The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-26

Disappointed thousands, hungry for
the thrills of aviation. watched and
waited in vain at the Fair Grounds
yesterday afternoon for flights that
were rendered Impossible by the gale
which ragged on the level and through
the upper air lanes. And while the
spectators waited, the aviators also
waited, straining their eyes into the
quarter from which the breeze clipped
across the field, in the hope that it
would soon die down. They Were as
anxious to fly as the crowds Were to
see them fly.
But" as Hamilton said, 1t is I'M
possible to walk with broken leg,
and with a broken neck it is not pos
slble to fly in this world again
Gale Up In Air Lanes.
From the United States, Weather Bu-
reau Mr.. Moisant yesterday morning
| received telegram saying that Rich-.
mond would experience f1fteen-niles-
an-hour wind, blowing from the south
west. But early In the afternoon the
breeze increased to more than twenty
miles an hour, and a short time later
the instrument used for registering
wind velocity pointed at thirty-four
miles an hour. 1t was then o'clock,
with no hope that the wind would die
1t should be announced to the anxious
crowds that there would be no flights
II wouldn't mind 50 much wrecking
machine" he said, but don't want
to see any of my birds killed"
But while the people waited in vain
for the thrills of a fight, they were
afforded other excitement almost as
satisfying, for Joseph Seymour brought
out his famous Fiat 120-horsepower
car and raced around the mile track
at a speed of nearly a mile minute.
He went around three times at such
tremendous speed that people shut
their eyes when he took the turns. his
machine swinging clean across the
track He circled the course three
times and then took out Miss Aathilda
Moisant for race against time
Wild Dash In Racing Car.
Miss Moisant waved her hands to
her brother and sister and to Mrs.
Wupperman. wife OF the secretary Of
the international -Aviators, Inc, and
the machine jumped to the track. Putt
ting on all speed, Seymour, told Miss
Moisant to cling tight. and In mighty
cloud of dust sped away. People
rushed to the fences, and those in the
grandstand sent up a mighty yell. Dust
rose in great clouds as the little Flat
roared it's way around.
Miss Louise Moisant became Sright-
ened for her sisters safety and shud-
dered as the engine of speed swung by
her and sent cloud of dust into her
eyes.
II don't like IT," she said, 'sand She
shouldn't have gone" But Miss Ma-
thilde Moisant came back smiling, a
picture of enjoyment, and was gladly
cheered as she stepped out Of he little
seat, Her brother. John B. Moisant
has promised to take her UP in his new
Beriot monoplane when 1t is finished,
and then she says she is to learn how
to operate it alone, She talks of 1t
as she would of commonplace, and
exhibits the same amount OF nerve
brother
So what the crowd failed to see IN
the way of flights it got enough from
the races against time TO talk about
until the Heavenly Trplets. ascend
again. Seymour made the course at
nearly a mile minute seven times,
nearly as fast as Barney Oldheld's time.
The crowd yesterday was much larg-
er than on any pervtous day, for the
people OF Richmond are at last begin7
ming to realize what wonderful featH
are being performed BY the aviators.
Mr. Moisant also got more police pros
lection. Major Werner and Captain
Epps were present With a big squad
OF officers and several mounted men,
Streamed Across Track.
But they failed TO keep the crowda
from streaming across the track while
Seymour was racing around, and ii
straggler had been struck by the speed
demon there could have been no
grounds for complaint against Mr..
Moisant and his men.
When IL was nally announced that
there would be no flights the crowds
began TO thin, but every man, woman
and child who had paid TO enter. and
all those who had got free passes, had
wind checks given them No wind
checks We're given the crowd that
stood on the outside, looking In. or 10
that brigade OF motor cars parked in
the roadway outside the grounds. Mr..
Moisant is more than liberal and even
IL he does not make expenses he wants
Richmond people to say OF him when,
he IA gone that he did everything thai