Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-20
PAULHAN TAKES
LAURELS AGAIN
FRENCHMAN MAKES 2 FLIGHTS
OCEAN AND RETURN
BIPLANE is SMASHED BEFORE
CROWDED oRANDsTAND
curtiss Fails to Make Record Speed,
and Hamilton Tries Unsuc-
cessfully to Fracture
Altitude Mark
.cnrtinned from Pase one,


spectators from the aviators This was
done Yesterday when he had finished
his long country flight to the sea.
He went in to have few words with
an old Partisan friend, and was nearly
mobbed for his pains. Everybody
crowded down past the boxes, SUI
rounded Paulhan in eagerness to grasp
his hand He did not seem to care
much for the ovation, probably because
he is a modest little hero.
IF you have ever watched running
horse race in which the ponies gallop
along neck and neck for three-fourths
the course and then one of them sud
denly sprints forward, coming into
home stretch with the spectators
cheering like wild men, some urging
the leading animal to greater speed,
others crying out entreaties to the
second horse to catch up, you have
an accurate idea of the dirigible race
between Lincoln Beachy and Roy
Knabenshue.
Cross Tape Together
They crossed the tape together, get
ting into the air fifty feet as they did
so. Down the field they drove as fast
as their engines would carry them.
Beachy had the pole. When the back
stretch was reached Beachy was 100
feet behind his rival of the air. Grad
ually he gained, cutting down the dis
tance foot by foot. When almost op-
posite the grandstand the nose of
Beachys balloon Tapped the rear Of
Knabenshue's dirigible. In a second
he was nose and nose with Knaben-
shue. The crowd went wild with de-
light. Then they jockeyed along, their
dirigibles rising and falling like the
motion of a running horse. They
raced through the air side by side
until the last pylon was turned and the
home stretch was reached.
With a bound Beachy shot into the
lead twenty-five feet. He never was
caught again until he had passed the
tape. As he came down the stretch
the crowd yelled itself hoarse. Some
were with him, others were calling to
Knabenshue to come on" and don't
quit
Beachy made the course of 1.61 mile
in 4:57 40, while Knabenshue's time
was 5:05. Beachy's time established
a new record for the course and a
worlds record for a dirigible balloon
race.
Just as the sun was sinking rapidly
into the western sea c. K. Hamilton
in a Curtiss biplane rose into the air
to break Paulhans altitude record. He
was given a tremendous ovation as
he passed the stand, for the spectators
still hope that an American will win
from France all the honors bestowed
here. He circled twice over the field,
rising higher and higher each time.
When he had risen about 700 feet he
suddenly began to descend, and in
three minutes he was on the ground.
Trouble with his engine forced Ham
ilton to abandon his high flight. He
will try again today.
Takes Harmon to Shore
Through the shadows of the night
Clifford B. Harmon took his ride to
the ocean with Paulhan in a Farman
biplane The voyageurs headed
straight for the ocean, skirted high
over the surf and came back like an
express train. The fight was eighteen
miles in length and consumed thirty
minutes.
Several other spectators We're taken
into the air by Paulhan during the
afternoon, among them w. r. Hearst
and Mrs. Cortlandt Field Bishop.
Glenn H. Curtiss tried several times
to lower his speed record for l61 mile
but failed to do so. His best time for
one lap was 2:19.
Interest in the army maneuVers by
Lieut.. Paul w. Beck of the United
States army was heightened when it
became known that The Hague peace
tribunal had just issued a bulletin
asking all nations to sign an agree
ment which will make the throwing
of bombs from an aerOplane unper-
missible in times Of war. Lieut.. Beck
with Paulhan went up in the big Far
man biplane and passed thrice over,
or nearly so, the twenty-foot square
in front of the judges stand. He
threw bags of sand at the mark but
failed to land one in the center. The
experiment was made to demonstrate
the feasibility of shelling a city from
the air by using a biplane to carry
the explosives to the point Of attack.
Hamilton started early in the day
for the endurance record, but was
forced to abandon his trial on account
of the atmospheric conditions The
wind was puffy" and threatened to
throw Hamilton into the high-tension