The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-08-08

Washington, Aug. s-C Murvin Wood, the American aviator who be- gan a nonstop race with a railroad train from New York to Washington at 4:30 a. m., for the American dura- tion, distance and speed record, lost Geithersburg. Md, at o'clock-2S miles from his goal. He had lost his way while over Baltimore because of heavy smoke clouds and finally was forced to land because of engine trou- ble. He came down from a, height of 1000 feet and made a good land ing on the farm of .. B. Diamond, or the Gaithersburg pike, without damage to his monoplane or himself.
 When he landed, Wood got to the nearest telephone and called up Wash ington to- ask that his naechanicians be sent to Geithersburg to put his en- zine in condition in order to resume his flight to Fort Myer where he was to have landed, demonstrate the eff ciency of his monoplane for war pur- poses before a number of army of1- cers and then begin "a return flight to New York in an attempt tosscap- ture the record for the longest aero plane flight between sunrise and sun set
 The. train wood was racing did not arrive in Washington until $50 o'clock. Woods assistants, when they learned of his mishap, hurried on to Gathers burg to get his plane in condition to resume the flight.
 When Wood passed Jersey City. he was about 10 miles behind the train, railroad officials said. Then Wood got ahead and sustained his lead, passing over Baltimore 35 minutes before the frain reached there From Baltimore to washington his route was, in a soathwesterlye direction over a. level country but he flew too far to the west.
 The American record for endurance, sustained flight and nonstop flying all are held by Col. Thomas Dew Milling. sEJ. s. A, whose official figures are 250 miles from Texas City to San Antonio, Tex, aiH 3 hours and 10 min utes. He remained in the air flying for 1 hour and IT minutes after reach ing San Antonio, making his endur- ance figures hours and E minutes.
 The relief party travelling in auto mobiles over rough roads found Wood with his lnonoplane in Diamonds field just before noon. After the mechan- ics had looked over Woods engine he gave up all plans for making a return flight to New York, today, but hoped to continue to Fort Myer. The ex- hibition< Wood was to have given at the fort. to demonstrate the availabil- it5 of the Inonoplane for war pur- poses, was indefinitely postponed While the mechanics worked on his engine, some of the party hurried to Fort Myer for gasoline from the aero plane hangars there.
 < s Wood claims that his total flying distance was 264 miles and upon that based his claim of having broken the record for sustained flight between two points.
 Accounting his experiences in the air, Wood said:
 ''I was lost almost from the minute I started Getting across New York harbor ran into a thick fog and could not tell if I was over land or water To make my discomfort greater, en- zine trouble began to develop before I had been in the air 5 minutes. It cleared up soon and I went over the harbor at about 5000 felt, riding over the fog banks and did not see land again until I was over Trenton. Then [ had more engine trouble and vol planed down to about 1000 feet, when the engine picked up again and I went on toward Philadelphia. It seemed