New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-10
GRAHAME-WH|TE FLIES
At lOO-M|LE CLIP
Other Ayiators Also Perform
Well at Brighton Beach
Track.
THREE WOMEN IN AIR TRIP
Sopwith Wins Applause by Fly
ing Above Atwood's Auto
mobile and Outstrip-
ping 1t.

Claude Grshame-White and Thomas O..
NJ. SopNith. both English sviators, were
the features at the Brighten Beach race
track yesterday afternoon. George W.
Beatty and Harry y. Atwood also did
good work
But, getting down TO the last analysis
and all that sort OF thing, the bright
particular elimmer Of day that was
filed with brilliant effects was made by
the triple appearance Of Claude Grahame-
White in his marvellously speedily Nieu-
port monoplane. Some more Of the kind
of nying that the self-possessed Britsher
did yesterday, and New Workers VIII
probably bow at his approach. as Bos-
tcnians have long been glad 10 do No
lounging on the lawn for Grahame yes
terday Photographers who got his pict-
ure off the ground had to catch him while
he was travelling at the rate Of at least
one hundred miles an hour. Part Of the
time he was over the ocean.
In appearance the Newport IS similar TO
the Bleriot. having. however, some of the
general outlines OF the Antoinette. in which
Latham few with such captivating facility
at Belmont Park last fall. The Newport
has a charm that is all its own, though.
and when seen as White permitted IL TO be
yesterday is not likely 10 be soon forgot
ten Its roar is that OF a resentful fyinS
fend Its tail is perched al such an angle
that the machine appears ready TO fall head
FIRST 10 earth any second.
White few far beyond the grounds, over
house tops. smokestacks, tin mountains OF
Luna Park and the dull sray sea. He wore
reversed
and put on a pair OF goggles. He cannot
see the ground from his seat in the ma
chine. and as the monoplare is so highly
geared that il is difficult to make it fly al
less than the rate Of sixty miles an hour
the Englishman is compelled TO strike the
unseen ground at that speed and hope for
no snags thereafter.
The entertainment Z whole was tn
best aviation exhibition that has been seer
in the vicinity Of New York since the IN
ternational tournament at Belmont Parl
almost a year ago. New Workers did not
scramble 10 the racetrack TO see the flyns
This was apparently Of no concern 10 th'
aviators, although they are VIGOROUSLY ir
the business for their percentage of the gate
receipts
Three types OF aeroplanes were fowr
with all the skill that has made famous the
names OF the aviators who took part Sop
with few both an English Wright and Z
Blerot He carried three young women or
IS many trips in the former, and ended the
days exhibition by taking in his Bleriot q
T. Campbell Wood, secretary of the Aero
Club Of America, an a cross country flight
10 Nassau Boulevard. They arrived there
in thirteen minutes. They will fly back tc
the racetrack this afternoon.
When Sopwith was not flying conserva-
lively with a woman passenger he was per-
forming after the style made familiar by
the late Arch HoXsey. doing short turns
in front of the grandstand that were a
surprise TO those who have noticed the
Englishman's previous innocence of aerial
atttudnizng.
Beatty was first up promptly AT o'clock,
and clearly demonstrated his ability 10
operate his Wright with fine precision
within the small area of the. racetrack
grounds. Atwood, who few from st. Louis
TO New York, good naturally chaffed Sop
with, to the effect that using his automo-
bile Atwood could beat the Englishman,
who was 10 fly his aeroplane. twice around
the track Sopwth used his biplane 10
such good purpose that. flying only fifty
feet above the automobile and not cutting
short on the corners, he beat Atwood
easily to the formers sincere and uncon-
cealed chagrin.
Beatty carried passenger, who was in
tent on testing the feasibility of sending
wireless messages from a flying machine
A wireless receiving apparatus was placed
on the roof of the clubhouse, and porta-
bic wireless apparatus was attached to the
aeroplane. The young experimenter was OF
the opinion that he had done very we'll
There is promise of another interesting
exhibition at the Brighton Beach racetrach
this afternoon at o clock.