Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-15

sbue came to earth in a beautiful
descent right in front of the judges
stand. The crowd cheered wildly when
Kna benshue stepped from the rigging
of his machine and DOTTED his cap to
the crowd.
Wins Slow Event
c. K. Hamilton defeated c. F. Will
lard in the slow speed test, making
the course in 1886 20, as against Will
| lard's 3:11 1-5. \ prize of $3.50 goes
to Hamilton.
Mason learned something about eX-
pert aerial navigation while travelling
as a passenger with Paulhan. The
throttle handle was given over to
Mason as the biplane scared 200 feet
in the air Paulhan sat in front,
while Mason sat at his back. Learn
ing to operate a biplane 200 feet in the
air with Paulhan as a teacher is TAX
ing chances, but Mason did not seem
to care the least little bit. Paulhan
and Mason were in the air eighteen
minutes and thirty seconds, making
six complete circuits of the course, or
about ten and one-half miles.
Aviation Fever Spreads
The aviation fever has spread to all
classes of all ages. 1t is like the circus
fever which strikes its hardest blows in
the summer, making little boys run
away from home, big boys carry water
to the elephant, and grown UP men and
women jostle and bump each other in
masses of humanity for the chance to
see some daring one make sensational
jump or a high dive.
Paul Calhoun, a 4-year-old youngster
from Los Angeles, got the aviation fe-
yer yesterday morning. 1t led him to
ride all the way to Compton on his
little tricycle., where he was taken in
charge by officers. He was not harshly
returned to his parents, but was taken
by the Compton marshal to the avia-
tion grounds and presented to the $4,000
or more who sat in the grand stand and
lined the fences around the field.
A great deal of dissatisfaction has
been expressed because of the number
of persons allowed on the field proper
during the afternoons events. Yester-
day afternoon an order was issued
which prevented all spectators from
passing onto the field. This excluded
working newspaper men, who called
quick conference with the committee.
After some little time it was decided
that working newspaper men only will
be allowed on the field. The field priv
ilege has been greatly abused by those
who have ABSOLUTELY no right there, and
who interfere with the events, with the
view of the spectators and with the
newspaper men generally.
Special Bumps Cars
Owing to a slight accident cars on
the way to the aviation field were de-
layed twenty minutes yesterday after
noon. A special train bumped into
regular car, smashing several windows.
Nobody was injured.
When the shadows had begun to
gather one of the real sights of aero
nautics was viewed. Three biplanes
were in the air at once. while in the
center of the field a captive balloon
was anchored. and sailing off to the
east were two dirigibles. The dirigi-
bles were going to their resting place
in a gully behind the grandstand. One
of the biplanes was being operated by
Hamilton, who was testing for height.
and the other aeroplanes were being
piloted by Paulhan with Chairman
Bishop as a passenger, and Willard.
who was making a warming up
flight.
Los Angeles day was one of the most
successful Of the meeting. The attend
ance was more than 10000
Through some misunderstanding the
information has gone out that there
will be no aviation events Sunday.
This is erroneous. Sundays events will
be exceptionally interesting. Special
attempts will be made to break height,
speed and distance records.
Paulhan may try to fly to Mount
Wilson today if conditions are favor
aple.