The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-11-01
GR5HAME- WHITE
WINS TROPHY
Gordon Bennett Prize
Gees to United Kingdom
L 3LAHC's HARD LUCK

tn. trenchman Was Making Better
7yr3n Till He Happened to an Ac-
fnu Eighty Miles an Hour-Gaso-
HIM. Eccd Pipe Became Loosened-
,re-hcd Into Telegraph Pole and
r~.tr it Like a Toothpick-The
summaries.
Is the Associated Press.)
>... york, Oct. 29-Claude Ora
n7m.Nhite, dying for the Royal Aero
rr.s of the United Kingdom, lifted
the Gordon Bennett international
er>sf trophy from the custody of
Amrrs,9 today in the fastest time ever
covered for the full distance Of LOO
liar.-rers. 62.14 miles, around a i've
tl1n.5.r course. His average speed
a traction better than 81 miles
an hour and hts fastest lap was w
~~.r.-r- 55.17 seconds, but the cap
TAIN s< the French team, Alfred lie
PLAN. living in d similar
7ml horsepower Bleriot monOplane.
u.s. making each lap on an average OF
+-.,t. seconds faster than Grahane-
ur.-- and would have o the cup
j., r. had not met with a disastrous
aeo.l.rt in his last lap, when he had
<r- rare seemingly well in hand.
Ill.,. -rsr lap was q new worlds
record .u itself for five kiIometers-2
minutes. 1853 seconds, but he exceed
81 8. with a lap done in 2 minutes,
80 seconds.
Leblanc was running before the
wind urder full power at an esti-
nar.. speed of eighty miles an houl
when the feed pipe from his gasoline
f4~s Fl, MS motor Ioosened under the
f~..~~-ut Earring of the engine and
h. .#Gaulv found himself with moth
in. momentum to carry him.
IaH..ne was helpless and panic
sui. mo He tried to lift his planes
So that the last few drops of gasoline
might ll-er Down into the engine and
lend him strength enough to make q
Il~a:-E He crashed foremost into a
ta.-raDh pole. He broke the pole in
thr.- pieces as if it had been a tooth
ri.s The chassis and steel shield
Wr5-n enclosed the motor were com
rl.a.r crumpIed, but the solid steel
" thu motor itself withstood the
shock Had Leblanc hit the pole IN
any .rher amer it is impossible -
See how he could have possibly q
ea0.1 death.
His accident was accepted on every
hand With the greatest regret. Ora
hame-Nhite, the winner. admitted
that / Blanc would have won the race
and would have established a worlds
record even better than his own, ex-
cepJ for his mishap. Charles x. Ham
"too. Of the American team, was en-
thuslastic. Leblanc is the best track
driver ia the world" he said The
"ag ne took those turns was a mar
Vel Grahame-White would never
nav oeen in 1t except for Leblanc
ac@d-n1 and no American machine
ha1 a nance with him. I am Coins
% throw my machine into the scraI
heap and buy a Rleriot before I leave
ms track. The biplane is out Of date
ans @e might as Well admit it."
3iarultOn will challenge for the cur
ErEt var. The Wright brothers viii
al "u.id a new racer and go after 1t
Joao g. Moisant will be q third chaI-
t-nznr You bet he said, Tn go
ing after it. II I don't bring it C
s'..@ other American will"
III edition to LeBlanc's acciden
s..a# vas married by q serious mis-
~l I'D Walter BrOkins of the VIRGIN
@H. VINO had taken up the new
Iaa. Wright racer for the mrs
"''"- RroOkins was just comlnE
-i'-@4 the turn into the home stretcf
.+s trial circle, preparatory 10 en-
~-'4- "a the Gordon Bennett rae
""'" four Of his eight cylinder
s'@1 nring. With only half poWe.
i" l."i first to sustain himself o!
~-'. .ag, then decided it was easle
and plunged to the earth. III
ret sense OF the word, he az
aIl, he Owed. And it could al
~" said he made a perfect land
mat Is, the angle at which he III
'-rth from q height Of fifty Zee
tIlDSJ nOTEnal. But driven y.
nd and his engine he earn
~ through the air at such ire
"'os speed that when he touche'
"ar'h his front wheels and Tor
.fanle collapsed under him IN.
Ao stuck its nose into the DRY
49, Jared tail upward and nnail
g Top side u~ndermost, WITH Z