The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-08-16
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PROGRAM FOR SATURDAY. 1

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+ At p. MI, band music. I.
+ At 1870, ball game. +
+ At 2:30, motorcycle traces. +
+ At 8 p. M, Wards first flight. I
+ At $3.50, five mite auto race +
+ with Shooting Star" I :.
+ At a pG'm.,afite niIs motor !.
+ cycle race 7idwitn "Shootina :.
+ Star" ,IsdotaO ~ j.
+ Band concert. O. 9nao +
+ At 4:15,h Ward will give ex- =
+ hibition flight and spiral dip. +
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which requires him to- fly at least
twice a day.! In the afternoon, at
O'Clock, he few before IA good sized
crowd, going north and west, and
returning with the news that he had
interviewed several farmers and sew.
eral herds of cattle7.w when he drop
ped down tol' within a hundred feet
of the ground. a1!h9a Sln
On his first Hight a. few minutes
after IL o'clock, Ward rose from the
'CO1HcI VI NN'tucf Htlu anu
went into the'i air. at great speed,
but even then" ana" With fairly
favorably steady wind, 'ahe did not
clear the buildings :. to the west of
the track by more. than from twelve
to twentynfeet. - He shot away to
the west on "a straight line over the
prairie at an attitude of about 600
feet, and whenhabout two miles out
scared about and came back over
the grounds at express speed. He
circled the grounds !" twice before
dropping quickly and lightly in the
very centre of the enclosure.
The Second'dFiight.
Fifteen minutes later he started
off again, this time making a big
swoop around 1.-The prairiento the west,
and again circled the grounds sew
eral times before alighting. The
first flight lasted about eight minutes
and the SECOND" slightly longer. Both
flights were perfectly successful and
served to demonstrate that Ward
has a machine capable of tremendous
speed and power which flashes
across the sky at "a Clipping pace.
Ward had to Change the planes of
his machine early in the morning,
the soaking rain or last. night hav-
ing given the big, canvas wings a
great wetting in the uncovered ham
gar. Ward carries duplicate parts
for his whole machine: lI'7
The little aviator, who has been
flying successfully hsfnce7' 1907, de-
clares that he will always treasure
as the best event in his life as an
airman, the'day two years ago when he
took his youthful Bride on her first
aeroplane"L tiip.on"Sincei then Mrs.
Ward, who is Constantly with her
husband When he lis oh earth, has
made dozens of flights. &i;..%
Fascinating and Exciting.
One of the fascinating and excit-
ing features Of the aviation meet
at the Mankato fair grounds on Sat
urday and. Sunday afternoons, August
II and 1S,S5wilP be the ofive-mile race
betweenHans automobile and Jimmie
Ward int,his flying machine. Ward
will fy'-as closet ito the ground as
possible and attempt to beat the au-
to. This can be seen from the grand
stand or from any part of the
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Then there is the1 lighting, starting
and racing of the hi plane before as
cending intoHthe' air!T These are at
tractive and exciting events.
But a. greater treat is viewing the
big machine when parked on the fair
grounds where's EVisftors can inspect
and ask questions Of the expert ma
chinist in charge, who travels with
Ward to"explain the workings. Ward
has made several hundred flights and
the experts are "the lbest3inen procur-
able. The flying machine is an inter
esting study J" ''"' ''h''