Arizona republican., 1910-12-26

Los Angeles. Dec. 25.-HoXey. of the Wright team, again outdid the eagle and other natural denizens of the higher attitudes at the Christmas matinee of the aviation meet. More than a mile high, he sailed out over the murky waters of the Pacific, black. under a leaden sky. Then climbing to still greater heights he pointed his prov landward and van ished from the view of the spectators.
 He next appeared diving straight through heavy water-laden cloud. The cloud parted soon after, letting the sun peep through, and taking the light swoop back to earth. He did not alight, however, but kept flying for two hours in an endurance flight. When he finally stopped the judges opened his sealed paragraph, and the record showed that he had reached a height of 7,299 feet in his second attempt for the altitude record.
 At the same time the judges an nounced that they had made an error in calculating Hoxey's height yester- day at 625O feet It should have beeA 9.2SS-1.211 under the worlds record. But even this figure is not final, and must await final verification at the end of the meet.
 Brookins, another of the Wright team, also tried for a new altitude mark, but got no higher than 4,500, but in lieu of a broken record he gave the crowd a thrill with another of his spectacular spiral dives. At a distance of probably 5000 feet he spun downward in ever narrowing circles. until the planes were nearly vertical The assemblage in the grand stand watched the feat with bated breath until he finally righted his machine. Then he caused more gasps by cratic darts and dives, and an exhibition of the Dutch roll'' during which his biplane caromed and rocked like a dismasted ship.
 Next to the performances of Hox- ey and Brookins, the most interesting event was another race between a Curtiss 6O-horse power racer and the speedy Baby Wright" with Parma lee at the lever Ely at the wheel of the Curtiss passed the Baby Wright once in front of the grand stand and again on the farther side of the field Parmalee. however, was able to over come every advantage by quicker manipulation at the turns Glen Cur tiss' racer also won the speed prize of the day, defeating James Radley. the English aviator. who at the time was making an effort to lower his own worlds record of v miles an hour. Radley pointed the nose of his Bleriot monoplane in the face of a ten-mile breeze and made the best lap at the rate of 54 miles an hour The Curtiss racer did 59. Ely in the same machine later made 5S. and Parmalee in the Baby Wright marked 52
 Latham took down the daily prize for endurance He scared over the course for two hours and fortythree minutes. His Antoinette performed as majestically in the gusty breeze, as she did yesterday when there was practically no wind She looked as safe as boat as she flew. and Lath- am seemingly had no more to do than a quartermaster steering Q ship at sea. Frequently he took his hands off the controlling wheel entirely and smoked cigarettes necessarily during his long flight
 Radley. while his Bleriot kept him always in the tense attitude of jockey riding a close race. smoked an ancient looking black pipe. When told on alighting that his attempt to break the 77-mile record had failed he only remarked: '1 say. give me a bit of spag, me pipe needs filling.
 Willard tied Latham in the bomb throwing contest. in which both scored eight points. They dropped oranges on the deck of the plan of a