The Washington times., 1910-10-29

BELMONT AVITION FIELD, L T..
Oct 22.-America's hope Of retaining the
Gordon Bennett trophy in the Coupe
international d'AviatiOn, was dimmed
today, when Walter BrOOkins, In q
Wright flyer, came a Cropper-
The little racer, with which the Day
ton brothers expected 10 retain the
worlds air trophy, fell directly in front
OF the graEdstand. and was smashed
10 q erumpled mass
Young Brookins, badly hurt, is bein-
cared for in the emergency hospital by
Miss Katherine Wright. sister Of The
: Dayton aviators-
Half an hour earlier. while making his
last lap in the Gordon Bennett rae.
Alfred lie Blanc, master flyer Of the
. French team, came 90 GRIEF against a
telegraph pole just outside the aviation
field Up TO the time Of his accident
lie Blanc was establishing a worlds
record for long distance speed fving.
{ having made dfty-niue miles al the
. rate Of siXJy-SiX and One-half miles an
hour
Up 70 noon the best complete score in
! the race had been made by Claude
Z Grahame-White. in his IGJ-horSep0we~
( BlerlOL He completed the 100 kUomete-
/ course t6214 niles in one hour one
minute four seconds al the rate OF Goes.
/ miles an hour
: The accident TO Brookins was thrill
/ ins- The Dayton youth, in his -bab-
grand" Wright racer. was out for =.
/ trial spin.
Plunges To Earth.
Directly in front Of the grandstar5
= ma
and lay pile Of debris until the stoical
. Wilbur Wright had it loaded on a dr.
and Carted away
lie Blanc's accident, though Witness :
by few people, was equally thr1Ir-
hurting through the air at the rate If
seventy miles an hour. the French .snaa5
mend discovered that his mechanics had
not obeyed his orders. and that ~ had
an insufficient amount Of gasoIene 10
complete race
With a courage that might have won
medals on fields of battle, lie Blanc
continued, hoping against hope that tic
might have enough Of the precious auid
10 finish Just outside the aviation field
his gasolene gave out completely. FTfr
aeroplane crashed with terrific force
into telegraph pole, breaking Il asun-
der
During the forenoon only one other
racer had completed the Gordon Fer-
nett course This was Alec Ogilvie fl
! a Wright racer, his elapsed time being
p hours minutes $3.50 seconds. He wa,
compelled TO aIieht for an hour becauss
OF defective ignition. But for the b717
he V 8 on the ground. OEiIvie-s cme
Won have almost equaled that Of era.
ihame-White.
White On First.
Claude Grahame-White, in his To-
horsepower BIeriot monopIane. of the
English speed team. was the frs,
starter in the Gordon-Bennett race TO.
day.
. His official starting time was S.l2-29 81,
He Immediately shot out over the ions
course at a speed estimated al a mile !
/ minute.
He finished the first lap in 8 minute.
1854 seconds His speed was estimated
at hfty-eisht miles an hour for tn,
whole course.
James RadIey. the second member o.
the English speed team. was then tl.ll
ing up 20 start
l White completed five laps. 1855 miles
in 10 minutes 1902 seconds
. AlIEtU lie bidncs N the ltl-lOTSeUOWe
natWlng BleriOt racer, started in III,
GOrdon-Beunett race at 10000. He com
pleJed his first lap In minutes 40
seconds. considerably faster than. sew
= euty miles an hour
lie Bl2nc.s speed. greater than eve
before timed on a circular course In tn
history Of aviation, brought the crow,
70 its feet in establishment
Grahame-W White. flying AZ the rate O
: mile minute. seemed almost 70 %
standing still when compared with IA
Frenchman.
Goes u Miles An Hour.
! lie Blanc completed his second lap a
the rate estimated at seventy-two mile
> an hour He was flying very low an,
cutting corners so sharply that