The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01

nosiiiehts OF torn turf went hover
ing INTO the air from the imDact II
oon,l impossible that anything alive
could step out of that vortev h,t
When the cloud cleared Rrookins 80
seen staggering about, his arms tight
~ ciasped about his stomach.
Whlie he was staggering for ner-
iopo twenty PAGES, an ambulance
Iusi1eo out to pick him up and hur-
REQ hl1n to the field hospital. It was
60 that though he had
been painfully injured in the groin
ana severely bruised, there We're no
bones broken, and he was not in dam
ger of his life.
Leblanc got a black eye, a deep cut
unoer the chin and a broad sscratch
across the right temple, but was able
10 mobile about and join in cheerful
conversation at the club house cafe
before the day was over.
Allowing for h good luck which
tossed the race into Grahame-White's
lap ne still won from the American
team by superior preparedness.
Ut the three Americans selected
TO defend the cup by the Aero Club Of
America, only two started and those
two barely before the time limit al
lowed elapsed.
Grahame-White chose an aar1v
morning hour. when the wind was
most favorable, and stole a march on
the defenders. After his record
breaking time had been noted, the
Americans waited until the last mo-
ment for good air. Hamilton had
trouble with his c~arburetter and never
got Oft the ground until the bomb
Inc to declare the event
closed. had been disabled.
Drexel had only a 5O-horse-power
Rlerlot TO compete against Grahame-
Whites 100-horse-power.
Latham, in q 100-horse-power An
toinette, never showed speed enough
to be dangerous, and left the course
when an ugly gust almost blew him
into the crowd. He seemed not more
than ten feet above the heads Of the
spectators, and the tip Of one wing
was almost grazing the clubhouse
fence. That was enough for him and
he sought the kindly earth in his fif-
teenth round.
Moisant, named asa sub on the
American team, was only notified thai
he should defend the cup in place OF
Brookins half an hour before he got
away. And his mechanic were so hur-
ried in making ready his so horse
power Bleriot that they forgot to at
tach one of the heavy rubber bands
which helps to control the eleVatln4
planes at the rear and he found him
self unequal to maneuver it by sheer
strength. AS he turned into thf
seventh lap he lost control, flew wild
over the grandstand, turned back into
the field and settled.
But M%o.ssant was not done. The
cup and $1,000 were Grahame.
Whites beyond recall, but there wa:
still a chance to win second place
for America, even hough the homo
brought no prize. Molsant attacne'
his rubber band and went up again.
Under the rules governing the Cor
1 - Tg1~~ct n O a aviator Is alIOW
ed only one stop and any time n
l sDends on the earth for fuel or othe
: necessaries is counted against hin
I and included in his total elapsed time
: II had been blowing half a gale be
| tween the hour when Latham qul
} and the closing hour. When IN
wind finally moderated Latham ha'
nearly five hours against him an
' Moissant saw a chance for secon'
: mace. Bv sheer pluck he won II
. atham also finished, but OgllVle, O
{ the British team managed lor I'll
8 English Wright Company, was ahea'
of him and when the last contestan
had finished the race stood: era
hame-Wh ite, first; Molsant, second
< Ogilvie. third, and Latham, fourth.
DrexeI. the only other America
started, came down in the seventi
/ ian. after he had found the WIND 10
> DANGEROUS at the turns.
Allan Ryan, chairman OF the com
ynittee on arrangements, Junped ont
p the field when Moisant finished an
dragged him 1lto the clnb nous
g Champagne was served ana as M
Pvan raised his glass, he threw on
p arn around Moisants neck an
] shouted: Here's to Moisant an
America. Give him three cheers
The crowd answered with a voluIn
If voices that almost shattered Ia
"' mnisant, smiling and difident. nft
It "A his glass to reply: Here's u
sa nrI next year" he proposed.
In two special events for altlsu zoe,
Y those interchangeable rivals. Itoksey IN I,
Iahnetone tried once more 70 QUIZ
q otber This time it was Hoxse;
h W eIGn brought down the laurels Wit
Two first prizes though the America
e cord is still with tombstone,
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