Arizona republican., 1910-01-14
II WAS ALSO BROUGHT OUT
That His Performance of Wednesday Was More Than a Thousand Feet Short of the Record For Height.

Aviation Field, Los Angeles. Cal. Jan l3.-Paulhan did not do anything wonderful today in the seeking of a pathway to Paradise. but he took up two passengers. circled the field with them several times and cut across lots in what was considered an attempt to slow down Glenn H. Curtiss. who was flying the regular course at the same time for the ten-iap speed record. The passengers were landed safely.
 Flights with one passenger became an ordinary event. No speed or alti- tude or endurance records were brok- en. but the days trials demonstrated the possibility of the airship as a commercial and sporting factor.
 Curtiss' manager protested against Paulhan's getting in the way of Cur tiss' machine during the ten-lap trial and contest may develop. Curtiss attempted to make a record for this but failed. His total time was 24 minutes and 2-5 seconds. Later Paul. han tried, but failed by five seconds.
 Willard won the prize in a Curtiss machine for starting and landing within the limits of twenty-foot square. Hamilton made q circut in Curtiss' machine The Gill-Dosh en- try from Baltimore made short flight but had to retire until repairs could be made to the propeller. The kassen mOnoplane. q local machine, burned its framework. A Bleriotl monoplane hOpped lamely around the field. but did not appear to have pow CT enough to rise far.
 Cortland F. Bishop. president of the Aero Club of America, received a ca blegram from the International Aero Society Of Paris during the afternoon saying that Hubert Latham's record for altitude was 5.444, made on January :, in France. The judges confirmed Paulhan's record of 4.165 feet.
 Hamilton today made flight with his rudder wheel tied. to show that the Curtiss machine could be operated without the Wright nitents.
 Clifford E. Harmon of New York announced that he would start dur ing the second week in February from San Antonio, Texas, in his balloon New York to attempt to make a worlds distance record. The record is ROW l.2O0 miles. Harmon also will try to lift the Lat1m cup. now held ny A Holland Forbes with 693 miles. He is assured of a sufficient quanti- ty Bf gas in Texas.
 The events in the aviation field were eclipsed late in the afternoon by q strange sight in the sky. off over the ocean a bright, star-light> appari ton appeared. Thirty thousand necks stretched back and 3O.0O0 faces looked in wonder at the heavenly visitor. Was it Halley's comet or a new air ship from Mars come to mock us |? Nobody seems to know. Paulhan late in the day electrified the crowd by taking Mrs. Dick Fer ris, known to the stage as Florence stone. as a passenger and flying low over the stands. He made three laps. cut corners and landed squarely in front of the grandstand~-
 Charles K. Hamilton. in q Curtiss machine. tried for a ten-lap speed record. but landed on his third lap be- cause Of engine trouble
 Paulhan. for the first time in avi- alton history. ascended with two passengers and circled the field sev- eral times with his passengers. Paul han repeatedly cut across the field in front of Curtss. who was trying for a ten-lap record, and Curtiss' manager protested against Paulhan fer de- liberately fouling. Glen H. Curtiss tried for the ten-lap record but failed. His total time was 24:25 2-5. and his l mile average 2:29 2-5