Omaha daily bee., 1921-11-05
Two Speed
Races Make
UpProgran1
Sixteen Fleeting Secondt
Keep "Casey" Jones From
Making Clean Sweep
OF Feature Events.
Day Free Of Accidents

Sixteen fleeting seconds held c. S.
Casey Jcnes of New York, Curtiss
dviator, from making a clean sweep
OF the speed program at North Oma-
ha field yesterday afternoon, when
he romped away with the feature
event OF the second day Of the Inter.
national Aero congress aviation meet
and finished second in the other con-
test.
Jones won the 90-mile race for air
planes with a rating OF 81 miles an
hour, over a field of six other start
ers, his time for the distance being
55 minutes, four seconds, and his av.
crage rate Of speed l00.39 miles an
hour. He piloted Curtiss Oriolc
CO.
The New Yorker finished l6 secs
onds behind F. A. Donaldson of
Spirit Lake, la, in the 90-mile
race for airplanes with rating
CT Is miles an hour, Donaldson's
time for the distance being 90 min
utcs and four seconds, while Jones
was caught by the timers in 90 min-
utcs and 20 seconds. Donaldson's
average rate of speed for the go
miles was 1925 miles an hour. Both
pilots handled Curtiss Oriole OX-S
planes.
Iowa Man Second.
In the event for o0-mile planes. N.
c. Torstensen of Milford, Ia, man
ming a Oriole K-6, was the runner-up
finishing second to Jones in 57:04,
exactly two minutes behind the New
Yorker. Two other Oriole Kos
stepped into third and fourth places,
R. S. Miller of Minneapolis, pilot for
the Curtiss Northwest Co., taking
third, and R. Campbell, for the Iowa
Curtiss Co., fourth. Their times re-
spectively, were 50 minutes, 81 sec
onds, and 80 minutes, Is seconds.
Buck Weaver of Wichita, Kan, in
a Laird Swallow was fifth; Jack
Atkinson of Omaha, in a Lincoln
Standard was sixth, and N. D. Trim
Ter of Topeka, Kan, in Longren
AK biplane finished seventh.
- Never. Was In Danger.
AT no time was Jones in danger
of being headed after the first lap,
which he made in l9 minutes, one
second. His second round was
turned in 1889 and his third in 1904.
Torstensen-s fastest circuit, the Sec
ond, was made in l8:H.
Casey drove in the same heady
style that won him the Junior Derby
at the Kansas City American, LIE.
gion aviation meet. Not once did
he lose a second by uncertain pilot
ing. His stretch dashes were marked
by correctness Of location that
put him at the proper point for
rounding every pylon without de-
cided check in speed. Flying low in
the approaches, he would take, the
higher altitude in the straight paths,
never mounting fast enough to slow
his plane or impose extra duty on
his engine. .r
Nine Start in Second.
Nine ships started in the 75-mile
plane class, eight being sent away
within a period of a little more than
two minutes at $3.50. Jones was de.
layed and did not start until 20 min
utes later. As the result of the race
was based entirely on elapsed time,
he suffered no hardship by the de.
lay. 7.-f. s..
After both Donaldson and Jones
had rounded their first lap, it was
evident nip and tuck race was on.
Donaldson made the circuit in Is
minutes 20 seconds, while Jone,
made It in % minutes, IA seconds,
showing a six-second margin owe,
the Iowan. But in the second lap
Donaldson came around in % min,
utes fiat, and Jones time was Il
minutes, 7 seconds. giving Donald.
son onc second lead into the final
round.
Again the Iowan made the bes
time, for he negotiated the 30-inile
distance in % minutes, A. seconds,
and Jones showed at % minutes, S.
seconds.
II know where / lost out" Jone.
said after the race. Il swung wide
at the pylon at Calhoun twice be.
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