Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-09

ician W. E. Kline, with a German
police dog as mascot, Lieutenant
Maynard drove his DeHavlland-4
machine the $40 miles from MineOia
in 405 minutes flying time. His
elapsed time was hours and 20
minutes.
Sixth away from the starting
point, Lieutenant Maynard had
overhauled his field at Buffalo,
third control stop, and was first
away from there. From then on 10
Chicago, where he was the only ono
to land last night, he led tho field.
He reached Cleveland at 2:27 p. NJ.
and left at 2:5S p. m. and reached
Bryan, Ohio at 4:10 p. m, leaving
for Ashburn field 1913 minutes
later
I'm tired" the fyer-preacher
said as his DeHaviland plane set
tied down for the nights stop. I'VE
were sixth out and II was a beau
tiful day for flying. That old LIB
erty motor batted out mile afUaC
mile without one complaint. 10
was a long, hard grind, but we
are going 10 win this race.
Forty-fve machines were eI-
pected to land at Ashburn field be
tween z o'clock this morning and
7 o'clock this evening.
Others Start To-day.
Mineola, n Y. Oct Prevent
ed from starting yesterday by en-
CINE trouble, Lieutenant Norman II.
Langley, Carrying Sergeant Hawk
ms as a passenger, made a belat-
ed start from Roosevelt Field at
9:36,4O o'clock this morning for
Binghampton on the first leg of
the armys great trans-continental
air race TO San Francisco and re
turn. Langley, plotting a DELAY
iland-4 machine was the 48th avia-
tor to get away. -Four other ma
chimes were expected TO leave here
during the day. -
Tndismayed by Deaths.
Undismayed by the fate that be-
fell their comrades yesterday when
three we're killed on the first day
of the great speed, endurance and
reliability test, pilots scattered out
over the course from Mineola az
far west as Chicago, and from San
Francisco TO Salt Lake City, we're
up today with the dawn, eager TO
start the second days grueIing
test.
Given flying weather as good as
that Of yesterday, the leading
planes from the east and those
from the west should cross trails
shortly after noon.
Hits Fierce Pace.
Yesterday Lieutenant 3. w. May
nard, the flying parson," who led
throughout the first lap, covered
the first $40 miles that separate
Mineola and Chicago at a two-mile-
a-minute-rate of speed. Eleven
flyers from San Francisco covered
the 61S miles from San Francisco
to Salt Lake City. Thus the lead
ing flyers from east and west COW
cred a total OF / ABS miles and
were separated only by 1,242 miles.
The three contestants who we're
obliged TO make forced landings
yesterday hoped to get back into
the race today. They were Lieu
tenant Ross Kirkpatrick, who de-
scended at Vernon, n. y; Lieuten-
ant X. l.. Maugan, who landed at
Glandale. n. Y. and Lieutenant
Willis r. Taylor, who landed at
Nicholson, Pa.
Rain held up virtually all westN
bound flyers in the army's trans
continental contest early today az
the control stations In Rochester,
Buffalo. Bryan and Cleveland.
Weather conditions around Chi
cago had sufficiently improved III
noon 10 allow the westbound ny
ers to resume.
Eastbound flyers encountered
better weather and three pilots
were enable to leave Salt Lake
City, Utah, early today for Green
River, Wyor 1877 miles distant. and
755 miles from the starting point al
Gan ErauclarO