The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-16
LEBLANC LEADS AT AMIENS
FIFTH LEG or GREtT TRENCH
tR RitE ~ IIOW\.
Aubrun Comes IN second WIN H,s old IN
the Head cured ~irrrrd In the Nl>'
bS the Compass IrEaSnruN HAS
NIshap Finish OT Contest rO-'ia, q.

,ps,i.' & is's pstn i',hs, - THT SuN.
pou.I France. Aug IS The NTH tex
IN the remarkable asruplana ra~' around
thu EASTERN circuit. as II - called. was
begun from here to-day On saturday
ia. fourth leg was fo~n under the most
adverse conditions Whom two ~
the aviators. Leblanc and Auburn. ar
rived her. they wer. exhausted and m
had physical condition. High winds an
peded the progress ut the rae" and ~"
two aviaturs only ventured into the upper
air when the mile minute gale had
slnckened down
The stage Of the race held to-day was
the flight To- AmIcn-. There ~ one more
section Of tho race - I've held. Amiens
To- Paris. and - - now prcdiCied that
Leblanc will carry away hrst hnn"rs.
although Aubrin - ~ close second Much
interest has been aroused m IN" race
owing to the dying contests at the stop
ping places and the fact that military
Aviators have participated. much 10 the
anger uf their German friends across the
boundary. one German paper has even
gone so lar a. q advocate the blowing
up Of French aeroplsnes which hover
,Ver the border
The conditions Of the race. which IL for
a prize % $4,000 offered 10y L. MdhH Of
Paris are severe. but 50 far wind, ram.
fog and storms have been conquered.
and Il Ia predicted that the remaining
stage Of the race will be covered IN the
same manner as the preceding four
The participating aviRtors have been
forced 10 make much use of the compass
and sectional maps IN their flights They
have been Handicapped also nv III" high
winds Leblanc has twice complained
Of having his maps blown away and his
compass rendered useless
The weather condition prevailing to-
dAy were somewhat better than those ~
Saturday. some in fact voting them TER
fect wind. however. was blowing from
the northeast and heavy mist was APP
parent over the course This stage,
Douai to Amisns. il the shortest leg 81 the
race and Auburn brought his machine out
early and tuned up. lie started az 5Ns
o'clock and Leblanc. who has maintained
the lead thus far. started five minutes
later after watching Auhrun get away
successfully
IagaEneuV. who has experienced much
hard luck and who was the first TO venture
OUT in the winds on Saturday. started at
SIS O'Clock He rejoin"d tn" rae" here
this morning. Noel. another aviator who
has not done much 80 far. also iolned th"
race to-day and started at 5.H O'clock.
AMrENs. Aug i5.--The nth stage Il tho
aeroplane race organized hv l." N7'in
ended here to-day and the populaCo mani
Tested as much interest AS has been shown
At the previous stopping PLACES.
Leblanc arrived here Al go O'Clock, I
his elapsed time being Sour . minutes.
Auhr,in. who started first from Douai,
arrived twelve minutes later II took
him / hour "a mInu'e-S tn. max" IN" trip.
Both Leblanc and AuhUIn experienced
wind eddie- on the way here and had m,''h
difficulty IN keeping their machines
righted The compass stood them N
good stead - II was their only means uf
guidance owing - the d"ns" mist they
encountered
4 peculiar f"a'ure 81 the "trip. however.
was the fact that AubrIn. who has hc"u
suffering from G heavy colt IN Nh" heal.
found himself fully curei ~ ~ "u hIs
arrival here.
IsgaSueux. who left poual ~ So
o'cloca. arrived her" ~ q -. His tam"
w.s hour 20 minutes Noel. VIII a.
tempted the figh'. met with al NNoil
short dista' O. from Amiers and frH
cousiierabis dI-iarC. He was only
slightly injured