The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-10-26
SNOWSTORM
1908 FEET IN AIR
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again the speck sliding earthward
would come into view, working all the
| time into the lower sky OF the north
east. At a height OF about 1000 feet
and TO the east Of the field tombstone
dove out OF mist bank with his en-
| CINE throttled down, and he finished
his flight with a long dive 10 q spot
a few feet from his starting point
de Lesseps has the record of the
day" remarked Hoxsey, as tombstone
was climbing out OF his machine
Yes. and you have the pip" re-
turned tombstone 10 his aviation school
mate. sauntering back 10 his camp and
coffee. But De Lesseps did not have
the record. The count earlier had tried
for altitude in his Bleriot. but at a
height OF 6.39l feet he began 10 lose
his bearings in the fog and rain a1oft.
Sees Three Race Tracks.
Below him. Count De Lesseps said
later, he could see three race tracks, and
when he, at last. was sure which was the
Belmont race track he dropped The day
vas free OF accidents OF any kind. for a
long time after MOssant. In his Bleriot,
and McCurdy, in a Curtis, started out
on the daily cross-cOuntry flight TO round
the anchored balloon near the Meadow
Brook Hunt Club House, ten miles 20 the
southeast OF the field, there were worried
folks In the grand stands and on the field,
as darkness came on with no news from
the flyers.
out OF the gathering gloom. short
ly after o'clock. came a puttering and
then vague form that proved TO be
Moissants Bleriot He had been gone an
hour and had flown between fOrty-fve
and fifty miles, continuously, because he
was unable TO locate the balloon which
marks the outbound limit OF the flight
He had seen nothing Of Drexel or Nc
Curdy.
Darkness and the end Of the days
flights sent most OF the crowd homeward
still ignorant OF whether or not McCurdy
and Drexel had come 10 grief As the
last Of the crowd was leaving. McCurdy
called up the judges stand from Rock
Vile Center. and Drexel further relieved
anxiety few minutes later by calling
up from the same general direction also.
Society Does Not Turn Out.
Society failed 10 turn out in large num-
bers this afternoon. and those who sat
in boxes could almost be counted az
glance, Mrs. Harry s. Hardness. Miss
Eleanor Sears. Countess de la Bregas-
siere. sister OF Count de Lesseps, the
aviator and her guests, Mrs W. ".
Beadmore and Misses Ethel and Grace
mackenzie OF Toronto. were among
those who sat IN "Ayiators' Row"
Miss Sears later lunched az the club
house with Aviator Grahame- White. who
afterWard took her for a ride in the air.
Count de Lesseps took I'd as passen-
gers Mrs BeadmOre and the Misses Mac
kenzie- All three aiternated with a cos
tune that consisted OF a gray motor
coat and a fur toque. Count de Lessons
says he is being besieged by requests for
rides, and has as many as twenty already
promised.
A new feature introduced at the fving
field is foot rugs. They are made with
big fur pockets. and usually match the
automobile coat. A number OF boxes
were supplied with these accessories on
the cold days The knitted caps. too,
have found wide popularity. as they III
Tor all conditions OF weather.
Records for the Day.
These were the official tabulations Of
the days results.
Flst hourly distAnee-Won by Latham ls lsps
plus foE foliing pylon- Time. = minutes s IS
seconds Second place Grahane-Yhiue lsre.
Time. minutes 3 IS seconds No third
Second hourly distance-Won by Grahzne- White
i laps. Time 81 minutes Is - seconds second
place. Mars, u laps plus lost for foaling Tins
y minutes % Is secondS- Thid, Nee rsly. . Isus
Time. 2 minutes g IS seconds
Flrst hourly altituds-Won by De Lesssps 9 9l
feet second place, Hoxsey 57s fee.
second hourly atitude-Woa by JoInstone. 7sos
feet. an American record; second plscs Ho1sey.
s3 feet third, Latham, 3772 feet
Cross coslutTy-WOn By Radley. Elarsei time 70
minutes IS 25 seconds for the twenty-1nile course
Second place. Mcisant ELAPSED time, IS minutes
. seconds
Daily totalization If duratiou-Tied BY HoTsev
and JohHstone. Time, hours. Third place,
Latham. ! hour
The distribution q prl1e money today was.
latham. $40 GrahSmeW White $50: Mar. 500:
McCurdy 80; De Lasseus $50. Hoxsrv. SIS. John
stone, SIS Radley, 500. and Moissaut. $50