The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-10-29

ta,er sid q Ms,anc. Of thirty feet
directly in 'front.' af the grandstand
.flortly after he started The ma-
chine was completely wrecked. Brook
ms seemed ia be badly injured inter-
nal,y He was placed an stretehcr
and rushed To the emergency hospital
I ,sreokins was writing with pain when
picked up.
Three minutes after the accident
p0t Rrookins oGt Of the Gordon Ben
aett rare, Alfred Leblanc, with his
head sWathtA in bandagcs and 7
cigarette between his tecih, walked
e3nvn the track past the grandstand.
He was given great ovation and
There was renewed cheering when
Claude tsrahana~ White. the English
aviator dashed asrpss The track.
threw his arm around I.ekianc's
Sh5eliGer uud marched away with him.
Condition Not SERIOUS.
s,,iiriai announcement WAS then
,aads, THAI Eroolins. injuries We're not
SERIOUS ard mat the fight in which he
smashed his machine, @as net his ofii-
sias start IN title Gordon Bennett race.
The Wriehts had another baby racer
IN The field ~ which they hoped 70
transfer Brookins engines In time Tor
hreokins to compete in The race.
The physicians attending Brookins
said the injured aviator suffered no
hf8iien bones His engine having
s:"pprd. he eudeavored t. glide 10
earth AZ ne struck the ground the
trail wheels broke and the forward
sstde stuck in the ground. The ma
chine turned a complete sunersault
and was smashed TO pieces. Brookins
staged ont Of the wreck and fell to
tia ground An ambulance WIS at
rs side within tive minutes aad he
vas gusiied to the hospital,
~ 1915 oeilsie was compel d to
altgit. re4scendinr to finish the eiRn.
r. ps necessary for him Ia complete
tn I'd n Bennett race.
ituteft Latham. IN his 900 horse
power Autcinette racer. started At
1t:E2 Is 81
i.sshan a Hero.
ono Of the most remarkable eN-
hibulons Of presence Of mind ever
Witnessed at an aero meeting saved
the lives of probably score Of tile
hest known men and women in New
York social set and made Hubert
Latham hero to the spectators
Latham in his hieh-powered machine
was completing his fifteen lap and.
as he turned the western pylon, the
wind which had arisen 10 u twenty
tive mile an hour force. caught his
+ aeroplane and slammed 1t over to-
ward the club house,
Latham Was At that time only fifteen
feet ~ the air. and his machine
caught in an eddy spun and seemed
about tn crash into the hig crowd al
men and women on the lawn in front
4.
Latham managed to keep his aero-
plane SKINNED over the heads Of The
crowd less than yard over them.
! Latham damned his plane upward and
flnatlS seraped over the top Of the
judges stand. clearing that structure
hg inches only
He then descended in the field al
most EnnerVed by his narrow escape
while the crowd went frantic and
ehesred madIy for several minutes
Latham had covered tn. fifteen laps
Whtn he was forced to descend in 80
minutes 30 and So~100 seconds
France il Ont.
After landing Latham declared that
his aeroplane mad gotten completely
he soud control ot account Of the
gnsty wind. 1T was miracle" he
said. that | did not crash into the
club house. ! was not frightened on
my own account bat | Was unneryed
hS the danger i'll which | was putting
Z spectators,
The failure Of Latham to tinish took
away from France any hope of win
ming the Gordon Bennett race.
Latham and Leblanc were the only
two members to !try for the cup on
the French team. Simon. the French
substitute declined To enter when he
- i 4
guarantee al expenses il he particl-
paid.
When they saw that France no
longer had a chance, Latham and Ii.
Blanc repaired 10 The hangar OF
Charles X. Hamilton and endeaVoren
10 give him as many pointers as pos
sible about the course. The French
men were particularly for the cup ia
remain in America nov that France
Was out of the running
Branc Hoxscy.
/ Shortly after > O'Clock Arch ffoX.
seY in a Wright bi-plane hraveti III.
Wind and entered the special altitude
contest ana Ralph tombstone prepar-
cd to follow him
Al this hour there was great ex.
: element III The American quarters
on Hangar Row John T. Mosant
THE noted cross-Channel flyer who hao
secured a place on the American speed
team by reason OF Brookins aceiden,
was working with feyerish anxiety L.
repair his Bleriot racer for the event
The daring little American was keyed
np To a high point and declared thai
he was ready /" risk his life in an
effort to retain ,the trophy for
America. Farther dawn the row
Charles Il, Hamilton was nervousls
FACING in front Of his racer. anxieusis