Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-26
Slim Chance for Flights This
Afternoon.
AvIAT0RS LOST IN DARK
STILL WAITING TO FLY BACK
Ralph tombstone, Ascending 1908
Feet in Wright Machine, Beats
American Altitude Record.

BELMONT PARK y. ", October a.
Brisk winds blowing this morning pre-
saged difficulties for the sviafors in the
beginning of the important tests sched-
uled for this. the fifth day of the In
ternational aviation meet. and threatened
To keep the machines OF two aviators out
of the days competitions altogether. The
pair of airrnen in difficulties were A. j.
DreXel and J. G. McCurdy. who got lost
in the gathering darkness outside the
course while competing In the cross-coun-
try flight late yesterday afternoon and
were forced to land i'm distant fields
DreXel at Rockville Center and McCurdy
at Lynnbrook, each approximately eight
miles away from the aviation course.
The straying experts expected to take
the air and fly their machines hack to
the park when daylight broke, but up TO
the time when preparations for the days
flights had gotten under full Roadway
about the hangers nothing had been
heard from either of them.
The chances seemed TO he that they
would not be able to get back At all to-
day. as the wind was blowing at the rate
of twenty miles an hour and increasing
Coming out of the north with the sky
clear and no fog il seemed probable to
the weather experts that by noon the
force OF the air currents would have been
increased to thirty-five or forty miles an
hour. compelling the two flyers to stay
where they are until nightfall, when the
conditions are likely to be better for their
return.
Given any sort of favorable aerial con-
ditions, today was expected to settle the
elimination trials for the American team
in the Gordon Bennett cup race, the
Mitchelin and Scientific American trophies
and to witness competitions for the grand
altitude prize, as well more cross
country flights.
Blowing Thirty Miles.
The wind at 1890 this morning was
blowing at thirty miles an hour with
apparently little chance of moderating
Indications pointed to no flights.
J. Armstrong Drexel was at the club
house during the forenoon and said that
he would fly his machine back from Lyn-
brook.
II landed safely in a large field. from
which / can easily RISE, said Drexel.
Had Drexel gone three miles furthey
south he would have landed in the Great
South bay and five miles would have
brought him to the ocean.
The American altitude record that
Drexel so proudly brought down out OF
the clouds Monday afternoon in his Bile
riot monoplane was snatched from his
grasp yesterday by Ralph tombstone IN
headless Wright climber. Drexel reached
7.1O5 feet, but tombstone topped him by
1913 feet, with a new mark OF Z 1903 feet.
tombstone came down chilled to the
bone and his goggles trimmed with frost.
For half an hour he had battled with
snowstorm above the clouds, seeking still
higher levels. The undemonstrative VII
bur Wright danced with Joy when he
glanced at the Paragraph.
Its better than 1000 METERS he cried
and began to prance again.
The Days Results.
These are the official tabulations Of yes
terdays results:
First hourly distance-Won by Latham
10 laps. plus l for fouling a pylon: dime.
54.36 4-5. Second, Grahame-Whfte. 2 laps:
time, 637 % No third.
Second hourly distance-Won by Ora
hame- White, IA laps; time 94.l6 4-5 Sec
ond, Mars. Il laps. plu lost for fouling:
time, 2S2o 10. Third, McCurdy. IL laps;
time, y. 43 Is.
First hourly altitude-won by De Les
seps, 6,39l feet. Second. Hoxsey. 5.186
feet.
Second hourly altitude-Won by John
stone, 1903 feet, an American record. Sec
ond, Hoxsey. 4,Ss2 feet. Third. Latham,
3,712 feet.
Cross country-Won by Radiey: elapsed
time, 10 4S % for the 2omile course Sec
ond Mossant; elapsed time, 1928
Daily totalization CT du-ation-Tied by
HoXsey and Johnstone; time, hours.
Third. Latham, 1 hour.
The distribution of prize money yes
terday was: Latham. 500; Graha ne
White, $3.50: Mars. 500; McCurdy, $50
De Lesseps, $3.50; Hox ey. 1913: John
stone, S625; Rad,ey, $500, and Moissant.
$3.50.
The total earnings up to date are as
follows: Grahame-White. SLIGO; Hoxsey.
81 SO: Moissant. $1,000: Johns one, $40;
Latham, 500; DE Lesseps, OF; Drexel.
$500: Radley. $500; Auburn. $50; Brock
ms, 500; Mars. 800: Ely, 800; McCurdy.
$40 and Willard, $50