Arizona republican., 1911-01-02

Los Angeles. Jan. 1.-There were flying events at aviation field today. but they lacked dash and nerve. The memory of Arch HOxsey's death yes terday hung like dark pail over the spectators. The flyers were slow, and spiritless and worked cautiously as the pioneers did in the experiments which brought man-flight within the realm of accomplished science.
 All the aviators ascended, but they flew apparently only because their contracts called for flights daily and because there were people in the grandstands who paid to see them fly. Their hearts were not in the work. None remained in the air more than a few minutes.
 Long before the program had been completed the committee dismissed the spectators with the announcement that the meet, which was not to be closed until Tuesday, would be ter minated tomorrow.
 Tuesday is the day set for the fun eral of HoXsey. The aviation events scheduled for that day were called off, so that the aviators may attend the Obsequies of their slain comrade.
 Even though the flights were short today, they were dangerous, once or twice during the afternoon, and shouts rose from the nervous highly wrought spectators and the field att tendants when some of the aviatOrs made too sharp a descent and the frail machines wobbled and danced for a second in two contending cur rents of air. The wind was treach- erOus almost as yesterday when it caught Hoxsey and tossed him down to death. At no time, however, did they display the strength they did yesterday while the intrepid con queror of higher attitudes was mak- ing his last flight.
 Walter Brookins, who coached Hox- sey as a pupil in the art Of flying, was pale and seemingly nervous when he brought his bi-plane into the field, and during the one or two short flights he made during the afternoon he never once attempted the thrill ing spiral dives. which he originated and which HoXsey was initiating when he was caught in an air pocket and hurled to his fatal fall.
 He confined himself tO low flying, attempts at quick starts and accu- rate landings. He never rose at any time higher than 100 feet.
 Parmelee, the only other surviv- ing member of the Wright team of the four that started west a few weeks ago. also kept close to tils ground. and save for the exhibition flights of Eugene Ely, and Charles Willard, of the Curtiss team, and Lathem and Radley, nothing was at tempted but quick starts and land ings. When these were completed the crowd was told to go home.
 Radley for a time refused to at tempt a flight at all. It was only when the wind lulled a little and the shifting currents showed a ten- dency toward steadiness that he con- scented to ascend in his Bleriot mono plane After rising he encountered gusts that threatened his control over the machine, and he promptly de- scended more than a mile west of the field He was able to rise again and flew back to the starting point. After safely alighting he said: That is the last for me with winds like this. I'm taking no more chances
 While Ely was making his flight a guy wire parted and becoming tangl- ed in the propeller broke a piece off one of the blades. Ely instantly pointed his machine downward, talk ing a sharp angle to get to the earth as quickly as possible. This was when a shout of apprehension rose from the spectators. But Ely kept control of the planes, and landed safely, though with jolt that jared him considerably.
 The crowd was so sober and dis spirited throughout the afternoon that toward the close of the events a me- chanical clown, a tiny monoplane. BeIch, Calf. was brought out to ste a laugh and dispel the gloom. On two or three previous trials the ma chine never accomplished more than a series of spurts. darts and circles upon the ground, but today it ,ose and flew a distance of 150 yards at a height of fifteen feet. The spectators laughed bit, then relaps- ed into silence which was never brok- in danger of suffering Hoxsey's fate.
 Mrs Hoxsey, the mother of the dead aviator. it is said. will receive approximately $10.00O from the avia- tion committee. the winnings of her son during the present meet. The
 itude prize of S3,000 was won by him last Monday. His American