into the home stretch for q
trial circle. preparatory to entering
into the Gordon Bennett race when
four Of his eight cylinders ceased fir
ing. With only half power he tried
first to sustain himself by mounting.
then decided it was wiser to land and
plunged to earth. In the strict sense
of the word, he did not fall, but dived.
The machine struck its nose into the
dirt, slowly reared the tail upward and
finally collapsed, topside undermost,
with thhd. Brookins was thrown
hi tn thA
was later announced that though he
had been painfully injured in the groin
and severely bruised. there were no
bones broken and his life was not in
dangn-
Summaries:
Gordon Bennett international speed
race, distance 100 kilometers, 62.14
miles-Won by Grahame- White, 100,
horsepower Bleriot. Time-1 hour, 4
minute, 4.74 seconds; second. J. b.
Moisant, 50-horsepower Bleriot, hour!
81 minutes, 44.S5 seconds; third OgiL
vie, Wright, hours, minutes. $3.50
seconds; fourth, Latham, Antoinette,
hours, 48 minutes, 33.41 seconds
J. A. Drexel did not finish.
Standing Of the prize winners: Ora
hame- White, first in Gordon Bennett,
$4,000; previous winnings. $1.7oo; to-
tai to date, $1,000.
Hoxsey, first in special altitude.
$500; first in second special altitude,
$500. Total winnings. $1,000; previ-
Gus winnings. $3.675. Total to date
s3.675.
Latham (Antoinette, previous win
nings. $1,750
Johnston (Wright), second in first
special altitude, $3.50; second in sso,
ond special altitude, $3.50: total win.
nings. $780, previous winnings, 31,125;
total to date. $1.625.
Moiasnt, previous winnings 81 1000
Drexel. previous winnings, $500.
De Lesseps. previous winnings, 500.
Radey. previous winnings, $500.
Auburn, previous winnings. $500.
Brookins. previous winnings, $50.
Mars. previous winnings. 800.
McCurdy, previous winnings, $50.
Willard. previous winnings. $50.