The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-30
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! Wright racer for tho first time
d Brookins was Just corning around the
y turn into the home stretch for trial
circle. preparatory to entering in the
Gordon Bennett race, when four OF his
\ eight cylinders ceased firing. With
I only half power he tried first to sus-
1 tain himself by mounting. then de-
4 cided 1t was wiser to land, and plunged
I to the earth.
In the strict sense of the word he
did not fall. he Owed. And it could
landing-that is. the angle In when
] he hit from the earth from a height
OF hfty feet was almost normal But
driven by the wind and MS engine. he
came hurting through the air at such
tremendo Gus speed that when he touched
the earth his front wheels and for
WARD. frame collapsed under him. The
machine stuck its nose into the dirt.
collapsed, top side undermost. with a
thud. Brookins was thrown from his
seat in the sonersault.
4 A great cloud of yellow dust and
Ing into the air from the impact. It
I seemed impossible that anything alive
could step out OF that vortex. but when
the cloud cleared Brookins was seen
| staggering about, his arms tightly
clasped about his stomach
Life Not In Danger.
While he was staggering for per-
haps twenty PAGES, an ambulance
rushed out 70 pick him.up, and 1,d hurried =
announced that though he had been
painfully injured In the groin and
severely bruised, there We're no bones
broken. and he was not In danger OF
his life.
LIE Blanc got a black eye deep
cut under the chin. and broad scratch
across the right temple. but was abls
to hobble about and join In cheerful
conversation at the club house cafe
before the day was over.
Allowing for the good luck which
tossed the race into Grahame-Whlte's
lap. he still won from the American
team by superior preparedness.
OF 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 elaps-
ed Grahame-White chose los ,,. an early aIa
most favorable. and stole march /
on the defenders. After his record !
breaking time had been noted, the I
maer aor w woad had
trouble with his carburetor ands never
got off the ground unit the BON had
sounded to declare the event closed:
had only afty-horsepower Bleriot
to compete against Grahame- " hite's
Latham, in a 1oo-horse Ant DIN
dangerous and left the course when &
an ugly gust almost blew him IN to L,
the crowd. He seemed not more than
ten feet above the heads of the spec ta-
tors. and the tip Of one wing was
almost grazing the clubhouse fence. IL
That was enough for him, and he Il
sought the kindly earth in his If
zenith round.
AIoisnnt Unprepared.
. Moisant. named as substitute on /
he American team, was only notified =
hat he should defend the cup in place
i Brookins half an hour before he |.
rot away And his mech anics We're 50 Il
'urrted in making ready his fifty
horsepower Bleriot that they. forgot to-
ttach one Of the heavy rubber bnnds33
Ihich helps to control the eleyat ting 4
elf unable to man oeuvres It by heergI$'
trength. AS he turned into the sew
nth lap he lost control,i flew wide
yer yer 4 the tn, grandstan turned back into
I But Moisant was not d one -. The cup =
nd 1900 We're Grahame-White's be-
ono q recall, but there was still
"a, even though the honor brought
Moisanit attached his rubber band \,
oser mfns Hne aasg hs ues
vlator is allowed only one stop. and Ip
ny, time he spends on the earth for s
lel or other necessaries Isl counted p
galnst him,Hand included In his total rs
apsed time It had been blowing half s'l
gale between the hour when La than tt
uit and the closing Il curt When the q
aaa nnly h %Sasratsal Than
olsant saw a chance for second nj ace a "
Y sheer pluck he. won It. Lat than p
$50 finished, but Ogilvie, of the British 81
ompany, was ahead Of him. and When It,
ne last contestant had finished the l3+l
ice stood Tfj SSs 5i1 5a3,sssS; ~
.Grahame-White flrst. Moigant ser Y n,
M {; Ogilyia. third, and La tham, fourth !.
Ind Too dangerous. y
5lorexel,Y the only other AmericanlS
larteri came doWngin the seventh lap A.
tier he had found the wind too dan s
erous at the turna. s ~
A4lan Ryan. hasrmaa Of the oQumtt.