The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-07-03
RACE
THIS AFTERNOON
tombstone and Barrier Will Hook
Up In Speed Contest At
Aviation Meet.

A race between two monoplanes IL
scheduled as the piece de resistance
for Monday afternoons program Of
flights by the Moisant aYiAtors at the
Fair Grounds. This Is about the only
thing In their repertoire OF thrills that
the birdmen have not offered the pub
lie during their stay here and II prom
Uses to be one Of the most exciting of
the entire assortment. st. Croix
tombstone, the daring American await
or, and Rene Barrier, the French
cloud chaser" will probably be the
competitors inIthis event Barrier
was unable to fly, Sunday, because Of
illness. but his condition is greatly Inn
proved today. "
Miss Harriet Quinby. dramatic
editor Of Leslie's Weekly and a pupil
in the Moisant aviation school, who
came to Detroit for the purpose OF
making a fight, has returned to New
York. AS she has been In the air only
once, A. J. Moisant, head of the
school, would not permit her to take
the disk incident to an exhibition
flight on strange grounds, Ferdinand
De Murians, another pupil from the
Moisank school Is still here and may
60 up this afternoon.
Interest In the aerial exhibitions u
increasing as Detroit's first aviation
meet nears it's end. Tuesday will wit
ness the last Of the flights, and this
being a holiday, II Is expected that O
tremendous crowd will turn out, II the
weather Is favorable.
1t Is probable that Rene Simon will
make his trial for the Flanders prize
for the fastest cross-country flights to
Pontiac and return, Monday afternoon.
Rene b, rrier had his turn, Saturday,
but was II seronds short Of st. Croix
Johnstone's record, although he made
the return trip Of 1914 miles In 10
minutes.
The attendance, Sunday. was the
best 1t has been since the meet
started and the big crowd was amply
rewarded for Venturing forth In the
awful heat. Rene Simon was at his
best, giving an exhibition that was
full Of thrills and surprises, and this
In spite OF an inauspicious start. The
motor of his own machine was work
ing badly and went dead" on him just
as he was over clump Of trees at
the north end Of the grounds. He
managed to bring the machine to the
ground without serious damage either
to himself or the plane. His country
man, Barrier, was too Ill to go up, 90
Rene gamely climbed Into the latter's
machine and began doing all sorts Of
fancy dips and spirals. The crowd
gave him q great ovation when he
!! came tearing down past the stand at q
60-mile clip. not over 10 feet above the
track Then he pointed the nose Of
the plane upward again and mounted
high for another spiral. It was simply
immense.
Pretty flights were, made by st.
Croix tombstone and John J. Frisbie,
the former remaining In the air 40
minutes and the latter eight minutes.
tombstone dropped a note addressed
to the members Of the Aero Club OF
Illinois, several Of whom were pres
emit II read: ..... ......--...--
Best wishes from the clouds for
the success Of the Chicago meet"
tombstone, in his No. 13, easily won
the race with q Grand Trunk passen-
ger train, Saturday afternoon. II was
an Interesting and novel contest and
greatly pleased the crowd. A test Of
speed between a monoplane and an
auto and a monoplane and a motor
cycle were other features, the plane
| winning each event handily.