The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-27

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New York, October o6AWhen dusk
began to settle on the aviation field at
Belmont Park, L. L., this afternoon,
there were twelve aeroplanes in the
air a once, and when night shut down
two of them We're still lost In the 8blacB
void above. There was no moon. and
1t was by the almost imperceptible
glow of the stars that they were first
sighted. wingins their way back to
earth.
There he Isl" shouted one watcner;
right up there above the centre of the
field, against that brightest star. - In
deed, something that hoxered In The
gloom likesa bat could be- seen, grow
ing ,nomentariiy larger. Presently
there was another blot, little blacker3
than the .blackness of the background
and both Hoxsey and j Johnstone alight-i
ed safely in midfield within a few mo-
Iments of each other.
don't know how high i was" said
IJohnstone. .'bnt II 1 was not higher up
than Hoxsey I'll never trust a baro-
graph again stayed up there till Z
saw him start down. and then stayed
up some more to make sure twice.
Johnstone Mistaken.
But Johnstone was mistaken His
barograph registered only 6,T63 feet,
against s, ,173 for Hoxsey.
4 a northerly gale that took all the
warmth out OF the sunshine delayed or
caused the postponement Of all the
events to-day In this the fifth day OF
the International aviation meet. The
wind came up before the dawn and held
all morning at between thirty and
forty miles snn hour but It began to-
in the afternoon. and by a
quartersto 3 had gone down to fourteen
miles nshour X
Just to show wha could be done In
bad weather. Johnstone, of the W.sghS
team. took up a eadyS biplane against
the wind he seemed to make almost no
progress, so stiff We're the upper cur
rents but down the wind he fairly
.whizzed.8 His performance put heart
into the other ariators,E and doors We're
soon swinging wide and engines were
warming up all along the line $of han-
gars. ~
Five starters were announced N as
cross country race to q scapttve ba llocr,s
ten miles east ofsssthe course Iss. and re-
turn, and four started. Lat than, In q
fifty- horsepower Antoineste.s was the Y
first to cross the line, and he fled down
the wind like u dart. In the bright
sunshineghe was long visible ss
Aubrun followed him, and after a All-ss
brun, Drexel and Leblanc, captain OF
the French team. both in B Bleriots,
This was the first appearance OF Lee;
Blanc. the eSn"Schoolmaster$ Of the All
His airnlanship seemed splendid as hss u
shot low before the grandstand on an /
even Keel, straight for the isark s but
Scholar Aubrun beat the masSer. and,
for that matter, the Other 3contende
time was IS minutes g. % Sec
onds. fsfs ttt
u H Il remarkable Time.
Latham finished In 3Aminutes 14.T1
seconds. His speed down the wind II D
the first leg was prod gious. The ttrner s
atgthe balloon reported that he sco covered &
the ten miles and passed the mark
outbound In eight minutes. ia As S3
Later records howed that AubrMn3 s
I did the same distance In seven MIN 2
yates. The ilgures are unofficial and y
ineXact, but they amazed those who
heard them. DreSel WAS third In the
event In slow time, and Le Blanc re-8
turned without covering he enti ire
course. III s5,} ~ sss Sg.
The cross-country race had q. bareiyss
begun when eight men went out for &
distance and two for altitude That
made ten, and Two OF the cross-connt try VI
HERS wore d still to return---twelVe In s
the air I once,
Brookins, driving he "Ba by Wright
racer made upsall the distance he had s
lost5in starting ter and 50 on led the
field by two laps S5{s n! 4 3s5 y55$
& one and another OF the competitors
dropped out and the field narrowed
down to Parmalee. OF the yVri ght team
In his first appearances 3 Rroo kins. III { #
Wright racer, and Latham, who had q Ss
INN lately entered the distance event Y
on his return from y he cross country 3SSS
race a BroalJfas dropped out for n q 8si 8sliS
apparent reckon and left first place
safe for Latham. MI had no trouhie's
standard yvrig hit bs lane
u safe family horse. bui no rac essr-arid
finished one round to n the good. d
In ISecn Rivalry.
L HoSseY and II ohnst tone. In the kean.