Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-06-19

upward sweep to an altitude of sew
eral hundred feet and turned in the
direction of Garden City. He wheeled
his machine and few to the center Of
the field and executed a spectacular
glide to the ground.
Scared High In the Air.
Both Mrs. H. NJ Beudette, mother
Of Mr.. Hamilton, and the aviator's
wife saw his exhibitions in an aero
plane.
The fuel tank was refilled, and Ham
ilton prepared for another fight.
"Now he is going to do something
big" said Mrs. Hamilton, with pride.
as he resumed his seat in the machine.
and. sure enough, he did. He few to
height estimated at from 800 to 1000
feet and made dives to within fifteen
or twenty feet of the ground. This
time he remained aloft SO minutes and
6 seconds, covering distance Of
twenty-five miles. He circled over the
Nassau courthouse, then turned in
the direction Of Garden City and flew
over q church spire and then paid his
respects to Meadowbrook. He disap-
peared from view and attempted
flight across the sound. but presently
in the distance sneck =es visible
against Che sky. and It grew larger
and larger as the machine winged
its way back to the flying field. A
wild cheer broke from the crowd as
the mechanical bird scared overhead.
Then Hamilton proceeded to give an
exhibition Of fancy flying. He made
circle after circle Of the course, vary
ing his altitude from 800 to Is feet.
Once he few so low as to put a dog
to fright, and again he made a dip
over the Baldwin aeroplane. which
was in flight. that caused the spec
tators to hold their breath. In making
one Of his fantastic dives over group
Of persons who were watching his
maneuvers the machine tilted in q
fashion that caused some lively sour
rying. Edgerton Winthrop. who was
on horseback. didn't waste any time
getting out of the way.
Hamilton caught his balance and be-
gan playing hide and seek over the
buildings and telegraph wires. He
ended his aerial whirl with a glide
of 200 or 300 feet. and the machine
settled on its three wheels with the
grace of bird alighting on its feet.
Played Antics With q Horse.
The day before Hamilton also made
some startling flights. He saw horse
in neighboring field, and spirit Of
mischief seized him. He swooped
down toward the horse as an eagle
would make for a victim. The horse
cavorted, snorted and tried to run.
Hamilton came within almost kicking
distance Of the animal, then veered up
ward, made a circle in the air and
again made for the horse. He played
with the horse as a cat would with a
mouse. Then he shot toward the plains
again, and a man who was watching,
wide eyed and open mouthed, attract
ed him. He bore his machine down
on the man at fifty mile pace The
man ducked; then he ran. Hamilton
played tag with him until the man
stood still. With a laugh Hamilton
rose toward the clouds
Once he rose to height of GOO feet.
His machine suddenly tipped almost
straight, pointed to the earth and with
its propeller's force added to the nat
ural speed of gravity shot downward.
The spectators held their breath. They
expected to see Hamilton and his aero
plane crushed. Fifty feet from the
ground the dier changed his course, and
the machine halted, turned and moved
slowly away on a perfect keel.