The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-05-05
PAULHAN STARTLES
WORLD WITH FLIGHT
Daredevil Frenchman Flies From
London to Manchester and Wins
$4,000 Prize.


LONDON, ENG. - Special. - Louis
Paulhan, the daredevil Frenchman,
completed the 1S6-mile trip from
London to Manchester with but one
stop, and won the $4,000 prize Of
fered by Lord Northcliffe. The cour-
ageous attempt of Graham White, the
, English entrant, 10 overtake the
! Frenchman after the latter had made
a better start and his continuing the
flight after being forced to descend at
| the park at Roade, near Northamp-
ton, have won the hearts of his coun-
trymen quite as fully as the more sue
ceSsful deeds of his foreign competi-
tor. England regrets the defeat of its
champion, but rejoices in the victory
/ of Paulhan.
After he had been compelled by
motor trouble to come down at A.
M. at Polesworth, White declared
that, IL possible, he would resume the
flight and cover the sixty miles sep
arating him from Manchester, where
Paulhan arrived at $3.50 this morning.
The Frenchman, who made the flight
at an average speed OF about forty
five miles an hour, covering the 1855
miles in three hours and fifty-six min
utes, now bids fair to be acclaimed as
the champion aviator OF the world.
Paulhan's Many Records.
He not only holds his new record,
but that for the greatest altitude. hav-
ing scared nearly 5000 feet recently
at the Los Angeles, Cal, aviation
meet, where he was the star. Paul
record, which stood until he himself
broke ii today-1S0 miles. The best
! flight before that was Ill miles, made
| by Henry Farman.
The White-Paulhan race proved one
of the best conducted sporting events
ENGLAND hos 1.
spirit Of the contest went.
| AThe immediate outcome Of the race
VIII probably be the organization of
| other contests on a similar basis. A
notable feature of the race was the
/ fact that the Frenchman stole a march
on the Englishman in the same man.
ner that Louis Bleriot, the French
man who crossed the channel. stole
| march on the other Engilshman,
| Hubert Latham, who, like, White, had
| first tried the flight and failed. While
| White was waiting on the field at
! NORWOOD Scrubs Paulhan set off
having assembled his plane without
making single inquiry as to Whites
plans. In spite of adverse winds Paul
han halted for the night at Litchfield
more than half way to Manchester
when White was but third of the
distance on his course.
Whites Brave Attempt.
From first to last, Whites flight was
| one of the bravest attempts in the
history of aviation to force his plane
to top speed in the hope of overtaking
his competitor.
In the wake of the Frenchman, he
whirled in the darkness over the deep
valleys and between the hills of the
heart OF England, understanding motor
cars and trains, maneuvering against
the wind and stopping only when
death was the alternative. At times
his speed. like that of Paulhan. was
over a mile a minute. Never has a
more perilous fight been made.
| White, after being forced to descend
at Roade, rested for time, and then.
at ESQ A. NJ, when there was not even
a glimmer of dawn, resumed his Jour
II don't mind IL have to start in
the dark, he said, "as long as there is
a, bit Of light for me to land by at Man
At 80 A. NJ. he passed Rugby: ff-
teen minutes later he had left behind
| Brincklow, having done twenty-three
miles in forty minutes.
Along the route OF the aviators the
gathered in the hope of seeing the com
| petitors about whom all England has
been talking for two days. Occasional
below. each driver could hear the ris-
ing cheers. At Manchester. despite the
hour, great throng was on hand.
hundreds had stayed up all night TO
see the finish.
Intense Interest.
Hundreds of messages received at
the London headquarters of both
Paulhan and White, congra tulating
them on their showing in the great
race.
1t was almost twelve hours to the
minute from the time of Paulhan's
departure that he swooped down on
Manchester TO the wild cheering of
an enthusiastic crowd.
The route to be followed was fairly
we'll decided by natural conditions and
along its entire length from early yes
terday till the $4,000 prize had been
won, interested crowds waited. In
London excitement was no less in
tense than elsewhere. Swarms of peo-
pie besieged the newspaper Offices and
crowded about bulletin boards, and
hundreds remained on the streets all
night long, waiting for news of the
resumption of the flight. At theaters
the progress of the contestants was
announced to the audiences. In the
big restaurants the word was given
out. Papers were got out on the
streets on the receipt of each bulletin
with almost American energy.
There was only one topic i'm Eng
land. Today the excitement is scarce
ly less than il was yesterday and last
night. Thousands, kept from their
beds all night by the race. made no
attempt to retire today. but stayed up
10 give the aviatorS a rouSing recep-
ton on their return to London. In the
camp OF the Englishman there is
gloom today. The rejoicing among
The friends and followers of the
F'renchman is correspondingly intense.
But there is not the suggestion of a
note of bitterness in spite of the clev-
erness with which Paulhan got the
better Of White in the start.
] Flight Across Atlantic !
Possible, Says Wright +:
DAYTON, o. Special.
"IIOuiS Paulhan'S TondOn-tO-