The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-06-22
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FLlERS RACE IN DENSE FOG
vEDRINES WINS ~ LIEGE-SPA
LEG or CIRClIT CONTEST.
Only - Participants out Of 10 Original
starters In l,Ong Aviation Test y VIA.
chimes smashed In Flight Of -
Miles AmerigO Lands In Germany.

special cable Despatch 10 TUE SuN.
IIEaF, Belgium. June ~ The aviators
who are taking part in the Paris Jour
ndrs circuit race from Paris to London and
return and who were held up here yes.er-
day by heavy storm resumed their
flights this morning in the second stage
OF the contest from Liege to Spa and re-
turn, a dist ance of 37i2 miles.
The weather was fine. but fog about
daylg ght delayed the start until 7;SO when
vidart took wing. The Others followed
in the order of their arrival here.
While to-day's stage was very short u
was considered dangerous. as the airmen
had TO follow the valley going and COM
ing Pierre Vedrines. the winner Of the
Paris to Madrid race. was the first to
return He got back a' the aerodrome
here at s:l5 Vidart. who was the first
to go up. returned AZ sI7. Lieut.. Con-
neau. flying an Andre Beaumont. came
down here AZ 9:O2. Train at $50. Garros
at 9:55 and Gilbert al 9'5s
Dival and Penauv finished later. or
the nineteen starters ten made the round
trip Nine got to the Spa. but did not
finish Pierre Vedrines wins the second
stage prize He made the circuit ot AZ.
miles IN ~ minutes 81 seconds. Vi
dart got second money. finishing IN q
minutes = seoonds. We"mann, who
got lost and came down twice. toox .
hours 81 minutes Il seconds and came
| in seventh
Contenet who smashed his machine
| when six miles from the aerodrome here
on Monday. went up again this morning
\ \ i a.. 4
A. NJ. He met with another slight acci-
dent on landing and smashed some OF
the woodwork, of his machine
There were nineteen starters in to-
dav's stage oui Of he thirty nine who
originally started from Paris The last OF
them had taken the air by sos O'Clock
The fog had again set in. and as many
of the airmen had no definite idea Of
The route to Spa and back, they found
! the jon ney very troublesome one.
Charles Wcymann. the American aviator,
descended twice to inquire where he
was and how he should proceed He
| reached Liege on the return final
after having covered sixty miles instead
| Of the scheduled distance of thrty-seven
and half miles. RenauA los, himself
Provost and lie l.asseur fell and DANA Ged
their machines. They were not hurt
however.
| Amerigo lost his bearings completely
and landed at Wathorn. in Germany
Fortunately for him he is an Italian
II he we're cne of the French aviatorS
there might have been n row about his
landing in German territory When tho
race was originally organized Germany
was included in the route. There was
such howl about this in France that
Lc journal had 10 cut Germany out, and
hence the Germans are seriously piqued.
In the long run fifteen of the contes-
iants completed the second stage TO Spa
and return. Tabuteau, Bathiat and Wey-
mlnn lended AZ Luxembourg.
Ndart wins l1,5O0 francs. or 5000
His time was hours and 81 minutes for
| the first two s;eges Nedrines made the
Two trips in hours 81 minutes He wins
ZOO francs Beaumont timne was ;
hours - minutes and he won 3 800 francs
Garros did the two stages in hours 1,
minutes. winning ?.iOo francs: Duval's
| time was hours "8 minutes. His share OF
the prize is ?. 500 francs. Weymann' =
time was hours Il minu, es and he wins
| J. 400 francs.