Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-10-25

ment OF the AntiOnette, piloted the
tickllsh craft He sat well back In
the sharp stem. shaped like the stem
o. a speed launch, with which II cuts
tho air. and the two wheels with
which he controls the long slender
wings could be seen necessarily turn
ing backward and forward under his
hands. The craft was fast and !, was
particularly notable that he banked
the turns with a precision and daring
that the Bleriot monOplanes, fore bat
like and biunter could not attain. In
the straight sways, however, he was
rot so fast. F. w. Radley, On English
man. in a trimmed down BleriOt. went
by him as If he had been chained 20
stump. But Radlcy had frequent
engine trouble and never figured seri-
ously in any of the contests. OF the
day.
The Antionette's motor ran like
sewing machine. and when Latham
seemed to be making less speed than
he thought he would command II was
supposed that he was thrOttling down
his 100 horsepower. Again the crowd
was in error. He was flying a so
RfihtNtlNtT. GiSit u illu'i
His IL cylinder leo horsepower ma
chine. in which he will compete for
the Gordon Bennett cup. viii not ar.
i've until tomorrow This powerful
racer is supposed TO be capable of 70I
niles an hour against the 90 credited
10 the leo horse power Bleriot Of
Leblanc.
The program for the day went
through by the card.
Events Postponed.
The events called Off yesterday be
cause .of the gale wcrc postponed to-
"A later day not yet named. The hour
~ distance and altitude events were
first Armstrong DreXel took first place
IN the initial distance event with ~
laps go kilometcrs of 1850 milesl in
a minutes 80 3-5 seconds. Auburn
was second with % laps and John
stone. in Wright biplane third with
u laps In the same hour Count De
LessepS. in a BleriOt won the hourly
altitude prize with an elevation OF
I! $40 feet. Brookins was second in
his unlucky fight. In the second
hour Latham. who started late, over
hauled his competitors and when
time was called was credited with II
laps. one less than The had actually
made although he had quit the course
Tor some unknown reasons two min
utes before the finish. Graham-Wbite
with 81 laps took second place. Au'
burn, In Bleriot, was last of all to
start and first to finish, also with Il
laps: but the Judges deducted one
lap as a forfeit>for alighting In mid
course. Although he was placed. last
his time for the distance was the fast
est of three.
Speed by Hamilton.
As Dusk was falling Owner Charles
X. Hamilton took cut his l15-horse-
power Hamilton biplane and made
circuit Of the course. His time was
taken Tor the Two and Cne-h2lf kilo-
meters of the inner round at mn
ute So % seconds, hu; he swung so
wide around the curves that his dis
lance was actually much greater and
his speed cOrrespCndingly h CHER.
The only accident cf the day oc-
Cured in the elimination speed on
the grand contest in which McCurdy
and Marsh. OF the Curtiss team, and
Frisbie. in a machine of his own make
modelled after the Curtiss design,
were entered Frisbie fell before he
had completed ,wo laps from a height
of about twenty-five feet. but was IN
injured and his machine w1s not bad
" damaged.
In this event 'McCurdy finished first
in 20 minutes 80 L. seconds fcT the
rounds OF the inner course, p kiio-
meters. or 15.5S miles. McCurdy
also made he fastest single lap in |
minute - f-l0 seconds