Evening star., 1926-05-20
GOLDSTROM RACING
ACROSSATLANTIC
Globe CirCIer Must Reach
Yokohama June 7, Else
Fail in Feat.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to Inc star.
NEW YORK. May 20.--The watch
clicked on John Goldstrom at 4
o'clock. Eastern standard time. yester'
day afternoon, as the Mauretania
moved out of her dock, starting him
on the first lap of his race around the
world. Every minute is precious now
FOR the 39-year-old fiyer-Writer, as the
Swfftest steamer atloat races toward
Plymouth with him.
Goldstrom has no roommate in E-66
Of the great liner. AT the last moment
his partner. Morris Titterington, one
# the owners of an airplane instru-
lnent factory. was compelled to cancel
his participation in the race to attend
70 business affairs. Mr.. Titterington $
withdrawal will not alter in any way
he plans of the trip to break the time
record for circling the globe Mr..
Goldstrom said.
Mears at Steamer.
John Henry Mears, holder of the
present record of 80 days, 21 hours.
IS minutes and 4-5 of a second for
globe circline, was at the steamer to
81" Mr. Gpldstrom off. Mears crossed
the Atlantic in the Mauretania when
he made his race 13 years ago. An
other visitor was Linton Wells, who
MearS or Goldstrom in June.
GoldStrom should arrive in Plymouth
May u and may reach Berlin by
plane the same day. From Berlin he
expects to fly to Moscow in a day and
from Moscow he will continue by
plane to Omsk, 100 miles distant
lie expects to arrange to be met there
by Japanese flyers, who will carry
him to Yokohama.
He must reach Yokohama by June
: or he is almost certain to lose his
race. The President Madison of the
Dollar lines sails on that day and
constitutes his only chance to make
4 Pacific crossing within his scheduled
time.
The racer was notified yesterday
hy officials Of the steamship company
that the President Madison, a fast
boat. would endeavur to make a rec
ord crossing. for every second saved
across the Pacific viii be saved from
he final time. The National Aeronsu-
tic Association vii! establish relays
of planes to carry Goldstrom across
the continent in Z day and a half, if
all goes well, and the United States
Post Office Department has arranged
to have its landing fields lighted and
its mechanics ready to assist the at
tempt
Experts to Enjoy Trip.
I'm making the trip for three rea-
sons Mr.. GOidstr0m said before sail
ing today. THE first one is that no
human record ought TO stand Is
Years. The second one is that having
flown more than 10000 miles, and
being an aeronautic writer by pro
reSSion. | believe in the airplane not
alone for the future but for today
and want to show what it means in
terms Of speed, depondabiiity and
safety. The other reason is that ]
expect to enjoy the trip"
In order TO break the record. Mr..
GoldStrom must relurn to the Cunard
dock before June II ut 1:35 pm. East
.rn standard time. Before that time he
must cover more than 1880 miles.
If which he expects to fly about
ii 900 miles The actual distance
travelled will he much more than this,
Mir GoldstrOm said. because airplane
travel is not in the exact straight
lines which are used to measure dis
tanceS between points on a map.
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