Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-08-20
FIRST MOONLIGHT
FLIGHTS MADE BY
WRIGHT AVATORS
Arch HOxsey Starts to Go Up on
Dare, but tombstone
Beats Him.
BOTH FIND NIGHT AIR
FAVORABLE FOR WORK
Unusual Demonstration Results
from Rivalry Between Mem
bers of Same Camp.
Trrom a Star correspondent.

lfrOm a StdH NoffespOHueHL.l
ASBURY PARK, Aug. 2o.-The first
moonlight fight in a heavier-than-ail
machine aver made in this country was
made at 10 o'clock last night when
Ralph tombstone, of the Wright corps
of fiers. went up in the new machine
without the front controls, and re-
manned in the air for six minutes. The
second moonlight flight was made just
twenty-eight minutes later by Arch
Hoxsey, who remained in the air for
seven minutes. And back of the story
of the two flights is the story of the
greatest rivalry that ever existed be-
tween two ayiators, eve though they
are both attached to the anne camp.
At the Hotel Lafayette last night
Hoxsey was talking about the altitude
flight of 3,548 feet that he had made
three hours previously. Looking UP
at the STARTLED sky and almost full
moon he remarked, "I would like to
go up right now"
We'll dare you to-" chorused a
bunch of newspaper men.
You're on" came back Hoxsey. BE
at the field at 1920 and l will go up
ltEh 8Oto llAo 4A0<AoSS 49, oC
UP reached Ralph tombstone, who was
visiting with some friends on the lower
part of Ocean Grove, three miles or
more away from the field. he said:
He won't beat me to that stunt.
He jumped on his motorcycle that is
his e-ver-constant companion and
burned up all speed records getting to
Interlaken field. When he reached
there he rushed the new Wright
machine and made record time in get
ting it tuned up; just as Hoxsey and his
party In an automobile reached the
main gate the whirr of an aeroplare
engine was heard.
Hoxsey Is Fooled.
'Stung," said Hoxsey, Il will bet a
century that someone has tipped john
stone off and he has beaten me to the
fight"
Hoxsey was right and Hoxsey was
sore. He blamed one of the newspaper
men in his party for doing the tipping
for the purpose of getting a better
story. But he was wrong. The tipping
off was done by a friend of john
stones who has spent every evening
in the near vicinity of Hoxsey watching
for Just UGH a chance to beat Hoxsey
some stunt by informing tombstone.
Hoxsey stood in the field as john
stone came down with a complacent
grin. Hello. Arch. Nice and dry up
there tonight. There isn't any dust,
either" smiled tombstone.
Hoxsey was so angry he would not
even reply. Take that machine over
to the tent and get 1t ready. I am
going up, anyway Hoxsey said.
tombstone, satisfied with beating his
rival, went to his ever-ready motor
cycle and chased back downtown. He
did not eve wait for Hoxsey to go up.
Then Hoxsey started out for a oon
light skylark. He u figure Fights.
~roller-coasted, darted upward In a
squirt of 500 feet toward the moon, and
waved to the people down below from
a height of 100 feet. When he tired of
that he cut grapevines and what
looked to be his initials. His craft was
aluminium painted and it became as
bright under the silver of the moon as
IL It had been phosphorescent.