The Alaska citizen., 1911-07-10
.FRENCHMAN WINS
 LONG FLIGHT
RACE OVER MOUNTAINS IN 60 MILES AN HOUR.

MADRID. May 26 Pierre Ve- drine. the French aviator. completed today the cross-country. cross-moun- tain flight in the Petit Parisienne's race from Paris to Madrid, and to- night is the lion of the Spanish capital
 On the lapel cf his coat hangs th5 cross of the order of Alfonso XII. which is reserved for persons who have distinguished themselves in arts and sciences He won $3o0uO in prizes.
 II was pinned there by the hand of the Spanish monarch who con graduated Vedrine on his bravery and afterwards engaged him i'll con versation fer an hour
 Nedrine completed the last stage of the race. a flight of hundred and forty miles from Burgoes to the avi- ation field al Getafe, in two hours and fOrty-five minutes The honors and emoluments of the great inter national flight all belong to him, for Garros is still within the fastnesses of the Pyrennese near Andoain. and Gilbert, the only other competitor. abandoned the race this afternoon at Burgos when a strong wind and rain storm began. Gilbert made a game effort to finish
 The official time fer Nedrine'S flight of the ,163 kilometers (72l miles, between Paris and Madrid is given p| hIllrs and which includes the numerous delays i'll transit, due to making repairs. waits for fogs to clear away, etc.
 His actual time of flight, how ever vas twelve hours. eighteen min ntes, which is at a rate above 60 miles an hour.
 Tonight a terrific rainstcrm ac- companied by winds, bust over the aerodrome at Getafe. and wrought considerable damage to the grand stand and hangars.
 MADRID. May 26 - With the eX- ception of the crossing of the Alps by George Chavez, on September 23, 1910. a feat that ended in his death, the third stage of the avia- tion race from Paris to Madrid for the Petit PariSienne prize of $20.o0O, and S10,000 additional offered by Spanish aero clubs, proved to be the most severe test to which the aero plane has yet been subjected, and two of the thlee contestants. it now appears, have been forced to abandon the flight.
 George GarrOs and Vedrine began the third stage from San Sebastian early this morning. The 2GG miles of the route is almost entirely over desClate ranges varying from 1000 10 5000 feet in height where d fall meant death. and to make a fresh start would be impossible.
 Gilbert fought the first recorded battle in the ascent A large. fierce eagle swCoped down to give battle to the new rival. the airman. Man ipulating the levers as best he could Gilbert, with his left hand groped in his pocket for revolver. He fired two shots at the eagle. which drop ped behind.
 Speaking of his fight with the eagle Gilbert said it was one of the most exciting incidents of his life. The bird swooped down upon him viciously and struck him with it's powerful beak It succeeded only in tearing off his cap. He then fired at it and he believes that one of the shots wounded the bird
 Vedrine passed over Quinranapalla, and cross the city of Burgos at a great height. but later was forced to descend. He telegraphed saying he could not proceed for some hours, and the club authorized an extension of the time for the completion of the race.
 Gilbert landed at Olazaquitia, forty miles from San Sebastian. but when he attempted to make a fresh start his machine was capsized and partly wrecked although the aviator was not hurt The machine can be re- paired in few hours.
 Garros is stalled in mountain ous spot near Andoain, six miles from San Sebastian. The nature of the ground makes restart practical ly impossible and it is understood he has abandoned the contest
 Saw Something Else.
 A physician engaged a nurse. re gently graduated. for case of de- lirium tremens. The physician sue ceeded in Quieting his patient and left some medicine, instructing the nurse to administer it to him if he began to see snakes again" At the next call the physician found the patient again raving. To lis puzzled inquiry the nurse replied that the man had been going on that way for several hours, and that she had not given him any medicine.
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