Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-04-29
PAULHAN WINS
AERIAL PRIZE
FRENCHMAN FLIES FROM LONDON
TO MANCHESTER AND WILL
RECEIVE $4,000.
MAKES ONE STOP FOR NIGHT.
Defeats Graham White, the English
Aviator, Who Quits Sixty Miles
from Destination.
BOTH USED FARMAN BIPLANES.

MANCHESTER, April 2S-Louis
Paulhan. the French aviator, arrived
here this morning at $50 o'clock. winner
of the $4,000 prize offered by the Daily
Mail for a flight from London to this
city, the distance being 1856 miles. Paul
hans victory over Graham White. the
English aviator, is regarded as a more
severe blow to the prestige of England
than the historic flight of that other
Frenchman. Bleriot, over the channel
The start of this greatest of modern
aeroplane races was made Wednesday
evening in London. White had returned
there after his first unsuccessful attempt
in which he failed to reach Lichfield
Paulhan, hearing of Whites failure,
rushed his machine to the capital and
without notifying White. started on the
long journey from Hampstead at 5:22
o'clock. White. his machine partially
dismantled. showed his gameness by
starting his biplane at $50 from Worm
wood Scrubs.
Paulhan flew straight as a die along
the line of the London & Northwestern
railway 1t was his intention to make
Manchester without a stop, though the
conditions Of the race allowed two stops
with a time limit of twenty-four hours.
Paulhan Has Pacemaker.
All was hustle and excitement in the
Englishman's camp and soon he. too,
was soaring through the air with the
echo of roar of cheers ringing In his
ears as he sped toward the PARKWAY
goal. White Travelled at a great height.
He passed over Bletchingley, eighteen
miles from London, 1000 feet in the air.
The telegraph and telephone kept Lon
don and this city Informed Of the
progress of the ayiatOrs. The daring
Paulhan took a railroad express train rs
his pacemaker.
Toward 8 o'clock. at Lichfield. where
thousands of persons had assembled, a
shout of There he isr' went up, and.
half frozen and exhausted, Paulhan de
scended safely. He was wildly cheered.
Paulhan said he had no idea that he was
at Lichfield. the point White reached IN
his first flight. The Frehchman imme-
diately went to hotel and slept. He
planned to arise at 2:3O and breakfast.
White Makes Descent.
At about the same time White reached
Northampton, but. being unable to find {,
landing place, turned back and descended
in field. He said he suffered intensely
from the cold. Whites mother, who had
followed him in a train, soon arrived and
looked after her sons comfort.
Their first stops found Paulhan about
115 miles from London and White only
siXty-siX miles from that point They
had averaged about thirty-seven miles
an hour.
White, desperate in the knowledge that
his rival had such great start. was first
IN the air this morning. At $50 he was
once more headed toward Manchester,
about 40 miles away. He made a land
ing at Palesworth. sixty miles from
Manchester At 4 90 Paulhan left Lich-
field. Both We're favored with fine
weather
Both men used Farman biplanes of the
latest type. The flight was remarkable
for the great height at which the ayia-
tors made their journey.