Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-29
gusts ana passed on to his second
round In 6:24.1S.

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round in 6:24.1S.
Leblanc decided to use his 100-horse
power Bleriot racer and after trial
around the course at hair-raisng
speed started officially and made the
fast time of 2:47.63 on his first round
His rate of speed was calculated at
70 miles an hour, new worlds record.
When White had finished his
seventh lap his time was taken at
22:O2S6. Both aviators drifted over the
stand as they made their west turns.
The wind velocity at this stage of tho
race was given ut from 10 to 10 miles
an hour.
Alexander Ogilivic. one of the Eng
fish team was the third contestant
to start. He drove 4-cylinder Wright
biplane racer and made his first
round in 3:21.62 ana his second Ill
7:06.55.
Grahame-White finished in the
ELAPSED time of ! hour ! minute
and 4 3-10O seconds. White made
extra laps so as to provide for PENAL
ties which might have been imposed
during his ride.
White covered half the course In
31:l9.4S. He passed his thirteenth lap
In 40:2l.57, his average time up to
that point being a mile minute. He
turned his fifteenth lap In 46:15.22 and
his sixteenth in i9:l1.O4.
Leblanc finished his eighteenth lap
in 22:12.5S, slower time than that made
by White. The French aviator, how
ever began to cut his corners better
and was sailing close to n worlds
record. He passed his ninth lap in
25:Ol and continued to make fast
time continuing his tenth lap.
ACCIDENT TO lie BLANC.
Latham dipped and almost went
into the clubhouse on the fifteenth
lap. He saved himself by wonderful
skill and passing the start, turned from
the course and went to his hangar
Undismayed by the accident to their
team mate. Brookins, Hoxscy and
the air near o'clock in their daily
duels for altitude. Hoxsey was up
first at 1855 and tombstone followed
him Is minutes later. Tho wind was
blowing 90 miles an hour and they had
difficulty in making Roadway against
& 1t.
RULES FOR CUP RACE.
The rules for the Gordon Bennett
cup race provide tina, each contest
ant may start at any time during a
period of seven hours of the date fixed
for the race, but they are allowed only
one start"
AS the event was officially declared
: open ut $3.50 this morning, 1t Will clost,
at $780, At 2:30 Hamilton and Drexel
of the American team said they In
tended to wait until the very last
moment in the hope that tho wind
will abate.
At 2:30 tombstone and Hoxsey both
began to come down. tombstone shot
n thrill through the crowd when he
began to make bea.u end turns at
K n height of n thousand feet and then
pointed almost vertically downward.
ooh he's falling" came the cry but
tombstone had perfect CONTROL He
was only giving an exhibition Of what
could be done against q 20-mic gallo.
Drexel and Molsant OF Chicago Of
hcially entered for America ito defend
the Gordon Bennett cup. They had
only % minutes left In which to
start.
]. Armstrong Drexel in a 5O-horse-
power Blerot crossed the line ut 3.25,
I starting In the Gordon Bennett race
fortthe international speed trophy.
with only one minute to spare j. B..
Moisunt followed DreXel across the
5linc. Before he hnd finished tho first
round the bomb exploded and the time
limit expired with Hamilton still on
tho ground. r. r. Radlcy OF the Brit
ish team got off few seconds after
the bomb.