New-York tribune., 1910-01-12

Los Angeles, Jan. IL Glenn H.
curtiss. the American aviator, who was
eclipsed by Louis Paulhan's spectacular
feats on the first day of the aViation
meet yesterday. defeated his French
rival for the honors of to-day.
Paulhan again won the plaudits OF
the immense throng with daring ana
spectacular flights. while the less theat-
r1csl American rear ped more substantial
honors. Curtiss established q new
worlds record for speed for aeroplanes
carrying a passenger. flying hfty-fVe
miles an hour with his manager NJ
Fancuilli beside him. He also set two
other less important records
Not TO be outdone, Paulhan took up
enc Of his mechanicians and flew three
miles. but failed to equal the speed set
bv Curtiss in his biplane.
The fights of four aeroplanes in the
air az the same time. breasting a stiff
Wind that sported dangerously with the
delicate craft, furnished the thirty thou
sand spectators an exciting finale to an
afternoon that promised TO be rather
tame.
CALIFORNIA AVIATOR HURT.
The first serious accident of the meet
occurred to-day, when Edgar Smith, a
Californian. who built an aeroplane sim
liar 10 Langley's, while tuning up his
machine for his first attempt at flight
~a< struck down by the metal blades of
the propeller. His head was severely
gashed and his left arm was broken.
Al the beginning of to-day's pro-
srsmme Paulhan seemed again TO have
monopolized all the honors of the day.
Thrice he drove one of his big Farman
biplanes around the course in the stiff
wind blowing in from the sea. Then in
tiny Bleriot monoplane that looked
like q gigantic horsefy he gave the
throng the first thrill of the day by
repeatedly sweeping over the grand
stand and daringly manpuvring in
wind that threatened every moment to
wreck his craft.
The flight Of Paulhan in his BIeriot
machine was the first for the light
weight monoplane in this country. Be
sides the Curtiss biplanes which are
mere pygrnies beside the great Farman
machine. the monoplane looked puny
and unable 10 raise a man in calm,
much less to withstand an eighteen-mile
wind. Yet. after an abortive attempt
by EiscaroI. one of the French aviators
Faulhan sped twice around the field on
IT, although he never rose higher than
fifteen feet
THE DAREDEVIL PAULHAN
shrieks Of frightened women rose as
the tiny machine, tossed by fierce gusts
~ wind rolled and careened in the air.
Every moment seemed to be fraught
with such danger that when the flight
was safely over and the monoplane had
landed far across the field an immense
sigh of relief went up from the crowd
Paulhan frankly delighted by the
uemendou applause his performance
evoked, brought out his Farman and
quickly disappeared from the view of
the spectators far TO the northward,
reappearing later over the trees of a
nearby ranch. He few back over the
srandstand
Several times Paulhan few across
lots" or charged directly upon the
rroWd in the grandstand, only to turn
sharply when within few feet of il
and sweep gracefully along before the
thousands Of spectators. His flight of
NJ miles lasted q minutes and II
seconds
'urtiss remained silently at work
lad in oily clothes, old cap and shoes,
ne spent his time tuning up his eight
CYLINDER motor on the biplane with
which he won the international cup at
Rheims
cURTISS on RECORD FLIGHT.
When the fourth flight of Paulhan
ended Curtiss's mechanicians trundled
me machine to the starting point With
out any preliminary, Curtiss motioned to
Fancuilli 10 get in the machine Sitting
"hlnd has manager, Curtiss gave the
word to an assistant. A popping like au-
'inatc artillery, and the flight that es-
'abilshed the speed record for carrying
passenger began. Describing a wide
circle in front Of the grandstand, Cur
hss few with Fancuilli at various angles
" The wind and landed almost at the
starting point
lieutenant Paul Beck, of the army
'ghaI corps. one of the Judges figured
''e speed at Sc miles an hour when
me record breaking figures were an
o'hced the crowd shouted and screamed.
"hiie automobile sirens shrieked. Hats
ere thrown into the air 10 be blown
away By the wind.
auiIan standing by mis- bipiane on
'e other side of the field saw the per-
"lahce through binoculars. These he
4'opped suddenly and gesticulating as
fsttlee off instructions to his crew of
'chanicians. made them hurry to get