Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-07-15
Beaumont Made 1000 Miles
in Less Than SO Hours.
WINS $4,000 IN CASH
Roland Garros Finished Second in
the International Flight, Which
Ended in a Contest of
Monoplanes.

Paris, July 8.-Lieutenant Conneau,
whose racing name is Andre Beau
mont, won the 1000-mile international
circuit aviation race which ended at
the aviation field at Vincennes. AS he
had already won the Paris to Rome
contest, Conneau brings added glory
TO the French navy, of which he Is an
officer Garros was second and Vidart
finished third.
Roland Garros, who few a "Demoi-
sellla" monoplane in the United States
last year and who now flies a Bleriot,
as does Conneau, was second, with a
total flying time of 81 hours, Is min
utes and "a seconds. Vidart in a De
Perdussia monoplane was third, in 70
hours, 80 minutes.
AS Conneau recently won the race
from Paris to Rome. with more than
$4,000 in prizes, he is now regarded
as the wealthiest and most skilful
French aviator, and Frenchmen regard
him as the foremost bird-man on earth.
The French navy is particularly proud
of his achievements.
Contest OF Monopianes.
The race was one which, by a pro-
cess of elimination, was reduced to a
biplanes of the Wright, Farman and
Sommer types were among the thirty
nine aeroplanes that made the start.
The two-decked machines were soon
left hopelessly behind.
Volatile Paris Is mad with Joy be-
cause of Conneau's triumph. His name
is upon all the boulevards and his
photograph is everywhere. Vedrines,
who was the popular favorite at the
start, is almost forgotten.
The nine survivors started at Ca
lais on the final leg to Paris, with
stop at Amiens. Kimmerling had a
bad fall into a wheat field near Bou-
logne-Sur-Mer His machine capsized
and was demolished. The aviator, for
a wonder escaped injury and gamely
motored back to Calais, where he pro"
cured a new aeroplane and made
fresh start.
A vast crowd was at Vincennes in
anticipation of the finish, but cordons
of troops kept the strictest order to
prevent the possibility of catastro-
Plies like those at Issy-Les Moulineaux
at the start of the Paris to Madrid
contest, when General Berleaux, the
minister of war, was killed, and Pre-
mier Monis and others were injured
by an unruly aeroplane that crashed
into the crowd.
M Lepine, the project of police,
forbade the airmen flying over Paris
and ordered them to make detour of
the city.
Race Between Two.
The race really was between Beau
mont and Roland Garros, the leaders
by many hours in the combined stages
up to Calais. Garros arrived ten min
utes ahead of Beaumont, but the lat
ter won on elapsed time for the entire
race.
The racers were given a splendid
welcome as they came to earth. The
Vincennes woods rang with cheers as
the winner stepped out Of his ma
chine. Fellow officers, rushing up.
first embraced and then carried him
off the field in triumph.
Vidat was the first to arrive, set
Ting down on the field at S.35 o'clock.
The others followed in this order:
Gilbert, S45; Garros, 9.15; Beau
mont, 925; Renaux, with his passen-
ger, whom he carried throughout the
race, 1925; Kimmerling. 1921.
The race covered circuitous course
in France, Holland, Belgium and Eng
land, and prizes to the amount Of
100000 are to be distributed among
the ayiators