Evening star., 1923-10-05
Lieut.. Ramey Factor in Army Vic
tory at st. Louis.


By a staff Correspondent. a..
ST. LOUIS. Mo, October 5.-There
Is joy and happiness in the Army
camp. Much of this celebration can
be identified with the delegation
Field pilot, Lieut.. Howard K. Ramey,
a Washingtonian. took second hon
ors in the liberty engine builders
race at the local flying field. flying
the 1862 miles, or six times around
the course, at an average speed of
1884 miles per hour.
The remainder of the Army con-
tingent is discussing again and
again the victory of Lieut.. Clements
McMullen of Brooks Field. Tex.
and third place, won by Lieut.. L, H.
Smith of Crissy Field. Calf. The
latter was a member of the famous
team of Richter and Smith, who
broke an endurance record recently
through the aid, Of fuel passed to
! were $500. $500 and 5000 for three
places.
Navy Looks to Future.
In the Navy camp, where victory
was to have rested. according to the
forecasters. the future only Is looked
forward to, and the crack up" OF
Lieut. D. e. Allen in the curtiss
ton hard luck. Lieut.. Allen, who
halls from the naval air station at
Anacostia, was the first to start In
the most important race of the day.
and as he dashed across the starting
line at a good $50 miles an hour vic
tory was conceded him imm ediately.
He soon disappeared and was for
gotten as the other twelve entrants
took the air at intervals of few
seconds. Then the crowd that made
- ,t IL y-r,l, h cfoy-v. trn
izon for incoming ships. saw a dark
object which rapidly grew in size.
From the judges stand 1t appeared to
be racing toward the field at break
neck speed. when. just as it neared
the flying field it was seen to swerve
and quickly dive behind trees to the
ground THE Navy's out" went up a
shout and second later silver wing
flashed above the tree tops. telling
the story of a complete wreck
*. Plane Compiete Wreck.
The pride and hope of the Navy was
tail broken. A wash out" as pilots
say when a ship has ben demolished
The crankshaft broke as Lieut.. Allen
and his passenger, Machinists Mate
T.. G. Hughes, also of Anacostia, were
flying 500 feet over the rough and
last leg of the course. An Immediate
descent became necessary and new
~ plowed frld offered the best
landing place. The wheels struck
the rough ground, bumped, bounced
and then turned over. The occupants
And here Lieut. Guy B. Hall OF
Ouantico, Va, Marine Corps pilot,
stepped up and took the lead in his
Vought UO-1, which Will be convert
ed into a seaplane and used as an
observation ship aboard the u. S. s.
California. AS the minutes dragged
on the twelve remaining planes
whirred around the course, a merry
go-roupd of airplanes, during which
three other entrants were forced to
hastily choose landing places and
trust to luck.
They were: Lieuts. S. NJ. Connell of
Mitchell Field, New York, in Lepere
biplane, close to the field and not far
from the place Lieut.. Allen crashed
the third pylon., and Lieut.. D. NJ.
Outcalt a reserve officer. at the. Sec
ond pylon. The occupants and the
planes were uninjured 3D.
McMullen Takes Lead.
BY this times Lieut.. McMullen. in
his Fokker observation, known as the
Coz, had crept up to first place, and
passing ships that went before him.
On the last lap only Lieut.. McMul-
len and Lieut.. Hall stood between him
and first place. Between the second
and third pylon he passed the Marine
Corps pilot, but Lieut.. McMullen was
little too far ahead. At. the finish
line. instead of zooming up 1000 feet,
circling and landing, Lieut.. McMullen
banked around the. pylon and con-
tinued around the course for the
seventh. lap. On landing he was sur
rrised TO learn that the Navy tri-
plane had been forced down, and he
gave as his reason for making the
extra trip, around the course the de-
sire to catch up with the wasp"
which, mythicaily. was pacing him
Surrounded by Boiling Field pilots,
Lieut. Ramey stated that he pushed
the throttle forward at the start and
left IT there the entire race. He gave