The sun., 1910-06-05
THE DODOLINK OF EVIGTOUS
HAMILTON LIKE AN ERRATIC
BTRD m THE AIR.
Confines Hls Seemingly Reckless stunts
Over Hempstrad T'laln IN Ilh RiChety
L0oklnE Old Machine Yesterdays
EItghls Drew . Crowd af $4,000.

Locking Old Machine Yesterdays
FIighls Drew . Crowd of 10000.
GARDEE CITY. l. l.. June All was
estimated that 10000 persons watched
Charles X Hamilton. the trick asroplane
performer. cut antics in tho air over the
Hempstead Plains aviation fields this
afternoon. Il was the largest crowd
TO witness an asroplans exhibition there
and the lack of police regulations made
Il dificult for the aviator 70 get his ma
chine OF the ground Il was not until
Capt Thomas s Baldwin In his aero
arose from another part Of the grounds
and diverted the interest that the thFong
moved away from the Hamilton machine.
The crowd began TO collect a. early -
, o'clock. and by o'clock about 600
automobiles were lined up around tha
/ field Each incoming train brought
relay and the crowd continued 10 swell
until Il was necessary 10 organize volun-
tary' squad to keep order. Or. Joseph
Ferguson took charge Of the volunteers.
who were stationed in the centre Of the
course, where the landings are made
Hamilton didn't leave the ground until
s:as O'Clock. and Whsn he darted up 10
height Of nfty fest and shot higher
and higher until be reached an altitude
Of several hundred feet. swung around
the course and executed one Of his famous
dives and passed over the beads
Of tho Thousands Of spectators there was
s,,,,a l,as,. ch..ri,. T7n,,,a.aAa ~ kanHa
waved trantically and there was a vigor-
Gus honking " automobile horns he
made more circles of the course. wheel
ing his graceful little aircraft to the
right and left with the ease and grace
Of a swallow. and finally ended his wild
ride with spectacular glide Of several
hundred feet He had been in the air
sixteen minutes.
Capt Baldwin and Joseph Seymour then
brought out their hiers and filed in the
exhibition while Hamilton prepared for
a fight with a passenger Claude Noland
Of Jacksonville. Fla. took the seat beside
Hamilton and went for a ride the length
OG the course
Hamilton is not anxious 10 take passen-
gers IN hts machine, which n much bat
teTvd and worn from hard ser ice. IL u
one 0f the first machines turned out from
the CurSiss factory and Ia the one with
which Glenn II Curtiss won the speed
record in the International championship
contest at Reims. Parts Of the frame
have been recovered and other parts are
plastered with patches. In this machine,
now a rickety booking affair. Hamilton has
made fights throughout the country
After "A few minutes wait Hamilton
remounted the seat again. He diyed over
automobiles. darted down over the heads
of frightened spectators and played leap
frog over the machines Of Baldwin and
Seymour flying al lower attitudes. Then
he suddenly swept 10 the height Of 500
or .O0O feet. and made one oi the most
remarkable glides that have ever been
seen
In third aighe Hamilton stayed up
twelve minutes, and on half round be
raced with Capt. Baldwin. who was on
and on the field during the afternoon.
Seymour joined Ia the race and for q
short time three aeros were dartinR
over the field Hamilton shot over
BALDWIN and made dip that caused
Mr. aud Mrs Tyler Morse and Mra.
Fmnklin Hutton who had eft their
automobile, 20 take % their heels Ia
lively fashion They had Just arrived
and hadn't become familiar with Ham
lton's fantastic fying Hamilton vas
In the air about forty minutes altogether
Capt BaldWln ended the performance
bv making several circles 0f tn. course
The first time Hamilton took seat
m an aeroplans az HAmmondsport lat
November be- didn't leave IL until be had
made AiEht II four miles The next
dav h. went thirty miles. and since that
time he has performed aerial feats that
no other human being has attempted.
Hamilton wall Nv again tomorrow after
noon betw cen and : % clock He said last
evening that n h his intention a. give
up exhibition work and compete Tor
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