Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-28
ST. HENRY FLIES T.
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THREE MAGNIFICENT FLIGHTS
MADE BY AVIATOR AT MILES
CITY, MONT.
BEST EVER
SEEN IN THE NORTHWEST
Rain Prevents Flights at Fairmont,
Mimi, Thursday, and Aviator is Try
ing Again Today-Program Of Events
Here Saturday-Beeins at 2:3o -
Fair Weather Promised.

With fair and cooler weather fore
casted for tomorrow everything looks
favorable for what gives promise OF
proving the biggest afternoon OF sport
ever witnessed in MarshalltoWn, when
Robert c. ("Lucky Bob') ST. Henry, the
Curtiss aviator, will make four flights
in Curtiss biplane at the fair grounds.
One of the flights will include a race
with one of the fastest automobiles in
the city. driven by Hardy Friend.
Beautiful Flights at Miles City.
A telegram to the Times Republican
from Miles City, Mont, tells of the
great success of st. Henry's flights
there The Miles City Eagle says that
ST Henry mounted the atmosphere that
was made to order on schedule time,
and Went at a sixty-mile per hour clip.
varying in height from 500 TO 500 feet.
The Eagle declares the three flights
most magnificent. and in the third the
aviator sailed so high that his machine
was hardly visible to the naked eyes.
In this flight he sailed beyond Fort
keogh. The Eagle declares the last
flight the best ever witnessed in Mon
tana.
Col w E. George of Billings. Mont.
an enthusiastic aviation fan. pro-
nounced ST Henrys flights the best he
had ever seen.
Rain at Fairmont
At Fairmont. Mimi, where St Henry
was scheduled to fly Thursday, rain
prevented the sport according to
telegram received by the Times Repuo-
lean from Fairmont today. st. Henry
renamed in Fairmont today. and will
try again to give the people the thrills
that they expected to witness on
Thursday.
Great Program for Afternoon.
The program prepared by the Mar
shalltown Club for its guests Saturday
afternoon will be filled with interest
from beginning to end. The fair
grounds gates will be open at o'clock,
and the program will begin at $3.50
The first event will be a ten-mile
motorcycle race, open to all For this
event there are four Marshalltown en-
trants, two from Cedar Rapids. one
from Waterloo, and one from Des
Moines Those entered for the ten
mile race are l. E. Huber, Ernie Kim
sey, Otto Schmidt, and Bascom Miller,
of this city; S. r. jenkins, of Des
Moines; J. w. Campbell. Of Waterloo;
and Murray Fawcett and Sweat OF
Cedar Rapids.
Following the n-mile race Is a five
mile endurance test for one iungers'-
old once cylinder automobiles. This will
be novel event, as the larger cars
have, for the most part. taken the
places of the earlier makes and styles
that were looked upon with favor few
years ago.
A fve-mile automobile race will fol-
low the event Of the "one-lungers.'
The second fve-mile event will be
speed contest for the high power cars.
At least two Of the cars entered for
this speed contest are from Eldora and
Des Moines. The Fl. w ENEMY Auto
mobile Company. of Eldora, will enter
car driven by o. Weimer, and the
Brown Cory Ellis Automobile Com
pany, Of Des Moines. will compete with
a car driven by William Shaffer.
Following the auto race st. Henry
will make three of his flights, and at
ter the exhibition of aviation the pro-
gram Will De brought to close with
the race between ST. Henry in his BIZ
plane and Hardy Friend in his red
devil" racing car. This race will be
anywhere from three to five miles.
The Race Officials.
The officials for the race events are
DR.. c. a. %oggle. Cutler Abbott. A. G.
Buchanan, and II. K Denmead, judges;
George w. Darling starter: and w. I.
Bennett and Z. l.. Monohon. timers.