The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-18
LIE BLANC WINS BIG AIR RACE
FIRST ~ PtRIS tFTER mr.
ar az 49, NIIG>.
Gris z3S, 400 in Prizes Onl, Nubruh Br-
sides Completed the Course Vast
Crowd sees the Finish Flew IN NJ
WrAiherS The Race and the Victor


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PARIS. Aug. - Alfred - Blanc. tn.
French aviator won IN" Nr'H'. pr,r"
Il s:UII TODAY nv finishing first 20 ~"
last leg Of IN" Cpur-.. from Amt"u- 90
PARIS. - distance ut about seventy Nv"
miles lie made this fight m | hour -
minutes Auhrun 'hc only other sta,t"r.
Who uIahh~d tor the p~tr' N tn OH q,
i've stages mad.. the distance from AmI"p,
~ hour - minute. Bon avlatrrs
HAriot Warhu", " "a Ono u '"u:,pr,
Leblanc resides winning the chief prIl.'
for IN" MdliR's raCr also won - .uOp francs
-, tO0I NJ the prizes offered for the fights
made AT the starring and stopping places
of the circuit covered during IA" raC''.
AnhrIn. who WAS second. wins nothing
for his EFFORTS IN the MGnH race hut won
n HO francs s. 500 IN stage prrz"s
Tn. racr. which hogan uu AugISi {, was
n" frSt aeroplana contest IN tho world
NheTe'n the sChNdul- was hN"i wees
ahead and the competitors hal ~ 'a>-
the chance OF wind and weather Hitherto
races have been flown under such coni
hons and a. such times a. might h.,
chosen by III. contestants
The flight WAS a circular one ~ about
~ miles " hlch had IN h- covered IN SIX
stages 10 Blanc covered the ,-ntIrs dis
lance IN II hours 50 minutes
There were thiriv-hVs entrants Tor
the contest. hut only mn" started. ~
these all but IL Blanc ard Aubrur
druppet out a. various points. but SON"
Of them afterwArd aCComIanrei III"
two contestants on soma OF the stages
Psrfect dying wenther favored tho Last
dav ~ tho race Smoke went up from
chlmnavs IN a straight I'm" rrto IA" hhl.
,ky showing that Their" Vas practically
M wind Paris - thousands went out Ia
the military grounds At lssy The trains
were PACE al inside and o'!tsId" tor rail-
saws with seats N top still SIr,Iys IN
IN" suburban s'rVlC'.
1aNIcab dnvrr- scrrned 'hn ~" NJ
taNIneterS and demanded ON MN mn If
- francs. instead - francs fn- IN" drtvo
to- tn" grounds winch w"r" surrounded
NV oven a dnnsar crowd than On the day
Of tho start Al -oais lcs ing ths-" w"'"
thronged with ,y"rv kind e conynvanc"
from I a. unrtIIo'rlock ~ IN" morning
The first al- machine - ar-'v" WAS a
Wright hIplan" piioted hv an army lIaI-
tenant lie had TOWN from NllacoIbL,v
me hean'lNAFl"fS ~ IN" tlSi' s'1''l
near Versatile
lie Blanc arrived ~ tho finishing point
AZ s.sS o'clock. having Ief' \inI"rs At
So3 Ne was fr'lo~eiat ;pl hy AuhrIu.
who left AnIers at 10
The other avlators who started IN the
laAi l~g were Lieut. IctheuN. who left
tmiens at sos. DaSagneuS VIII st1rt-i
nj SIS. Lieut. Aquaviy1 AZ the same
time ~ the latter Lieut. C.Lmernln AZ
) ~ and BiclovICie ~ j.32
Tho correspondent g THr SrN asked
Count IAmber' why the Wright machines
were not represented IN th. rAor lie
sAid b" was too busy teaching army
officers how 90 Az To give any attention
70 racing
Lieut. Ie'hsuNs motor worked badly
aud he returned 20 Amicns lie reported
on he arrival there that Lieut.. Aqua,lva'-
had 'rok"n down mn" miles
from the star, Lieut. Canerman. a''a-
on" stop for new supply 81 gasul"re.
arrived At tn" finishing po,u' a. 90
o'CluCk LIS" tho other officers who par
uCIpsted IN m" y CHIT on the Ias' log h.
carried another officer AZ a passenger
IegAGneuN. VIII - the funny man =
The aerial world. stopped A. Croll 'pr
luncheon with a,mr friends Ito CAV.
-rtn" -'hrpluuns - fancy dying PlSa-
'sIla who also started arrived A. ~"
'ntsh ~ ~ p'oloCk
IL Blanc was contestant IN tho Iu'"r-
national balloon races started from ~
Louis m 1877. when IN. late Oscar Ern~-
loh. who Recently mot hl~ death IN bal
loon accident. cam. uur victor l.e
Blanc pilot"d Isle de France and Erbsloh
the Pomn"rn lie Blanc - one ri
team Of three selected hy ~" Aero C'ub
~ France. - defend tn. Championship
cup IN the international AVIATION tourna-
ment 10 he held AZ Belmont Park next
October Latham and I.ahou"her" are
he two other members of tho team
IL Blanc will also take part N IN" inter
national balloon races II 1910. 10 tn held
IN this country T. MIX. represent
ng tn" Aero Club - America Was winner
u the race - 1919 which was started from
Zurich. Switzerland Tn" greatest DIS
lance IN thus rae" was mad" bv l." Blanc.
but h" was disqualified hy M" Judges
because ms balloon and equipment es-
raped from hum al the tim" of his landing
10 Blanc now drives Bl"-iot mono
plane but he formerly drove Noisin