The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-25

Fair weather. promise OF seeing
Hamilton race In his aeroplane which
was damaged by IRE against Joe 6ey-
mour In his horsepower Fiat Van
derbilt racer and the daring Garros
make a high altitude Night In hts De-
moiselle, the tiniest OF all aircrafts In
the world, drew another great crowd
to the Fair Grounds and It's environs
Friday.
Flying conditions were even worse
than on Thursday. when the at
mosphere was rsconant with the sound
Of several whirring motors in midair
at once, and when Barrier made his
thrilling flight over the city. river
and Barton Heights at an elevation
which at times was 1000 feet On
Thursday. when a crowd Of 10000
thronged the grandstand and fence
of the race track. stiff wind was
blowing, but the dare devil French
men were undaunted and cut all sorts
OF fancy capers between heaven and
earth. They proved that they are In
dff1 ufEh hyCias hIiA ~NA 2 st1ohN -
home near the curve OF the sapphire
dome than on terra firma-
AT o'clock Friday afternoon. on
account OF the high wind the nyinE
had not begun. The thermometer reg
istered a velocity OF from thirty to
thirty-five miles an hour. None OF the
ayiators would venture aloft
Hamilton and his corps OF mocha
nicians worked the greater part OF
Thursday night and all Of Friday
morning repairing his damaged en-
gine. putting In new supports for the
lower plane and sewing on new can
vas TO replace that eaten away by the
names which threatened to make Il
Thanksgiving Day meal OF the Won
derful and historic flyer. Al noon
Friday Hamilton and his men said
they were almost sure the aeropiana.
one OF the two biplanes in the meet,
would be repaired In time for the race
with Seymour In his space annthiiator.
The aviator expressed his confidence
at being able to show the autoist the
way around the track. and Seymour.
known throughout the land for his
reckless driving and the killing pace
powered car. WAS equally sanguine he
could take the measure Of the aero
plane.
This race will be the piece de re-
sistance OF Fridays program, and
Manager Moisant and the other off,
cials held out the highest hope that
the repairs would be completed In
time.
The IAttlest Flyer.
Garros' tweencyweency monoplane
which measures lb feet from tip
to tip. and looks smaller than a tur~
key buxxard on the wing. was jostled
up and damaged in shipment and con-
siderable repairing was necessary. 1t
was said to be ready and 1T for flight
Friday morning. and Richmonders
who went to the meet may expect to
see flight which would thrill and
cause the blood OF the most phlegmatic
TO run riotiously through his veins
The greatest variety and diversity
Of flights ny all aviasors was schedul-
Cd. and the program offered by all
odds the most attractive aviation
stunts scheduled since the meet at
Belmont Park. N. y, closed.
At noon two OF the Blerfot mono
planes, one face front" and the other
tail 'front.' wore wheeled In front
Of the grandstand BY the mechani-
clans ard a lecture on them was given
by Manager Moissant. He told Of their
connrpction. the materials used. the
function Of each part, the response
bility of every piece OF the delicate
mechanism. the famous flights made
in them. the horsepower. and the
skill required to manipulate them
through the air at a, speed OF more
than d mile q minute at any. altitude
whatever The lecturer said the art
OF dying In a monoplane was a. sim
pie a. rolling on log and the thous-
ands Of spectators who saw Simon.
Garros and Barrier sail and soar
agreed with the speiler.