New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-28
DARING DUEL WITH H0XSEY
Rival Wright Flyers Face Death
in Icy Blast a Mile or More
Above Frightened Crowd
at Belmont Park.
AVIATION PROGRAMME


rival Wright aviators. were driven miles
from Belmont Park yesterday when they
er---7- 70 establish a new record for al
---use tombstone. landing sixty miles
away al Middle Island, sent word that
The average reading Of three Paragraphs
showed that he had attained a height Of
more than 1890 feet The worlds rec
ord is 9. 1S6 feet Hoxsey came down AT
Brentwood. twenty-five miles from Bel
mont Park.
There were few flights. owing TO the
gale thar blew up in the afternoon The
flight 10 the Statue OF Liberty and back
Tor $1,000 was postponed. Any aviator
may now fy fer this prize at any time
during the meet
The exhibition started with a rush, with
Hubert Latham crossing the line almost
on the second the bomb exploded. The
Anroinette usually So self-rellant and
r7IasterfuI feerered and showed the down
beneath its golden right wing as the
Erandstand was passed 10 an ingrati-
atfng waltz. Heretofore the beautiful
flyer had swept at startling angles
around the pylones. but now she was not
enjoying the poise that comes from a
consciousness OF supreme power The
wind was forty miles an hour at least.
hut the Anroinette. driven by the most
EXPERT demonstratur Of that type in the
world. continued on its dangerous rounds
for an hour
Just before the bursting Of the bomb
twenty thousand persons were discour-
eyed. Forrv-mile winds presaged the
hated wind check Latham vas deeply
satisfying. but more was coming
Wilbur and OrviHe Wright sat al
luncheon in a little kitchen behind their
tents. and tombstone. whom Hoxsey had
beaten in altitude the day before, was
close by, eating pastry. Hoxsey came III
ard tombstone said. loud enough for |
Hoxsey TO hear. Look AT that dude
Hoxsey.~ The Wright brothers did not
raise their eyes from their tin plates. and
Hoxsev did not make any acknowledg- /
rnent that he heard anything but the
vhistling II the wind and the Tapping Of
The sheets Of canvas
Hoxsey Spells Some Pie.
Another moment and the trio al
luncheon we're surprised 10 hear the an
rouuceuen- az their door. ~HoXsey IS 4
-r- tombstone did not finish his pie.
bur ran u his hangar and in wonderfully
quick time pursued his friend and fel-
low champion. BY the time the grand I
stand was reached the two Wright flyers /
We're side by side. and there they re- 4
NAMED as though eying each other and /
Challenging each 20 knock off any chips 4
rhsr might be resting on their wings. And /
then new sight was seen The Wright /
machines started TO fly backward. The 4
rival aviators still kept side by side 4
1rHunE the gale, but the headless /
W~5E1te never, II seemed. more des- 1
I.--arely needed capable headpieces than 4
GaT When had heavier-than-air ma
chimes ever before done such d fool /
hing NJ time 10 inquire while two .
were being made 20 backstep the steep
ard 5gmpy treadmin Of the air They /
climbed rapidly side by side while the /
Antainette circled on one Zip Of its wing, 4
and the crowds, conscious that some /
thing was going on that ought 10 be .
stopped by the department OF safety. /
stood flushed and expectant and wished I
for reassUring word from the TWO BIZ
planes now disappearing in the wintry
northeast Latham thrilled. and. in a
Painful sort Of way charmed, the specta- /
Tors for an hour. The TWO Wrights could /
uot be- found by the aid OF powerful /
glasses The wind was rising, and anx-
1etr Mas felt by the aviators who stood /
et The ground and talked II the strange 4
hacksliding OF the altitude specialists.
carl Diensthach. expert technicisn Of
The Aero Club OF America. insisted that
such 2 thing had never before happened.
He said the standard Wright machines
travelled In still air at the rate Of at
least forty miles
Wind More ga, Eor-v Miles