Evening star., 1919-10-08
AWATORS ARE OFF
IN BIG RACE FROM
COAST TOCOAST
Groups at Mineola and San
Francisco Start at
Same Time.
WEATHER NEAR PERFECT
AS GREAT DERBY BEGINS
Purpose Is to Awaken America to
Importance of Aviation in De-
Tense, Mr.. Crowell Says.

1euSe, MI. CTOWCIl Gays.
By the Associated Press.
BUFFALO, N. ", October S.
The FIRST flyer in the coast-tO-coast
aerial ability run to arrive in
Buffalo was Lieut.. b. w. Maynard,
Tying q Curtiss machine. He landed
at 1855. Lieut.. Col. Hartney land
ed ut 1.35.
RENO, New. October s.-Flying
low and close together, two Of the
airplaneS In the transcontinental
test Hight passed over Reno at $50
o'clock this mOrninE, after making
q successful trip over the Sierra
Nevada mountains from Mather
Field at Sacramento. They landed
On o field four miles east Of Reno.
ROCHESTER,, N. ", October s.
The Afst plane to arrive here was
the German Fokker, No. IL, Col.
II. e. Hartney. pilot. at 12'14
o'clock. Lieut. Melvin w. MayHard
in q De Haviland four, arrived at
17s1s o'clock. the trip from Bins-
Aanten being made I'm IS minutes.
Lieut.. Maynard carried . German
. Vollce dog.
MINEOLA, N. z. October S.-Lieut
=. B. Machle, in a De Haviland ma
chine equipped with a liberty motor
was the first to get away in the coast.
forecast air race from Mineola to Sar
Francisco and return, at $40 am. to-
day. Sergt. Jesse D. Mcclure accom-.
panied him.
Lieut. Col. II. E. Hartney was tht
second to leave. He got away a
s:l3 am. Then followed Lieut.. L. S
Webster. s:14:.- Maj. Harry Smith
s:14:35; Lieut.. H. D. Norris. 9:15
Capt. H. C. Drayton. s:16; Lieut.. Col
T. s. Bowen. s:1s: Maj. H. J. F. Mil.
Ter. 9:eo; Lieut.. B. w. Maynard, s:24
Air Commodore L. E. o. Charlton
S:34. ..s.5
Lieut. r. c. Kirkpatrick got away
at s:5s:so. followed by Lieut.. VT. NJ
Manzelman at 10 am; Maj. Patrick
Frissell at 10:0S. and Lieut.. d. A. Gish
carrying Capt. de lLavergne. attache
Of the French embassy. at 1894.
TOO See Flight Start.
The beginning of the great trans
continental aerial derby was witnessed
by about 100 spectators Assistant
Secretary of War Benedict Crowell, in
the absence of Mai. Gen. Thomas
Barry, commander Of the eastern de.
tad nfH fol OF
As each machine took the air il
quickly climbed to a high altitude and
within a few minutes was lost to view
The crowd on Roosevelt field was kept
back q distance of nearly a mile from
the starting point and were apprtse6
Of each competitor whose number could
not be discerned owing to the haze.
Ten Leave Before $3.50.
Ten machines. all Of which flew in a
northwesterly direction. had left Roose-
welt field by $50 am. maintaining a
speed Of 100 to $50 miles an hour.
Because of the fine flying conditions
Army officials predicted many of the
contestants would reach Cleveland by
nightfall.
Delayed by Engine Trouble.
The Bristol fighter, piloted by Com.
modore Charlton of the British en-
bassy in Washington, which was to
have been first away, developed tenn
porary trouble with the gasoline sup
ply and was eleventh in leaving.
Lieut.. Col. Hartney. who went away
second. is an American ACE" with a
distinguished war record Lieut.
Hayward. the tenth starter, won the
recent Toronto-New York cup race.
First Arrival at Binghamton.
The arrival of the first three planes
fcia1s here at 11:10. The machines
were piloted by Maj Smith. Lieut.
Col. Hartney and Lieut.. Maynard.
Two striking illustrations of the in.
vincible spirit of the Army flyers wers
shown in the cases of Lieut.. Maughar
and Brown. Maughan, who had beer
physically disqualified yesterday from
entering the race, was active early to.
day in endeavoring to have the bar
lifted. He appealed to Col Archie
Miller, commandant of Roosevelt
field, and to Brig. Gen. Mitchell. but il
vain.
Lieut.. Browns Perseverance.
Determined to pilot his Spad acros.
the continent, Vaughan finally tool
his case to Washington and a few
minutes before the time for the com
petition to begin was overjoyed t,
receive permission authorizing him t.
start. Lieut.. Brown few here from
Washington yesterday and. forced t,
make a landing at Jamaica. his ma
chine was smashed. He was badl,
shaken up, but proceeded to Roose
welt Field, where he requested an
other machine. None being available
here Brown appealed to Gen. Mitchell
who told him to return to Washing
ton, go to Boiling Field and get one
Brown lost no time in reaching tn,
capital, which he left at daybreak to
day. reaching here in time to ente
the contest.
Purpose of Event.
The race gives the false impressio,
that aerial activity in the Unitet
in the world, said Assistant Secre
tary Crowell.
This race is the greatest aero
nautical event in the world" Mr.. Gro
we'll declared. To watch these ma
chimes Is to get the impress IN tina
L there is more aerial activity in tn,
United States than anywhere else IL
the world. But such is unfortunatel.
not the case.
America has Jagged far benin,
other nations in the development o
aeronautics. The visit to Europe O
the American aviation mission, O
which l am chairman, proved thu
The transcontinental race, il is hoped
will awaken the people of the Unite,