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on the head by the propeller Of his Lang
ley machine and seriously injured.
Los ANGELES. Cal, Jan. 12.-Glenn II.
the American aviator, who was
completely eclipsed by Louis Paulhan with
his spectacular feats on the first day OF
the aviation meet yesterday, defeated
his mercurial French rival in the
race for the honors OF the day.
Paulhan again won the plaudits of the
immense throng with daring and spectac-
ular flights, while the less theatric Amer
lean reaped more substantial honors. Cur
tlss established a new worlds record for
speed for a~eroplanes, carrying 4 passenger,
flying at the rate of fifty-five miles an hour
with his manager, M. Fancuilli, beside him,
and he set two other less important rec
ords in aviation.
Not to be outdone, Paulhan took up one
of his mechanlcians and flew three miles,
but failed to equal the speed set by Cur
tiss in his biplane.
The breaking of three records. flights
with passengers, the injury of an amateur
aviator and four aeroplanes in the air at
the same time breasting a stiff wind that
sported dangerously with the delicate craft,
furnished $1,000 spectators at Aviation field
Al eACltlnB lindIS all dlbSIhOOh 'oe
promised to be rather tame.
Edgar Smith, q Californian, who con-
structed an aeroplane something on the
order of the late Prof. Langley's model.
was the victim of the first serious acct
dent Of the meet this afternoon. Smith
was tuning up his machine for his first
attempt at flight and was struck by the
metal blades of the propeller. His head
was severely gashed and his left arm was
broken.
More Thrills by PauIhnn.
At the beginning of today's program
Paulhan seemed again to have monopo-
lized all the honors of the day. Thrice
he drove one Of his big Fafman biplanes
around the course in the stiff wind blow
ing In from the sea, then in a tiny Bleriot
moLoplane, that looked like a gigantic
horse fly, he gave the audience the first
thrill of the day by repeatedly sweeping
over the grandstand and d~arlngly man
euvering In a wind that threatened every
moment to wreck his craft.
The flight of Paulhan In his Bleriot
machine was the first for a lightweight
monoplane in this country. Beside Curttss'
biplanes, which are mere pigmies beside
the great Farman machine, the monoplane
looked puny and unable to raise a man
in a calm, much less Withstand the as
saults of a fifteen to twenty-mile wind
Yet, after an abortive attempt by Miscarol,
one Of the French a~viators, Paulhan took
1t and sped twice around the field although
he never rose higher than fifty feet from
the ground. Several times signs Of APP
prehension mingled with the shrleks of
frightened women rose from Nhe crowd as
The tiny machine, tossed by fierce gusts
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Every moment seemed to be fraught with
such danger that when the flight was over
and The monoplane had landed far across
the field an immense sigh Of relief went
up from the GROVE
Paulhan in Big
Apparently secure in his renewed role
Of star of the meeting, Paulhan frankly
delighted by the tremendous applause his
performance evoked, brought out his Far
man and quickly disappeared from the
view OF the spectators far to the north
ward, reappearing twenty seconds later
over the trees OF a nearby ranch. He flew
back directly over the grandstand.
Several times Paulhan flew across LOTS
or charged directly upon the crowded grand
stand, only to turn sharply when within
a few feet of 1t and sweep gracefully
along before the thousands of spectators.
His flight. of 50 miles lasted 21 minutes and
IL seconds.
CurtIss Breaks Speed Record.
Curtiss all the while remained silent and
at work. Clad in oil-spotted working
clothes, an old cap and shoes that had
seen better days, he spent his time tuning
up the eight cylinder motor in the biplane
with which he won the international cup
at Rheims.
Not once did he look at what Paulhan
was doing In the air. But when the fourth
flight OF Paulhan had ended, Curtiss'
mechanicians trundled the machine to the
starting point. Without preliminary of any
sort he motioned to Fancuilli to get in the
machine.
climbing in behind his manager, Cur
tiss gave the word to one of his as
sistants. A pop and rattle like automatic
artillery and the flight that established the
passenger speed record began. Describing
q wide circle in front Of the grand stand,
Curtiss flew with Fancuilli at all angles
to the wind, and landed almost at the same
spot from which he started.
Lieutenant Paul Peck OF the army signal
corps, and one Of the judges, announced
that he figured the speed at IS miles an
hour. When the record-breaking figures
were announced. the crowd went wild,
Shouts and screams rose from the boxes
and tiers of seats. auto sirens shrieked
! and hats were thrown into the air to be
blown away by the-wind.
-Four Up at Once.
Paulhan, standing by his biplane on the
other side Of the field saw the perform.
ance through binoculars. These he dropped
suddenly and gesticulating as he ratified
off instructions to his crew Of mechanic
ians, made them race TO get his mOtoi
started Immediately. Then he mounted hii
: seat and rose majestically,
At the same time Willard and Hamilton
brought their machines to the starting
, point In front Of the grand stand. hi
rectly after they got into the air. Curtis
: took Clifford Harmon. the New YorI
sportsman and balloonist into the seat be
y side him and rose again on another fligh
with a passenger All four aeroplauies Il
70 the air at once presented a sight tina
sent the crowd into a frenzy.
Paulhan landed in a few minutes. and
p determined to regain some of his lost laui
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