New-York tribune., 1910-09-08
WHITE FLIES FOR PRIZE.
EnuIiSh Aviator Does 33 Miles IN
40 Minutes at Atlantic, Mass.
$4,000 FOR FASTEST TRIP
Glenn Curtiss Sets New Mark In
Accuracy Event, Landing
Within 81 Feet.

Boston. Sept. 7.-over land and sea CLAUDE
Grahame- White of England. sailed out Il
Boston Light and back late to-day In hi'
Bleriot nonopane, the first competitor 10
THE Globe $4,000 prize the blue ribbor
event of the Harvard Boston aero meet a
Atlantic The course was one of thirty
three miles consisting of two trips of sever
miles each straight down the harbor to th'
light and return, then number OF turns
on the course TO make the total mileage
The Englshman established mark o.
40:01&s, which, If not bettered before the
meet closes on Tuesday night. VIII give
him the big prize.
II was the first clear day of the meet, ane
while the wind blew from twelve to four
teen miles from the northwest through
most of the day. it gradually softened tt
eight miles toward sunset The staho'
were packed with people. and the enthu
siasm was unbounded a. the twelve eVent
were completed. MANY nota bles were pres
ent, including the Russian Ambassador
Baron Rosen. and party; General Nelson A
Miles fretiredD and President Lowell o.
Harvard University
Next to the flight 70 the Boston Lish'
interest centred during the afternoon or
the lofty climbs Of Johnstone and Brook
ins. of the Wright camp, and White, Of
England, who went out after altitude
marks. Ralph Johnstone was the first to
point his skid skyward. his wide circles
sending him rapidly several thousand fee
into the air
Glenn II. Curtiss came out in his new
flyer III the mean time and did three cir
cults of the one and three-quarter-rnile
course in 6 minutes 29 3-5 seconds. White
at the same time made his trial in the
accuracy test and in landing made the
first mark in that event, 162 feet inches
from a given point in his Farman bipiane
little later. he brought out his Blerio1
monoplane and whipped around the course
in speed event. doing the trick in min
utes Is 3-5 seconds, which was "A 4-5 sec
onds slower than the best time for the
event made by him on Monday. Immedi-
ately afterward ne started in his Bieriot
for Boston Light
At an elevation of approximately one
thousand feet he headed his great bird
machine toward the sea, his departure wig
wagged by sailors TO a fleet of torpedo
boats and destroyers Immediately the
Stringham. the Macdonough and the Bailey
took up chase that rapidly proved too
unequal, the monoplane understanding the
speedy warships. White turned the light
in about ten minutes and few back over
the field fifteen hundred feet high, circicd
the pylon and was off again on the second
lap almost before the thousands below
could take breath. The second round of
the course was done with the same mar
vellous precision and wonderful speed, and
at 517 D. m. White was back or the field.
While the crowds were still cheering the
popular English flyer. Walter Brookins was
sweeping skyward in graceful spirals for
altitude
The sight spurred White to further en-
deavors. and remaining on earth only long
enough to record his formal entry in the
altitude contest with his speedy Bleriot, he
shot like q falcon after Brookins. White
swung to the south reaching his highest
mark several miles south of the field, while
Brookns was more 10 the northward. The
EngIishman was the first to start down
ward, and he shot out of the deep
gray clouds behind the srandstand In a
wonderful glide to the ground Johnstone
had completed his altitude flight just pre-
vious 10 the ascent of Brookins and White.
having made at the same time the best
mark in duration for the meet. hour 47
minutes q 2-5 seconds.
Glenn Curtiss put in a mark in the
accuracy event, near the close of the day,
making a landing within So feet 10 inches
Of the mark, bettering Whites mark by
almost one hundred feet. Curtiss made an
other try at the getaway. but secured no
mark. and Charles F. Willard made only
one round of the course in an attempt at
speed which failed to secure him mark.
The summary of to-days events:
Speed distance 514 miles)-Ffrst = Cra-
hame- " hite, minutes 10 3-5 seconds: sec
ond, Glenn II. Curtiss, minutes % So sec
onds
Duration-First. Ralph Johnstone. / hour
81 minutes "a % seconds: second, White,
AZ minutes 30 seconds, third, Brookins, 2S
minutes 19 1-5 seconds.
Dstance-F,rst, White. S3 miles; second,
Johnstone. 81 miles 2,G40 feet.
Slow lap-First (only entrY), Brookins, Is
minutes As seconds.
Accuracy-First, Curtiss SS feet 10 inches
second, White. 162 feet inches.
Globe prize fight 10 Boston Light, SO
miles-First (only entry), White. 40 minutes
/ 3-5 seconds.
Summary Of points given in first four
events, speed, altitude, duration and dist
ance 10 date-CIaude Grahame-White, IS;
Ralph tombstone, .; Glenn II. Curtiss, 4;
Charles r. Willard. 5, and Walter Fl. Brook
ins, >.
SAVE MAN WHO TRIED TO DIE