Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-26
DOMINGUEz FIELD
MISSED BY RAINS
lo,UU0 Under Clear Skies Wit
ness Manbird Features While
City Gets Soaking
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meeting of the aviation committee held
Saturday evening, Latham was up
after the endurance prize early.
Hoxsey followed. close behind him,
towing his air craft to the starting
point with his automobile. The barom-
eter was tied on his machine and he
was off for his remarkable flight
Parmelee followed HoXsey to the field
and went after the altitude honors.
He reached 4500 feet and came down,
preferring to let HOXScy contest for
the altitude record.
With the exception of HoXscy's fight
the most interesting feature of the day
was the bomb throwing contest, Will
lard in the Curtiss biplane. Latham in
the Antoinette and Ely in the Curtiss
Contesting.
Directly in front of the judges stand
the deck plan of a battleship was
marked out. Certain vital spots were
indicated by circles, the center by
square, while the sides and ends of
the strip were indicated. With oranges
for bombs the aViatOrs flew above the
ship at a height Of COO feet and at
tempted to cast their oranges on vital
portions of the supposed war vessel.
Not once was a vital point struck, but
after getting their bearings and an
idea of the wind the aVators were
able to hit within the boundaries with
out difficulty. Willard won, securing
ten points in his favor. Latham com
ing second with eight points, while Ely
was a close third with seven points,
USE IN WARFARE SHOWN
The interest of everyone on the
grounds was attracted to this feature.
as the deadIiness and destruCtiveness
of the airship in timc of war was
clearly indicated by the demonstration.
The speed contest between the great
American rivals-the Wrights and the
CurtiSs cOmpany-WaS not resumed to
any great extent yesterday This ri
valry will be a feature of the coming
days of the meet. however. There is
talk of arranging a regular race be
tween the two types of machines, which
will settle once and for all the ques-
ton of which is supreme.
Such a race has been suggested to
the Curtiss people, and Glenn II. Cur
tiSs stated last evening that while he
had no desire to race against anything
but time he would, if the committee
demanded. consent to enter his ma
chine against all cOmers for rcgula-
ton speed contest in the air. It is said
that Curtiss has not let his new racer
out to its final speed and that when he
does even Radley's Bleriot will have
TO look well to the honors it now holds
The speed rivalry yesterday was be
tween Curtiss and Radley rather than
Curtiss and the Wrights. The French
man won the daily contest in this event
Saturday, much to the discontinue of
CurtiSS.
SUCCESS STAMPS MEET
Success firmly stamped its seal Of ap-
prOVal on Southern Calfornia'S second
annual aviation meet yesterday after
noon
Ten thousand people assisted in afIiX-
ing the seal. watching in deep amaze
ment and awe the wonders which were
performed before them by the conquer
ors of the empire of the air They ap-
plauded the altitude flights Of EIoXsey,
the speed of Curtiss, the endurance of
Latham. the daring of Brookins. and
left the field after four hours of thrill
ing entertainment. satisfied that South
ern California's second annual aviation
meet was a success.
saturday the crowd WAS sioptieal.
Yesterday the last atom of Skcpticism
ceased to exist
As if by prCaTrdngCmcnt nature did
its part yesterday to make the dav
brilliant one in the history of aviation.
For miles around DOmingucz field and
far out over the ocean to the west and
TO the high mountains in the northeast
black rain clouds spread their dismal
canopy From the grandstaud torrents
of water could be seen descending
over the country. vet not once during
the afternoon did the weather interfere
with the progress of the program. Do
minguez field enjoyed bright sunshine
during the entire afternoon. while the
remainder of Southern California re-
Ceived soaking.
RAIN MISSES FIELD
The field stood out throughout the
day as the one bright spot within the
aViators' range of vision Nature did
its part toward afliEing the seal of suc-
cess.
The threatening weather conditions
undoubtedly kept the attendance down
10 a great extent Yesterday afternoon.
AS it was, i'm the noighborhood of 10 O1o
people iOurncycd to the field for the
second days entertainment. As on
the day before the crowd was handled
expeditiously by the railroad COM
paues and the officials mt the grounds
and compliments We're shoWorcd thick
and fast upon the aviation committee
for its foresight and Judgment i'm ar
ranging matters
With a memory of the long. slippery
walk the tircSOmc waits for ears and
the weary hours of STANDING" in the
cold experienced at last years meet
still fresh in mind. the public was not
manner of doing things during the our-
rcnt meet Constructed for permanent
usc. the grandstand, hangers, concce-
sion booths, hospital and even jail havo
been made as comfortable AND con-
Venient as possible and L3vo mot the
approval of tho crowds which have att
tended.
At the Pacific Electric depot NJ sixth
and Main streets threc-Car train wore
kept constantly on hand Bngnung at
1890, the crowds began to leave 'or thc
field At - o'clock the depot was
crowded with a gaylv dressed crowd of
holiday pleasure seekers anxious 10
get to Dominguez before tho FIRST Efeht
took place, and from then ON uutu g
o'clock cars left the station about two
minutes apart.
RAIN TURNS BACK CROWD
Without a doubt the traffic would
have continued much longer than that
had il not been for the shower which
broke in Los Angeles about that tima
Bealizing that a trip To the field would
undoubtedly mean a soaking a great
number Of people returned to their
homes, never dreaming that Domip-
9uCZ was enjoying ideal weather while
the rain fell in torrents in the city.
At the time the rain commenced the
p. +, depot was filled with passengers
and a great number Of these would
not go ON account Of the rain, despite
the fact that they had already pur-
chased tickets. Chairman Garland Of