Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-17
Receives Ovation at End of
Cross Country Race.
DESCENOS EASILY AT ISSY
Entire Trip of 4S5 Miles Made in
Less Than Twelve Hours.
AUBRUN Is A CLOSE SECOND
Enormous Crowd, in Its Enthusiasm,
Bears Victor on Shoulders to
Minister Of War.

PARIS. August 17-Half Paris forsook
| their beds last night and remained
in the streets until morning to
watch the conclusion of the great cross
country aviation race, which was won by
LIE Blanc in a Bleriot monoplane. Aubrun.
also in a Bleriot took second prize. finish
ing twenty minutes behind the winner, al
though his total time in completing the
course was somewhat longer.
lie Blanc's flight from Amiens, about
sixty miles, was made In the same superb
style as the previous laps in the race. He
left Amiens at 500 and descended at Issy,
in the suburbs Of Paris, one hour and
| twepty-eight minutes later. making the
total time for the 4S5 miles of the entire
flight IL hours. 55 minutes and 55 seconds,
an average Of nearly forty miles an hour
as the crow flies, without making any al
| lowance for detours or for the time spent
In battling with the storm in the flight
from Mezieres to Douai last Friday.
Auburn, whose time from Athens was
1 hour and 81 minutes. completed the
circuit in 13 hours % minutes IA Sec
onds
None Of the other competitors completed
| the entire course, though Legagneux, who
was forced to retire in the early stages
| Of the race, finished with LIE Blanc and
Aubrln.
Cheering is Tumultuous.
There was a moment of tumultuous
| cheering as lie Blanc appeared above
| Issy in the early dawn, and from the
height of nearly a quarter OF q mile
planed down toward the earth and
swooped across the line like giant
hawk, alighting with ease and grace.
The authorities. In anticipation Of the
excitement OF the enormous crowds, had
| cordoned the alighting place at lssy
with hundreds Of police, backed by a
| regiment OF stalwart Cuirassiers Of long
| experience in handling Partisan crowds
| on days OF demonstration.
nevertheless, the spectators, in an ire
sistfble rush. broke through the line of
cutrassiers and police and bore the victor
| on their shoulders to Gen. Brun, the min
| lister of war. who, with his staff and
other high officials, had appeared at the
| finish at this early hour to welcome the
victor Gen. Brun congratulated LIE
Blanc heartily in the name OF the gov
! ernment. military band struck up the
''Marseiliafse." but the music could
| scarcely be heard above the cheering Of
| the crowd
Before the cheering for lie Blanc had
graceful monoplane. shot into sight at
| the very point in the sky where lie Blanc
had first been seen, and, following the
yictors 8 wake. crossed the line and made
an equally graceful landing, giving fresh
impetus to the cheering.
Legagneux Also Finishes.
In close succession to lie Blanc and
Aubrun came Legagneux and five army
4 OfI1CQrq To he
contestants in the last stage Of the flight,
the successful trip of eight aeroplanes
across the country simultaneously and
under prearranged conditions demonstrat-
ing to what an extent the conquest of the
| air has been carried.
A gallery OF spectators, such as that
| which gathered for the finish OF the race
has never before been seen in Paris. nor
has the scene been duplicated at any
| other place. Eifel Tower was chosen as
q point Of vantage by crowds OF specta-
tors and the towering steel structure,
like the housetops and other elevated
| points in the city, was black with people
| watching the finish through field glasses
1 or with straining eyes.
1 On the field at Issy, where the aviators
finished. 1JO,OOO spectators had gathered,
the crowd including Prince Roland Bona
parte, Gen. Dalstein, the military gov
ernor of Paris. and hundreds of distin-
guished men and women. who. when lie
Blanc's monoplane was first sighted as a
black speck high above the city, were
seized with perfect delirium.
Breaks Wing Of Biplane.
Legagneux and the military ayiators
were forced to make landings on the trip
from Amiens, interfering with their plans
to convoy the winning aeroplanes. Ie-
gagneux, in landing at Issy, broke a wing
OF his bipiane.
All the aviators are most enthusiastic
over the successful outcome of the long
Icross-country tour. which has demon
strated that aeroplanes can be run to
scheduled time over a prearranged course.
disTcyarding ordinary conditions and COM
batting even with moderate storms.
Leblanc and Aubrun agree that the
chief difficulty in flying across country
\ Is furnished by the strong air currents
| and eddies over valleys and rayines
along the course, which often suck down
the aeroplanes from 2Oo to 100 feet with
out warning In an abrupt drop. During
| such experiences the aviators were able
| to keep their places i'm the machines only
| by clinging on all fours to the levers
! and framework
| Issy was also the goal for the big
dirigibie balloon Bayard Clement, which
arrived from Creil short time after
| the bevy Of heayter-than-air machines
had alighted. Its arrival caused a fur
ther burst Of cheering.
Takes Flowers in Aero to Girl.
| CHALONS-SUR-MARN France, Au-
| gust 17.-Parsioi, a new aviator, who OBJ
tained his license as an air pilot only Sat-
urday. after completing the trials neces-
/ 80, 81.