Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1921-11-06
]. M. Larsen
Prize Won
By Stinson
Planes Owned by Donor of
Trophy, Win First and Sec.
ond Awards; Four Ships
Forced Down.
Parachute Jumper Hurt


The JL-o (Larsen) monoplane.
plated by Eddie Stinson Of New
York, won the Larsen trophy race of
240 miles yesterday afternoon at the
International Aero congress, CONF
pleting the distance in 2:30:5o, an
average speed of 97.o5 miles per
hour.
The prize is the Larsen trophy and
$1,000
Second place and $1,000 prize was
won also by JL-6, piloted by Max
Goodnough of New York, in 2:3l AZ,
at an average speed of 97.l9 miles
per hour.
Third place, with $1,000 prize, was
won by an S. V. A. Ansaldo, driven
by +. +. White OF Tulsa, the time
for the course being 2:3S;03 at an
average speed of o5.l miles an hour.
Four Forced Down.
Four planes were forced down
during the race, but one of them
took the air again.
The S. V. A .Ansaldo also won
first money OF the S2,625 additional
put up by citizens committee for
$50 miles of the race. The An
saldo's time for the $50 miles was
1886, at a speed of over o5 miles
an hour This carries $l,500.
Second money for $50 miles was
won by r. M. Cochrane in Linz
coin Standard plane in l:53:43. This
carries $3.50.
Third money for $50 miles was
won by N. d. Trinler in Longren
biplane in l;5S:2l.
Wins Jumping Contest a
w. H. Marian of Nelson, NebSi
won first prize in the parachute
Jump, landing within l8 yards of
circle placed in the landing field.
Clyde Duncan of North Platte won
second place, landing within 81
yards of the circle.
The other jumpers landed in this
order.
Edward Kohlstead, Cherokee, Ia,
50 yards from the circle; w. H. Bat
tenheld, Nelson, Ncb., 124 yards;
Parker D. Cramer, Bradford, Pa,
l43 yards; Raymond Russell, l53
yards; Paul Duncan, 170 yards; Ar
thur Bluto, Council Bluffs, l76
yards; John Kirk, Omaha, 252 yards.
Smith Leads Stunters. !
J. Hodgens Smith of Beaver City,.
Neb., won the stunt flying contest
with a total of II points out OF
possible 100. Second prize was won
by Errett Williams, Arkansas City,
with 60 points. Third was won by
Eddie Deeds of the Omaha Aero
club, 33H points.
1t was 2::47 when the first of the
II planes in the contest took the
air. 1t was a Lark monoplane,
piloted by Errold D. BAIL OF Lin
coin.
Ten seconds later, a Laird Swal-
low, with Buck Weaver of Wichita,
Kan, at the stick, whizzed from the
ground, followed by Farman Sport
in charge of D. H. Robertson of New
York.
The race IS $50 miles, around the
triangular course from the flying
field to Calhoun. Neb., thence to
Loveland, Ia, and back to the fly.
ing field. First prize is $4,000 and
the Larsen trophy; second prize,
$4,000; third prize, $1,000.
The rest of the planes went into
the air for the race in this order:
Longren biplane, driven by N. D.
Trimler Of Topeka, Kan.
S. V. A. Ansaldo, piloted by E.
+ White of New York.
JIG, piloted by E. F. Whit OF
New York.
JL-6, piloted by B. H. Pearson
Of New York.
JL-6. piloted by Max Goodnough
of New York.
Laird Swallow, piloted by w. H.
Burch, of Wichita, Kan.
Laird Swallow, piloted by Clyde
Horchem.
S. V. A. Ansaldo. piloted by
"Slim" Lewis.
Donaldson Joins Race.
After all the rest of the contestants
had taken the air, F. A. Donaldson
appeared on the field in Curtiss
Oriole and joined the race, carrying
two passengers.
"Slim" Lewis in his S. v. A. took
the lead in the first lap by making
the 30-mile circuit in H:l, at speed
of l083l miles an hour. But had to
drop out of the race at the end of
the second lap because of a lost
spark plug. At the end of the first
lap he was nearly two minutes ahead
of the JL-6, piloted by Eddie Stin-
son, which made the first lap in
1880 at an average of 97.S7 miles an
hour. The first lap was completed
by the JL-6, piloted by Good
nough, in 1901; and by the JIG,
piloted by Pearson, in 1905,
Plane No. 20, monoplane Law
renee Lark, made in Lincoln. was
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