South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-07-31
ELKHART CROWD
TREATED To REAL
THRILLS At MEET
Lincoln Beachey and Barney
0IdfieId Live Up to Advance
NOtiCeS-LOop the Loop In
cIuded in Program.
BY r. ). MURRAY.


ans. gathered at the Driving club
grounds to witness the sport but the
some two thousand were hardly no
ticed.
Beachey. by the way is an aviator
W. has polluted more cubic Yards OF
atmosphere with gasoline fumes. than
any other biTdman while Oldheld is
an automobile driver. who has brok-
en- more records than even the most
militant OF militant militants has
windows
The crowd was out for thrills and
they got them. Bcachey furnished
mis- share with looping the loop. fly
INK upside down and shutting off his
erSine while up several hundred feet
IN the air. Barney oldneld was far
outclassed when il came 20 the spec
tacUlar work. bat ne did his best and
raced around the half-mile track in
a little more than a mile minute
Barney had one thing over Beachey
one way al least. He ran over a
dog
Reachey began the days perform
ance by glide through the air which
more OF a test for his machine
than "a. real thriller for the crowd
He got up aboIt 500 feet and flew
around the park several times He
pulled a few fancy turns and twists
IN his machine and made the ocean
wave look like a ripple OF the brook
before he came down 20 earth.
Travels Fast Mile
Oldfeld was next on the program
and he trOtted out one OF his little
red speeders. lie shot around the
track in quick time and caused the
lady next To- me TO remark that those
three red cars seemed 10 be well
punched Then the man with the
megaphone came out and let the peo-
pie look at him for few seconds be-
fore he announced that Oldheld had
done the mile in 1:13 2-5.
The aviators second flight was
more spectacular for he went up some
distance and after maneuvering about
i'm the air. headed his machine almost
directly towards the ground after
shutting off his engine quite few
Of the ladies present refused to look.
but their anxiety was wasted for as
ne neared the ground he got his en-
CINE TO working again and brought
IL 10 a level. He flew some distance
and lighted at the same spot from
which he had assembled. The speed
with which he was travelling carried
him over to where the crowd was
waiting and the spectators were once
more able To inspect both aviator
and his machine
OIdficId Bests Beachey.
IL was now mp TO Oldheld 10 fur
out the second Of his red speeders.
This speeder had solid red wheels
and seemed a little faster than the
first Either the timer didn't get his
speed or we didnt get the timer,
for we have no record Of how fast
the second miie was made. Later we
learned that he made il in 1:10 So,
in new track record.
Oldfeld had finished his first lap
and evidently as he passed the grand
stand he must have heard the peO-
pie mentioning Beachey's name for
right on the next curve ne caught
that poor dog and played the part of
juggernaut much TO the discom-
1 fort OF the poor doggie.
The crowd was still waiting for
Beachey and they got both him and
Barney in the race around the track.
! Beachey followed the auto around
half OF the track, out the low build
ings az one end prevented him from
Keeping close To the ground and he
was forced to send his machine up
higher In this way OldGeld got that
advantage and won the race. but so
Tar as We could learn there was not
much money changed hands on the
outcome.
Pulls Real ThriIIcrs.
! While getting his machine i'm readi-
| ness for the speed contest with the
auto Beachey pulled the real thrills
which had been advertised. While
high up I'm the air ne turned his ma
chine over and rode for some dis
lance upside down. To prove TO the
public that he lived up 10 his ads. !
he had the name ''Bcachey' painted
on the top OF the aeroplane.
When he reversed himself and his
machine. that name "Beachey' which
was in large black letters, could be
! read by people down on the ground.
He gave them several chances to see
how 20 spell Beachey while up there
in the air and there was not a kid
who left the park without learning
his lesson.
The loop the loop. another thrill
Ter that Beachey uses 10 draw the
crowds. was offered on the same trip
The aviator turned the machine COM
pletely over. on several occasions His
/ dips were off TO one side but the
complete circle was made In addi- /
| ton 10 this ne made figure Fights
| and various other fancy twists with /
his machine
l. Judge of Distance
Beachey. who is considered one /
OF the nerviest men i'm the avia- 7
i ton game today. impTesses one with \
his marvellous judge OF distance. lie
| landed about on the spot where ne
/ assembled CT all occasions and while 4
there was "A cluster OF bushes about I
! the center OF the track Enclosure. he .
| always landed INST beyond these and +.
never injured his machine In the .
| least
! His drop Yesterday was not as
! thrilling as some he performed earlier ,
! In his career. Formerly when he shut
OF MS engine and volplaned TO the .
ground. the nose OF his aeroplane .
would be headed almost directly to-
wards the ground and there was al .
ways 8 scamper 20 get under cover. I
/ y esterdag he sent his machine down 4
az more OF an angle. which is far the
safer method.
Following the other plan. put all .
! he responsibility on the engine and .
r II had failed TO work there would Il
| have been but one result With his \
machine coming 10 the ground az an
angle. ne would be able TO save him
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