New-York tribune., 1910-09-10
SMASH At AERO MEE|
Grahame-White's Machine Dam
aged, but Aviator unhuTt.
ENGLISHMAN STILL LEADS
He Makes Getaway in 26 Feet
II Inches-Brookins WINS
Altitude Honors at Atlantic.

Boston. Sept. 9-The first accident among
the professional aviators in competition al
the Harvard-Boston aero meet occurred at
the close of the sixth day OF the meet t'
night. when Claude Grahame-White' OF
England. ended an hours duration fshI pS
landing sfdewise in his Farman bipiane'
crumplins up the right side of his lower
plane and damaging the chassis. Grahame-
White was unhuTt. The EngiiShm3h mao
taken out a permit for an altitude ifgnt IN
which there had been no entries dnrinS <he
day. When only Ave minutes remained IN
which TO make the altitude fight ana Sc
cure the three points which first place
would give him, his manager, MI McDoh-
aid. waved IA red flag a signal Tor MN
10 stop his duration flight and land
The wind was blowing fifteen miles an
hour, and as Grahame-White came 90" Il
with one long slide from an elevation OF
six hundred feet he approached the sidI |
ing line diagonaliy. An unusually stfohS
puff OF wind caught his biplane' SWINGING
it around so that the machine landed on
one wheel and one wing. 1herc WIS ii
cracking Of bars and skids and the snap
ping of wires as the under plane colapSeH'
Whites Bleriot, which was Standihs cloSe
by ready for the altitude test, was fuh-
died back to the hangers, while waiter
Brookins, OF the Wright camp, jumped our
with his biplane and shot up two nunuIed
feet in the air and back again in the re-
naming three minutes OF open flying, there
by securing for himself the coveted points.
II was Governors Day at the meet ano
Governor Eben s. Draper with several Oh
Ills staff i'll full uniform, were on the heIo.
The wind blew over twenty miles an hoHr
for a ior part of the day, which pre-
vented any attempts ut soaring unth wen
in the afternoon. Grahame- White, as usual,
was first on the field, and put the hlgh
winds to advantage in trying for rev
mark al the getaway, al which he hoidS
the worlds record at 20 feet inches His
first effort vas SO feet inches, which bet
tered anything yet done at the Harvard
meet This was followed by another mark
of 50 feet 10 inches. but Grahame-White
was not satisfied until he had secured the
exceedingly low score of 2G feet II inches
Then ne went out for accuracy in landing
and succeeded the frst time in stopping
IS feet 5 inches from given point. His
next effort brought out q round of applause
when it was found that he was only So
feet from the mark.
The greater part of the rest OF the after
noon was given up to distance and duration
flights by Ralph Johnstone IN a Wright bi-
plane and Grahame-White in his FaTman,
during which they circled the course lap
after lap in mOnotOnous succession. John
stone was eventually compelled to come
down on account of trouble with his motor
When Grahame-White came down, with his
resulting smash, it was found that he had
exceeded Johnstones duration mark by
nearly four minutes. Grahame-White had
also taken the honors in distance, covering
SO miles 1920 feet. while Johnstone had
gone 2S miles 4,557 feet.
The standing OF the ayiators in the four
events in which points are given was as
follows tonight:
Claude Grahame-White, 30ls; Ralph John-
stone, II; Walter Brookins, 10; Charles +.
Willard, {; Glenn II. Curtias. 6l2.
Standing of the contestants in the bomb
dropping contest to date: Grahame-N hlte'
10; Curtiss, p, and willard, 13.