New-York tribune., 1919-10-10
Minister Aviator Meets
San Francisco Entry
at North Platte. Neb.:
Latter Flying Faster
Two Planes From
Pacific Missing
Nine Pilots i'm Crashess
Two Men and Machines
Rescued i'm Lake Erie

Lieutenant Belvin ". Maynard. tha
flying parsoa," ia leading 7ll Compel
tors il the greatest of airp.ane races.
the history Of ne World.
He arrived - Chayeune. Wyo.. 6:27
p. II. las nieht. accoidirr - m OF
cial rcpo,. "a he hmeucar Flying
Club. Cole J. Younger. member Of the
contest committee of ,he club. stated
that Lieutenant Maynard probably
would arrive IN san Francisco before
nightfall to-day. The "ny.ng parsor"
has now covered distance Of 1896
miles Of the 2.7o0 miles between New
York ard san Francisco fe is main
tanning a speed of l2o miles an hour
On the first day Lieutenan. Maynard
covered 80 miles. Yesterday he few
from Chicago TO Cherenne. ssG miles.
In order to reach san Fr~ncisco by to
night he must Is '.oo5 mics. besides
spending three hours in stops at si,
control stations
A meeting bei1ge d fssruAea ana
Captain Lowell j.. mitb ihc leading
eastbound Aye. a. Mort flatte <eb.
at O'CLOCK yesterday a5.srnoon. pa
ali end TO al doubt IS 70 sire actuAi
pacemaker Of asks,--sa...s az iass. ~ Esssc~.
Maynard 969 Miles Atead
Lieutenant Maynard be- his meares.
competitor to the Nebras4au controi
station By FIVE minutes. IS North
Platte ia 26i miles farther iron. NoN
! ork than from san IrlrC4aco, Lieu
tenant -daynsrd had covered abol, 800
miles more than Captain 10 .s,li smith
How far Maynard Is ahead o. as west
bound competitor. has ne: BEEN deter
mined because of laei. oil reports. HIS
lead Is estimated at more shan 300
mi ea. however
shortly after Lieu Aa.aard started
Tor the control stop a Sidney, Neb.
He IS piloting De Is Hand and il
accompanied b. Lieu, art I W. Rug
giles as observer. He mace The dis
lance of 1928 miles fro,a g. puel Ia
Omaha IL - minutes. ga average Of
l65 miles an hour.
After Struggling fa4..fl lnrc"
mountain srowstorn.s ard ef fhree
mountain range. tanlai smith
reached Omaha al 7:-o ociorD ing
made 35' niles ycsterd.r 7lfnC4- -
cldent. his total cis'sHce since the
start at San Francisco j. f..fo.
The remarkable fight 81 --atnAtd
and Smith Tor t,so Gays a.fo .ade 'he
+ tf2nscOut1n,Iid race q ftNtf tkrEf
in this country.
& the close 0. iestl44as nlgnts
the fiers remaining 70 thc race. Of ne
tortynlne starting from d eo.a. Lons
i Island. AID the fifteen cl err san
Francisco. We,s strung o4t across the
country. mo- Of tle!l ao-1-a-e'. ios
Two machines from tae 50 40
5o piloted ~ Second ..-s ,ieHan'
Hall. ard another driven .y second
Drt4-...4
lazt nigh;. A. ks".ils. We, Vas
feared 'hos seie ioa- Ia tl- roNntain
SHOWS tcr,.l
Ii he is abe 10 Aeep -p this TemeH
doas speed Captain Smi-A .s nas"
a good chafce 80 take tle .cst fr,m
MAYNARD. as the latter i4es taa worst
part OF h.s fight across -ae Sierra
Nevadas.
Western Plane treshes
The nrs1 serious acc.dlat of tae Sec
ond day franscontine.t4. race oc-
CURED IL Opert Pas hs fountains.
Wyoming Nhcn Lieutenant !. y. Nsles
drove his De Aasiland h.pane inro the
side of moanta u cQrf. a ..hong
snows.orsn. The aless wtis aha0Ie -
see the mountain iu fr.a. IS tse1.
Lieutenant M4lss Waa M
iUred and Second Lieutenant Colds
borough. t.s oasclTtr. e- safIf
hurt The. were Ht iae eastward 20
New Yor'. rym Sa0 t..r-4sco.
l. was o-..cla..y anl ,ufo-D PASS nifn'
that nc Anan ~ .e.4 a. ta" eentrni
stor. sit41t44 - l.te. .ti. s.-
vas found r. sueA o-l ..a. i.4a rat o.
mas been e. l..r.atol. Its ntoessitsfe-
2 a.gAt - almost 500 .ll-.s act~eeu
Sal Like G ard Rawl ns
In a tremendous burst spsaa Aa.
nsrd drove his bV t. i laad
across tie Made Nestssn States yes
trr.at ana ny ign; rad - lfi Au oNer-
sae.,nlng lead - ths .-taH.ag 80
,..neo over competitors -ht irsi uaJ
%: the race.
Drayton Pursue. Maynard
H. an cffor. 20 cit ..ov-r tte trenief-
ious cad acourllateG b. f.|.l ltenar'
Nuvnard. Capia.n T. c prsyton too.
of from bryan. ONO. at H.Jl a. M
yesterday in d. driving t-in. ar clouds
we're hanging low. and tae cid was
extremely esgy 'tptA-A 'fayfnn
made slc>cs-tnl let-a"ay and sped
throA.n teC mies.
The second d4. o. tnr great race
had bit one serious a~cte~ft \ me-
cor l"stan,s crashed their machines IN
landing however. md Were eliminated
from the race. Three new entries
started rom n ncoih during the day.
but two OF them crashed shortly after
~Ard.
t The most speotacnlar mishRrs of tho
day occurred when two OF the con-
testing machines fell INTO Lake Erie.
a drilling INST and heavy rain had
s"ttled over the lake. making navign
{ t.on almost impos sible 1t was while
rshtl y 'AeSe conditions that bots
planes developed engine trouble sns