While both Willard and Lieut. Flckel 

 clung fast to the supports ol the frame- 

 work, the aeroplane cut swishing: Into 

 the tall grass, found land with its 

 wheels, and rushed along. Nearly 101 

 yards through this the biplane continue..! 

 before it stopped, wheels sunk in the 

 mud near the water's edge. The machine 

 was uninjured, and the twto men were 

 safe, but it took a long time to get the 

 biplane back to solid ground again and 

 ready for another trip. 



Curtiss Tries for Speed Again. 

 White had finished his speed circuits 

 of the course and was driving away 

 for the eastern horizon on his second 

 trip for the $10,000 Boston light prize, 

 when Glenn Curtiss came out again and 

 went three laps on a speed trial. His . 

 biplane proved to be more than a min- ' 

 ute and a half slower than the slender ' 

 monoplane of White. Curtiss' time 

 was 7m. 42 3-5s. 



All this time Johnstone had been ! 

 spinning around the field with his I 

 motors thumping as regularly as the 

 ticking of an eight-day clock. He 1 

 had smashed the old American record 

 for time and seemed determined to 

 set up one that would stand for a 

 while. Minute after minute he added 

 to his new mark as he spun round for 

 lap after lap. 



There was nothing monotonous about 

 this time-consuming trip, however. With 

 another aviator it might have grown 

 tiresome to see him circling about. But 

 Johnstone never seems to be content in 

 the air unless he has Ills machine 

 Jumping, rocking and careening like a 

 schooner in a hurricane. He gave the 

 crowd too many thrills to let them he- 

 come familiar and contemptuous of his 

 long journey. All followed him with 

 fascinated eyes. 



Each time Johnstone went around -u I 

 corner, the little Irish H«x on the int - 

 end Of his planes gave a flutteriugwto- I 

 ward the earth, and Ihe American fta& 

 on the other end went whirling up, • 

 with the whole machine seemingly 

 ready to fall down sideways. Then 

 Johnstone varied his trip between 

 these dizzy corners by throwing the 

 biplane in a dive to the tops of the 

 grass and along like a hurdler clear- 

 ing the harriers, occasionally rocking 

 it from one side to the other and trav- 

 elling in zigr-zags. 



Brookins Tries For Altitude. 

 Brookins went up after 6 o'clock for j 

 altitude, and Johnatone recognized the | 

 start of his companion with some un- I 

 usually daring circus stunts. Then he 

 started after Brookins for a while, and 1 

 climbed up till he was 1500 feet above j 

 the coursr-, Brookins' start, too, had j 

 been a tame One, for he was slow in ; 

 getting into the air, and came along 

 the edge of the field to a rise which 

 just cleared the heads of the timers, I 

 who fell out of their chairs as his skids j 

 brushed by. 



Curtiss made a few rounds of the 

 course just before Brookins "came down 

 after a flight of i'lm. 39s. He had gone 

 up to a fair height, but nowhere near 

 his record Saturday. Grahame-White 

 had come back from his Boston ligru 

 flight, and things were so dark on the 

 field that the little white flag which 

 marked the circle set off for accuracy 

 could hardly be made out from the 

 grandstands when, at last Johnstone 

 shut off his motor coasted along the 

 field and Fettled down to a landing, 

 hich added another record to the two 



he' : 



of Brookii 

 But in 

 added ov< 

 record fn 

 flight, an, 



nded fa 



i I h e 



this flight Johnstone a 

 ■ an hour to the Amerh 

 duration in one contlnui 

 established a new dlsta 



WHITE'S FLIGHT TO LIGHT, 



Boats Own Record, Going Over :!:!- 

 Mile Course in 34m. 1 I -5s. 



■ Th( 

 moto 



the 



islvely 

 i the Boston light 

 i flight, Grahame-White announced late 

 I in the afternoon, shortly before John- 

 stone finished his duration flight, that 

 mpro 



. 1 3-5s. for 

 the double circuit. 



More than the other aviators, the 

 ■Englishman has seemed to regard the 

 meeting as a sporting event, and his 

 decision to go over the course again 

 when he was .-at'elv in the lead, called 

 for warm approbation from the crowd. 

 He receive ! an ruafion as he climbed 

 into the canoe-shaped body of his 



i B1 Fro° m the* ti 5 me'G?ahame- White first 

 fluns lot" tl>e calm air currents above 

 ! the field, it seemed as if his speed 

 Was more remarkable even than that 



cans, 

 eaits 



i Jo 



field, he gained half a lap 



ect"ltk.e S thrumming of the 

 tractor of his Bleriot became audible, 

 when the two machines passed into the 

 stretch in front of the stands, the 

 monoplane traced a dark line across 

 the red of the sunset for an instant, 

 circled almost within "fanning" distance 

 of Johnstone, and shot past him into 

 the east. 



Weather Conditions Good. 

 As on the day he had chosen for the 

 first flight to tne light, the weather con. 

 ditlons were of the best. The twisting 

 upper air eddies that had furnished 

 sport for Johnstone earlier In the after- 

 noon' had flattened out. and there was 

 just enough motion left in the air to 

 move the colors drooping from the sig- 

 nal pole. 



His spe=d for the three speed laps 

 before starting out over the harbor had 

 discredited Curtiss' claim to equality 

 with him In the matter of swiftness. 

 White's time for the three circuits was 

 6m. 1 3-os. more than 1% minutes bet- 

 ter than that made just previously b> 

 the American. 



The rules of the road aloft are ar, 

 ofen throttle and no speed limit, and 

 the speed element was uppermosi i: 

 the minds of those who were watch. ny 

 Grahame-White as he wmged awaj 

 from the starting line with incredible 

 rapidity. It was only a matter of sec- 

 onds that the question at the mono- 

 plane's speed was calci 

 so rapidly did it pass o> 

 its outlines grew dimmer, the impress- n 

 was not of a fast moving object dnimg 

 into space, but of an easily drifting 

 bird-form slowly blending with the 

 even gray of the sky to the eastward. 

 Ahead on First Turn of Light. 

 The space of a few minutes brought 

 world from the light tbat the round- 

 ing had been made, and it was un- 

 officially reported that the speed made 

 three minutes ahead of the ree- 



:ght. As 



3rd. 



slble 



„ o'clock the BK... 

 a~ain on the wav back to the field, 

 widening into view like the hlurred 

 punil of a great eve. Rapidly the in- 

 determinate circle took a horizontal 

 form, the straight line of the 



nln«5 bar* > 'Us a- 'lis, 1 rK' y 



bv the whirlinfe radius of the trad.... 



The aviat. 



point, and c 

 pylon nea: 



„_.jned L- 

 boundary. In i 

 lifwas by the W 

 and dromed aw 

 Souanttm point. 



„jd the , 

 the last 

 and it 

 of this 



■eep 



plugs* 



phasizi 



anxiety wm 

 retlons as to 

 d the beacon, 

 ^e is always 

 steady lap- 



nd 



! dan. | 

 if air 



ich threate: 

 I craft, as best flimsy atrairs oi gossa- 

 I men wings and a few square feet of 

 [ supporting woodwork. 



Whether or not the Englishman has an 

 , eye to effect, the setting of his flights is 

 usually spectacular, and that of yester- 

 day was no exception. At the outset the 

 setting sun had sent off its dull red rays 

 to serve as a background, and the hanks 

 clouds facing the horizon were fringed 



,'ith 



the 



ture as to th« 

 dent to the av 

 Mistak' 



gold. Before 

 s second appeaiance. 

 ened until 



<t were blotted into 

 ing darkness height- 

 id awakened conjec- 

 iibility of some accl- 



dous Route. 



The failing l'.^ht had, In fact, caused 

 Grahame-White to go somewhat astray 

 on the last return trip. On his passage 

 the week before he had been able to 

 follow the west way to the li<ht, but 

 vesterdav he mistook his previous route 

 and followed the main ship channel. 



This became evident wnen he came 

 into view on the final round, since he 

 ws.K well to the north of the point at 

 sraiantum head, and out over the 

 v i ters of Dorchester hay, where he 

 crossed H.e silvered track of the 

 moon, well up in the south, before 



far superior. I He 

 around the ligrht. 

 lighted, and serve 

 beacon for me." 



ii ptaasanter trip 

 e said on alight- 

 i ouditions were 

 very low gorng 

 deh was already 

 as an excellent 



CROWDS WATCH AT HI" LI/. 



Many Water Craft Salute Aeroplnn j 

 at Boston Light. 



Patience broi 

 those who wa 



ght a rich reward to 

 ted along the petiin- 



sula at Hull t 

 point yesterday 

 left when the he 



lat ends in Wiedm.I 

 aCternoon. Thousaml,- 

 ard that Curtiss would 





Half an hou - 

 who remained 



after the exodus ihose 

 ivere nut on the keen 



Sparrow If P t?ie~*s n tony Beach Tt'e av'ieL, 

 station put out in Hs motor bust tow- 

 ard Boston light. They knew In the 

 captain's similar acticn ia-4 Wednesday 



that an aeropla 

 the field for the 

 and several men 

 near the light i 

 to the aviator. 

 Eyes that hac 



light, as Capt. Sparrow 

 on that day lay n float 

 :ady to give assistance 



been straining at the 

 le sky over the a via t am 

 ernoon were gladdened 



fthe^S'^m 



need "all the aft 

 when one of th 

 and . larger, tmti 



of lb- Bleriot m 

 On it came, swi 



moplane was made out. 

 ft and steady, marking 

 emed as straight as a 



line one could ( 

 ruler. 



raw with the aid of a 



Enthusiasm In Harbor. 



Hundreds were aroused lo the ut- 

 most enthusiasm. Although they had 

 no real Information of the identity of. 

 the man who was driving the weird 

 looking craft straight toward the 

 white shaft, they shouted the name of 

 Grahame-AVhlte and cheered and ap- 

 plauded the man who, because of his 



