Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-30

of efficiency that has been reached in
| the control of areoplanes in starting
and landing. Both were able to rise
into the air after gliding SO feet and
| Brookins brought his craft squarely
| to the point of starting, apparently as
easily as though he had been driving
an automobile.
BrookinS took William II. Garland,
Chairman of the aviation committee,
| into the air for a ten minute spin at a
height of 200 feet, and, landing him,
! carried up Frank a. Garbutt, also OF
the committee. for brief outing.
Parmelee took up Roy Knabenshue,
the Wright team manager, as pas
| senger, and Hubert Latham carried his
machanician in the Antoinette.
Radley won the speed event of the
day, the Orange belt race, by making
ga miles in 9:35 80.
The most sensational event Of the
day came at the finish when Glen Mar
tin. the Santa Ana inventor-aViator,
after a flight of about five miles, came
up in front of the stan1 and, unable
to stop his motor in time, pulled up
against the barbed wire barrier, smash
ing his machine and falling, fright
ened heap, across the fence.
Three or four thousand persons stood
up and gasped as they saw the avia-
tor dive headlong from the wrecked
craft, but an instant later they cheered
as he pulled himself out of the mass
and the finest ovation that has been
rendered to any aviator during the
present meet was bestowed on Martin
for displaying what the spectators
called "gameness."
Martin was unhurt, but the smash
ing of his craft deprived him of $3.50
prize money that would have been his
had he landed safely.
HAS ANY ONE HERE SEEN HOXsEY?
HoXsey has become such a will o. the
wisp figure to the crowds attending the
aviation meet that he is seldom looked
for on the field an hour after the daily
program has been under way.
At intervals, the crowd peers up at
the clouds and the question, Where's
HoXsey?' runs from end to end of the
big stand.
In fact, so f1eeting is he that for
mer popular query has been para
phrased to suit his case. HAS any one
here seen Hoxsey?' is the revised Ver-
sion and the megaphoners were shout
ing it yesterday to the amusement of
the crowd.
Many would like to know what a
great aviator wants most after COM
ing down from a long sustained flight.
The thing that Hoxsey asked for yes
terday was some chewing gum. His
mechanician knew of his wants and
had q package ready when the airman
stepped from the machine. He cheWS
it to loosen up the muscles and glands
after his lace is almost frozen in the
great heights.
Brookins' flight with w. NJ. Garland
and Frank A. Garbutt was the first
time since the Inauguration of the
meet that passengers other than mem
bers of the aviators' camps have been
carried and the crowd showed keen in
terest
TO Garland probably belongs the hon.
or of being the heavitst passenger ever
carried, for he weighs slightly over
200 pounds. 1t was with difficulty
that he squeezed into the narrow seat
beside Brookins
GARLAND WANTS NO STUNTS
AS he adjusted the goggles, it was
suggested that Brookins do the spiral
dip and the ocean wave" but Gar
land stoutly demurred and said he
would hold the aviator to his promise
not to do any fancy stunts
For five times he was pfloted past
the grandstand and to the cheer of the
crowd he responded waving his hand.
Ciarbutt took Garlands seat beside
Brookins after the latter had been
safely brought down, and he was taken
for four circuits of the course.
To say that the committeeman were
tribe nervous before they went up
would be little inaccurate; they were
merely shivering from the cold and the
prospect of going to higher altitude
without an overcoat. But both were |
and said it beat autoing or yachting to
a standStill.
In the orange belt race, the speed |
feature of the day, in which Radley, in |
his Bleriot, Ely in his fast Curtiss and |
Parmelee in the Baby" Wright par
ticipated none of the aviators made the |
time established in the first aerial |
derby of the day before. Radley made |
five laps over the mile and three-qu quar-
ter course in 935 35, his best lap be-
ing in Isl; Elys time was 1917 3-5.
best lap 2:02 1-5, and Parnelee's time
was 1850 80. best lap 2:0S 2-5.
CURTISs MAKES FAST LAP
Following the race Curtiss himself
made a trial spin for one lap and
clipped it off in :57 2-5 This was one
and one-fifth seconds better than Ely's
best lap in the derby.
HoXsey had three contestants in the
altitude run for the day, but his
nearest competitor was Parmelee, who
went $500 feet in a stock Wright: Rad
ley went 1400Geet and Willard in Cur
tiss craft went up 800 feet.
Willard, Parmelee, Brookins and Ely
again amused the crowd by throwing
orange bombs at an improvsed battle
ship deck, Willard leading in the num-
Der of points.
Parmelee had the only mishap of the
day aside from the smashup To Mar |
tins craft. The Wright man came
down a mile or more from the stand |
with engine trouble and found loose
bolt in the cylinder of his motor. Re |
placing the bolt in the engine. he as
cended and came back to the field.
You can buy Il. nerhans at many places but |