The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-17
ATWOOD SPENDS
NIGHT At TOLEDO.
Makes Trip of 1873 Miles From
Elkhart in Less Than
Three Hours.
GOES TO CLEVELAND TO-DAY
Intense Interest Marks Airman's
Progress During Third
Days Flight.

Toledo. O., August ls.-Exactly $50
niles from his starting point, Harry
\ Atwood. the Boston aviator. who is
attempting to break the worlds long
distance aeroplanc record by flying
from ST. Louis to New York. alighted
In Toledo this afternoon. after COM
pieting the third day of his trip with
the city. He covered the 1873 miles
from Elkhart Ind. to Toledo with
only one stop. and in an actual lying
time Of hours and sc minutes.
lie started from Elkhar, at sos a. NJ.
was compelled TO stop at Pcttisville, O.,
for more than five hours because he
ran out OF gasolene. and continuing
mis- Journey. guided by the tracks Of
the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
Railroad, he arrived in Toledo at i:o2
+. NJ
Between some OF the stations Atwood
beat the scheduled time for ordinary
trains. In the last lap OF the days
run he whipped up such a $. cd as
hardly to be visible for longer than
minute at any one angle. The thirty
three miles from Pettisville into To-
lcdo was run in fifty minutes. includ-
Ing a delay for starting and time lost
IN circiing around the city in search
81 landing place.
The Boston mans arrival here was
rs exciting as was his trip over
Northern Indiana and Ohio.
Steam whistl-s and thousands OF
people on top OF Office buildings greet
ed him IS he came In from the West.
All the way in he had gliding up
hill" to get good view of the town.
he said. Instead OF aligh,ing in the
West End he shot clear over the city
and landed near the mouth OF the
Maumee River In the eastern section.
Intense interest marked his pro-
Iress. When swooping low to read
the names OF the railroad sta
tons, great crowds. including farmers
who he'd come in by automobile from
miles around, frantically yelled for
him to come down. Some brought
bouquets and lunches for the aviator,
white policeman and municipal officials
abandoned their posts TO Join in the
ovation.
Telegraph Offices Busy.
Before the aviator wh!zzcd into
view, his machine coming on like a
rapidly growing spot in the western
horizon, the telegraph Offices were
kept busy with Inquiries as TO his
Whereabouts. Whenever two minutes
elapsed without word from him an
impatient message went over the wires:
Can you give us any news OF the
big bird?"
Going toward Pettisviilc. Atwood
noticed that his gasolene was giving
out and he was compelled unexpect-
eddy to land. While attempting to
rise again with 4. Lee Stevens. OF
New York, as a passenger. the wings
Of his machine brushed against nearby
tree tops and both men were almos:
dashed out. Stevens was knocked
against fence. but escaped injury.
it was necessary to abandon the pass
enger- carrying project.
Al Pettisville Atwood received In
ducements which resulted in change
in his original plan of going on to
Sandusky tonight. He decided TO re-
main in Toledo tonight. and to-mor-
row al A. NJ. to start for Cleveland
by way OF Sandusky. He intends to
remain in Cleveland over tomorrow
night.
Atwood is now 7.5 miles from New
York. With $50 miles already trav-
eled. he will, on arriving at New York,
have to his credit 1926 miles, as com
puted by railroad mileage. Including
2S6 miles from St Louis to Chicago,
$40 miles from Chicago to Buffalo
n. Y, and 1919 miles from Buffalo to
New York. But Atwood asserts he
will be entitled to considerably more
than this, as he covered fifty or more
miles in c!rclins over St. Louis and
Chicago and made detours en- route.
He said tonight he would not def
nitely decide whether he would con-
tinue on to Boston until after his ar
rival in New York. He said he felt
obliged only to fly to New York, as
that would be sufficient to establish
new worlds record. but he still was
considering the feasibility of finishing
mp at Boston.