figures and doing turning stunts in the air, 

 incidentally making a few wide detours 

 from the field. Once he gave the spectators 

 a genuine surprise by coming down to 

 within a few inches of the ground on the 

 getaway and when there were exclamations 

 of "He's alighting," suddenly keeping his 

 motor at full speed and going right ahead. 

 Then he went up higher again, and kept on 

 as usual. But he had fooled the crowd, as 

 he intended, and everyone enjoyed the joke. 



Before ha started to the light Grahame- 

 White circled the course three times for a 

 speed test, doing the five and one-quarter 

 miles in six minutes, fifteen and three- 

 fifths seconds. Then he went once mi;e 

 around the course "before he struck out for 

 the light and the crowd cheered wildly as 

 he was off. This run was in the Bleriot 

 monoplane, or dragon fly, as the machine 

 has been named. 

 Later Curtiss made a trial at the n.o- 



! curacy test. The manner In which he 

 handled his biplane called forth many fa- 

 vorable comments from the crowd, as he 

 turned gracefully, landed within the one 

 hurdred foot circle and stopped within six- 

 ty-three feet, ten inches of the centre. 

 There was talk about Curtiss using brakes 

 for this trial, and the matter will be given 

 consideration by the committee. As it w •.«, 



[ Curtiss beat Grahame-White's record for 



i accuracy by one hundred feet, which was 

 much better than cutting the Englishman s 



• figures In two. About this time Willard 

 made a trial for the speed prizes. He went 

 around the course once in two minu* 



t fifty-seven and one-fifth seconds and tl 



the 



trial 



| void. At about 

 j aLghted, after having be 

 [ one hour, forty-seven mil 

 and two-fifths' seconds. E 

 for eighteen laps was flgi 

 miles, 2640 feet and his 



twenty 



The 



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 cided that. 

 The Englis 

 plane agai 

 Wright bipla: 



: he 



to 



ened by 

 Wright 

 fly Bier 



caught sight of it and ehe 



ed 



hats, parasols and handkerchiefs wildly. 

 Then the biplane came In sight and the 

 scene was repeated. The very makeup of 

 the monoplane, however, elicited more en- 

 thusiasm, for it resembled a great hawk 

 with wings outstretched and rigid, sailing 

 majestically along. At times one could 

 hardly help expecting to see the wings 

 flap and the bird swiftly disappear. 

 Instead it circled in the air and seemed to 

 sail over all parts of Quincy. Grahame- 

 White succeeded in getting up to 3440 feet 

 and Brookins attained an altitude of 2*170 

 feet. Both Grahame-White and Brookins 

 made wide circles and were viewed by 

 many thousands of people besides those on 

 the field and in its Immediate vicinity^ 



Cromwell Dixon came out in his dirigi- 

 ble balloon as the closing feature of an 

 eventful day's sport and it was announced 

 he would go to Boston Common. He was 

 in the air three minutes and then dropped 

 back on to the field, again disappointing 

 the spectators, who have begun to lose 

 I faith in him somewhat. Possibly he will 

 j be able to extend the invitations to Gov- 

 ernor Draper and Mayor Fitzgerald to at- 

 tend the meet after the bird-men hove all 

 I vanished. 



Dixon is going to have a chance for an- 

 other sort of trip, even If he does not land 

 on Boston Common. The contest commit- 

 tee announced this morning that he would 

 start to beat the record for a cross-country 

 voyage in a dirigible balloon. This will 

 probably be one of the events of Friday if 

 conditions— and other things— are favorable. 



Aerial Wonder- Works 



Some Feats That May Astonish the 

 World May Be Tried by the Aviators 



Some aerial feats that may astonish 

 the world, showing what a vast power 

 has sprung Into existence through the 

 development of the aeroplanes, may bo 

 successfully accomplished at the Har- 

 vard field before the close of the pres- 

 ent meet. That is the inference of a 

 statement issued this morning by Chair- 

 man Glldden of the Contest Committee, 

 In one part of which he explains that 

 some demonstrations are to be made be- 

 side which what nas gone before will 

 appear insignificant. 



Mr. Glldden is not prepared at this 

 time to say just what is going to happen, 

 but it will be something in connection 

 with the Government's desire to know 

 Che possibilities of the aeroplane in war- 

 fare. 



In connection with this, it is worth re- 

 peating a statement made yesterday by 

 Wilbur Wright. Answering a question con- 

 cerning the possibility of dropping bombs 

 upon a warship, and whether the aeroplane 

 would not be put out of service by the 

 sharpshooters, Mr. Wright said: "If one 

 torpedo boat attacks a battleship she ;s 

 likely to be sunk; if twenty torpedo boats 

 attack a battleship, they are likely to 

 sing her." He did not have to add that 

 if a score of aerial craft made an atta.-k 

 upon a warship from the upper air, the 

 chances are that they would accomplish 

 their purpose, though of course at tha 

 sacrifice of some of their fliers and avia- 

 tors. 



Another interesting thing that Mr. Wright 

 told three reporters related to his supposed 

 reticence over being interviewed. "You 

 might be an optimist and you a pessimist," 

 said Mr. Wright,, pointing to first one and 

 then another reporter. "You, the optimist," 

 continued he, "might return to your office 

 after a talk with me and come out with an 

 enthusiastic article to the effect that in 

 such and such a time the railroads' might 

 as well go out of business, all ordinary 

 vehicles go to the junk heap and other 

 ideas in that same tenor. You, the pessi- 

 mist (pointing to the second reporter), 

 might return and say that the aeroplane 

 has no future except as an exciting sport 

 or pastime of no real value." 



