New-York tribune., 1910-09-09
Taft WATCHES FLERS
AviatofS Exhibit Fancy Flying
for President.
MORE POINTS FOR WHITE
English Expert Captures Four
Firsts in Days Meet at
Atlantic, Mass.

! Boston, Sept. S.-With President Taft an
interested spectator at the Atlantic flying
/ field to-day. the aviators participating in
/ the HaTvard-Boston avalon meet outdid
/ themselves for the Chief Executives bene-
/ fit. Three machines were in the air al
once, Claude Grahame- White. the English
! man. furnishing the principal feature by
taking up Mayor John z. Fitzgerald in the
J Farnan biplane for three laps around the
/ field. while President Taft applauded the
/ Boston chief executive
/ Meanwhile. Walter JChnstone IN a
Wright, who was soaring in distance and
! endurance test high above his fellow avia-
tors, watched for clear course and then.
swooping from his lofty elevation. he put
his airship through some fancy exhibitions
Of dipping before the President, his daring
work arousing great enthusiasm. Then
came dash by Glenn Curtiss in his "Hud-
son Flier' in an unsuccessful attempt to
. lower Grahame-Wh speed record of 8
minutes 80 seconds for 5l4 miles. Be
fore the President left the field Charles z.
Willard went up in a Curtiss machine and
Walter Brookins climbed the skies for an
altitude mark in a Wright biplaue.
There were eighteen events altogethe- to-
day, and two other passengers besides
Z
formerly of Chicago. Thomas w. Lawson's
son-in-Iaw, flying with Grahame-White in
the Farman. and Lieutenant Bailey, Of the
torpedo boat destroyer Stringham, coins
up with Willard.
One of \. Y ROes two English biplanes
was again wrecked IN landing from
short low fight of the morning. and prob
ably is out Of further competition for the
iir-i17 Il Oft
dismayed. he is gcing to remove the en-
gine TO his other machine for further
trials
". Startling Burgess, Of 3IarbIehead, had
a successful flight in machine of his own
make. and William H Hilliard went up in
another Burgess machine. Horace F. Kear-
ny succeeded il getting off the ground and
making a short flight without injuring his
Pftzner monopLane, which had previously
bsen twice wrecked here. Augustus Post,
Of New York, made his first appearance on
the Harvard field in some pretty fights in
q CUrtiss biplane.
GTahame- White, as usual. was an indus
tTious point winner. He scored frsts in the
speed, getaway, accuracy and bomb-throw-
ing tests The Wright brothers two flyers
pressed him closely. Johnstone and Brook
ms getting first and second in the duration
test and Johnstone first in distance. It was
some time before the officials figured out
the winner ~ the altitude event
Grahame-W Whites bomb throwing a. 4
model battleship added to his already good
total of points in that event. with i for
the day, against made by Willard One
Of the EngIishrlan's bombs dropped square
y into the funnel He made another new
mark for the meet. when in the accuracy
in landing test. he came down in a hun
dred-foot circle and stopped SO feet inches
from the centre.
Johnstone, in his Wright biplane, set the
first mark in the slow lap contest, making
the ~ miles in u minutes IS So seconds
Summary of the days events:
Speed course "a miles)-First. Claude
Grahame- White. SOS Is; second Glenn H
Curtiss, $50 3-5; third, Charles F. Willard,
8.22
Duration - First, Ralph Johnstone,
1872 So: second. Brookins, 500 4-5; third,
White. 11.3
Distance-First, Johnstone. So miles 3.1O4
feet.
Slow lap course a. miles)-First, John
stone. I2:46 2-5.
Getaway-First, White, SO feet : inches
Accuracy-First. White, SO feet / inches.
Bomb thrOwing-First, White, Il; second,
Willard, 5.