The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-18
Daring French Aviator Given a
Great Ovation as He Reaches
Paris a Victor.
FINISHES FIRST IN FRENCH
CR0SS-C0UNTRY RACE
Completes Last Lap of Journey
With Superb Control of
BIeriot Monoplane.

PARIS. Aug. 17-IIalf Paris forsook
It's beds last night and rcmaiued III the
streets until morning 10 watch the con
clusion Of the srcat cross country ava
ton race which was Won by Leblanc in
a Blcriot monopane. Auburn also In
a Blcriot, took second prize, finishing
short twenty minutes behind the winner,
although his total time in completing tho
course was some what longer. Ieblanc'5
fight from Amlens, come sixty miles,
WAS made In the same superb style as
the previous laps III the race.
He left hmieuS at J.O3 and descended
at Issy in tho suburbs Of Paris one hour
and twenty eight minutes later. making
the total time for the 4So miles OF the
entire fight eleven hours, ntty-hve min
utcs and ffty-uine seconds, an average
Of nearly forty miles an hour as tho
crow flies. without making any allowance
for detours or for the time spent IN bat
Ting with the storm in the flight from
Mezeres to Douai last Friday
Auburn, whose time from Amiens was
one hour and lifty-one minutes, cou1plet-
cd the circuit in thirteen hours, twenty
seven minutes and fourteen seconds
None of the other competitors completed
the entire course. although LegasenneN:
who was forced to retire In the carly
stages OF the race, finished with Leblanc
and Auburn.
There was moment Of tumultuous
In the early dawn. and from the height
Of nearly quarter of Il mile pianed
down toward the earth and swooped
across the line like Il giant hawk.
The authorities in anticipation Of tho
excitement of the enormous crowds. had
cordoncd the alighting place at 1ssy with
hundreds OF police, backed by regiment
Of Cura ssiers OF long experience in han
ding the Partisan crowds on days OF
demonstrations.
Ovation Tor Victor.
Nevertheless the spectators in al ir-J
resistible rush broke through the line,
and bore the victor on their shoulders
to General Brun, the minister OF war.
who with his staff and other high Of
tlcials, had appeared at the finish at this
early hour to welcome the victor. Cen
eral Brun congratulated Leblanc In the
name OF the government. military
band struck up "The Marseillase."
Before the cheering for Leblanc died
down Auburn in his monopane shot into
sight at the very point in the sky where
Leblanc had first been seen and follow
ing the vlctor's wake, crossed the nne
and made an equally graceful landing;
In close succession to Leblanc and Au-
burn came LegagnieuX and five army Of
ficers, who had acted as escorts to the
contestants IN the last stage of the flight,
across the country simultaneously and
under prearranged conditions demon
strating to what an extent the conquest
Of the air mas been carried.
Such n gallery of spectators has never
before been seen In Paris Eiffel tower
was a chosen point OF vantage by crowds
OF spectators and the towering steel
structure was black with people watch
Ing the finish.
On the field at Issy where the avlators
finished 200.0 spectators had gathered,
the crowd including Prince Roland Bona
parte, Gen. Dalstein, the military gov
ernor OF Paris. and hundreds of distin-
guished men and women who, when Le-
blanc's monoplane was first sighted as a
black spcck high above the city, were
seized with a perfect delirium.