The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-01-19
WOMEN SHREK AT SPECTACLE
LAR FLIGHT IN THE AIR.
Great Throngs Thrilled as AviatOrs
Race in Space. One Was Badly
Hurt by His Flying Machine.

| LOS ANGELES, Cal.-Glenn ID.
| Curtiss, American aviator, who yes
terday was eclipsed by Louis Paul
hans spectacular feats, today de-
feated his French rival for honOrs.
Paulhan again won the plaudits
of the immense throng with daring
and spectacular flights while the less
theatrical American reaped more sub
stantial honors. CUrtiss established
new worlds record for speed for
laeroplanes carrying a passenger, fly
ing So miles an hour with his man
ager, Jerome S. Fancuilli, beside
him, and he set two other less i'm
lportant records.
Not to be outdone, Paulhan took
Iup one of his mechanicians and few
three miles. but failed to equal the
lspeed set by Curtiss in his bi-plane.
Aviator Badly Hurt.
The flights of four aeroplanes fur
lnished 10000 spectators at Aviation
Field an exciting finale.
The first serious accident of tie
meet occurred today, when Edgar
Smith, a Californian, who, while
turning his machine for his first at
tempt at fight, was struck down by
the metal blades of the propeller.
His head was severely gashed and
left arm broken.
At the beginning of todays pro
gramme Paulham seemed again to
have monopolized all the honors OF
the day. Thrice he drove one of his
| big Farman bi-planes around the
course in the stiff wind blowing in
from the sea. Then in a tiny Bleriot
monoplane that looked like a gil
gantic horsefy he gave the thrOng
the first thrill of the day by repeat
eddy sweeping over the grandstand
and daringly maneuvering in wind
that threatened every moment tc
wreck his craft.
Frightened Women Shrieked.
The fight of Paulhan in his Bleri
OF machine was the first for the light
weight monoplane in this country
Paulhan sped twice around the fielC
on it, although he never rose higher
than fifteen feet.
Shrieks of frightened women rose
as the tiny machine, tossed by fierce
gusts of wind, rolled and careened il
the air. Every moment seemed t.
be fraught with so much danger tina
when the flight was safely over anC
the monoplane had landed far across
the field an immense sigh of relic
went up from the crowd.
Paulhan brought out his Farmal
and quickly disappeared from view
and flew back over the grandstand
Paulham's flight of 81 miles lasteC
u minutes and II seconds.
Shouts Greet New Record.
Curtiss motioned to Fancuilli t.
get in the machine Sitting behint
his manager Curtiss gave the word t
an assistant A popping like auto
: matte artillery and the flight tina
) established the speed record for car
: rying a passenger began. Describin;
a wide circle in front of the gran,
stand Curtiss flew with Fancuilli a
all angles to the wind and LANDED
almost at the starting point.
Curtiss speed was figured at fifty
five miles an hour. When the rec
ord-breaking figures were announce,
the crowd shouted and screamed.
Paulham then made his crew 0
mechanicians hurry to get his motto
started. Then he rose majestically
At the same time Willard an,
Hamilton brought their machines t.
the start in front of the grand stand
Directly after they rose into the al
Curtiss took Clifford Harmon, tn
+ New York sportsman and balloonist
into the seat beside him and ros
again on another flight with a pas
senger All four aeroplanes in tn
air at once presented a sight that Sc
the crowd into a frenzy. Paulha
landed in a few minutes, and, de
, termined to regain some of his los
laurels, ordered one of his assist
ants into the seat with him. The
he twice circled the course, his grea
; bi-plane soaring as gracefully wit
the extra man as it had done wit
Paulhan alone.
Balloons in Race.
In quick succession Curtiss estal
lished a starting record and a recor
for landing, but Willard coming mex
to the trial at landing beat the bes
his chief couldsdo. Curtiss, howeve,
set new record for getting away t
make up for the landing honor h
: lost. He started from a marke
> square of ten feet flew about tn
field for two minutes, and, returning
landed exactly in the same spot.
Paulhan tried TO beat both marks