Arizona republican., 1910-02-12

Nat Reiss edged around toward the close of the day with his ten thousand dollar smile still in full bloom, to say that however he looked outside he was happy inside, for he felt sure the big show would be voted a com plete success before tonight. He knows it will be if the people turn out today. as has been anticipated and as there is every reason to be- lieve they will.
 WILLARD woesLED. r Willard started the circus with his four-cylinder machine shortly after o'clock Though it was not suc- cessful flight. it gave the people a chance to see what an aeroplane can do when it won't do. and rather dam pened the ardor of a half hundred people who had almost concluded to buy one on the theory that anybody could run them. He rose from the ground at the usual point up on the stretch. but not very high. A series of jumps and ducks followed. demon strating that he had poor control of it. due to some irregularity of the mechanical devices. Nobody appre- ciated it as much as he did. and he immediately planned to get away from the crowd and the fences. and fortunately he was high enough to sail over into the infield for a land ing As he came down he tipped first to the left and then to the right and in so doing one of the planes damned into the ground and was broken or twisted. The machine was brought back to the inner track. where MT. Willard and numerous as sistants worked hard until near 5 o'clock before they got it in good re- pair again. after which he made fine flight and clean finish.
 THE FASTEST MILE.
 The second event was a Hamilton flight, four times around the course. or nearly so. with the watch on the three completed laps. He sailed fine Iy and by his exhibition demonstrated to the crowd that the afternoon was to be devoted to the sport of aero plane flying. The three laps were made in 1920. 1880 and 1:15. The Hast lap was~the fastest made %here by over three seconds: was several seconds faster than the Rheims rec ord, still more seconds faster than the Los Angeles record of Glenn Curtiss and only lacked three seconds of Will lard's own fastest record on cir cular track. 1:12. made in Fresno only a week or so ago. He was m the air about four and half min utes altOgethere-
 THE TEN MILE RACE.
 The big thipg of the day was the hnrx the eight-cylinder machine. and Met Johnson's Buick White Streak auto mobile. driven by Smith. The auto mobile only finished seven laps. after which the losing of the plug in the water jacket let out the water and allowed the engine to heat. It went around the track to the drawSate and dropped out. and the E. M. r. Studebaker dropped in for lap in I1:22. The Studebaker will be heard from today
 In the arranging of the race the airship had been given the advantage of twenty seconds in the start, the. auto starting from the scratch twenty seconds after the aeroplane with a flying start passed the scratch But the handicap passed out of consider ation after the auto quit. and liam ilton kept on, beating around the oval. the whole show. and a big one at that. Sometimes he would pass the grand stand hundred feet in the air and then again lower down'N so everybody could see the big mechan- ism in all it's fast and furious work ing. while the rippity-rap of the gaso- line engine sounded like chorus by ty-stamp gold mill as the agsre- gation of wheels. fishing poles. rods. wires. silk fabric and humanity sped by. Once he approached from up the stretch at about the highest altitude made during the race. and then with his big engine pumping at it's best ne came toward the scratch line in front of the grand stand. at a straight angle downward. of about 45 degrees. It seemed as though he was going right into the ground like a spent meteor.
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