Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-10-15
MAUCHAN VICTOR
IN AERIAL RACE:
At T.CLEMENS
Army Aviator, Flying a Cur
tiSs High Speed Pursuit
Plane, Finishes First in
Pulitzer Contest.


Mt. Clemens, Mich, Oct. IA (by
the Associated Press) .--Uncon-
scious at times due to the terrific
| speed at which he rushed through
the heavens and during his con.
| scious moments haunted by fears
for the condition of his wife, wh)
momentarily expects to become a
mother Lieutenant r. l.. Maughan.
an army aviator, flying an army
Curtiss high-speed pursuit plane,
won the Pulitzer trophy aerial race
here today. ~ travelled the 160-
mile course at an average speed
of zoe miles an hour.
The race, run in three flights
and replete wrth sensational
achievement on the part of the en-
trants that promise to become aer-
ial tradition, resulted in the smash
ing of world records, both Off
cial and unofficial, for so, 100,
and -kilometer courses.
Maitland was Second.
Lieutenant il. j. Maitland, pilot
ing a sister ship to that of Maui
CHAN, was second in the Pulitzer
competition, but his honors in that
respect were oVershadowed by the
terrific speed he attained on one
lap of so kilometers. He covered
the distance at the rate of 2l6.l
miles an hour-faster than anyone
ever flew in race.
For the 100-kilometer course
during the race he averaged 2073
miles an hour, another world rec
ord. Maughan's plane is the one
that made a world record of 22O
miles an hour over a one-kilom-
eter course at Garden City, Long
Island, recently.
Seven filters, two of them United
States navy entries, the remainder
representative of the army, lat
tered the worlds record for zoo
kilometers or more when they eX-
ceeded 1871 miles an hour, the
mark established in France by
kirsch.
Lieutenant Maughan had the
best speed for the distance, rate
of 206 miles an hour, his aver
age speed for the entire 156-mile
course.
Brow Finished Third.
Lieutenant S. j. Brow, in a Cur
tiss navy racer, won third place
in the Pulitzer competition, going
tn $50 miles at an average speed
Of 1892 miles an hour. Mattland's
speed for the entire course was
at the rate of 203 miles an hour !
mi
accident One plane. the navy |
''sfysfory SHIP, -pffuted py Lieu
tenant J.. III. Sanderson of the Ma |
rine corps, was forced out Of the
race during the fourth lap by en- |
gine trouble. Sanderson plunged |
with his plane into Lake st. Clair. |
over which part of the course |
extended, but escaped unhurt. Cap |
tain st. Clair Street landed his |
Vcrville Sperry between two trees |
a mile from Selfridge field. He was |
not hurt but wing was torn off |
the plane.
When he brought his plane to |
earth, Lieutenant Maughan was so
exhausted that he leaned against
the ship for several minutes Until !
he revived. Major General Mason
M. Patrick, chief of the army ait
service, Rear Admiral w. A. Mof-
fett, chief of the naval bureau of
aeronautics, and Edwin DENLY,
secretary OF the navy, rushed to |
him. Major General Patrick pat
ted the lieutenant on the head and
Secretary DENLY was so overcome
he burst into tears.
Lost Four Times.
"All the time during the race,
| was thinking about a telegram
| had been expecting announcing
the birth of child to Mrs. Maui
ghan," the winning airman said
when he was able to talk Il was
lost four times in the haze and was
more or less each of the
is turns.
"My worst moments, however
were at one turn where l lost con-
fidence and then became uncon-
scious. On the straight away
came to. Another trouble | had
was with my feet going to sleep"
The terrific speed told on Lieu
tenant Maitland. After the lap in
which he made 216,1 miles an
hour, his air pressure, feeding gas
oline to his motor broke down and
he was forced to use an emergency !
hand pump. Throughout the last
four laps, with his plane hurtline
the air at a speed in eX-
cess of 200 miles an hour, Maitland
was obliged to pump away. first
with one hand and then with th9
other. When he finished behind |
Maughan, he was exhausted
ensign e. ]. Williams Jr., had
D thrilling experience when a fire
in his plane broke, a Il
piece OF it knocking his helmet
off. He had great difficulty in ar
ranging the helmet while plung-
ng on at more than three miles
4 minute. 8
Fumes from the broken extin-
yusher sickened him.
In setting a worlds record or
he 50-kilometer course, Leuten-
Int Frank Maitland turned at the
Pylons so fast that his ship was
almost upside down and he was so
close to the ground that the plane
skinned the grass. IL
10000 See Race, if
The crowd of 10000 persons who I
the race was kept in q !
'renzy of excitement as one rec !
,rd after another was smashed.
The ship with which Lieutenant
won is powered with I
100 horsepower Curtiss engine. The 4
lieutenant is 20 years old and is
| native of Logan. Utah. He is Of !
icially credited with having Z
brought down four enemy planes {
while serving In the army air s~rv- !
ce in France. He wears the dis
inguished service medal! His post 8
$ at Mather Field. Calf. =
Lieutenant Maitland is attached Z
o Boiling field. District of Col !
lmbia. E