Hour , Making 
Hr Speed Record 
MON5 . NIEOPORT 
14, 1910, when he covered the distance In 
lh. 43m. 19 3-5s. 
Claude Grahame-White held the record 
for 100 kilometres, made at Belmont Park, 
'last fall, lh. 47 3-5s., up to last April, when 
Mons. ^Leblanc reduced the time by cov¬ 
ering the distance at Pau in 54m. 51 3-5s. 
This was excelled on May 11 last at 
Mourmelon by Mons. Nieuport in a Nieu- 
port monoplane, who made the distance In 
50m. 36s. Then Mons. Leblanc and the 
Blftriot regained the title last Monday by 
reducing the time to 48m. 58s. 
The Aero Club of France has adopted a 
new plan this year in selecting its inter- 
J national team. It lias decided that thp 
E aviators making the fastest time over lf>0 
kilometres (officially timed) on enclosed 
course of not. more than five kilometres 
shall be eligible. 
■Should the number of aviators not per¬ 
mit of the selection of three represents- 
., tives and three reserves the competitors 
[j will be chosen ex-offlcio by the Aero Club 
of France. 
iSo far Messrs. 'Leblanc and Nieuport 
Ijhave apparently qualified for the race. 
1,000 FEET IN AIR 
Harry Atwood Has Thrilling Experi¬ 
ence While Flying at the 
Waltham Meet. 
[SPECIAL DESPATCH TO THE HERALD.] 
Boston, Mass., Friday.—Harry N. At¬ 
wood, of Lynn, was caught nearly one 
thousand feet in the air in his Burgess- 
Wright biplane over the Waltham avia- 
jtion field by the thunderstorm this after¬ 
noon. A fifty mile wind overtook him in 
the sky, a torrent of rain drenched his 
machine and it was only by clever hand¬ 
ling of his aeroplane that he was able to 
reach the ground in safety. 
A little more than an hour later ha 
soared away under the arch of a rainbow 
| on a twelve mile flight over Lexington, 
Arlington Heights and a part of Cam¬ 
bridge with his father, Samuel S. Atwood, 
as a passenger. 
At the end of to-day’s performances, 
after James V. Martin had made a splen¬ 
did flight of fifteen miles over practically 
the same course taken by Mr. Atwood, and 
after Earle L. Ovington had soared over 
four thousand feet in the air over. Wal¬ 
tham, Newton and Watertown, Mr. At¬ 
wood led the meet with 533 points. Mr. 
Ovington followed him with 453 points and 
Mr. Martin was third with 226 points. 
Mr. Ovington, despite all the protests of 
|| his young wife and his mechanics, re¬ 
sumed his hair raising plunging man¬ 
oeuvres to-day. From a height of 1,000 
feet he swept suddenly to earth with his 
|| motor at rest, turning up again sharply 
when only ten feet from earth. 
Mrs. James V. Martin, accompanied Mr. 
Atwood on an eight mile flight over Arling¬ 
ton and Cambridge, and later Mrs. Martin 
announced that she will make a flight 
alone to-morrow. 
Lincoln Beachey made a flight In a Cur¬ 
tiss biplane from Readville Park this 
afternoon during the thunderstorm. He 
remained in the air twenty minutes and 
ascended to an altitude of five thousand 
feet. When he was at the highest point 
his machine could be seen from the ground, 
only when the lightning flashed. 
“The Union Spy’s Battle with the 
Bloodhound” is the title of a thrilling 
story of the civil war in to-morrow?s SUN ¬ 
DAY HERALD. 
or Camp To-Day 
drilled In camp Service. The regiment 
will leave under command of Colonel 
Ijaniel Appleton, with Captain William 
J. Underwood officer of the day. 
Connecticut News Notes. 
[SPECIAL DESPATCHES TO THE HERALD. 1 
Greenwich.— .The sudden death of W11I- 
liam J. Mastln, of Byram Shore, is laid by 
[his friends ot the shock suffered when he 
(received a letter a few days ago from the 
town Board of Education, saying that his 
Iservtces as Janitor of the New Lebanon 
(School were not wanted after July 1. Mas- 
|tin! had 1 been Janitor for nine years. 
Siamford.—Patrick Gallagher, who lives 
at No. 401 Lexington avenue. New York 
city, has brought suit against his wife, 
Mary Gallagher, to recover property at 
Shlppan Point. The husband alleges that 
he purchased the property, and had it 
recorded in his wife’s name temporarily. 
He has been offered a good advance on 
his property, but as his wife wil> not deed 
the property hack to him he cannot sell 
it, and he brings action to have the prop¬ 
erty reconveyed. 
New Haven, Friday.—The announcement 
of important prize awards was made at 
Soule. 1911. of Dor- 
