The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-08-28
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AIR HANDICAP
International Race From New
York to Toronto Gets Under
Way-FNers Competing For
$4,000 In Prizes.

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Mineola, Il. l., Aug. 26.--The
international aerial derby from
New York to Toronto and return
started from Roosevelt flying field
at 1 :55 p. m. today. The first
pilot to get away was Lieut.. p. H.
Logan, in q Lapere. machine, with.
Sergt. w. j. Shackleford as navi-
gator.
The other entrants got away a
few minutes apart.
Forty-three Planes Entered.
Forty three airplanes starting from
New York and II from Toronto will
cover a total distance OF 1,142 miles.
Both army and civilian planes were
entered. The army entries included
every type OF craft In the United States
air service, American and foreign. The
wide variety OK entrants was expected
to enable a severe competitive test for
efficiency and performance.
The prizes, tctaling 10000. COM
prised:
Prizes for fastest flight: first 1880:
second 300: third, $500.
Prizes under handicap conditions for
best performances:
First, $4,000; second 1880; third.
$500; fourth. $500: fifth. $500: sixth,
$500; seventh, $3.50; eighth, 5000: ninth.
$3.50.
All machines must land at Albany.
Syracuse and Buffalo, where they must
remain at least 80 minutes while rep
resep.atives for the contest committee,
after inspecting the planes will deter
mine whether they are fit to continue
in the race.
Just before Lieutenant Logan left
the ground the sun appeared and the
machine got off to . good start, dart
ing through a hole IN the clouds.
Maj. Gen. Charles r. M%enoner, chief
Of the army air service, was official
starter. dropping a whit handkerchief
as the starting signal.
Good weather was reported from Al.
bany and conditions in the Toronto
/! district are said to be fair.
The distance to Toronto is $40 miles
and it was said the best Of the planes
would average 100 miles an hour.
weather permitting.
Among the planes speeding from
Toronto to New York is q German
Fokker, piloted by Col. w. G, Barker,
Canadian ace, who is carrying q lettet
from the Prince of Wales to President
Wilson.
Buffalo, N. Y, Aug. 25.-E. s. Coombs,
in a DH3.A, was the first birdr1an Il.
the Toronto-New York aerial handicap
to arrive here from Toronto. He land
ed at Curtiss Field at 1925 p. m. RoI
land Rohlfs, holder of the worlds alti-
tude record, came in second, n min
ute behind Coombs.
The aviatorS ran into two rainstormS
while crossing Lake Ontario.
Ma. I. Scharder, in a DEF. who left
Toronto at 1854 arrived third. landing
at 1871 o'clock. and Capt. H. w. Cook.
who left at 1859 o'clock arrived at
l:32A. Rolls left Toronto at 1856 and
Coombs at 1851.
A tremendous crowd greeted the air
men inc a cheer was sent up thousands
around the field when Coombs stepped
! from his airplane. Rolfa, whose home
Is in Buffalo. was also given an ova-
ton.
Col. w. &. Barker. in a Fokker ar
!! rived fifth. He left Toronto at 12:53h.
arrived at 1888; Bert Acost, Curtiss
Oriole. sixth, left at 1857, arrived
1:41; Lieut.. G. A. Schiller, J. Mad,
seventh left at 1:01k. arrived 1851:
Lieut.. Wallace Young, JN4-D eighth,
left 1856, arrived 1:6ih {went past
field, losing IL minutesi.
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Toronto, Canada, Aug. 25.--Twelve
| a%irplanes, entrants in the 1,o40-mile
race to New York and return, hoped
off, at the exhibition grounds here
shortly after noon today, The start
was made despite the delay in the de-
parture of the New York machines.
The IL machines had stnrted at 1:40
o'clock, n II was that the
six entries had dropped out. Nal. w.
G. Barker, flying a captured German
F'okker, started, bat did not carry "a
letter from the Prince Of Wales to
President Wilson, as had been *
| pected.
The first airplane to start In the In
ternational race left at 1925 D. m.
On the first taffeos an Oriele ma
chine piloted by Roland Rolfe turned
turtle and the other machines were
called back. No one was hurt, but the
start OF the other competitors was de-
layed.