The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-11-11
CUP WON BY BR|TON
GRAHAME-WH LIFTS BEN
NETT TRoPHY-MAkEs e
MILES M 81 MINUTES.
lie BLANC AND BRoOKlNS FALL
Neither Are Seriously Hurt, but Their
Aeroplaues Are isant
Flies Spectacular Race Around
Statue Of Liberty.

New York. Oct 3i.-Claude era.
hame-White. flying for the Royal Aero
club OF the United Kingdom, lifted the
Gordon Bennett international speed
trophy from the custody OF America in
the fastest time ever covered for the
full distance OF 100 kilometers GAIA
miles. around five kilometer course.
His average speed was a fraction
better than 81 miles an hour and his
fastest lap was 2.55.77. but the cap
tain OF the French team. Alfred lie
Blanc in a similar machine. a 100
horsepower Bleriot monoplane. was
making each lap on an average of 90
seconds faster than GrahameWbite
and would have won the cup If he had
not met with a disastrous accident in
his last lap. when he had the race
seemingly well in hand
Worlds Record Is Set.
His first lap was a new worlds rec
ord for five kilometers. > $500, but
he subsequently, exceeded il with a lap
in 2.44.32
lie Blanc was running with the wind
under full power al an estimated
speed OF so miles All hour when the
feed pipe from his gasoline tank To his
motor loosened under the iucessant
Earring OF the engine and he sudden
ly found himself with nothing but mo
mentum to carry him lie Blame WAS
helpless and panic stricken.
Crashes Into Telegraph Pole.
lie tried 10 lift his planes SO that
the last few drops OF gasoline might
filter down into the engine and lend
him strength enough 10 make land
ing His steerage way was gone and
when "a pun OF wind caught him he
drifted sideways. still driving at ire
mendous speed. and crashed head fore
most into telegraph pole.
The pole was II inches thick. but
he broke II IN three pieces as IL il had
been a toothpick The chassis and
steel shield which incloses the motor
were completely orumpled. but the
solid steel OF the motor itself with
stood the shock
IN addition 70 lie Blanc's acciden-.
the program was married by a serious
mishap 10 Walter Brookins OF the
Wright team. who had taken Up the
new baby" Wright racer for the first
time The machine was comparative
by untrled. and in previous flights Or
vile Wright always guided il.
erookins in Bad Fall
Brookins was just coming around
the turn into the homestretch for
trial circle preparatory TO entering In
10 the Gordon Bennett race when four
Ct BIS eight cylinders ceased firing.
Driven by the wind and his engine
he came hurting through the air al
such tremendous speed that when he
touched the earth his front wheels
and forward frame collapsed under
him Tie machine stuck its nose into
the dirt. slowly reared tail upward
and finally collapsed. top side under
most. with a thud.
Brookins was thrown from his seat
I'm a somersault and was semi-con-
sci1us when he arose Although he
had been painfully injured In the
groin and severely bruised there were
nc bones broken
Moisant in Spectacular Race.
John 3 Molsant. an American. the
same man who few from Paris to
London was the victor In the most
perilous and spectacular aeroplane
race known 10 the annals OF aviation
Dashing az more than a mile a min
ute speed from Belmont park TO the
Statue OF Liberty IN New York har.
Dor and back again 70 Belmont park,
a distance Of SO miles as the crow
flies, but 30 miles including the extra
mileage covered In the turns at both
ends. he won over Count de Lesseps.
the French aviator. and Claude Ora
hame-White. the English champion. BY
a margin OF IS seconds