The San Francisco call., 1910-10-29

n EW YORK, Oct 2s.-The crowd
N at Belmont park today was all
for Ralph Johnstone. when, from
Middle Island Village. /. I. 55 miles
OF the course. he brought back new
American record Of SAT- feet for alti-
tude-the second he has added to his
string in the international aviation
meet.
Tell you what boys" Johnstone
said when he landed. 1T was just the
mercy OF Providence that saved my
neck. When L thought I was within
touching distance OF the neg worlds
record I kind of forgot all about the
wind and began to reach out for more
height Then I suddenly said to my
self, Young man. you better see how
much gas you have It's the truth. I
had just enough to turn over the two
propellers. When ] kept her nose up
the Juice ran down into the engine and
she ooughed. The minute I pointed
down I lost my fuel and she began
to miss.
Like Shooting Chutes
1T was just like shooting the chutes.
First I'd take a header with the power
of. and when the wind began TO carry
me out of control I'd point UP bit,
get z little headway. run level for a
hundred yards and then dip again.
Z was not much scared until / got
down 10 earth and saw what a gale
there was. Then I was frightened for
fair. The only spot I could find to land
in was a little patch not three times
bigger across than the stretch of my
wings from tip TO tip.
Wind Saves Him
While 7 was tossing pennies with
myself. the wind turned me clean
around and landed me front and back
ward but that was just what saved
me.
IF I'd come down head first, the
wind would have picked me up tipped
me over and smashed me TO pieces"
Just before the passenger carrying
cross country race was started at 4
o'clock this afternoon mote in the
paling sky was seen far to the south
east II WAS J0HHStOies red ppcdIllAS
just where he had vanished in yester-
DAVIS gale He circled the field and
settled in front Of the judges stand.
while the grandstand waved. cheered
and stamped
The Aero Club of America selected an
American team to defend the Gordon
Bennett international speed trophy It
had been intended to narrow the choice
by elimination trials. but windy wealth
er forbade Hamilton, with his 10
horsepower Hamiltonian; Drexel. with
a 80 horsepower Bleriot, and Brookins
in the new Wright racer were named.
CURTISS RACER UNTRIED
Curtiss, who brought the cup to this
country. thus has no part in defending
II, and his new racer remained untried.
II and other dark horses will have q
chance to show what they can do in the
grand speed trials. which carry prizes
Of $4,000 for first place and 81 600 for
second place.
Against the high powered foreign
rnonoplane America has but one ma
chine Of equal power. Hamilton's 10
horsepower biplane. but the new
Wright racer has been clocked and
Judges think it ought to retain the cup.
There was no fight to the statue of
liberty today. because the wind was too
high Moisant and De Lesseps both
tried, but neither finished Moisant
took up Fred Thompson, a theatrical
manager, and left him four miles away
in a cabbage patch.
Audemars. who dares to drive tiny
Demoiselle, took his butterfly out in too
strong Vind and was capsized. He
struck the earth with his front wheels,
bounced into the air and ended by turn
ing a somersault. but was uninjured
The Liberty flight is still open to-
morrow and flights for the Gordon
Bennett cup may begin at any time
after $40 a. m.
Flies 2So Miles in Six Hours
ETAMPES. France. Oct. 2s.-Maur-
ice Tabuteau broke the worlds rec
ordsi for time and distance today by
fving 2Ss miles in six hours In a con-
tinuous trip. A premium of $4,000 goes
to the winner. The previous record
was held by Olieslager. the Belgian
aviator, who covered pa miles in FIVE
hours three minutes and five SECONDS
on July 10 last
Stops 20 Miles From Goal
RRATNE-LE-cONTE Belgium. Oct