The Washington herald., 1910-10-31

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stand TO bow his acknowledgements. some
one threw an American flag around his
| shoulders His long residence in Central
! America had taught him 10 throw Il
around him quickly In proper Spanish
! fashion as he bowed and bowed and
! bowed nervously
! And now that Johnny was up where
/ he could be properly cheered, he was
given great ovation.
When the humans were hoarse, the
officials grabbed Johnny again and led
/ him down the steps and across the club
house lawn to the spot inzide where the
! glasses clink and tinkle.
| Flew in lie BIanc's Aero.
Not an hour before the same crowd had
assembled on the far side OF the field 10
welcome back Grahame-White as the
victor Of the trip. But Johnny's hangar
welcome was twice as strenuous and
there was a French as we'll as an Ameri-
/ can element to it. For Johnny. ii now
became known. had made the fight 10
the statue and back in lie Blanc's So
i horsepower Bleriot. which Johnny some
day Will buy from lie Blanc, he and lie
Blanc say, for $1,000
Johnny would have bought II after
hts flight of to-day-his first time up in
that particular machine, by the way-if
IL were not that lie Blanc brought the
/ Bleriot into the country free of duty I'M
/ der bond which stipulates that the
/ Bleriot must be used IN this country only
/ for exhibition purposes and must not be
sold by lie Blanc while on his present
visit
! From the minute that Molssant came
out OF the sunset his two sisters were
the most excited persons on the field
| They were running around in circles,
/ looking over the shoulders OF those who
1 held stop watches. and jumping up and
| down. Louise and Title are their names,
and they also hailed from Chicago. Fred
Moissant. the brother from San Saliva
| dor. stood with the working force OF
| the Moissant shed gathered around him,
and everybody In the neighborhood was
roofing for the approaching aviator
! They pumped their fists up and down
and shouted, Come on. Moissantr' in
| that pleading way that people have when
| they are launching a racer.
| He's got two minutes 10 beat era
! hame-White" yelled a face above a
watch, and the sisters shouted: John!
| John. Hurry up
Suspense Ia Great.
Every tick brought them hope and fear.
and then hope again. That plane seemed
/ 10 creep Till II crossed the boundary OF
/ the park. and after that 10 drive Ike a
/ tavelin over the line. The whole Moissant
/ family and It's rooters scattered down 10
/ the starters booth In the middle OF the
/ hangar line. In a jiffy they came racing
/ back. waving their arms. shouting at the
/ top OF their voices, Hes won: he's won
! ne 5 won; he's woni' sang the TWO girls
/ whose faces are counterFarts Of their
/ brothers
1 What do You think OF that?" yelled
/ Fred Moissant. He has his machine
/ smashed, climbs out and runs and gets
another from Leblanc. and the first time
/ ne drives il with its 50-horsepower he
beats a man with 100; why. the machines
| paid for now" and he grabbed the near
/ est meehanician and they danced around
II tn they both were tired The cOntagfon
spread. Perfectly strange shoulders were
/ clapped and handshakes went around Ike
/ hymn books at a camp meeting. Il was a
I hullabaloo that wouldn't die down
/ The first things that came 10 Moissant
when he reached his camp were saluta-
/ tons, after the manner OF their kind
| from the members OF his family. And
4 then, after all the hands IN the place
/ had been shaken, the fier and his sis
/ tiers stood Up against the wall and were
/ photographed with a background OF The
/ American flag one who watched the
three OF them standing there would al
! most believe that they were pleased
about something
lie Blanc Also There.
Just after the click Of the camera 4 lit
/ tie man with a bandage over his eve
managed 70 get nearer the center OF ac-
tiyity and thrust out hts hand 10 Mois-
SAINT There appeared TO be considerable
sincerity in that grip. and IN the fast
/ spoken French words that went with It.
"Merci, Mons. lie Blanc" said Mois-
SAINT, and then he turned away 10 tell
how It felt on the Oyer-roof flight
You can bet your life IL was cold up
there" he said. Bitter cold that went
right through. I started out Just as
straight as I could for the statue They
| told ne 10 steer by the compass west.
I one quarter north, and that's why | went
and it brought me in a dead line. After
/ l had been in the air about eight min
utes I caught sight of the Goddess and II
was an easy job 10 lay a course after
that
From the time I sighted her I kept
climbing until ! reached the statue. That
was on the theory that We can make
better time against the wind by going
up, My highest point, 7 think was at
the minutes I turned. All the way COM
! ing back I took on a slant I guess you
al saw that from the time I came in
/ sight"
High Mt the Turn.
Moissant's Paragraph registered that
he was highest at 2.SC5 feet, so, if his
memory was right. that was the height
at which he rounded BedIoe Island.
4 tell you one thing did think Of and
this is true" said Moissant. Just as I
was going around the statue II occurred
to me that there was a gift from France
and that it was appropriate that I should
be driving a French machine around H.
And l thought that il ought 20 be q
Frenchman up there in my place.
on the way out / noticed a lot OF
things down below. There was a string
of three little reservoirs, I remember
and after that came houses, houses,
houses for almost all the way. The
greater part OF the trip was over the
city. OF course, and it seemed as if
there was nothing but roofs after ! left
Jamaica"
The accident which necessitated Mois-
SAINTS quick purchase Of the new BIeriot
over the telephone from lie Blanc was
one OF two smash-ups which occurred
to-day. The other accident happened 10
McCurdy's Curtiss biplane when he was
making a landing, and It was slight.