Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-10-10

MAYNARD CONTINUES TO
LEAD ALL CONTESTANTS
Rain Makes Landing Fields
Soggy While Snow IN the
Mountains Makes Flying
Hazardous and Dangerous,

Chicago, oct 9.-jEast and west
met in the air At North Platte, Neb.,
today for the first time when tho
leaders of the westbound and cast
bound flyers in the transcontinental
reliability race landed there. To-
night Lieut.. Il. w. Maynard, the
flying parson.' was at Cheyenne,
Wyo., hundreds of miles ahead of the
other westbound aviators and Capt.
Lowell ii. Smith, well in the lead OK
the contingent from the west, was at
omaha for the night.
Maynard, plotting machine Ne. 81,
who left Chicago at 1908 a, m. Cen
tral time, had flown $50 miles today,
IA greater distance than Ne covered
yesterday, the first day Of the race,
but his time, chiefly uue to adverse
weather conditions which in ono
form or another extended almost
from coast to coast. was slower. He
landed at Cheyenne at b,25 .. M,
Mountain time. having covered a
total distance Of 1886 miles in two
days.
Smith Reaches Omaha.
Captain Smith, after struggling
through three mountain snow storms
"
tonight having made S27 miles today
without accident HIS total distance
since the start is ,460.
The remarkable flights of Maynard
and Smith for two days have made
the transcontinental race an air jour
ney unparalleled. all things consid-
cred, in this country
At the close of today's flight, the
flyers remaining in the race of tho
forty seven starting from Mineola and
the fifteen which left San Francisco,
were strung out across the country,
most of them accounted for.
Two machines from the west No.
s ., plotted " second i4teutenant HaH
and another driven by Lieutenant
Fuen, We're missing tonight At Raw
Inns, Wyo., it was feared that they
were lost in the mountain snow
storms.
The days flights were attended by
no fatal accidents yesterdays record
being marred bg three fatalities.
The most serious OF several acci-
dents, nearly all of them of minor
nature, was tho spectacular crash of
Lieut.. f.. V. Wales plane. No. 6J,
from San Francisco, on Elk noun
tain. at Obert Pass, Wyo,. in a heavy
snow storm Pilot Wales was serious
ly injured and was taken TO a ranch
house. His passenger, Second Lieut..
william Goldsborough. was only
slightly hurt.
Weather Conditions Unfavorahie.
While rain In the east and middle
west made landing fields soggy and
dangerous, resulting in a few minor
accidents, snow in the Rocky moun-
tain region made flying difficult and
hazardous. The snow screened the
fields at Rawlins and Green River.
Wyo., and the latter early in the day
was eliminated from the control sta
tons, the flyers who left salt Lake
City this morning proceeding to Raw
Inns.
The meeting of east and west lead
ers at North Platte. Neb.. today vir-
tually marked the half way point for
the two flyers, Maynard and Smith.
The city marked off l.451 Of the
2,700-mile trip for Lieutenant May
nard, while for Captain Smith the
distance was LII miles. Maynard
landed there at 4l4 D. m. and smith
five minutes later.
Besides No, 80. which fell in Lake
Erie, No. 81, piloted by Major Miller,
was reported out of the race because
of engine trouble at Rock Island, Ill,
No. as. driven by Lieut.. Fl. d. smith.
was smashed@at Rockport. n, Y. and
No. SO, piloted by Lieut. Robert
Kauch, was said to be out of the race
when landing this morning at Coal
Vile, Utah, because of the snow
storm. No. 33, driven by Lieut. Nor
man III. Langley, also was reported
damaged in a forced landing at Hud-
sonville, Pa.
Should Captain Smith continue in
the lead of the western contingent
and first reach Chicago tomorrow. ha
will be awarded gold medal by the
Hamilton club No aviator has ever
flown from the Pacific coast to Chi
cago. The medal would commence
rate the first accomplishment of that
feat--a flight of 1881 miles.