The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-10-29

30:35.S0, nearly a minute faster than
 Grahame-W White. Leblanc, though not sustaining his terrific speed Of the early laps, was still making about 65 miles an hour. Ogilvie completed sev- | en laps in 24:36.77, an average of about LeBlanc. finished his 18th lap in
 A.44, an average of about 65 miles
 an hour.
 Gahame-White completed the 20 laps in 1:10:04- The total distance was CHA miles, made in 61 minutes an average speed of about 50 1-2 miles an hour.
 Alex Ogilvie completed 10 laps in vie was forced to land.
 While making his 18th lap, Le Blanc came down with a rush just
 cally put Le Blanc out of the race. Ie Blanc was injured by his descent
 His face was bruised and when picked
 up he was partly conscious. Le Blanc was maintaining a speed of over 60 miles an hour at an alti-
 tude of about 75 feet. and had just reached the southeast turn of the course, when he discovered that his gasoline was exhausted. He at once
 started to descend. but, losing con trol of his machine, he dashed with such terrific force against a telegraph different places. His machine was completely wrecked. Le Blanc suc- ceeded in throwing himself from the vehicle before he struck the pole, and eye. Le Blanc's injuries were dressed at the emergency field hospital which had been maintained alongside the club house enclosure. Just how un-. fortunate the accident was to the clever Frenchman's hopes of annex ing the trophy was shown by the an nouncement that his average speedS for the time he was in the air was 66 6-1o miles an hour. It was off, c1ally announced that Grahamt ters was at the rate of eos miles per hour.
 Walter Brookins, in his Wright racer. fell a distance of 30 feet, a. shortly after he started. The machine was completely wrecked. Brookins seemed to be badly injured internal 1y. He was placed on a stretcher and rushed to the emergency hospital. BroOkins was writhing with pain when picked up.
 Three minutes after the accidens put Brookins out of the Gordon-Ben- nett, race, Alfred LeBlanc, with his head swathed in bandages, and cig- arctic between his teeth, walked down the track past the grandstand. He was given a great ovation and there was renewed cheering when Claude Grahame-White, the English aviator, dashed across the track, threw his
 
 marched away with him.
 Official announcement was then made that Brookins' injuries were not serious, and that the flight, in which 1 he smashed his machine, was not his official start in the Gordon-Bennetti race. The Wrights had another baby racer on the field. to which they hoped to transfer Brookins' engines in time for Brookfns to compete in the race
 The physicians attending Broolins 4S Sy72r broken bones. His engine having stopped, he had endeavored to glide to earth. The frail wings broke as he struck the ground, and the for ward skid stuck into the soft ground. The machine turned a complete som- ersault and was smashed to pieces. Brookins staggered out of the wreck and fell to the ground. An ambu- lane was at his side within two min utes and he was rushed to the hos pita1
 At 1O:55 OgiIvie was compelled to alight. reascending for the eight laps, necessary for him to complete the Gordon-Bennett race.
 Hubert Latham, in his 100 horse power Antoinette racer, started in the Gordon-Bennett race at 10:58:55.67. Lieut.. Latham completed 10 laps, half the course, in 34:31.2O. This was much slower time than was made by White, for the same dis tance.
 One of the most remarkable exhi- bitions of presence of mind ever wit messed at an aero meeting saved the lives of probably a score of the best known men and women in the New York social set, and made Hubert 1 Latham a hero to the spectators. 1 Latham. in his high powered machine. l was completing his fifteenth lap, and, | as he turned the western pylon, the l wind, which had arisen to a 25-nile ! an hour force. struck his aeroplane 1 and slammed it over to the club | house. Latham. at the time, was chine, caught in an eddy, spun. and | seemed about to crash into the big | crowd of men and women on the 1 lawn in front of the building. By a | aerculean effort Latham managed to 1 keep his aeroplane level, and skinned 1 over the heads of the crowd less than a yard above them. Franticany, | ne damned his plane upward. and finally seraped over the top of the oy inches only. He then descended n the field, almost unnerved by his narrow escape, while the crowd went ! frantic and cheered madly for several minutes.
 Latham had covered the fifteen laps when he was forced to descend in 0 minutes, 30 and 80 1-1O seconds
 After landing Latham declared that 1 lis aerop1ane had gotten completely beyond control, on account of the rusty wind.
 Ut was a miracle" he said. ..that
 did not crash into the club house
 was able to do absolutely noth- ng with my aeroplane. I was not
 was unnerved by the danger to the pectators.'
 The failure of Latham to finish took way from France any hope of win ling the Gordon Bennett race 1 -atham and Le Blanc were the only