Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-04
tBy Herbert Corey.)

1t wasn't chubby II Peary, that S
all. Just to crafty q little foolish
pride he went and put a crimp in a
business that might have afforded a
good living & Arctic explorers for
years 10 come. What business did he
have to discover the north pole? He
destroyed with one fell swipe the
| plans that perfectly good explorers
had formed for years ahead. Fake
Walter Weliman for example. He
had just got away 10 a good start at
| -Spitzenbergen in the third Arctic
Aerial Handicap. talking easily. when
| Peary grabbed the prize. What sort
OF encouragement is that for q man?
Just the same. the last balloon race
| through the arctic must have been a
jelly good sporting event. Last seen
of the great dirigible balloon "Ameri-
ca Mr.. Wellman's three companions
| seemed to be reaching for earmuffs.
| This is to be considered as q side
| light upon the weather conditions.
and not upon Mr.. Wcllman's CONVEX
| sational powers, although he is n OF
our most laxative little explorers.
The Duke Of the Abrizzi has a slight
edge on Mr.. Wellman, but II a is be-
cause of the Dukes intermittent
| plumbing. When the noblemnn gets
under a fun head of steam the only
| thing LETT for the other party 10 do is
to put on his water wings. Under the
| Dukes management, the language OF
romance resembles a storm at sea.
But this is getting away from Mr..
| Wellman, who really did make a start
| for the pole-or at least for q point
north of the Fire Island light-in his
| dirigible. The bone and sinew Of
| our common heritage did not hold
its breath until 1t learned whether
Mr.. Wellman kept on dashing, how
| ever, or whether he just dashed to 2
point out Of sight of land. and then
| tied the balloon to a hummock and
led the daring dash back toward the
soup-house. a certain skeptlcism Is
always manifest about Mr.. Wellman's
polling until he comes bounding out Of
the ice with manifold copies or his in
tcrview ready for the first reporters.
I.He had two previous tries, and is still
a maiden. Worse than that. there is
Il general feeling that the pole was
never half SO CLASSIFY concealed as
Mr.. Wellman's pedals on all three oe-
easions.
In which it may be that an injus-
tice is being lone that intrepid die
loguist. He has conducted three real
expeditions over the great ice-not to
speak Of two misfires with the gas
bag-and on one occasion almost ran
out Of fudge before the relief expedi-
tion could get back to where he had
made camp. No One could have
Thought that the relief expedition was
going to prowl around SO lar north
anyhow. Mr.. Wellman was not to
blame. Still, 1t must have been an
moving to watch the southern horizon
for weary days, and then have the re-
levers sneak down on one from the
north. Distinctly low Of them, that's
All. In tho second expedition he fell
into a crack in the ice and broke his
leg. ana did have a pretty tough time
of il. the far north being almost
wholly destitute of home comforts
That is probably why he has displayed
d certain caution in trying to tackle
the pole ~ith his balloon. He knows
what it is 20 be miles and miles from
the corner grocery.
Since he took up the idea that the
pole Is to be reached by a dirigible
balloon he has been busy AS a bird
dog. The season OF 1906 lie held first
positions in every newspaper in the
World. and sold a lot of good maya
zine stuff about his plans. Being ham
pered by one Of his stenographers
breaking down. he couldn't make a
start his year. The next year he