110 



vals sent shivers chasing up and down 

 the spectators' spines. The Englishman 

 flylng_ about a quarter 



at the outset i 



of Johnstone, and 

 tude. It has been sup- 

 ijorlty of persons who 

 ents at the meet that 

 much the speedier, but 

 sterday showed differ- 

 •White was driving his 

 full speed. The "Wright, bt- 

 ually drew up on the Farman 

 higher altitude, amid 

 crowd, 

 losely. : 

 if not 



promis — 



to be undertaken 

 the day. 



White Takes Farman Aloft. 



Grahame- White now applied for i 



ration, 

 test ir. 

 partial! 



dist.i 



altitude and 



t the ; 



; Far: 



1 bipls 



. the 



line. 



quired 

 wished to publica 

 Sydney Macdonal 

 taching to the i 

 in the damage to 

 aid signalled for 

 the manoeuvre « 

 aviator, as it latei 

 Grahame-White r 



per 



_j to 1 

 abled 



program except boml 

 stone had covered nine laps in 

 25 4-5s„ and the Wright biplan 

 persistently nibbling at Harmon' 

 ord with every chance for success 

 The British jack which Gra 

 White has displayed on the bi 

 together with the American flag 



>k lh« Far- 

 t embraces 

 int on the 

 vlng, hjohn- 



1- ester bay, where I 



Curtiss was now announced as about 

 to try for speed. New 

 the spectators, because everybody un- 



I derstood that he might try for Boston 

 light and the $1(1,090 prize if the motor 

 worked smooth::- 

 lutions as a result of five inch- 

 been clipped from the propeller tips. The 

 abbreviation wai to permit 



the motor to turn up another 100 revo- 

 \ Curtiss I 



rose at 4:20 o'clock, driving at whirlwind ! 

 Speed that looked fully equal to, if not I 

 better than, that made by Grahame- j 

 Blerlot. 



Curtiss' propeller balked, however, 

 and the biplane flopped gracefully upon 

 the marsh a half-mile from the com- 

 mittee's office, after travelling a mile 

 In a minute's time. It alighted on a 

 patch of grass surrounded by water- 

 filled ditches, and with considerable dif- 

 ficulty was rescued and dragged back 

 to the hangars by 40 or 50 men. While 

 the motor was In , operation its speed 

 was up to what Curtiss demanded but: 

 the new and comparatively untried 

 I motor was too stiff to prove reliable. i 



When Curtiss was preparing for the I 

 | night which ended In a fizzle he was 

 unable to find an oil can with which to 1 

 j appease a hungry bearing. Brooklns, 

 one of the Wright aviators who was 

 nearby, became interested and sent one I 

 of his mechanics for the lubricant thr- 

 Wrights use on their motors. The 

 courtesy was acknowledged with a 



I handshake that surely did not smack 

 ot reported jealousy between the Inven- 

 tors. 

 Johnstone and White Race. 

 Johnstone and Grahame-White were 

 now engaged in an aerial race that 

 proved vastly entertaining and , 



se and , 



the fa- 



_ adulation showered i 

 on the Englishman during the earlier 

 part of last week. 



Brooklns and Wright Go Up. j 

 BrooKins, with Wilbur Wright as pas- 

 senger, now came^out for a try at the 

 mimic battleship with plaster of paris 

 :one then, 4:20 o'clock, hav- J 

 t lh. 14m. 37 l-5s. and cov- 



bornbs. John 

 Ing been aloft Ih. . 14r 

 ered 22 laps. With t 

 biplane moved slues 

 loath to cleaT the gri 

 ly, it soared aroum 



dropped bombs from 

 In' right and In front 

 At 4:50 o'clock Wil 

 biplane, went away 



plane 

 el ipse. 



John 

 about 



hame-White's lig 

 ing 14 laps in 41 

 planes were evi 

 and it looked to 



dlrr 

 looke: 



Ished 



Johr 



re -ult. 



lengers, the: 



first pylon, 

 Lrtq Wright 



he pur- 

 a tar- 

 iistar.ee 

 steered 



i marie a flight' 

 uld obtain with 

 strangely faint 

 ieard as the bl- 

 its broadened 



■rily plodding 

 nfl freq 

 s and WrlffM 

 hovering- over 

 'light. He had 

 n. 214-5s.. Gra- 

 : that time be- 

 l-Ss Both air- 

 fettle, 

 if their 

 led till 



! SO 



fin 



It 



ied the 



a i i v 



. b long 



uives ana aorupt uips. f requently on 

 the turns he threw the planes of the 

 ' machine at such an angle that a cap- 

 size looked imminent. 



Wilbur Wright, apparently, derived 

 lots of fun in dropping bombs at the 

 battleship and was in no haste to com; 

 back to the ground. His experiments 

 Included tossing two or three bombs 

 I at the diagram with one haiad. 



WK1GHT DROPS BOMBS. 



Up with Brookins, He Scores 77) 

 Points in 87 Trials. 



From his perch, Wright gave the I 

 greater part of half an hour to dropping | 

 bombs from a height of about 400 feet 

 to the deck of the Imaginary battleship 

 in the middle of the field. 



First with casts of single bombs, then 

 Hurling two ot the white spheres at a 

 time, the tall inventor whirled around 

 in the a ir and leaned far over to fol- 

 low the success of his aim. 



Below he saw the white marks of 

 the outlined oattlesMo and I lie splat 

 ter of white as the balls burst on 



with satisfa 

 Mr. Wright 

 trials. 



Whlt,c no\ 

 had been c 

 elevator in i 

 In an aimles 

 machine (iv'i 



made 77 

 left lh< 



Ing tp 

 Arount 

 I hung i 

 trtes 

 White 



This ann 

 centred att 

 the fact th 

 approached 

 ord for tin 

 Clifford B. 

 1 Curtiss ai 

 Johnstone 



the 



Amei 



and 



ackn 



The 

 3a?.. 



tway again, 



Brooklns to 

 ain. and the 

 after the in- 



smiles 

 in which Jolin- 



or a time ■■ 



points out of 37 



course which he 

 ml Inclined his 

 nib. He drove up 

 ishi his 



nth Bosh. 



■as telling John- 

 7 " laps. 2h. 1m. 

 While's time for 



erican a\ latov 'tad 



if he 



ne came round 

 vavlng ot the, 

 nstone 

 of his new j 

 n mode known. , 



^cm bOW "'j 



ge in the high- 

 i to the fir-Id In 



after Is 



speed. 



..alked ov 

 plane sto 



started ofi. »i » »,..»--. .-- 



clipped close to every pylon and made 

 the first lap in 2m.. finishing the Hire* 

 in dm. 13-5s. a trifle slower than the 

 6m. Is. record for the course which he 

 had set up.. 



Lieut. Picket's Shooting. 

 Expert shooting with a revolver hv 

 Lieut. Fickel had been watched by 

 the crowd when their attention strayed 

 from Johnstone and White. WlthWil- 

 lard In a Curtiss biplane, the officer 

 kept circling the field, and the sharp re- 

 port of his magazine revolver snapped 

 above the cracking of tlio motors each 

 time he fired at a white sheet spread 

 nat on the ground near the battleship, 

 ling round after a shot. Willard 



circled just back i 

 far side of the 



' the , 

 Sid fr< 



r and 

 e Mel- 



■tch ql 

 might 

 >r,-.-:-' I 



