Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-09-02
Wonderful Stunts by Beachey
EIocirities The Crowd.
Does About Everything in Air,
Except Falling 10 Death.
Sopwlth, Atwood, Gill, Beatty and
0vlngton Make Flights.

Boston. Sept. 1.-The plum of the
third day of the Harvard Boston aero
meet, the prize money and honor of
being first in the 33-mies flight twice
around Boston light from the Squan-
tum field was generously tossed to
fom' Sopwith by his brother Eng
lishman, Claude Grahame- White. The
winner of last years Boston light flight
failed to make the turn about the
course at the start of the race and dis
qualified himself. He was conceded
the race at the outset, as it was con-
fidcntly believed no machine on the
grounds could match in speed his 10
horsepower Nicuport. Grahame-
Whites excuse was that he became
slightly confused because of starting
to the westward at the outset to watch
the wind before crossing the line on
the direct course eastward to the light.
However. the $500 purse hung up for
first place went to England and the
Sopwith Bleriot was given the record
of the course. 81 minutes and 80 sec
onds for the SO miles. Last Year Gra-
hame White won $4,000 over the same
course in a Bleriot with mark of "a
minutes. Is seconds.
The Boston light trip furnished the
principal thrills of the day. Earl l..
Ovington. who came in second, in 50
minutes and 80 seconds. in Bleriot.
was the only other man to finish Of the
five who started.
At the sound OF the bomb, Grahame-
White, Sopwith. Ovington and Beachey
and Ely in Curtiss biplanes. Shot into
the air. The five aeroplanes lined out
picturesquely against the blue sky
above the course and then shot off to
the eastward. sailing serenely over the
myriad water craft of Boston harbor
until out of sight under the islands. A
sea gull shot up under Grahame-
Whites machine and for a short space
matched it's feathered flight with that
of the man bird. 1t was soon lost be-
hind, but later picked up the mono
plane on its return trip and SCARED
gracefully along over the pylon course,
Grahame- White dropped lightly to
earth to receive information that his
flight had been III violation, but ht
showed no CONSERVATION. Then
Beachy, although only having com
pleted one course to tile light, came
down in a steep descent. His time vas
his competitors had done the i6la
miles aud when he landed this expla-
nation caile in the TACT that Beachy
had taken the Graves lighthouse. II
miles out for the Boston light ant
finding himself lap behind he gave
up the race.
~, after leaving the field on his frs
trip out. did not again appear. There
II
until Sopwith landed and reported see
ing the Curtiss fiier drop ON Squantun
head An automobile brought in The
Inflated fiier, who reported broker
feed pipe to his radiator. which hat
enlptied the water tank.
Lincoln Beachey again today, as OF
Monday. furnished the daring stunts
of the day. After taking first none.
for rising to 20o0 feet in minutes
and Il seconds, he started In with hi
death defying tricks of the air. a vol
plane head foremost down through
1900 feet of space brought the grand
stand to its feet but this was only TIL
beginning. For half an hour the hi
plane was put through series OF ev
olutions which seemed at times as
threatening to lIurl it's operator iron
his seat. Spiral giides, sharp turns
marvellous tricks of dipping and ris
ing. with occasionally the biplan
standing seemingly on the tips OF 1T
wings as the aviator turned short cir
cles came in rapid succession ant
kept the excitement at fever pitch.
.grom" Sopwith in his Wright mad
the altitude speed ascent in the dig
nified manner characteristic OF MI
sturdy biplane and came back with
marx IF ( minutes, 40 seconds. takin
second money.
Three Wright machines went out nc
the money i'm the accuracy In iandln
tests, Frank Coffin in a Burgess
Wright making so fees and "a In
ches; Howard W. Gill, in the sam
style of car 81 feet and Tom Sopwit
in Wright. 1875 feet
First place in the quick starting col
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