The Washington herald., 1910-10-28

New York. Oct. Z7.-Ralph Johnstone
tauhted Arch Hoxsey about his fur-lined
aviation clothes at the international avia-
tion meet al Belmont Park this after
noon. whereupon Hoxsey jumped into one
Of the older fashioned Wright biplanes,
without waiting orders or even permis-
sion from the Wright brothers. and as
cended for altitude in a windstorrn.
At a height Of three-quarters Of a mile
OF more Hoxsey and his aeropIane were
blown backward over Long Island for
twenty-four and a half miles in a wind
estimated at forty-hve 20 fifty miles an
hour. lie managed 10 land safely az
Brentwood, Long Island.
Johnstone, who was Iunching with the
Wright brothers in restaurant for ths
aviators back Of the hangers At the time
he made the faceuous remark that pioUed
his camp rival jumped up from his
pumpkin PIE on hearing the Hoxsey ma
chine buzzing into the windstorm and ran
out to climb into his own old model
Wright biplane. Also without waiting
for orders or permission. Johnstone
chased upward toward the blue wind
clouds.
Seen Moving Backward.
Ihereup0n the unusual spectacle Of see
ing aeroplanes going rapidly backward
vas presented 10 the big crowd below.
whose feathers and fussings were being
hattened by the wind and dust storm
that was charging across the neId.
Jchnstone also backed up and of the
. field. as if making a stage bow in an
upslde-down direction from the grand
stands, and he was blown backward in
an air line OF thirty-nine and q Raf
miles te MIDDLE Island. Whica is in the
interior . Long ialara, north by east OF
Patchogue. Johnstone also managed n
land safely.
As neither Hoxsey nor Johnst0ne landed
inside the aviation field their altitude
barograph measurements viii not stand
officially, and Il is not likely that they
will be awarded the hourly altitude prizes
Of the day for the same reason. Hoxsev
Z landed an hour and twenty-five minutes
after rising from the field. and John
stone landed two hours after leaving his
pumpkin pie.
While they were hghting the wind. but
giving way 10 It involuntariIv I'D among
the scudding blue wind clouds. Latham.
in his Antoinette. was winning the first
hourly distance event in the softer wind
which was blowing about eighteen miles
an hour a few feet above The ground.
Later on the Antoinette flyer was offered
SO by the management 10 fly around for
/ the benefit Of the crowd, but as the wind
( stin was rising Latham refused
BrOokins Makes Flight.
Breokins, however, ascended without
the incentive OF a special bonus Just
before the wind began 10 sweep the dust
across the field in yellow clouds. that
shut off the view Of the grandstand.
! BTcokins, therefore. won the second. or
special hourly altitude and distance
/ prizes OF $50 each, but when he drop
iTed through the dust swirls after a tip
I fitting crazy flight Of nineteen minutes.
I lie said that being stopped and blown
I s!dewise and finally backward on the
/ lee scuppers was worth all the prize
money. and some more
/ The international elimination flights and
( the Statue of Liberty flights were not
attempted, owing 10 the wind
! The results OF tO-day's flying are very
/ easily recorded. one event was all that
! the officials passed upon. II was.
| First hourly distance. won by Latham,
/ fourteen laps; time. S. minutes 24l5 sec
! Onds, No second or third
Land Far from Field.
! IN the first hourly altitude the two
entrants. Hoxsey and Johnstone, landed
far from the field Hoxsey was reported
! from Brentwood at $50 o'clock. and word
came from Johnstone at 4:2S Their bar
I ogrephs were taken back TO Belmont
/ Park tonight. but the official figures viii
/ not be made public until tomorrow.
/ Two special events. an hourly distance
and en hourly altitude. followed. Brook
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