The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-11-04
FLIES HIGHEST YET
JOhnStOneDO World SReC.
ord at 9,7l4 Feet.
WHITE CHALLENGES MOlSANT.
English Aviator, Angry at Defeat by
American In Statue of Liberty
Flight, Insists on $4,000 Match
Race Over Same Course.

New York, Nov. Ralph Johnstone
In a Wright biplane made new
worlds record for altitude, flying to a
height of 9,714 feet at the aviation
meet at Belmont park. The previous
record was 9.1S6 feet, made at Rheims
by NJ. Wynmalen last year.
When Johnstone's barograph had
been read and the figures announced
to the crowd there was a minute or
more of pandemonium. England gets
the cup, but America makes the rec
ords," was the cry of the jubilant
throng. and as many of them as could
get near enough slapped the aviator
on the back and tried to hug him.
While the announcement was being
made of Johnstone's remarkable
achievement j. Armstrong Drexel
landed, and an inspection of his baro-
graph showed that he had climbed
/ skyward n distance of $3.50 feet
| John Il. Moisant added another notch
/ to his gunstock when he won the Aero
club distance race and $1,000 with
| ffty-siX laps TO his credit. He made
the race in the fifty horsepower Bleriot
in which he defeated Grahame- White
/ in his hundred horsepower Bleriot in
the flight from the statue of Liberty.
MoiSant had no engine trouble or
difficulty of any other sort. but was
tagged to the ground by the commit
tee on his fifteenth lap. Rene Simon
of the French team had complained
that Moisant had fouled him by round
ing the pylons so closely that Simon
had to come down to avoid disaster.
Moisant was penalized three laps for
this, but went on and won the dis
tance event. Latham, Simon and Bud
Mars also competed in this race.
A match race between Grahame-
White and John B. Mosant for side
bet of $4,000 is assured. Grahame-
White issued the challenge when he
was still steaming because he was
beaten by Moisant in the statue Of
Liberty flight Sunday.
A representative of the Moisant
camp said when the challenge was re-
peated:
IF Grahame-White means business
and will put up real money Moisant
will cover it."
Later Grahame-W made the chal-
lenge official. He offers to fly Moisant
to the statue of Liberty and return
any afternoon this week. He claims
that he is the only one in the statue
of Liberty fight that observed the
rules, for he holds that Moisant made
4, 10 s-t., n1,
official time limit expired at 3:45 p. IN.
II notice." said White, that, al
though the meeting was said to be of
ticially closed on Sunday, the grand
speed and grand altitude events are
still going on. Hence l do not see
how the meet can be considered clos
ed. l hope that Mr.. Moisant's sport
ing instincts will permit him to accept
my challenge"
The English aviator kept patiently
on through the afternoon giving dem
Onstrations Of himself. 1t seemed i'm
possible for those to whom he talked
to understand the theory on which
Grahame- White held that he should
have the right to run a one heat race
over again If he happened to be de-
feated.
Suppose II comes the other way"
said one TO him. Suppose the com.
mittee let you run it over and you bet
ter Moisant's time, will he then be
permitted to make another effort to
lower yoursY'
you bally Americans" said Mr..
Grahame- White, don't understand the
principles Of sport, what?'