New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-08
AVIATION CIRCUIT ENDED
Andre Beaumont, Winner, Will
Receive More than $4,000.

Paris. July ANDRE Beaumont lieu
tenant Conneau) won the 1OO0-mile Inter
national Circuit Aviation race. which end
ed at the aviation field at Vincennes to-
day. AS he had already won the Paris-to to-
Rome contest Conneau brings added glory
TO the French navy, OF which he is an
officer. Garros was second and Vidart
finished third.
or the fifty aeroplanists who took wing
at Vincennes on June Is. nine reached the
final goal. The course took the airmen
through four countries, from Paris across
Belgium and Holland over the English
Channel 10 London and return. Prizes
aggregatng 10000 were given.
The nine competitors who had qualified
10 start in the final lap of the race left
Calais al o'clock this morning for Paris,
with a stop at Amiens Kimmerling had a
bad fall into a wheat field near Boulogne-
sur-Mer. His machine capsized and was
demolished The aviator escaped injury
and gamely automobiled back to Calais.
where he procured a new aeroplane and
made a fresh start.
An immense crowd was at Vincennes in
anticipation Of the finish. but cordons Of
troops kept the strictest order to prevent
the possibility Of catastrophes like those
at -M0ulineaux at the start Of the
Paris-t o-Madrid contest. when NJ Ber-
teaux. the Minister Of War. was killed. and
Premier Mcnis and others were Injured.
To-day NJ Lepine the Project Of Police,
forbade the airmen flying over Paris and
ordered them to make 4 detour Of the city.
The race really was between Beaumont
and Roland Garros the leaders by many
hours in the combined stages up 10 Calais.
Garros arrived here ten minutes ahead Of
Beaumont but the naval officer won on
elapsed time for the entire race. The
racers were given a splendid welcome a.
they came 70 earth. The Vincennes woods
rang with a din Of cheers as the winner
stepped out Of his machine Fellow Of
fcers rushing mp frst embraced him, and
then carried him off the field in triumph.
The general classification prize was So
OoO. Of which the first man was TO receive
20 per cent If twelve finished. As only
eight or nine men qualified all the way
through, the share Of the naval officer and
the others will be increased considerably.
There was another prize of $1,000 offered by
tho Vincennes commune.
the prize. The London Standard s. Sl2,'~o
for the fastest fight from Paris TO Lon
don. or the arrival Of the airmen ar the
Hendor aerodrome. His share Of the two
prizes on a 80 per cent basis ought 10 be
about so. 80
Lieutenant Conneau's time for the entire
circuit of nearly a thousand miles was
IS hours IS minutes. Garros is placed sec
ond under the general classification. having
made the course in So hours II minutes.
vidart f. tt.~l. ,ime 70 hours 80 minutes.
Gilbert l- ..I Fourth in 50 hours ~
minutes, kmmer'irg fifth in 93 hours 10
minutes. and Eeuaux. who carried a pas
senger. sixth i'm 10 hours a minutes.
Vidart was the first 10 arrive to-day,
settling down on the field at S.S5 o'clock.
The others followed IN this order: Gilbert
SAB: Garros. 9I5, Beaumont, 9:25 o'clock
Renaux. 1925 o'clock, Kimmerling, 1871
O'Clock
on a--.-..r Eimmerling announced that
Vrr-.- mashed his machine at
Ans. .rs starting again with