The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-26
Ralph Johnstone Sets New Altitude Record

Wright pupils. but caught them both
and. soaring above them, brought down
the prize for the first hour
The second hourly distance event WAS
pursuit race Grahame- White tried his
Farman again, found 1t unreliable: took
II off the field for repnirs and. durinS
his absence, saw the lead he gained by
his watchful promptness steadily cut
down by spceder rivals, who had started
later. Hopeless of getting his Farman
into running order again. White TOOK out
he has been seen In IL here for compcfi-
tion. He gained steadily on McCurdy. IN
q Curtiss .biplane. but the latter finished
out, however, that McCurdy had fouled
two pylons in trying to cut the corners
fine, and the forfeit cost him first place.
A Thrilling Experience.
In the meantime, HoXsey and John
stone had gone up for altitude again ac-
conpanied by Latham In his Antoinctte.
The Antolnette began to cnper like y
buck and wing dancer The history OF
the Antninette. however, is Lathams MS
part OF 1t at least twelve times once
he fell 1000 feet, perfectly helpless, but
his planes paracbuted and saved MN.
Tho crowd thought Latham was only do
ing somersaults to please them. but he
was not: he was In reaI peril. He had
started to descend when he felt the rain
and was caught In wind flaw. Tossed
to one side and the other; first up and
down IN a swoop.
In matter OF seconds. the rush Of his
descent had eaten up the half Pc
tween him and earth and he was hidden
behind q clump of trees. Ely. IN Cur,
tiss biplane. went out TO reconnoitre ana
found Latham with nothing worse than
a punctured wing and broken skid.
In Express Train Time
The last event of the day WAS Vas, full .e,' OF
uncertainty and suspense. with very
little preliminary maneuvering, r. w.
2adley of the British team flashed flashed over aver
the cast before Ii was known to any ex-
cept the judges that he had started IN
the cross-country run OF twenty mlles 10
a captive balloon, ten miles east OF the
course. and return. In less than seven
minutes word came back that he had
rounded the balloon. His time seemed
must be a difference between the chro-
nometer at the judges stand and me
observers watch at the balloon, While
the matter was still being argued Radley
was back again. He had done the twep-
ty miles in express I'm speed at better
than sixty miles an hour. His exact
time was 1913 2-S.
Bleriot. started almost as Radley finished
and was shortly followed by McCurdy in
a Curtiss biplane and DreNel In Bleriot,
at intervals OF approximately one ono. min MIN
Dreyel and McCurdy never finished.
Much interest attached to the first ap-
pearance today OF the new Wright racer,
which was uncrated last night and as
senbed this morning. With Orvllle
Wright In the pilots chair. II was given
two tryouts. Garrls OF the French team
caught its time for one morning trial at
/ :16, and in the afternoon trial at 1:2S.
These unofficial figures are to be COM
pared with those given out by the judges
today for the fastest lap made yesterday
by Aubrun in a Bleriot, 1:43.
Women Take Sails.
A little bevy OF adventuresome women
went up for the short fights during the
day. Count de Lesseps took UP four dur
ing the day, and Miss Eleanor Sears OF
Boston made another trip with Grahamc-
White. at height Of about $50 feet.
Allan Ryan, son of Thomas F. Ryan. and
chairman Of the committee on arrange
ments. was another passenger in care Of
'If you like 1t that much at a height
of a few hundred feet" said Wilbur
Wright. "how do you think you would
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