Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-14
WHITE IS LEADER.
Wins s22,1oo in Cash
Prizes al Aviation Meet.
One Worlds Record Broken
1.-The Other Prize Winners,
Special Prizes for the Two Days
Additional Program.

Boston, Sept. 13.-Claude Grahame-
White of England. flying Farman
biplane and Bleriot monoplane.
proved himself the champion OF the
first annual Harvard Boston aero meet
at the close of the 9-days competitive
meet tonight. having won the Blue
Ribbon event of the meet, the Boston
Globe prize Of $4,000 for harbor trip
to Boston light, taking altogether four
firsts and three seconds, winning $22.-
100 in prize money.
One worlds record. that of accuracy
in landing on skids and two American
records. duration and distance, were
broken while Mr. White in his Boston
light trip covered 80 miles in "a min
utes. Is seconds.
The regular competitions for prizes
ended tonight but the management
will continue the exhibition two days,
offering prizes for new worlds records.
Early tomorrow morning there will
be bomb dropping contest from an
elevation of 1900 feet or more. for cups
offered by the city of Boston and John
Hays Hamomnd Glenn H. Curtiss has
challenged White to match race.
Practically all the amateur prizes
were won by Clifford B. Harmon OF
New York, who flew the Farman BIZ
plano.
The following is the list of winners
and their prizes:
Claude Grahame- White. Globes
nrizc, 100000 bomb dropping prize.
$4,000: speed first place, $500; altitude.
second place. $4,000: duration. second
CT cnrnnd Mace
$1,000: getaway, first place, 500. To-
tall s22. 100 81
Ralph Observation-Disclosures. first
place, $4,000: distance. first place. $1,000:
accuracy first place. $500: slow up sec
ond place, $500. Total. $4,000 ~
Walter Brookins-Altitude. first
place, $4,000: accuracy. second place.
$3.50; slow lap first place. $1,000. Total
s425o.
Glenn H. Curtiss-speed second
place. $4,000.
Charles r. Willard-Getaway. second
place, $50
Amateur prizes-Clifford B. Harmon
Harvard cup for bomb dropping.
$4,000: speed cup. $1,000; duration
cup. $1,000: slow lap cup. $500. Total
value. $500. 1t
w. Starting Burgess-Duration sec
ond place. cup valued at $3.50.
The hest marks made during the
meet were as follows:
Speed. 81 miles three laps) 6 min
utes second. Claude Grahame-White.
Altitudc--4732 feet. Walter Brookins
Duration. hours. 5 minutes. 20
seconds Ralph tombstone american
record)
Distance. 1O1 miles. 3s9 feet. Ralph
tombstone american record.
Slow lap, five quarter miles (three
laps). IL minutes. AZ seconds. Walter
Brookins.
Getaway. 2s feet. II inches. Claude
Grahame- White.
Accuracy, feet. inches. Ralph
tombstone (world's record on skids).
Accuracy. SO feet, 4 inches, c. Ora
hame- White.
Globe prizes miles. "a minutes.
1 is seconds. C. Grahame- White.
The contest COMMITTEES today revised
the new American record for distances
established by Ralph tombstone yes
terdav in a Wright biplane, giving the
air pilot about four miles additional.
His corrected distance is 101 miles.
3S9 feet.
The amateurs, as usual, showed 1T
tie activity today. During the early
morning hours. only one appeared ON
the field. w. Sterling Burgess made
dozen short jumps up and down the
field but not once did he allow his bl-
plane to mount higher than 10 feet
On his last trial he broke one OF the
supports of the machine and retired
into the hangers.
Using his Farman biplane. Grahame-
White opened the professional events
of this, the last contesting day OF the
meet, by ascending at 2.30 this after-
noon to compete in the altitude, AURA
ton and bomb throwing events. Among
the Interested spectators on the neld
was Miss Helen Taft, daughter Of Pres
ident Taft. who motored down from
Beverly with Mrs. Charles Letter OIL
Chicago
In the bomb throwing contest Ora
hame- White secured is points. Out OF
seven bombs he succeeded In having
two strike the smokestack Of the MOD
el battIeship, counting builseyes. In
this event White was in the air IL MN
,,tao II Ak seconds