The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-29

seemed he would be dashed against
pylon.
Alec Ogilvie, in a four-cylinder
Wright racer. second member Of the
English speed team, crossed the start /
ing line at 9:0S:5S.23.
IT was officially announced that lie
BIanc's time for the first three laps ex-
ceeded the worlds speed record. The
Frenchman had completed $500 miles
in minutes and Il seconds.
Grahame-W completed ten laps in
S1.19.46, at an average rate of a mile
minute. AS White passed on his tenth
lap, lie Blanc, who had started just
ahead of the Englishman. flashed by
him again, gaining a complete lap.
lie Blanc continued his phenomenal
speed. averaging more than seventy
miles an hour. eli was flying within
twenty-five feet OF the ground and
turning the pylons within five feet
Crahame-White finished his fifteenth
lap, three-quarter Of the race, in i6:l5.22. !
an average rate Of speed Of just sixty
miles an hour
lie Blanc finished his tenth lap IN
30.35.S0 nearly a minute faster than
Graharne- White had completed the same
route. lie Blanc, though not sustaining
his terrific speed Of the early laps, was
stiI making about sixty-f1ve miles an
hour.
Ogilvie completed seven laps in 24:36.Z7,
an average Of about fifty-five miles an
lie Blanc finished his fifteenth lap in
A.4O. an average Of about siXty-hye
miles an hour.
White Ends Race.
Grahame-White completed the twenty
Laps in 1:Ol:0460. The total distance
was 6214 miles, made in slxty-one min
utes, an average speed Of about sixty
and one half miles an hour
Also Ogilvie completed ten laps. half
the distance lie must fly in 3i,J92O-
While making his thirteenth lap, Ogil-
vie was forced to land between pylons
and 10.
While making his nineteenth lap. lie
Blanc came down with rush just out
side the course. This practically puts
lie Blanc out of the race, as he could
hardly reascend to beat Grahame-
Whites time.
lie Blanc was injured by his descent /
His face was badly cut. and in an ap- +,
parently semi-conscious condition he /.
was placed I'm an automobile and rushed /.
to a hospital.
Broke Telegraph Pole.
lie Blanc WAS maintaining a speed !
of more than sixty miles an hour At /
an altitude Of about seventy-five feet /
and had Just reached the southeast Of 1
the course when he discovered that /
his -asDlene was exhausted.
He ~ once started to descend, but, |
losing control of his machine, he !
dashed with such terrific force against /
a telegraph pole that the pole was
kroken completely IN two. his ma 1
chine was completely wrecked. lie I
Blanch, however, succeeded in throw |
ing himself from the vehicle before !
he struck the telegraph pole, and es-
capped with bad cut over the eye. .
lie BlancS injuries were dressed AT
the emergency field hospital, which mas &
bee maintained inside the clubhouse /
Enclosure. Just how unfortunate he ac- /
cident was 20 the clever Frenchman's !
hopes of winning the trophy, was shown 4,
BY the announcement that his average /
speed for the time he was in the air /
was sc $40 miles an hour.
1t was officially announced that
Grahame-White's average for the 100 I
kilometres was at the rate of 6O.OS miles
an hour
BIOokinS Is Injured.
Aviator Brcokins, in his Wright ma
chine, fell a distance Of thirty feet di-
Iectly in front Of the grandstand. short
~ after he started. The machine was
completely wrecked.
BrooRins seemed to be badly injured
internally. He was placed on stretch
or and rushed to the emergency hospi-
tai Brookins was writhing with PAM
when he was picked up.
Three minutes after the accident put
Broozius out Of the Gordon Bennett race.
alfred lie Blanc, with his head swath-
ed in bandages and 4 cigarette between
his teeth, walked down the track past
The srandstand. He was given great
ovation. and there was renewed cheer
Ing when Claude Grahame-Wmte, the
English aviator. dashed across the track,
threw his arm around lie Blanc's Shout
der. and marched away w.th aim
official announcement was then made
chat BrOoklns' injuries were not seri-
ous. ard that the fight in which ne
smashed his machine was not his Of
fetal start in the Gordon Bennett race
The Wrights had another baby racer on
the field TO which they hoped 10 trans
Ter RroOkins' engines IN time LOT BLUM
ms to compete in the race
The physicians tending BrooklnS
said the injured aviator suffered no |
broken bones. His engine having I
stopped he attempted TO glide TO
cartb. The frai wheels broke as he
struck the ground and the forward ,
skid stuck into the soft ground. The
machinS turned complete somer-
sault and was smashed TO pieces
BroOkins staggered out Of the wreck
and feIl 10 the ground. An ambulance
was at his side within two minutes
and he was rushed to the hospital
0gilvie Forced Down.
At 1855 OSiIvie was compelled 10
alight. reascending 20 finish the eight
laps necessary for him to finish the
Gordon Bennett race
Hubert Latham. in his 10O-horse-
power AntOinette racer started in the
Gordon Bennett race at 10:5S:55.67.
one of the most remarkable eXhi-
billions of presence of mind ever wit
messed at an aero meeting, saved the
lives Of probably score of the best
known men and women in the New
York social set, and made Herbert
Latham hero TO the spectators.
Latham. IN his high powered ma
chine. was completing his fifteenth
lap. and as he turned a pylOn the