The Washington herald., 1910-10-30
INCIDENTS AND COMMENT
AT THE AVIATION FIELD


Grahane-Hhite and q canpatriot were
observed elighting from a Jamaica hack
at the gates OF Belmont Park. II
was the type Of open faced conveyance
thu. is getting to he considered some
thing cf a rarity smong those who know
about antiques. AS the aviator alighted
and handed coin 10 the driver. it could
be noted that the person on the box did
not lose himself in transports Of enthusi-
asm The two walked away arm in arm.
and Grahame-White's friend turned and
observed the expression on the drivers
face. Then he remarked:
Il say, Claude, tell me-what did you
give the hyman?' The reply was not 10
te heard
While the crowd was waiting for
the wind 10 become a little more
unselhsh a string Of race horses, the
normal tenants Of the Belmont Park
stables, were led out for exercise in
to the infeld They tossed their heads
Ground as II they thought some one
had paid real money 10 see them led By
mented upon the passing OF the horses.
and the band, by way OF letting the
steppers realize the situation, burst out
with All, G'wan, You're Only Pooling"
But these we're tune deaf horses, and Il
didn't make their stepping a bit lower.
Greet the aviatorsl Greet the avia-
tors"' was the new cry on the held
It cane from the boys who held in
their hands great balls Of varicoIored It's
sue paper strips fastened t. sticks.
Aviation plumes is what they call them,
and then the man who Is trying 10 put
them into the hands Of the public says
that they We're big hit at the Squantum
meet Belmont Park spectators didn't
seem 10 be very wild about the idea OF
this sort OF greeting any more than they
were about ''the official aviation flags"
Some OF the programme boys have been
I hunting aviatorial patter. The one at the
/ gate hands you this one right of the bat:
Get your programmes, Programmes
/ You're up in the air without a pro
+ gramme,''
/ Why can't they cheat about how high
/ they go?' asked one OF the sweet things
on the lawn.
/ Because the Paragraph won't let
them" said the sage with her.
/ We'll, Ia take q piece OF ice Up with
me and hold II against the foolish thing
/ But the Paragraph doesn't register the
/ cold her infOrmer explained; its just
/ affected by pressure"
/ Then" said she finally, I'D press the
! piece Of ice against it,"
/ The United States AeronauucaI Reserve
/ has been enrolling members all through
{ the meet Al its tent between the field and
/ grand stands The number or army and
navy men. militlamen. hnanciers. states
men, newspaper men and others has gone
/ above 5000 for the total The magazine is
/ sued by the association is TO be sold
al the field. II is the first number. and
f. the name Of the publication is the Air
Scout
Overheard in the grand stand while
| HONey and tombstone were fading out OF
| sight in the twilight:
What's become OF the Heavenly
Twins"
Guess they have gone Up to light the
| stars"
Just AZ that moment out popped a tiny
star just above the place where John
| stones biplane had disappeared. Then
came another, then a group, finally the
Little Dipper. About all the stars that
are visible this time Of year were out
by the time the rival ayiators reached the
ground
A little crowd of newspaper men hur-
ried over TO Ralph tombstone when he
slid 10 earth after his long climb into
the Cloud.eSs evening sky Wednesday.
What kept Won So long they asked.
| well, ] waited to make sure that Arch
HoXsey wasn't going any higher and
then / waited a little longer for good
luck Al that I beat him 10 the ground
Did Won climb higher than Hoxsey2"
was the next query
We'll. if his Paragraph says 7 didn't.
then I'll never trust a tlrOgraph again
As @ matter Of fact, the judges figured
out that Hoxsey's flight overtopped
Johnstone's by 400 feet. but tombstone
did not know that at the time.
The Little Demoiselle. the tiniest aero
plane Of the lot. makes a hit with the
| spectators II looks for all the world like
a dainty yellow butterfly. ''Oh. isn't il
cute" Just too dear" Too cunning
for anything" are some Of the remarks
heard when the Demoiselle makes its
appearance The tiny racer has not flown
very much as vet, probably because the
winds have been too boisterous. 1t lut-
tered like a yellow leaf before an autumn
gale. made three-QuaTteTs OF a circuit OF
the track and then alighted on its first
effort. GarrOs. the Wiry Frenchman who
pilots-fhe DemOiselle, climbed out and
trundled it back TO the shed.