Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-09-04
Counting up The Cash Won
At Squantun Meet.
Beachey Not Only The Star, but
Biggest Money Winner.
Some Big Purses Up for the Bird
men This Week.

Boston, Sept. 3.-The whirring of the
motors of two Wright biplanes were
heard over the marshes of Squantum
at sunset tonight as TEN" Sopwith
and George w. Beatty scurried among
the gulls along the shores of Dorches-
ter bay at the setting of the sun. II
was the only touch of life during the
day at the aviation grounds of the
Harvard Boston aero meet which will
continue with its fifth days program
tomorrow. Joseph \. Cummings, who
fell into the Neponset river Saturday
morning, was about the grounds for a
short time and apparently but little
hurt by his mishap beyond a bad cut
ON the chin. He expects to have his
Bleriot i'm shape by tomorrow To enter
some of the events.
Up to date Lincoln Beachey has not
only been the star of the meet on ac-
count of his spectacular work, but he
has also won the bulk of the money,
taking in 5000. Sopwith. the Eng
Jishuan, comes second with s2254. and
Ovington. third with 1852. Grahame-
White. of England, who was the star
of the meet last year, has contented
himself with $500 to date.
The latters disregard of the rules
of the course last Friday in making
Boston light and thereby FORGETTING
$1500 to Sopwith has been the most
interesting subject in connection with
the meet. No one could be found who
seemed content with the aviator's ex-
PLANTATION that he forgot to make a
part of the course, the turn about the
field at the start He was the only
contestant who went over the course
last year when he won $4,000 and is
considered one of the most expert
sportsmen. in the group. There were
New York Aero Club men on the field
acting as officials when Grahame-
White was disqualified and the same
men were instrumental last year in
causing the Englishmen to lose $4,000
in the Statue of Liberty flight by a
similar circumstance. Grahame- White
claimed the money on the grounds that
Moisant, who WAS awarded the money
failed to make the turn OF the course
at the outset and was ruled against
There are those who maintain that
Grahame- White was willing to forge
winning $500 for the sake of securing
a ruling which might help him in his
fight, which is still on, to secure the
$4,000 from the New York manage
ment.
That the same aviator will not figure
strongly in this years meet was made
certain tonight when it was definitely
stated he would not enter the cross-coun-
try fight tomorrow from Sduantum to
Nashua, n. H., and through Worcester
and Providence back to the starting
place. the prize for which is $1,000. The
Fnglishman claims the course, passing
er several cities, is too dangerous and
guarantee is believed To be such that
would neither lose nor gain materially
he should make the fight.
Sopwith, Ely, the Curtis flyer. aud Beat
the Wright aviator, viii likewise re-
ain at home and enter the locals con-
sts of the day tomorrow.
Arthur Il. Stone, who has 100 and so
rsepower Bleriots, and Earle L. Owing
4 in 5o-horsepower Bleriot will GO
.er the $4,000 offered for monoplanes
Harry y. Atwood and Lieut.. \. y.
ling, U. :. A., In Burgess Wright hi
ues, will race for the $500 offered fot
lanes.