The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-23
.Hoxsey, DrexelandlMois
ant Star in Avia-
ton Meet.
|DRIZZLING RAIN
MARS OPENING
Belmont Park Is Turned Into
sodden Marsh, but Americas
First International Flying
Meet Is Begun, and Spec
tacular Flights Are
Made.

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Belmont Aviation Park, New York,
22.--The worlds second intcr-
aviation meet opened promptly
ut 1880 O'Clock this afternoon, In spite
OF the drizzlins rain that turned Bel
mont Park into q sodden marsh. A
seconds after the etona ton or
the bomb h announced the formal
OPENING Of americas first great flying
meet, Armstrong Drexel. the million-
American who lives in England.
Into the air with his Blerioe
monop1ane to. compete for the event.
number on tho official program.
Even though Mr.. Drexel is an import
ed American. the few spectators who
witnessed the inauguration of the meet
pride in the fact that 1t was be-
gun by q liver who completes for tho
glory OF the Stars and Stripes.
1fOisnnt's Feat.
Curiously enough, there was reason
for pride that the most spectacular
feat of the day was also performed by
an American-albeit he is Imported
when John b. Moisant. the Chicago
man who fiew from Paris to London,
concluded the days program by MAX
ing a forty-lnile flight through /1n
and fog sweeping out to the east or
Long Island. and flying as far as
Hicksville. steering over territory that
he did not know and could scarcely
sec, solely by the aid or a
In doing this he performed a feat
which lfrcnchmcn declare is impossi-
BILE.
M,
cl.nda crs : !, !, :, 4, 800 ~
champion, steadily ground away
through fog and mist In his endeavor
to- capture two distance events.
But the American ayiators arc iubtlant
BECAUSE plucK little Moisa NJ tool
second Mac ~ NEE ananta ,sht,a
ssso,a sp.ase ! a.hsse yehls Mnlie5
ah N : american, Arch HoXsey. the
5beau Bfun1n1e OF the avlators, Q
first honors in the altitude contest.
which carried him out OF sight among.
the dense soy clouds in ne sky
A1toratha, /. 80 /, L.. = /,
=, 4 - = ~ : .a, " = ~ = y. y
,,X M me Engitshman, the .on,g ror.
ts.sN Isl colhpetiIoI 70 appeaT on.lne nGtd
Wa tount .Iacaues de LessepS, VINO
S R}sr,n 10 q !, ne1Hm, o. ~ iees ,hb ~ h,s
n.u.iol uarins Wnlcn ne
SWhs 1t me ,Alt JUST @ ntltutes o S,oe
Flying In rain ana log is
I'M ~. p~artlcularl apt.toA inc
Places phae 3 SAY aR indus N is s aneqmt nn ahefr m andI
They prefer. to do their spec
acular feats when the suns shines and
the Erandstand is crowded with APP
plaud1ng spectators. The spectators
today were not especially enthusiasts
tic and markedly. scant. The $500
people who sat In the boxes and stood
on the turf before the flag-decked.
structure.
Venture Forth in Rain.
Tho fact tina the ventured
surprise, particuiarIy TO those VINO
had only seen exhibitions abroad. II
to-day's atmospheric conditions had
prevailed at a. horse race or an auto
have been deferred for another day
To-day's events at Belmont PARK
]airnaiiw damonstrated thnt9Sman Ia
y = io,e = - ,shfsh 4 W. -. ,sais
t : ~ snace
tn IS : !, sh Thon p,,d r,;n 10 III
est aviator driyinr An ssonen.
go tne aay,aI. , ,9 ! IN u tt ne m z o,a "
p - ma y % ldisttnnr or sever niies Tbba
< , ~ : ,;ns !, : ~ III rra - - Mn zzed ditnn; us
hiierlca11Ip ulll craaI.8 ". 11eusl ~
JouTney like.a slnean. / - ,eaeIau ~. ~
estlnatio IN Tess 31nan ss > ,,ttia 1 ~.
Laseiins ~ g !. -, - t.a4p 1sso
At S O'clock. Tod ,schriyer, whose5mar
chine, was az SENIOR :, rarN,, ,ueseTn
nilned 70 tTy ~ =, o ~ ~ nc ihe : ras,,It
W a. ! S ~ rm Ini 2 = IN sncidenf ghes crawied
Into MS nachlne.. startlhg 3
the Graf. headed into the VINO, Ily,nS
already as dead mans urVe..
This turn Is the easteTn eAlrenai.s
Of the hopd 9ne a aby = 4 ha alum nr''s e sG tail trees aea
Which work havoc anon s. the avlatorsS
who attempt TO negoulate ~. I; $, ale >
cause the air 70 loInl Q Wntripo pts,
which force me n'nchlne shrlhMat
to whirl8 around the@curyc his craft