New-York tribune., 1919-08-27

went went on, "and they went after water.
ney came back in their Fords with
nun cans fuu of 1t, and we borrowed q
,ulsnrag from lady and plugged the
leak fllled up the radiator, started off
again, and here we are.
we ran into three thunderstorms on
the way down, but that was the onlv
other troubles we had" WY
hoth Plumb mad kratz spoke in an
awed and respectful tone of the stavinc
qualities of the Liberty motor. Theirs
had been running 1874 hours without re-
adjustment before they started on the
race.
Goldenrod for Luck
MOVIES were taken of the bcgrimed
pair. g '''N -
Just a moment" Plumb said while
the cranks were still turning.
tie searched through pocket of his
lying suit and produced a faded spray
of goldcnrod 'i ~
",That's what brought me luck" he
SAID, his teeth cleaning in a grin at
was that and this"-again he searched.
and produced a IS gold piece. 1T was
tnese that brought us through, Mrs.
wilson, he said, grnning at young
woman who stood at his elbow. It
could not be learned who Mrs. Wilson"
was. although she was a guest at the
dlnner given Plumb and kratz last
evening
The flight to Toronto had not cooled
the aviator's love of the air. After
the movies had finished their close-ups
he clambered aboard the Phnbe again.
scared upward and put her through her
PAGES over the heads Of the crowd.
After doing three loops and an Im-
melman turn. he came down and said
ne guessed he'd call it day.
Time of the Phoebe
last night was: Monday-Left New
lork, 3:12.5 reached Albany, :26 Tleft
Albany, 4:5t; reached Syacusc, 6:26.5.
Tuesday Syracuse S:4l; left
Buffalo, 1915; left Toronto on return,
HESS; lett Buffalo. 1909; left SYRIA
cuse, 5:13: LETT Albany, :34 arrived
New York $50.
The second o. the planes to complete
the round trip came to earth at Roose-
land i, with d Liberty motor, piloted
by Lieutenant Bolyin Maynard. with
Lieutenant Dalton as passenger.
L was the opinion at the field that
Naynard's time vas better than
PlUmbs, but the officials VIII have to
wait more complete reports in each
case before making any decision May
nard's sole mishap yesto rday was when
he broke landing wire outside SYRIA
cuse. He was able 20 reach the flying
field there with his crippled machine.
Took Letter TO Prince
On his trip 10 Toronto he took over
tho bag of mail for Canada from ]. D
Hill, whose Oriole machine was one of
those that came tor grief at Albany A
letter from Pres dent Wilson to the
D,---, Ir
sack and forwarded to him as soon as
Maynard arrived at Toronto.
Maynard's time, which, like Plumb s,
Is not yet complete, was: Monday, left
New York. 4:03; arrived Albany, 5:0f;
left Albany, AS; arrived Syracuse
7;06. Tuesday. left Syracuse, 9:a1:5;
left Buffalo, ll:45; left Toronto. 2:09
The DE Ilavland drove across Lake
Ontario in the amazing time OF nine
minutes, reaching a speed Of close 10
200 miles an hour.
Ihirty-siX machines registered at
Roosevelt Field yesterday and thirty
three of them cleared before the race
was suspended for tho day. Twelve
that spent the night on the field started
cut carly yesterday morning.
Sergeant Frank Coombs, the first
aviator TO arrive from Toronto on Mon
day, started at a few minutes after 9.
and narrowly missed a serious accident
The tire on one Of his landing wheels
burst His De Haviland machine
carecned, iurched back and forth and
nearly went over before he could check
her. Repairs were made and he took
the air again at a:31.
At the same minute Roland Rohlfs
in his Curtiss Oriolc scared upward
and at o:43 Major Schroeder's Vought
followed
Twenty-Onc Start Back
Twenty-four other machines landed
during the day. Twenty-one Of them
made hasty repairs and headed back for
Toronto The other three were the
machines of Lieutenant Plumb and
Maynard, which completed their flights
and the Fokker machine of Captain H.
W. Cook, d Canadian entry, which
reached the field too late Yesterday
afternoon to start its return trip.
Lieutenant Colonel William G.. Bar
ker, Canada's second AGO. brought to
the city in his Fokker plane the first
international mail eve- delivered by
air here. Another instalment of the
mail was brought on from Toronto by
Lieutenant c. a. Schiller, flying
Canadian JN.
Colonel Barker's mail was sent on
to Washington by air, Schillers by
train.
Protest against the size and cond-
tion of the flying field at Albany was
telessaphed TO Major General Menoher,
commanding the United States Avia-
tion Corps, by Colonel II. {. Hartney,
his assistant.
Colonel Hartney also spoke in the
highest terms OF the courage and
clcarhcadcdness Of Captain Kinley,
who deliberately drove his machine
into a tree on Monday to avoid injur-
ing any one in the crowd that swarmed
over the field
The Albany field is too small" said
Colonel Nartney IN his message.
"Tharc are many minor accidents.
Captain kinloy yesterday deliberately,
ard IN the face OF almost certain
death, maneuvred his machine so that
he saved three persons from the pro-
pellers.
NO commentator for you will be
too high for Kinley in view of his past
record and his presence of mind yes
terday. Luckily he was not seriously
injured"
Accidents at the Albany field to
date include Lieutenant Crehore,
crashed; Captain Kinley, crashed;
Lieutenant Ben Adams, smashed axle,
and Colonel II. B. Plaggett, crashed.
The smash-up Of Colonel Plaggett's
machine was instrumental in permit
ting Lieutenant Adams and Lieutenant
p. ~. Logan, the first hicr to leave
New York on Monday, to continue
their flights. Logan was forced to
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