Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-06-20


Played Tricks With a Horse. a DOG
and q Man.
Charles X. Hamilton. the aviator
with his aeroplane did almost every
thing except turn somersaults In the
air over the aviation field ut Hemp
stead Plains. near MineoIa. n. Y. late
the other afternoon. For about forty
minutes this lightweight aviator. VINO
tips the scales at 40 pounds. perform
ed capers that caused women to wave
their handkerchiefs and men to take
Off their hats
While Hamilton was the star OF tn.
occasion, both Captain Thomas
Baldwin and Joseph Seymour made
flights. At times the three machines
were doing stunts over different parts
of the course. and the counter attrac
| tons proved almost as diverting as a
three ring circus Seymour was the
| first to start. At O'Clock with his
| yellow flier he made two good circles
of the track. 1t was $40 before the
up and ready for the air Hamilton
pulled off his Hyin. toggery. mounted
the seat and posed for photograph
| Then he braced his feet and took a
short run and was OFF for JOY ride
! The trim little racer darted to an att
tude of fifty or sixty feet and then
gradually arose higher and Ligher un-
til the altitude was estimated ut more
than 500 feet Hamilton swung his
machine around the course with the
grace of Il swallow and passed over
the aerodrome, making n dive OF about
900 feet and causing the crowd to
scatter in fear. He suddenly made au
upward sweep to IN altitude of sew
erai hundred feet and turned in the
direction of Garden City. He wheeled
his machine and flew to the center OF
the field and executed spectacular
glide to the ground
Scared ,firh In the Air.
Both Mrs Il. NJ Rcudctte. mother
Of Mr. Hamilton. and the aviators
wife saw his exhibitions in an aero
plane
The fuel tank was rr!illnd. and Tam
ilton prepared for another tii2hi.
Now he Is "ui,i" to do sonnet hing
big" said Mrs .lamilton with pride
as he resumed his seat ~ the machine.
and. sure enough. BE- did re flew to II
height estimated mt from $40 to 1000
feet and made dives To within fifteen
tvv.n ~ h.. Il IA
time he remained aloft 33 minutes and
6 seconds. covering ii distance of
twenty-five miles. He circled over the
Nassau courthouse. then turned in
the direction of Garden City and few
over church spire and then paid his
respects to Meadowbrook. He disap-
peared from view and attempted a
fight across the sound. but presently
in the distance Il Speck was visible
against the sky. and II grew larger
and larger as the machine winged
its way back to the flying field. \
wild cheer broke from the crowd as
the mechanical bird scared overhead
Then Hamilton proceeded to give an
exhibition of fancy flying. He made
circle after circle Of the course. vary
ing his altitude from 500 to Is feet
Once he few so low as to put dog
to fright, and again he made Il dip
over the Baldwin aeroplane, which
was in flight. that caused the spec
tators to hold their breath. In making
one of his fantastic dives over group
of persons who were watching his
maneuvers the machine tilted in IL
fashion that caused some lively sour
rying. Edgerton Winthrop. who was
on horseback. didn't waste any time
getting out of the way.
Hamilton caught his balance and be
gan playing hide and seek over the
buildings and telegraph wires. He
ended his aerial whrl with glide
of 200 or 800 feet. and the machine
settled on its three wheels with the
grace Of bird alighting OH its feet.
Played Antics With a Horse.
The day before Hamilton also made
| some startling lights. He saw horse
| in Il neighboring field. and spirit of
mischief seized him, He swooped
would make for victim. The horse
cavorted, snorted and tried to run
Hamilton came within almost kicking
distance of the animal, then veered up
ward. made circle in the air and
again made for the horse. He played
with the horse as ! cat would with
mouse Then he shot toward the plains
| again. and man who was watching,
wide eyed and open mouthed. attract
ed him. He bore his machine down
on the man mt a fifty mile pace. The
man ducked: then he ran. Hamilton
played tag with him until the man
stood still. With a laugh Hamilton
rose toward the clouds.
Once he rose to a height of GOO feet
| His machine suddenly tipped almost
| straight. pointed to the earth and with
its propeller's force added to the nat
ural speed of gravity shot downward
| The spectators held their breath. They
| expected to see Hamilton and his aero.