New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-26

only a small group took the place yes-
terday morning OF the raHhirds and clock
ers who used to watch the bangtails az
work in the dear. dead days when Belmont
Park was a racetrack- The overaIled
grease stained mechanics were AL busy IN
the hangers tuning up their masters racers
for the day. while the airmen stood around
and supervised II was not long. though.
before there was something in the AIR II
was Baldwin. the 9s-pound aviator, in his
Red Devil
II was before breakfast and the air vas
still Captain Baldwin's machine Jumped
away from the men that held the tail rhiIs
the motor speeded up. and Iunged out ard
Up toward the blue The red canvas % his
wings stood out sharply against the sky "a
he circIed over toward the grandstand with
its dew wet flags still clingtng 10 the poles
This is the worst flying field I have
ever been on" he declared The turns az
the ends OF the field are much too sharp.
Then. when you come into the bacAstrctcf
you have 70 fly very high in order 20 avoid
the treacherOus wind eddfes that blow
around the big clunp OF trees which skirts
the track for two hundred yards OF So
That part OF the course has been very
rightly christened the dead mans curve
Unless I am very much mistaken. there
viii Dc some very bad accidents on that
curve before the end OF the week.
AT 10 o'clock great agitation, OrviIle and
Wilbur Wright. who ara fairly well known
10 most persons except special policemen.
are trying 70 get past one OF the gray
coated gate guardians. They argue. but in
vain Finally Allan A Ryan seeing them
gestfculatfng like a pair or semaphores.
goes over and passes them in
When the Wrights arrived at the hangers
they found Walter BrOokins and Alec Ogfl-
vie. the English lad who will fy in the
speed contest. busy putting together me
little thOroughbreds Of their camp The
brothers watched Frank Coryn. one OF
their veterans. qualify for a pilots license.
Corryn had trouble with his biplane when
he started but Dir" Hassard- the chief
Wright surgeon. peeked down into the mo-
tor, stuck wrench into II. and COffyn was
ready again. He made his necessary three
fights successfully
lust a little later one OF their new toy
racers was trundIed out The neat. trim
craft looked almost Ike a boys car for al
frs powerful 7O-hOrsepOwer. eiEht-cyiinder
motor. The length IS only q feet inches.
and the planes are only three feet vide
As II shot upward the motor, which IS real
X twice as powerful as any other used by
the Wrights reared and cracked and tnen
sreadied down 70 steady throb-
..BroOkins en- some one asked Wliour
Wright
No. that's a young fellow who has been
working for US IN Ohio" he said
II was really "Orv. his brother Up IN
the air for the first time IN many months
The dav was Drettier than ever Vheh
Count de Lssseps. looking IKE A deep Sc
aver in his blue union suit and leather
tas5gaar stepped out and stood under the
--,co1or that Tapped idly over his hangar
r1tz smart. clean BleriOt was wheeled out.
and the propeller whtrred- In a moment
- uras OF on his wings OF the morning
and climbing a sunbeam that nlter-d
through the heecy clouds Three women
euioyed fights with him before he stopped
living for the morning