The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-29
Ralph tombstone Is FavOrite
With Crowd at Belmont
Park After His Wild Flight
During Gale on Thursday.
ADMITS BEING SCARED
AFTER HE ALlGHTED
Hamilton Drexel and BrookinS
Chosen to Defend the Gordon
Bennett International Speed
Trophy by Committee.
LIST OF PRIZE WINNERS

AIEW YORK.. Oct. 2g.-'rhe crowd at
N Belmont park Today was ali for
hhiph JOhnst0ne. when, from
Middle Island village, T.. L.. nfty-fiNn
miles off the course, he brought back
"a aeVv american record of stfIi feet fer
altitude-the second he has added to
mis- string ia She International aviation
meet.
HUT the interest of the HViat0rs was
centered ON the action Of the Acre Ciub
of America, which, after "a midnight
session, chose Hamilton, Dre1ei and
BFooEins early this morning to defend
the Gordon BeHnett international speed
trophy.
Andemnrs. in a DemOiseIIe. suffered
The first accident Of the tournament to-
day, buf came off with Nc hurt to hiH-
self and only minor damages 20 his
machine.
Just before the passenger-carrying
crOs5-cOuntry race was started al
O'Clock this afternoon mote in the
paling sky was seen far TO the south
east. 1t was tombstone. reappeariug
just where he had vanished in yester-
day gale lie elrcled the field and
settled i'm front % the judges stand.
while the grandstand waved cheered
and stamped.
Tell You what boys" Johnstone
said when he landed. III was just tls
mercy of Providence tnal saved my
neck. When ] thought 4 Was within
touching distance OF the new worlds
4EEuAus i AAl-A OF EDL nl4 atDnA the
wind and began 10 reacn Out Tor more
height. Then 1 suddenly said 10 my
ser. . Oiime man. you better see how
much gas you have got It's the truth.
] had just enough 70 turn over the Two
propeilers, when / kept her nose mp,
the Juice ran down into the engine and
she c5ughed. The minute / pointed
down / lost my fuel and she began TO
miss.
ut was just ike shooting the chutes.
First I'd take header with the power
off, and then the wind began 10 carry
me out of control. ia point up bit,
get a little headWay, run level Tor =
hundred yards and then dip again.
Frightened After Landing.
'I was not much scared until / got
down 10 earth and saw what a gale
there was. Then I was frightened for
fair. The only spot ] could find 10 land
i'm was a little patch not three times
bigger across than the stretch Of nay
wings from tip TO tip.
While 1 was tossing pennies with
myself. the wind turned me clean
around and landed me front end back
wards, but that was just what saved
me.
IF Ia come down head-first. tie
wind would have picked me APP tipped
me over and smashed me 10 pieces.
What fluttered the hangers far more
today than new record ot Llan Joil M
stones narrative tnoush- was me Sc
lection by the Aero Club of America Il
an American team 10 defend the Cor
don Bennett international speed trophy
1t had been intended 40 narrow the
choice by elimination trials, but windy
weather forbade, and when the limit,
named under the international rule for
the try of team approached, III was
necessary 10 substitute an election
Hamilton, with his I10-hOrsep0Wer
Hamiitoniau; DreNel. with a 50-hOrse-
power BleriOt and BrOOkins IN the new
Wright racer, were named,
Curtiss Left Ouf.
CurIiss, VINO brought the cup 10 this
country, thus has no part IN defending
il, and his new racer remained unfried-
IL and other dark horses VIII have q
chance 10 show what they can do IN
The speed trials. which carry prizes Of
SO. OO0 for first place and $1,000 Tor sec
Ond place There was some chagrin
over this outcome. but. on the whole.
the American aViators acquiesced in
the action OF the Aero club ana took
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