The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-05-30

his course south and was lost To view.
Exactly one hour had been consumes
at POughkeepsie, for he arrived at e:-o
and departed At 9-26.
CurtiSs passed the military academy
at West Point at 1902. Officers and
cadets alike sent up cheer atIer Inc
aviator.
At Storm King the most sensational
incident of the trip occurred CurtlSS
was flying high at this point-l.0O0
feet, he estimated-when a Shifty wind
caused the machine TO drop ana tlII'
Never once losing control, he con-
tinued southwark, passing, in turn
PeekskiIl, Ossining and Dobhs Ferry.
Yonkers was passed at 1880, al
height of 500 or 400 feet Here Cur
tiss got his first glimpse of the Met
rOpOlitan tower. II doomed Tar ahead
| like a giant needle AID CurtisS knew
he was nearing the upper limits OF
/ New York City.
out of the haze that lay in the bend
| of the river at Yonkers, he shot into
! the view of the thousands who were
waiting his coming along the upper
reaches of Riverside drive and on the
roofs of the big apartment houses IN
Washington Heights. A mere speck al
/ first, the little aerOplane looked IKE
a gull floating with rigid wings on the
gale. The motor was chugginS Sturdily
/ and sending the craft along towards
! its goal at so miles an hour.
Rounding the big jqttinS nose OF
IAlpine on the Jersey shore opposite
I
across the river toward the east side
of the stream and Rugged the New
York shore. The crowds along the
shore cheered and waved hats and
handkerchiefs. and the sharp, shriIl
lscreeches of the whistles of the small
| pleasure boats joined with the more
sOnorous ones of the large craft in g
/ hearty welcome
On past Rfverdale. flying straight as
an arrow, came the aeroplane. 1t was
abreast New York City and few miles
from the upper end Of Manhattan
iiSland.
| Barring some accident, it seemed nov
| that CurtisS must win the $4,000 prize
| but suddenly, when he had reached {
point midway between Spuyten Duyvl
creek (Which separates Manhattal
| island from the borough of the Bronx
/ and Washington Point, the speed of tn
biplane slackened perceptbly and tn
machine dropped until it seemed that
would touch the water. Then it cam
about prettily, pointing upward ant
headed up the river. The spectator
were nonplussed. Many of them be
lieved that the machinery had gon
wrong and that Curtiss had lost hi
race.
But Curtiss waved his hand assur
ingly. While passing Spuyten Duyvi
he had seen, half a mile inland,
broad expanse of greensward, the up
per end of Manhattan island. To vii
in Manhattan proper, and here was tn
chance without risk of further flight [
Governors island or the Battery, thir
teen miles away.
Wins Prize Easily.
Therefore, when ne again cam
abreast of the mouth of the creek afte
. ! his puZZIing turn backward, Curtis
threw his steering wheel about sharply
glided above a railroad draw bridS
and fioated laZily inland with the pro
peller barely turning, He maneuvere
carefully, then alighted without mis-
hap on the stretch OF green which ha
caught his eye. He had flown frol
. Albany to Manhattan in hours and
! minutes, and the $4,000 was his
I Jumping lightly from his machin
the aviator inspected his motor, an
finding everything intact, sought tele
phone and informed The World" tina
!. he had arrived and claimed the awar,
Although he had won. weather cor
ditions were so propitious, and he we
feeling SO gratified at success, tina
Curtiss decided to give the city anotht
view of his machine, and at 1881
shot away again for Governors islam
1t was during this part of his trip ths
he received the hottest greeting +
| came down the river at an elevatio
, | of more than 800 feet, while harbs
craft shrieked their greetings. New
of his progress spread quickly through
out the city. In the police courts mas
istrates heard and quickly disposed
cases, hundreds rushed to the watt
! front and roofs became black with hl
mainly. The greatest jam was at II
=
Down the river and into the upp'
bay he sailed as lightly and steadily
a swallow. Nearing Governors islar
he began to descend, while chez
fIoated up from those who watched h
approach.
He landed easily on stretch of Il
new-nade land within forty yards
the shed in which the aeroplanes we
housed during the Hudson-Fulton &c
ebratiOn. DismGunting. he resign
his craft to soldiers, who volunteer
to push it into the shed while ne r
ceived congratulations of Major &c
eral Howe. L S A., commander OF {
department of the east, and other G
ficers-
Refreshments were served in Corh
hall and Curtiss briefly related his c
pe-iences. Mrs. Curtiss. who had &
rived in New York on the spec
train, joined her husband as Curt
was preparing to take the ferry
New York. He kissed her while I
crowd cheered. Half an hour lal