New-York tribune., 1910-11-11
WAR MANGUVRES ALOFI
Target Practice and Bomb Drop
ping from AeroplaneS.
BALTIMORE AVIATION MEET
secretary Hitchcock and General
Allen Pleased After Flights
with Count de Lesseps.
by TelsEraph to Ths Trthun.. ]

by Telegraph to The Tribune
oollitilore, Nov 1o.-SharpshOoting con-
tests ana bomb throwing from aeroplaneS
were tne features at the HaIethorpe meet
tO-uAy- II was the first time the aviators
mace Nights with passengers here. ana
among others who took the trip 70 the
ciOuoS We're Postmaster General Hitch
COCK and General Allen. OF the signal corps
Nj HitchcOcks flight lasted minutes
lu44 seconds. The Postmaster General met
count de Lesseps upon his arrival ana
after short talk he accepted an invitation
! 10 60 up. AS the machine sscended the
spectators spplauded, and Mr Hitchcock,
who seemed TO be enjoying the flight. waved
his hand The aviator, accompanied by
his passenger. made three laps, and when
the latter alighted he said he had had the
time Of his life" He declared enthusl-
astically that the aeroplane could eventu-
ally be utilized 10 carry the mails.
Mr.. Hitchcock was SO pleased that he
asked Arch Hoxsey for q higher flight IN
the Wright biplane but Hoxsey had found
the upDer air too gusty to make passenger
carving altogether safe and he asked the
Postmaster General 10 wait until to-mor-
row.
General Allen was the next TO go up with
de Lesseps in his BIeriot. and he, too, SAID
II was a great experience. The general L
more convinced than ever that for military
purposes the aeroplane is valuable
Secretary Dickinson Interested.
Secretary Dickinson Of the War Depart
ment. who accompanied the Postmaster
General and General Allen from " asIlHs-
ton. was an interested spectator
T-z-f IN p-Tn
General William wotherspoon. president OF
the War College Of the army; Count Zeppe-
lin. Minister Of the Netherlands Loudoh'
Thomas Nelson Page and several others
together with number of women
sbarpsbooting from aeroplanes was
scheduled as one of the principal events u
tho day and this was the occasion OF the
ascent of Captain J. de 2. Douw. lst Mary
land Regiment in the big Bleriot nlacilliie'
without preliminary trial De Lesseps
s.,Iiad forth with his passenger shorty
before 2:30 O'Clock. and after turn aroullu
the course Captain DOuw began nrhIs 11
tho target fixed I'm the middle Of the helo-
Not 70 he outdone Latham, sailing aiohe
~ bie 50-horgepower Antoinette, drew
ravoIver from his pocket and popped o.
+be target three minute flight was lohe
or,o,,,, for Latham to empty seven shoI
-ayo1ver at the target. and he was lol-
1o,,,ed N the ground by Count De Les
CONS after his passenger had dropped t"o
shots near the target
An examination Of the target showed
| that one of the bullets fired from the rlli7
NJ Captain Douw had struck WITHIN Ioul
ora orA-balf feet Of it. It Is only fair 10
/ +be captain to explain that he was manor
| canned by being unable to bring h's rlne
| - Ma He shot from the waist Ihs
| ts-gst was Of white canvas, two feet
square. .s.,1
! Latham. however. was more success1u''
/ ne had borrowed a revolver from ponce-
man and fred free handed in passing nc
| hit the target and captured the $o'o ptiL
! Latham also won $500 for duration in the
o,- ra having remained thfrty-tour MN
! ,1+es longer than any other aviator
Lieutenant Dupuy Passenger.
/ Count de I,esseps also took UP as d pa
sanger to-day Lieutenant Dupuy' u 0''7
stpral CORPS Of the State OF New / ORR
! Inst before o clock J Armstrong bIeAel
/ began d try for altitude. the Wlnd a. Ih@
/ time hIowing at the rate OF nine LlIl1s O..
hour. In about ten minutes ne hao Hoa Leu
out Of sight in the direction OF the c''S
He returned after a trip of about quar- 1e'
of an hour, reporting too much VINO aio-l aio3-
for high fight His barograph recoroeo -
/ feet only. though the manner or MS ms ~
/ gave the impression or much sTed'S' ait
tude to the audience
T-Iv- in Curtiss biplane. went into the
oir intending 10 try for the Commodore
/ Barry bomb throwing trophy. but descend
/ ad before completing lap, for the purpose
%
latham began the bomb throwing contest
and made a score Of 10 points WIN sIA
bombs One Of these would have dropped
| into the funnel Of a battleship, and II
therefore counted as a bull's-eye- Under
the rules governing the Barry trophy con-
test bombs must be thrown from height
Of not less than one hundred feet Some of
I,atham's fell from more than double that
altitude and against a rising wind.
! Drexel followed Latham in the bomb con-
/ test From his Bleriot he dropped six OF
| the missiles upon the outline representing
| the deck of battleship. but none OF
! them struck vital spot his score was only
| SIX
While he was preparing TO drop his sec
ond bomb. Hoxsey. in a big passenger
carrying Wright biplane flew across the
grand stand from the railroad station a.
/ Halethorpe, where his machine had beer
! assembled. in record breaking time. He
I circled the course many times. performing
/ brilliant evolutions and dividing the inter
sof the audience with DrexeI who con
| tinued his bomb dropping.
Hoxsey made three fights I'm all durine
| the afternoon. Shortly after o'clock blacE
clouds appeared IN the west. and quarter
Of an hour later came the rain. and theI
the trio Of bombs that sisnalled the officia
| close OF the day.