Arizona republican., 1910-10-31
WONDERFUL SPEED RECORD
Moissant Travelled 36 Miles in 34::38.4 and French and English Competitors Al most as Fast-No Award Has Yet Been Made.

New York, Oct 3O.-Three aviators flew from Belmont park this after noon, circIed the statue of Liberty in aeroplanes, swept back through the upper air without a mishap and alighted, chilled, but exultant. John B. Moissant, flying for Amer ica, covered the estimated 36 miles in 34 minutes SS4 seconds; Grahame- White, for England, was second in S5 minutes 21.3O seconds, and Court de Lesseps, of France, was third, in fl minutes 56.25 seconds. None, how ever, wins the s1O,OOO prize for the flight, offered by Thomas F. Ryan, as the rules prescribed that the contest ants can start any time between 2:45 and S:SO D. m." any day of the inter national meet. Under this interpreta- tion, Moissant, although he protested, must await the result of any possible flights tomorrow. He is at liberty to better his time of today, as are Gra- hame-W White and De Lesseps.
 MoissaQt used a 5O-horse power Bieriot, purchased from a French man today for $1O,OOO. Previously he had smashed his own monoplane. He did not start until 4:O6 D. m. after both DeLesseps and Grahame- White had finished. DeLesseps started at 3:Os, and Grahame-White at 3:Os. The written rules prescribed that no contestant should start after 3:S0 p. m., but they were not enforced to- day.
 Hardly had the bomb announcing the statue of Liberty flight exploded in midair when up from the field scurried De Lesseps in his 50-horse- power { Bleriot Gracefully he rose, circled across the starting line, and, as though to make sure that his ma chine was in ship shape, flew about the course and then pointed it's prov upward and west and went sailing majestically over the grandstand.
 Grahame- White, in less than a min- ute, was in the air in a Bleriot 5O- horse power. Once past the starting pylon, the Englishman was off on his journey at the heels of De Lesseps.
 Over, Jamaica, following the railroad as a guide, De Lesseps and Grahame- White held their course into Brook lyn. They kept up their express speed despite the biting cold. Gra- hame- White was gaining, but De Les seps was first out across New York bay and around the statue, about 1000 feet above the big black balloon that had showed the course. The crowds along the Brooklyn waterfront, on Governors Island and along the Bat tery shouted and waved handker- chiefs.
 After the turn. Grahame-W White, with the wind at his back, put on full speed and began cutting down his rivals advantage. Midway over Brooklyn the aviators were on even terms, at an altitude of 2,OoO and 5000 feet, but reached the outskirts of the city with Grahame- White ahead. De Lesseps kept directly in the Eng lishman's wake and now and then could be seen working his control in an endeavor to get greater speed from his engine.
 Passing back over Jamaica, Ora hame- White had a lead of about two miles. Arriving at the aviation field, the Englishman started his descent from height of 5000 feet He came down in a graceful sweep over the tops of the great trees.
 Moissant was tuning up his newly bought Bleriot At first its motors did not seem true, but finally started off over the grandstand.
 Fifty miles an hour was the speed