New-York tribune., 1910-01-14
FLIES WITH TWO
P4ULHAN'S NEW FEAT
Fails an attempt to Get Speed
Record, HO1ceUer.

Los Angeles. Jan. 13.-While Louis
Pauhan, of France, did not do anything
so remarkable to-day as flying nearly
mile high. he took up Miscarol and Mais-
son, his assistants, and circled the neid
several times with them in his aeropiane'
He cut "icross lots" in what was
charged by some to be an attempt 10
slow down Glenn III. Curtiss, who was
flying the regular course at the SANS
time for a ten-lap speed record The
passengers were landed safely.
Curtiss's manager protested against
Paulhan's action in getting in the way
of the Curtiss machine. and a contest
may develop. Curtisss total time was
"a minutes 542-5 seconds, not a record.
Later Paulhan tried to beat this' OUT
failed by five seconds.
Earlier In the day, with his wife as a
passenger, Paulhan made three laps OF
the course in S:151-5. He flew over the
Judges stand after circling the field, and
alighted easily in the starting square
On another flight. of seven minutes. ne
had Mrs. Dick" F'erriss as a passenger
He cut corners, flew low over the stands,
and seemed to enjoy his pranks
The chief features of the day follow:
Paulhan set the mark at 81 1-5 In
the official trial for three laps In the
passenger carrying contest with Nine
Paulhan as his passenger.
Curtiss failed in his attempt to lower
the three-Iap record, which he set yes
terday.
Hamilton, Paulhan. Curtiss and Will
lard qualified in three-lap flights for all
events.
Willard duplicated his feat OF starting.
flying around the course once and land
Ing In measured space of twenty feet,
winning a prize of $3.50
Charles K. Hamilton, in Curtiss ma
chine, tried for the ten-lap speed rec
ord, but landed on his third lap because
of engine trouble.
Charles X. Hamilton made a flight to-
day with his rudder wheel tied. to show
that the Curtiss machine could be op-
Grated without the Wright patents.
Clifford B. Harmon, of New York, an
nounced that he would attempt in the
second week of February from San An
tonic, Tex, in the balloon New York, to
break the worlds distance record of 200
miles. Harmon also will try to lift the
Lahm cup, now held by A. Holland
Forbes. who made 693 miles in a straight
line.
Paulhan received a silver loving cup
valued at $500 last night 1t was pre-
sented by Mayor Grant Conrad of San
Diego. on behalf of his city Yesterday
was San Diego day at the aviation meet,
and the trophy was given to Paulhan
for having performed the most notable
feat of the day
Cortlandt Field Bishop announced to-
day that he had received a cable mes
sage from the International Aeronauti-
cal Federation. confirming the new high
Hight record of Paulhan. Latham flew
3,444 feet high at Mourmelon on Jan
uary I. Paulhans height, as now Off
clally figured, was f. 165 feet
The balloon City of Los Angeles. piloted
by j. G. Mars. of Oakland, made an ascen-
sion from Aero Park shortly before noon
In the basket also were Mrs Ida NJ Greg
ory. of Chicago; Miss Bertha Freund of
Cincinnati; Miss Mae Meyers, of San Ber-
nardino. Cal. and X. Bernard. of New York
a hve-miie windstorm soon carried the
big bag rapidly toward the sea. Later the
balloon landed safely twenty miles north of
Los Angeles. Its passengers arrived here
tonight.