The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-10-28
THREE Av|A.TORS To
DEFEND TROPHY
Brookins, Drexel and Hamilton Will
Contest With Foreigners for Prize
Won by Curtiss.
BELMONT AVIATION FIELD. l..

BELMONT AVIATION FIELD, l..
l., Oct 2S.-The American defenders
of the Gordon Bennett trophy In the
Coupe Internationale D'Aviation were
announced early today after a session
OF several hours by the executive com
mittee of the Aero club.
They are: Walter Brookins Wright,
50-horsepower); ]. Armstrong Drexel
(Bleriot, 50-horsepower), and Charles
X. Hamilton (Hamiltonian, 1l0-horse-
power); substitutes, John B. Moisant
(Bleriot. 50-horsepower) :. Arch Hox-
sey Wright, 50-horsepower), and
Bud" Mars (Curtiss, 50-horsepower).
According to the rules of the inter
national meet, the contesting teams
must be announced "a hours before
the race is run. AS the event is SEIZED
uled for Saturday, 1t became neces-
sary to make the selection OF the
American team without the proposed
elimination trials, which have been
prevented by adverse weather condi-
lions.
The race will be 20 circuits about
the fve-kilometer course, a total OF
62.187 miles. Last years race, at
Rheims. France, one-fifth this dis
lance, was won by Glenn Curtiss.
The foreign teams, as finally an
nounced today, are: France, Hubert
Latham, Alfred Leblanc and Emil Au-
brun; substitutes, Rene Simon and
Rene Barrier. England, James Rad
ley, Claude Grahame-White and Alec.
Ogilvie: substitute, William McAdle.
There Is much feeling on the part
OF American aviators who failed to
get on the team.
The selection OF Hamilton and Drex-
ell does not meet with their approval.
Hamilton's longest fight in his pres
ent machine Is one mile. Drexel's 80
horsepower Bleriot, II is said, will
have little chance against the more
powerful machine OF Latham, Leblanc
and White. The hope of the
Americans rests with young Brookins
In the baby racer. 1t Is believed this
machine will be able to more than
hold It's own with the foreign flyers.
The Paragraphs attached to the
aeroplanes of Hoxsey and tombstone,
who were blown away from the avia-
ton field yesterday by gale, had not
been returned TO the judges up to an
early hour today. Johnstone's ma
chine rested at Middle Island, SIS miles
from the field while Hoxsey's aero
plane was at Brentwood, % miles
away. Both these flyers were prepar-
ing to soar back to the field today and
bring their height instrument with
them. Both Hoxsey and tombstone
think that during the storm yesterday,
they established new altitude records,
but IL will require an Official examina-
ton of their Paragraphs to determine
this.
The weather conditions early today
we're good. Yesterdays storm had
died away completely and although
the sky was overcast, there was no
wind. Both Grahame-White and Lee
blanc in their 100-horsepower fiat wing
Bleriot racers, took advantage OF the
lull In the wind making early morn
ing practice flights, averaging more
than so miles an hour in short asccn-
sions.
Archie Hoxsey, one Of the two
aviators who was carried beyond the
aviation ground last night by the
heavy gale, returned this afternoon.
Hoxsey started from the point where
he landed, a mile and half east OF
Brentwood, at IL o'clock this morning
and few the entire distance or rs
miles back to the aviation ground In
little more than an hour, landing
here at 1907. Hoxsey was given a
rousing cheer, and all of the other
aviators present congratulated him.
After an Official examination OF
Hoxsey's Paragraph. It was announced
that his highest altitude. during his
flight in the gale. was $500 feet. which
is not a record.
Despite his narrowing experience of
yesterday, Hoxsey was the first man
to ascend when the signal bomb an
nounced the opening Of the meeting
at 1880. The Wright flyer was en-
tered in the altitude contest and I'M
mediately began climbing straight up
ward.
Lieut.. Latham in his graceful An
tonette, assembled In the hourly dura-
ton contest.