Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-02


Great Britain.-On Monday Flight
Lieut.. S. n. Webster of Great Britain
won this years Schneider Cup race,
held at Venice, covering the 217 miles
at an average speed of more than 281
miles per hour. Another Briton,
Flight Lieut.. Worsley, finished second
and made the fastest lap of the tri'
angular course, his speed being 289.75
miles per hour, the highest officially
recorded speed ever made by human
being. A third British entrant and
three Italian entrants, including Maj.
De Bernardo, who won last years
| race, failed to finish because Of engine
trouble. Webster flew a supermarine
monoplane with Napier engine, and
Worsley a similar machine; tiny craft,
even smaller than the moth type, with
pontoons. designed by the British air
ministry. The speeds established not
only beat all previous seaplane but
also all land plane performances
Poor old 10 Britannicus has a good
] kick left.
NJ. Jacques Schneider presented the
cup to the Aero Club Of France in
1912. In 1913 Maurice Provost of
France won it. In 1914 an English.
man was victor. There was no con.
test for the cup thence until 1920,
, when Italy won 1t, repeating In 1921.
United States in 1923. No race in
1924. but the United States repeated
In 1925. Italy again in 1926, and now
| Great Britain.
1t Is interesting to note the success
| sive advances in speed. The winning
| average speed in 1913 was fractions
| omitteO As miles per hour. in 1921 1t
was III, in 1922 1t was LAG, in 1928 it
was 1T, in 1925 it was 233, in 1926 1t
was 246.
| The remodeled Napier Lion engine
| has vindicated itself. Great Britain is
vigorously pushing experiment with
seaplanes as obviously indicated" for
fast mail imperial purposes. Within
a few weeks four flying boats Of
latest pattern are to undertake a
cruise to Singapore and Australia and
J back.
! A poignant little item appeared in
! the newspapers the other day, record.
ing completion of the demolition of
the buildings on Newgate street, Lon.
| by Christ's Hospital or the BLUE
Coat School" $50 popularity called after
the dress Of the boys-blue gown, blue
knee breaches and blue neckcloth, that
charitable foundation forever en-.
deared to the world by two of the
| most charming of Charles Lambs
essays. Alas, the blue Coat Boys
| are no longer, as of old, a frequent
and popular sight on London streets;
the school having been removed to
| Horsham. The school had been the
| nursing mother of many famous men.
including Lamb and Coleridge. The
old buildings were once Grey Friars'
| Monastery, and Edward vi, the found
ing father of the school, appropriated
them to it.. The great Sir Christopher
Wren built "A new south front Tor 1t
in his best style. / would provoke
the reader to peruse once more those
| two immortal essays of Lamb.
France.-It is understood that M.
| Claudel, the French Ambassador to
| the United States, has three impOr'
tant matters to i:cuss with Sccis:.fJ
| Kellogg in the near future; namely,
the proposed negotiations toward
, rInco-American commercial treaty,
) the projsct OF a French refunding loan
on the American market. and the
draft Of the proposed BRAND treaty
for outlawing war between France
and the United States.
The French Line Is about to build
| three passenger vessels FOR their
transatlantic service at total cost OF
L$25, 900. 900: one to be quadruple
screw and oil burning and a little
larger than the lie de France, the
other two to be motor driven ships