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LANDS SAFELY AT v1NCENNEs
Garros Reaches the Goal, Finishing
Good Second.
v1DART LANDS IN THIRD PLACE
Great Crowd Welcomes the Bird Men
Upon Their Return.
NINE BACK TO STARTING POINT
Race Between Fifty AerOPIanists who
Took wing June ~ IL Concluded,
All Former Records Having
Been Broken.


whose racins name is Andre Beaumont.
won the LOOc-mile nternatioal circuit avia-
tion race, which ended today at the .avia-
ton field at Vincennes
As he had already won the Paris-to-
Rome contest. Conneau brings added glory
to the French navy. of which he is an
officer. Garros was second and Vidart
finished third
OF the fifty aeropsnists who took wing
at Vincennes on June 1S nine reached the
final goal Two of the racefs-Lemartin.
Landron-Rnd Captain Princetau, who had
been detailed to work out certain problems
in reconnaissance in connection with the
race. were killed on the opening day Sew
eral others received more or less serious
injuries from falls
The course took the airmen through
four countries. from Paris, across Bel
gum and Holland. over the English chan
mel to London and return Prizes aggre-
eating about 100000 were given.
The nine survivors started at Calais at
O'Clock this morning on the final leg 20
Paris making a stop at Amiens. Kim
merling had a bad fall into a wheat field
near Boulogne-Sur-Mer. His machine cap
sized and was demolished. The aviator,
for wonder. escaped injury and gamely
motored back to Calais, where he pro-
cured a new aeroplane and made a fresh
start.
Vast Crowd al Finish.
vast crowd was at vincennes for the
finish, but cordons Of troops kept the
strictest order to prevent the possibility
Of catastrophes like those at Issy-Les-
Mouiineaux at the start of the Parasitic
Madrid contest when General Bertaux, the
minister of war was killed and Premier
Monis and others were injured by an aero
plane that crashed into the crowd.
Today M Lepine. the prefect of police,
forbade the ayiators flying over Paris and
ordered them to make a detour OF the city.
The racers were given q splendid welcome
as they came 10 earth. The Vincennes
woods rang with cheers as Beaumont
stepped out Of his machine. Fellow Of
ficers. rushing up. first embraced and then
carried him Off the field in triumph
The race really was between Beaumont
and Roland Garros the leaders by many
hours I'm the combined stages UP to Calais
Garros arrived here ton minutes ahead OF
beaumont, but the latter won on elapsed
time for the entire race.
Vidart was the first to arrive. setting
down on the field at s:s6 O'Clock The
AohoWOo IN THIS Or00rs
Gilbert, s;45; GarrOs. Sl5; Beaumont, s75
Renaux, with his passenger. whom he car
ried throughout the race. 1875; Kimmer.
ling. 1o;3l
Vedrlnea Smashes Machine.
On arriving Kimmerling announced that
Vedrinss had smashed his machine al
Amisns, but was starting again with 8
new one.
The official times of the fners from
Calais to Paris were:
Vidart. 2ss:6: Gilbert, 2:ss:40; Garros
s:13:4S; Beaumont. 3:16:16; Rsnaux, l:1a09
Kimmeriing, 4:2l:2A
The best times recorded for the entirS
Beaumont. 5s:ss:A5; Garros, s2:1s:s4; vi
dart. TS:33.Oo.
Flight Over Hara Mountain.
BERLIN, July -Four aviators, Bruno
Buechner, VolmueIler, Laitsch and Noelle
completed the most difficult stage Of tn.
German circuit flight today by crossing Tn,
Harz mountains from Nordhausen to Hal
berstadt. q distance OF about fifty miles
The first three carried passengers.
The highest point of the mountain system
crossed is 4,s0o feet, but the elevation wa
minor peril, the greatest danger beinJ
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lated mountains.
Koenig and Wienozir collided at the star
and damaged their machines. They ar
ranged to make a new start in compan,
with Jeannin and Hanuschke this evening
With only the Halberstadt- to- Berlin leg L
be accomplished, Vollmueller leads, witt
800 miles covered. Buechner has made So
miles However II Koenig completes tn
flight over the Harz he will be in the lea.
with a total OF LOIS miles
Officers Fly Over WashinEton.
WARRINGTON, July T.--IAeutenant MIN
ing. carrying Lieutenant Kirkland as
passenger, few over a part OF washington
In an army aeroplane shortly after n0ol
today. Starting from the army aviation
field at College Park. Md, the officer
sailed over Berwyn. Riverdale and Hyatts
Vile, Nd.
On reaching this city they passed tn
capitol and landed at Washington barrack
at the foot OF Four-and-a-Half street. Afte
a brief stay here Lieutenant Milling too
his machine into the air again and mad
a successful flight back to College Park.
Previous to todays trip Lieutenant Kirt
land broke the army record by making
sustained flight OF thirty-two minutes an