The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-24
two SMASH
/ AND NO FLIGHTS
MAR second ! DAY
Wind Is Too Strong for
Even Most Dar-
ing Aviatols.
FRENCH G AC'KS
MAY WITHDRAW
Dissatisfied With Course, They
May Refuse to Enter Race
for Gordon Bennett Cup, IF
Red Letter Event Of Meet.
Disaster for White
and Moisarlt.

New York. October %. here were
two Sn,ash-ups. no flights, and $500
disappointed spectators ct the second
staysof the International aviation meet
so strong that only two aviators,
iGrahamc- White and Moisant, cared to 4
dare IT, and both Of them came to
grief though without personal injuries.
But. much as lie management re-
8grctted to send away a good crowd, 1t
was more concerned with the dissat
isfaction Of the three F'rcnchmen en-
tered for the Gordon Bennett speed
race.
Alfred Leblanc, the champion cross
country rier Of France; Emile Aubrun.
his pupil, and the only aviator who
finished with him In the recent Circuit
De u Est, and Tubert Latham. Icon
plain that the course is not laid out
|according to theSrules OF the Federation
}Intsrnationale. and Leblanc wrote, to II
| the Aero Club of France ten days ago. 81
asking II the French team should COM
/ pete. They expect Instructions by
cable tomorrow or the day after. at
the latest
The #Red-Letter Event.
~ The other four Frenchmen here to
lcompete for the altitude, distance and
duration prizes are not affected, but
| the Gordon Bennett is the red-1etter
event of the aeronautic calendar. 1T
brought the International cup TO the a
country. and with 1t this. tile second
linternatfonai meet ins4thc history of
aviation. no have the French crac Ks
lsdefault would rob the tournament Of
more than half Its interest and, 50
lfar, as its most Important event is
concerned, of all Its competitive zest
Is The course for the cup Is five lsilo-
ilInletres long. and must be scircl ed TWEEN.
i ty times. It is called tho outer co rse,
4 because in the far turns 1t continues
beyond the inner course OF 2,5 ktlo-ss
5|8metres, used for the hourly speed con 3
.!stests each day, and edging past the
stables. swings back over two sclumps
OF trees, and at one point, close ITO
house. s{
The Frenchmen contend that the
4 rules of the Federation Internationalo5
prescribe u course on which any avia-s
9l.tor may alight at any time and Rwher-s
ever lie chooses. They say tha 7 be 5
cause OF tile proximity of the &stables
land he5interfererce of the trees they
would not be free to Tight for pairs
as they are privileged toNdo under the
rules, and that the house mentioned
above stands so close 3 to one of the
Itpylons that the aviator hasSonly thirty
yards in which to pass between the
two. M ssTs Il
Allan A. Ryan. chairman of the com .
|lnlttceag on arrangements, and James
a. Blair. one Of the aviation COM
mittee, admitted they had heard some
lmutterings from The Frenchnien, but
added that nothing had been sub
mitted in writing, and that no otices
would be paid.to II hformal conlmuni *
cations of any sort And there thea
matter stands until the adyices from
| Paris determine decisive action from
1.-THE Trench, camp. s53f IN
When the bomb and bugle sounded
for the first distance event this after
noon, the official code signal gaxo the
| wind ut from twenty to- $twenty-fiYeS
miles, an hour. and It was freshening
evcry minute. The sky was cl ear and
it was painfully cold. Four starters
Iwcre announced, but fter eight min
utes' delay, Grahame- w hitc and
Moisant came out! fs55s
Machine Smashed. &
White drove his machine into the
Hlnd and rose cautiously. He needed
| all his caution, for even a t a height
OF not more than forty feet, he pit h-s
ed like IA ship In a heavy $ ornl. and IN
|salighting his whirring propelle Y touch-
ed and both blades were smashed to
l flinders. AZ 's A.
S Moisant never got OFF the ground. but
llis machine was much moro badly dam
LACED The wind picked = out OF the /
Hands of his mechanics and let 1t fall l%
again Both his planes were crun ~
Pied, Ills ruGder bro ken and his crank I
ssnaft bent. EWhlte8 said his damage Il
could be repaired in the cours 9 OF a
couple 8of hours. Alolsant h ope ID to Sbe \
Erepaired next Tuesday, Both his ma -
chines Saro now out of tcommission, and
unlessS he can borrow or rent one. he \
will not be able to fly to -morrow.
After. these two accidents, the code
Esignal. IL Wind u little n too stronE.i
Invent up on the board. BY this time 4.
WAS II stlff, whole-sail breeze, rat AT h
Twenty five to thirty miles, and though
1.-THE official aut tomohtle @ rae adj over to TIL
3hangars, not an aviator ca me- out q ne
Wright team, Hoxsey, Bro ktns 4 and
IJohnstone, We're all fwis::ns to tly, but
IsWilbur5 Wright all owsS NJ one OF his ma
lchines to go out on SUNDAY. and al
though the management pleaded wi tn
hlms over tho telephone. he remained
5obdurate. AT ia o'clock the evelfts or
1.-The day We're definitely ca lied q
Aviator KILLED 9ss
po,iai, France, October aa.-C captain
/. MadIot military aviator. was in-
stantly killed at the aerodroniet here
to-day. Captain Mad OF was ma king
Ihis practice fltght at This course, and.
/ when at the height OF 100 & feet. tried
Ito stop his motor and plane to sthas
ground. The motor continues n run.
and the machine plunged to tho Garth.
Lane aviator's skull being IL cr,s he'd 81
Aladlot gainetl some pron,in nance al
Y lRheims hs his ScAhl lbl ion ofS q " ain sof
B kites. .1 n ss n ~,