The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-01
IRTOR BREAKS
IjRLD'SREc0RD
|||uh Johnstone, in Baby
I Wright, Reaches Altitude of
9714 Feet.
|tIIDE GRAHAME-WHITE
CHALLENGES MOlSSANT
lance Prize Is Won by
IoisSant; Other Big Fea-
lures of Day.

80 YORK, Oct. 3i.-A baby"
Il. roedsier with Ralph Johnstone
wbsel, glided gracefully TO earth
IA ,uilIeht al the close oi the Inter-
ssi aviation meet at Belmont park
. arening with the paragraph regis
~ a new worlds record for altitude
-j]tile machine, OF Only horsepower,
Ian IN e7ll feet, exceeding by o2S
he height attained in france. oS,G-
liz Henry w. Wynnmalen OF lloI-
'<rxlone's ky-cllmbing feat was not
M. notable incident OF the closing
"A ihe meet. Claude Grahame-W hlle.
6,stisb aviator, who carries away the
N Bennett trophy. which takes the
. .Sniernational tournament to Eng
sharpened the sporting appetite
Challenge TO John 3. Moissant OF
'.so for another race from the park
IA ,tho Statue OF Liberty and return
--sut who won $4,000 for his fast
N Around the statue yesterday, re-
4 "A consider the challenge unless
n nrrced 10 Ny in G0-horsepower
|'ot. machine equal in power 10 his
White. who made the statue
a In q i00-horsepower Bleriot, de-
4 10 entertain this counter oner, so
|hs chance for another thrilling
b oyer Brooklyn is OF
\ Spectators Thrilled.
Ia Grahame- White, denied another
- for visit TO Miss Liberty. sent
|dn through the spectators when. at
sjose Of q speed rucc with ]. A Nc
4: OF the Curtiss team. his propeller
|oed, his monoplane dug into the
'1d in front OF the grand stand.
rd turtle. and buried the aviator
meath. lie was un!njured, and won
acc. ~
1lsssnfs winning OF the $4,000 dis
Z prize offered by the Aero club OF
.fIca was the other big event OF the
BE travelled approximately IS eighty
h And half miles in two hours. In
ne after winning the event. he
'hsl his propeller and broke a run
Wheel. but escaped unscathed,
Wrights Jubilant.
e Wright brothers were jubilant at
,sione'S success. Ii was the first
he had ever flown their tiny road
and he had set q new world mark
Hcxscy his friend and rival, was
|of The .irst TO congratulate john
The crowds about tho Judges stand
red and cheercd the announcement
|ohnslonc's wonderful air feat. j.
Birong DreXel swooped down 20 the
J. He had heeD battling in the
Will The Wright pupil. but had at
ID only $50 feet" Johustonc had
y Won the altitude event with its
prize.
was nn IDEAL day. The air was
rcand crisp. tho sun shone from a
blue sky. and there was just
sh wind 10 stir the row of flags
lhe top OF the grand stand. The
eTent ives the twohour distance
bar OF the Aero Club of America.
purse was split into three prizes
le report of the bomb had hardly
'away when far across the field the
Z wings of a monOplane shot up from
kpune and swept toward the start
inc IL was Moissant, and Re was
ne same machine with which he
nc Statue OF Liberty fight. Bud"
OF the Curtlss team and Simon
latham Of the French team fol-
q quickly and soon were chasing
'S2nt pbout the course. at almost
ue a minute clip.
n Mars Soon Down,
MS was soon down with a broken
me- and after few laps. Latham S
ne became baIky and he was forced
steend Ia front OF his hangar. Mois-
ana Simon were alone in the air,
y close 20 each other. When he
't the grand stand. Moissant let
ms speed notch and shot ahead
"a came 10 earth before the lap was
nen and Moissani was tagged. Then
'ss announced that Simon had pro-
H. 'hat Molssant had fouled him by
Wy 100 close TO him In the air
'goges penalized the Chicagoan three
pu. ID a few minutes he was
4 "nizzing around only "A few feet
As air. Latham and Simon were
more IN the contest. and Moissant
,sieu 70 be Keeping out OF their way.
sn s, queer race, When The finish
"ss put up, two hours after the
ia iMaoissant was declared the win
..,n uad been round the course
tiines. distance OF about STb
,coSS s nc came TO earth victorious
-,sd uent occurred. His ma achlnc
~; ~, bumped along the green for
B., dh0 then topDled over on its
ieh Moissant did not get a
,r's1a ~. was second in this race. with
aps 10 his credit, and simon third
,.,. ~ sps. Mo,ssant took away $1,000 :
'4'o ''OOo, and Simon $500.
Garros Wins Race.
~ special speed race. Audemars. in d
~. ,pcmoiselle. was pittcd agaiust
nio III white Dcmoiselle. n wa q
ah exhibition. and after r. few
r.1 ooth darted across tho field
A ~ ,L 9o%n gracefully together in
M, enr nansers Garros had won,
n > NJ. w lite took Allan Pinkerton
his D,plane. Count de Lesseps took
"A tba b,''sr Tor spin above the course
he uis'ance race WAS in progre IS.
he lpeeo race between Grahamo-
lplann ihonoplane. and McCurdy. In
Sal mr. demonstrated the superiority
ten lap'ahe lamo as racer. They both
HI IL OF the course IL distance of
.jal t,n,o N'lIes. Grahamc- Whites un-
vas q. 40 Was "a li'34.l2; McCurdy's $
AID W. WI hite had finished the last
"a ghen h s'iolh6 toward tho judges
nent he wa o propeller snapped In Il
'hInn ahn',s purled under Il wrecked
Il aarosc. Helpers rushed % u rsoapthe tHes
p llffsd Iu5JltQ NDun IllG
ied .bo :, lne broken aircraft and
Ne i H., ,Englishman out OF the wrecks =
hand nlnped few steps. then wave,
/ he ueahy 10 the crowd as n sI-nul
ive e. m;nm mns no, seriously injured, ~
n M ~ later he gave avsr,o,o f.,
i Trom, me e, srandstand thrills by step
& biplaan1oi 1iie hospital tent into a Far.
'forablv WHICH he mnneuvcred nm
no. n, RI, near the heads OF the snec-
y by tak,nee ne was happy, having won
ob got $1,000, D contest Nc
p in q was to bc matched acaIna,
~ ayIatnSse second speed race. but the
nqed the a,|s cou,. old NOT go up. u Aubrur .111
!rh netteac e course Nse alone for several Lang
I. the cnss nshls were strung aeross thf
Iohnstorrhn shadows began To- fall
standy NC m appeared again b"fnr,
tuEits ,ba he circled about lhe f,icl,cr.
Dearins. ,,t nhe white wings OF hi. hi % hiolan,
above IKE IKE a Halloween spook dane.
a lhc red glare from the f"I neIt