The sun., 1919-10-18
IN NEW YORK TO-DAY,
Is MAYNARD'S HOPE
Continued from FIRST Paoe.

at 8 80 P. NJ, and was followed three
he had overtaken. Both machines are Of
the same model, De Havland As
Lieut. Alexander Pearson, Jr., who
was second to Maynard In the eastward
race and who spent the night mt Chey-
enne, made two hops" yesterday in an
effort to pass the flying parson, but
when he reached North Platte 1t was
with motor badly racked by the long
trip and with one flying wire broken.
He was compelled to wait there while
mechanics endeavored to repair his
motor. apparently a long and difficult
Job. Meanwhile Capt J. o. Donaldson,
who started yesnrday from Rawlins,
one control further west than Cheyenne,
passed Pearson during the day Lieut..
Earl Manzelman, also flying De Havi-
land, Is the fourth man In the eastward
race.
Word reached Mineola yesterday that
all machines entered In the race will
have to reach either San Francisco or
Mineola on the first half OF their trans
continental return trip before sunset
tonight or they will not be permitted
to finish the race. So far only hfteen
of the forty-eight Mineola starters have
reached San Francisco, but several more
still in the middle West will be elimi-
mated. Only two of the eastbound
starters are still on their way. six hav-
ing already reached Mineola, the
seven others having crashed on the way.
Yesterdays arrivals at San Francisco
were Lieut.. II. H. George, Lieut.. L.
Hynes Lieut.. ]. B. Wright and Lieut.
Col. H. c, Hartney.
Lieut.. II. w. Sheridan was the only
contestant to start from San Francisco
on the return flight yesterday. He left
at 3 :22: :1s p. NJ. Capt. II. c. Dreyton,
No. AZ, was disqualified because his OBJ
server was reported unwilling to make
the return trip and he could not find q
substitute before his time limit expired.
Aviator Loses Bearings.
Lieut.. ]. e. Machle. plotting plane II,
mistook the Colorado Southern Railway
for the Union Pacific on Thursday and
flew 100 miles Off his course to Casper
Wyo., instead Of to Rawlins, Wyo. He
then started of for Rawlins. Capt
Felix Steinle, whose plane crashed at
Fort d. A. Russell. Omaha took over
the plane surrendered on Thursday by
Major ]. w. Simons. Jr, who intends
to return to Washington.
One fatality occurred yesterday In
connection with the race, although II
was not the death of contestant
While riding as a passenger In an air
plane at st. Paul. Neb., Lieut.. Cameron
Wright, in charge Of the landing field
at st. Paul, was killed when the ship
slipped into a tail spin and dropped 200
feet.
The Pacific fiers. despite their small
number, are still making a creditabie
showing. Three more. Lieuts. f. c.
II
ington. left Mineola yesterday on the
return trip to the Golden Gate. The
pace Is set for them by Capt. Lowell
Smith. who yesterday took of from
Buffalo on his wav westward.
Capt. Smiths plane burned up on
Wednesday night after he had landed
at Buffalo. leaving in the lead Major
Carl Spatz. who had reached Rochester
the same day. Major spatz few to
Buffalo yesterday, arriving at 9:16. and
turned his ship over to Capt. Smith. an
nouncing that he intended to retire from
tho race.
"lf any Western pilot can beat the
record being made by Lieut.. Maynard II
is Capt Smith," Major Spatz said. He
is one OF the most skilful mechanics as
we'll as one of the most able pilots in the
service. He has a better chance than l.
Let him try TO beat Maynard SO that
honors may go to the West"
Capt Smith hastily accepted the offer
OF the plane, wired Washington for per-
mission to receive II, and then took of
Immediately for Cleveland, being willing
to take a chance on permission reaching
him before he got to the Pacific coast. BY
night he had reached Chicago and hoped
to get to San Francisco in two more days
of flying.
Lieut.. Kiel took off from Mineola al
s:42 and reached Binghamton at IL rs
He reached Cleveland at 80 and then
made his way to Bryan. Lieut.. Queens
followed Kiel an hour and forty minutes
later, and reached Cleveland at I'll. He
also took of for Bryan. Lieut.. Worth
ington, flying alone in an SE-6 scout
left Mineola at l 80 and arrived al
Binghamton at az.
La Guardia Denounces Race.
F. II. La Guardia, Republican candi-
date for President OF the Board of Al
dermen, fred a broadside yesterday al
the Democratic Administration. blaming
II for the nine fatalities that have oc-
CURED since the race was projected
THE toll of death in this race Ia
beyond all expectation of the percentage
of casualties necessarily involved in ar
The same gang that disregarded wal
in order to develop and help their owr
industries now sends boys across the
continent with an obsolete discarded
machine in a vain hope to save theii
face. venture to state that 30 per
cent. OF the fatalities would not have
happened in any other machine. A
forced landing in bad ground is always
dangerous, but not necessarily fatal.
THE De Hsviland four as constructed
with the large Liberty motor In the
nose and the tank In the rear OF the
pilot means almost certain death in @
forced landing. AS l have stated from
the moment l got out of the army ant
back into the House, the Liberty Is q
good 400 horsepower motor not yet per
fected. and that is all.
"It Is not a good motor In the d.
Haviland The De Haviland four is moi
| good plane, 1t was discarded by the
English at the time that we started
| building II, and now the Administra.
tion, in the hope OF hiding its u.tel
| failure and the squandering OF nearly 9
billion dollars, stages this flight. II Ii
/ time to call a halt"
On the other hand. Cole Younger, vice
chairman of the American Flying Club
pointed out yesterday that the perform
ance Of Lieut.. Maynard shows that tn,
De Haviland Four. even with It's ac
knowledged defects In design" can b,
| acwn reliably through all conditions. II,
asserted that the race shows that 6
high degree Of plotting skill Is almost a.
important as the advance in design o.
| aircraft,
POINTS REACHED BY