The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-21
GREAT AVIATION CONTEST ENDED Pau|han Carries Off Nearly All
 The Big Prizes BAD ACCIDENT AVERTtD Charles K. Hamilton Makes Flight But Ills Machine Breaks and He Comes to the Ground With
 out Injury.
BAD ACCIDENT AVERTtD

Los Angeles, January 2O-As dusk gathered tonight four flying machines that had been circling in the air giided to earth. The aviators walked to their tents. the great crowd filed down the roadway, and Americas first international aviation meet was at an end.
 Few knew that one man had been near death in the last few minutes Charles K. Hamilton was returning from a 15- mile flight toward the ocean and while still mile from the aviation field the crankshaft of his machine snapped. No one in the crowd noticed anything be- ing wrong. Hamilton shut of his engine and his swaying planes permitted him to alight gently. It was the best piece of emergency handling of jump igniter that has been seen at the meet
 Curtiss and Paulhan, rivals of the con test. furnished the excitement of the closing day They were both flying when it was seen that a great race was on It was the first real race of the ten day meet. The two aeroplanes with full speed on came over the grandstand with the speed of express trains. The French II. Curtiss in his American machine then forged ahead length and finally won by half & lap.
 The Curtiss machines have won all the prizes for speed. quick starts. perfect landings and those events where light, swift machine shows best
 Paulhan has won all the cross-country. passenger-carrying and endurance tests. having heavier, slower machine, and an engine which he trusts absolutely. PauIhan has taken more than s15,ooo in prizes, and has broken worlds records for altitude and cross-country flights, alone and with passenger.
 Curtiss has broken no worlds records and probably will take less than s50oO in rrize , t-,sss.s...-.5-s
 The prizes won Curing the aviation meet follow:
 Height-Ffrst. saooo. Louis Paulhan, 465 feet; second $2o0O, Charles K. Hamilton. 530.5 feet; third, s500 Glenn H. Curtiss, no official height taken.
 Endurance and Time-First, $30c0, Louis Paulhan, 75.77 miles, 1:5S32; sec ond, $2000, Charles K. Hamilton, 19.44 miles, s8s 100 2-5 third. $500, Glenn H.. Curtiss, 16.11 miles, 24z4 2-5.
 Spoed-Ten laps, $6O0O, Glenn Ii. Curtiss, 16.11 miles. 23:43 3-5; second. s2000, Louis Paulhan. 16.11 miles, 24:5s 2-5 third, $5Oc, Charles K. Ham, ilton, 1s11 miles, 30:34 3-5.
 Three laps, with passenger-First, 5000, Louis Paulhan, A.S3 miles, S.16 Is. No other contestants.
 slowest lap-First $500, Charles K. Hamilton, 1:61 miles, :26 2-5.
 Quickest start, $250-First, Glenn H. Curtis. 9s feet.
 Starting and landing in square, s250-- Charles F. Willard won, score perfect.
 Cross country. 1o,00C--Paulhan won.
 The following are records for the course, also made:
 Speed, one lap. 2:12, Glenn H. Cur tiss.
 Shortest time in rising, 2-5 seconds, Glenn H. Curtiss.
 Dirigibles. one lap, 5.57 4-5, Lincoln Beachey.
 Height, 5165 feet, Paulhan.
 Distance, 75.77 piles, Paulhan.
 Endurance, 1:5S:32, Paulhan.
 Speed, 80 laps with passenger, 8.16 1-5, Paulhan.
 Slow speed. one lap. 3:Ss 2-5, Hamil- ton.
 Shortest distance in rising, 9s feet, Curtiss.
 PauIhan with Maisson and Miscarol, will leave tomorrow for San Francisco. It is probable that Paulhan will fly in Salt Lake and Denver and reach New Orleans for the Mardi Gras celebration.