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Fast Time Marks the First Flights in Aerial Derby
LATHAM REPAIRS
PLANE AND FLIES
Plucky Frenchman Surprises the
Aviation Crowd by First Ap
pearance After Smashup
ANOTHER LARGE ATTENDANCE
Today Is 'Orange Belt Day,' and
the Citrus Fruit Section Will
Send Great Delegation
Yesterday afternoon a long, dark air
craft appeared from lieliimi the long
row of lr.niKfirs opposite tho grand
stands. Circling gracefully it mounted
higher and higher and nailed off in tho
distance toward the letting huh. Then
it turned, coming Straight back toward
tiu! grandstand.
A crowd of 12.000 watched it.
"What machine is that?" was the
Question asked.
"jt resembles the Bleriot," was the
general answer.
On and on came tho machine, cutting
the air 200 feet above the ground. A
number could be scon, but not read.
It became plainer.
"No. 10," t)io shout went up, followed
by hand-clapping and cheers.
it waa i>athain in the: reconstructed
Antoinette, the car which, it was said,
would not bo ready to fly again until
the last few days of the meet. Under
his direction it had been repaired With
remarkable speed.
The first time he passed tho crowd
v.as not ready for him. The second
tlnio it gave him the most spontaneous
applause yet bestowed upon an aviator
hero with the exception of Arch Ilox-
Hey. His pluck against great odds
won it.
All night Tuesday Latham's mechan
icians worked getting the Antoinette
ready. It was so badly smashed Mon
day that it had to be taken to pieces
and reassembled.
LATHAM'!* niQRI A SIKI'HIM:
Without any announcement—without
even telling the committee that he was
again prepared for flight—Latham bad
his machine wheeled from its hangar.
Starting the engine he gave the signal
and was off. The machine did not re
spond at first, tailing to leave the
ground. He stopped it and made a
trifling adjustment. Again starting fie
Hew off as if nothing ever had been
the matter with the machine.
The crowd applauded. Then Just to
show them that the applause was de
served Latham swooned to the ground,
ordereil one of his machinists to get In
and flew away again, carrying a pas-
srnger.
The largest crowd that has attended,
With the exception of Monday, was on
imnrt yesterday, the efforts of the avi
ation committee to secure larger at
tendance bearing fruit at once. Per
fect weather conditions prevailed and
probably the best day's program, from
the spectators' point of view, was tho
result.
Everything, from the daily altitude
contest to the derby, went off as sched
uled nnd there were fewer long valts,
with more action at all times, than be.
fore. The improvement in the. size of
the crowd seemed to bring improvement
in the entertainment offered.
Today will be "Orange Belt day." #i
hoimr i.f the towns in the great citrus
fruit district. Rediandn. Riverside, San
Bernardino, Pomona, Ontario, Santa
Ana, Orange, Fullerton nnd Anaheim
Mill respond by sending large delega
tions to the meet.
Butterlck Patterns and publications for January are ready.
Two years' subscription to the Delineator for a dollar-fifty.
(Main Floor, Rear)
Our Dressmaking Department Is equipped for the produc
tion of less expensive gowns and suits than we have made
In past years.
Knit Underwear As advertised yesterday, our over-
Unil WHiaerwcoi stocks of women's knit underwear
<Sal«i Tailav P° on sale tQday at heavy reduc
oaic iwuaj tions
$ 1.50 Garments $1.25 $ 1.00 Garments 75c
$1.25 Garments 95c 75c Garments 45c
25c Garments 15c
(Main Floor, Rear)
Men's $2 Pajamas
Friday tepjSk J^Xs.
Two hundred and I^^SS^^^
came to us at a rice^^!f Ip^^^APSP
came to us at a Price^Jrir^KJpßS
which will P ermit^%^^^>s^^^^
selling' at $1.10 a^^Jfijwj^&yS^^
suit. All of soft but >j^*^j^<-c *1^
firmly woven repp, neatly trimmed with
fancy braid; warm, serviceable garments —
white, pinks, blues, lavenders, greens, grays,
tans, etc. All sizes, Some shown in one
of our Broadway windows. On sale Friday.
> (Just Inside Main Entrance)
J. W. ROBINSON CO.
235-239 South Broadway 234-242 South Hill Street
HUBERT LATHAM,
WHOSE PLUCK WON
APPLAUSE OF 12,000
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BABY WRIGHT AGAINST
BIG ODDS, SAYS FLYER
Parmelee Declares Little Aero
plane's Power Is Only Half
That of the Curtiss
PHIL O. PARMELEE
In consideration of the fact that the.
"Baby" Wright biplane, with which I
have entered the daily speed contests
each day during the aviation meet. Is
equipped with only a thirty horse power
four-cylinder motor, while the machines
which 1 have been pitted against are
equipped with motors of sixty or more
horse power, I consider it only-fair
that tile public be made aware (jj the
difference between the machines which
they see racing each day.
The "Baby" Wright is the smallest
aeroplane on the field. It has the
smallest motor of any of the racing
crafts, developing between twenty-five
and thirty horse power. The CurtlM
machine, which has been defeating mo
each day in the speed contests, has an
eight-cylinder sixty horse power motor
—giving its operator double the amount
of power to fly with which I have at
my command. With this advantage it
has been besting me by only a lew
Seconds in the contests.
I have nothing but the most friendly
feelings for tile Curtiss people and wish I
them the best of luck, yet it seems to
me that it is only fair for everyone to
know that when the "Baby" goes
against a Curtiss machine or any other
on the course, for that matter. It is
racing against almost double the horse
power which it possesses.
I believe—ln fact, I knew—that with
the amount of horse power possessed
by my opponents I could beat anything]
on the course. The "Baby" lias done
it before and could do it again. We
have no larger motor to put in the little
machine, so must do the best we can
with it as it is, but l want it under
stood that it is only because of a lack
of power that the "Baby" has been
third in the speed contests so far.
LOS ANGELES HERALD: THURSDAY UOKMNG, DECEMBER 29, 1910.
ALMOST MILE A
MINUTE IS MADE
Radley Covers Course of Eight
and Three-Fourths Miles in
9 Minutes, 13 Seconds
EVENT PROVES A THRILLER
Englishman Comes Up from Be
hind and Finishes First in
a Perilous flace
(Contlmird from raise One)
for tho "first Loh Angeles aviation
derby."
There was not a hnndful of nil th;it
crowd too tired to stay. Almost every
man and woman returned to his or her
■eat and all eyes were train.-. 1 on the
course where the aerial ponies were
being harnessed for the race.
Curtlas, the owner of the great string
known far and wide, was superintend
ing the rubbing down of his speediest
steed. Ely. who was to be trusted
with the mount, donned his Jockey at
t!ro -mi stayed clo.«<; by to see that all
went well,
Roy Knabenshue, manager of the
Wright stables, hovered over the
"Baby* 1 as though I* were a thing
prr'cioas. Phil P»r.iielee examined the
plu;^ of the Chugging infant ami .said
the heart action was good. Reaching
up above and examining the chest of
the vibrating ateed, he round there
provisions enough to feed it for a long
and hard llight.
Radley and two men from his stable
pulled the IMerlot dragon across the
Held and lined him up at the harrier.
Though frothing at the bit from a pru
vious run, the thing" .stayed well at
the post until the starter gave the sig
nal, Radley had kept hia monster on
adge all das' ajid needed little pre
paration for the run.
With the tiring of a gun from the
Judges' stund, the caretakers went to
the roar, the propellers made a buzz
ing sound like wonderful bees, the mo
tors Chugged like, rapid tire artillery
end in a. cloud of dust the field was
off.
The Judges had directed the aviators
to lly in the opposite direction from tho
course, out to the north end of the
stand, turn and -coma in across the
line.
They were to come as nearly togeth
er as poBS jle, but together or not. it
was to lie a race, the man making the
best time for five lup.-s of the course
bt ing ute winner.
Ely made the shortest turn and was
tin- tlrst to come back and cross the
line. Parmelee was second, half a
length of the course behind, and Had- ;
ley, who had made a wide turn at the
Upper stretch, was last.
Being last, he had the strategical
i advantage of flying near the ground,
where the best speed is obtainable.
As ho shot over the line, his engine
: and propeller droning a strange song,
i the crowd cheered and the prettiest,
! most fantastic and extraordinary race
I of the age was on.
If Hartley Hnished without accident
i it was evident from the beginning that
: the race would belong to him, although
1 it was not to be won without a hard
, tussle with Ely, who pulled out like.
• a soldier.
"IIAIIY" MAY YKT UK IIKAKK I'KOM
It was also seen that Parmelec In
! the famous "Baby" Wright was out
classed, though not so badly, Whfln
horse power was taken into considera
tion.
Radley operated a sixty horse power
motor hi his Blerlot, Ely used a fifty
to sixty in his Curtlas, Parmelee used
only a thirty in the "Baby." But
nevertheless lie ran a game race.
He had counted on the lightness of his
craft and the reduced size of the
planes to give him a look-in on the
race.
Ely had Increased his lead over Par
melee on the Qrst lap of the course,
and on the second be was more than
the two pylona lengthwise of the Held
ahead. Parmelee made .1 sudden burst
of speed going with the wind and
made up; Ely lost a little time on the
first turns, but clipping the pylons
closer he continued to pain on the
third lap.
The great dragonfly of Radley never
wavered the height of a yardstick
above the ground around the course.
Tlii- second lap saw him creeping up |
slowly on Parmelee find on the third I
lap the crowd in the stand saw the i
most spectacular feature of the derby'
when Radley poked his nose under the
l'armelee craft and edged his way Into
second place.
The Englishman continued to*gain
on Kly, but the latter had too good a
start to he overtaken. On tin- fifth
lap Ely opened his lever wide and
whlssed over the course in the Ijost
time made during the present meet by
a Curtlss machine, doing the 1% miles
in 1:58 8-5.
Kadley was but half i length of tlio
course behind Kly when the two
crossed the wire.
In less than a minute the megaphon
ers announced Radley us the winner
of the llrst aerial derby, which tarries
with it a $">ooo puree,
"I thought I'd lulse it. don't you
know," said Kadley, "but I didn't
know how fast the bloomin' Curtlss
craft would bo."
in making thin observation Radley
was referring to the fact that Curtlss
had stripped about fifty feet of piano
surface from Ely's machine for the
race.
As it entered tho contest it was 19tf
feet lons, or 4!u fi ot shorter than tho
baby Wright craft. Til -. derby, being
distinct in itself, (il*^ witnessed the
Introduction of the smallest aeroplane
that lias been used in competition,
Curtlsa has deslgiu-d in this craft what
he believes will he a speed marvel.
Yesterday's race alone shows it to be
capable of from ftfty to sixty miles an
hour and with handling oven more
may bo got from it.
Thfi "Baby" Wright has horn
equipped for speed trials with planes
PROGRAM OF EVENTS AT
AVIATION FIELD TODAY
Orange belt rta.v —Opening gun at 1
o'cloi'k p. in.
Altitude—Uoxney, llroiiklns, Willu'd,
HmUcv.
Sliced—<nrli»M, Kadle.v. Kly, rarnieii-e.
itoiui> tiiroHhiK — i.iiiiiMin. Braoklas,
llomev, Wlllard, Mnrtln.
Arrurtwy In lundlnv —All avlatarit.
Quirk otart—All avlulorK.
I'libseiiKi'r carrying— tfOSMJT, Bnmlillll
I'arilieSep, l.;tlhi)iii.
speilul event tot urnngr lielt atliii'l
anl*.
JAMES RADLEY, WHO
TOOK FIRST PLACE
IN AERIAL DERBY
1 4r 1
about nineteen foot long, but these
ha vis not been used In competition.
They may yet be tried out during the
present meet, and Parmelee thinks that
even with hi;> thlrty-horse-power motor
he may be able to give both Curtis*
and Radley a run for their money.
SANTA ANA MAN lI.IKS
Curtles was pleased last night with
the result of the race and said he was
satisfied that a much higher sp> ed
could bo developed In the reduced craft.
Other features of the day at aviation ;
park yesterday were the carrying of j
passengers by Brooklns and Latham, j
who surprised the spectators by rising ;
over the field from behind his hangai
at 1:20; a flight over the course by
Glen Martin, the Santa Ana aviator,
who thereby won the $ir»o prize for !
being the first local man to fly around
the field; bomb throwing by Latham.
Brooklns, Hoxsey and Wlllards the
.spiral dip by Brooklns; "ocean wave"
stuntH by Hoxsey, who made a crowd !
ill judges duck tow on the field, and a |
flight of fil'HO vertical feet by Hoxsey. ;
(Hen Martin's flight was made late j
In the afternoon as the crowd had be- i
pun to depart, but 10,000 persons saw ;
him rise grai efully from the field and
make a complete circuit of the course
M. J. Neuncr and other judges, men i
from the aviators' camps and other
amateurs rushed to congratulate Mar- j
tin as ho landed.
"Did you cover the full course?" |
asked Neuner.
"I went around every pylon I could \
see," replied Martin. The young Santa
Ana aviator says he will he ub every
day hereafter and will go in for some
of the prize money offered to local
men.
LONG BElSllllES CUP
TO ALUM WINNER
Bringing with them a beautiful sil
ver loving cup, which is to be present
i ed with the city's compliments, to the
'aviator making the best altitude, rec
ord (luring- the present meet, 6000 res
idents of Long Beach and vicinity
were at DominKiiez field yesterday aft
ernoon to witness the fifth day's pro
gram of Southern California's second
annual aviation meet.
The .Long Beach chamber of com
merce, the Long Ileaeh municipal band
nnd a delegation of prominent citizens,
representing the Long Heach munici
pal government, were on hand to as
sist in properly representing their city
at the meet on the day set aside in its
honor.
Alive to the advertising possibilities
of the meet, Long Keaeh was "there"
in still another sense of the word.
The crowd was startled early in the
afternoon by a bombardment from the
sky by small pieces of cardboard.
Three machines had just started on
their first trip around the course at the
time. When the machines came around
for the second time the puzzle was ex
plained.
The Long Beach chamber rlf com
merce had obtained a great number of
small cards, on which was printed the
simple announcement that "Long
Beach is growing rapidly nnd has of
fered a silver cup to the aviator mak
ing the best altitude record during the
meet." Getting Charles F. Williud to
one side they persuaded him to fill his
pockets and a small bag with the cards,
carry them aloft, and drop them on the
heads of those in the grandstand.
The plan worked perfectly, much to
the gratification of the Long Beach
chamber of commerce,
The silver loving cup. which the
beach city ha.; offered for the best al- !
titudo record, is graceful in design and
well worth winning. It stands six
teen inches high and is eleven and one
half inches in diameter. It is engraved !
on three sides.
It is almost a foregone conclusion
that Hoxsey will receive the coveted
trophy anil the committee '*nm Long
Beach is bavins: the engravers prepare
to place Koxsey'S name, the date, and
his altitude mark, on the cup.
Long Beach representatives bepnn to
come to the meet narly. Special trains
over the Pactl'ic Electric began running
from the beach city at 10:16 and by
noon the special sections Bet aside in
the grandstand for Long Beacß resl
i dents were filled, in tin- lower boxes,
in front of the Long Beach sections.
the municipal band of that city was
stationed and throughout the afternoon
it vied with the Catallna band at'the
judges' stand in entertaining the
crowd.
Ste.im TrainN (o A\lall<in Field
The Southern Pacific la the on!; itnaiti
railroad to the grounds, direct to the main
entrance, with separata entrance and exit
for Southern Pacific passengers.
Special trains leave Los Angeles (Arcade
Motion. Firth and Central nvflnue) dally t»
January 3. 1911. Inclusive (except January
2, no program), at S>:os o. m.. 11 a. m..
11:30 a. m.. 12:01 p. m.. 11:80 p. m.. 1 p.
in. and 1:30 p. m. Returning. leave avia
tion field 4:45 p. ID.. 5 p. m...5:1S p. m..
6 p. m. No local stops In either direction.
Plenty of roomy steam heated .cars with
scats (or every on«. Round trip (at ticket
offices) from Los Angeles 35c. Contest*
t:3O p. m.
Cut this out and use It for time table and
•tart early. Los Angeles offices: 600 South
Spring street, Arcade station. Fifth and.
Central avenue. **'
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Hose Tournament Truing via Santa IV
5 On January -■ 1911. tho Santa Fe
will operate fast and frequent trains
from La Grande station and Downey
avenue, Los Angeles, to Pasadena, as
follows: 7:30, 8:30, 9:00. 9:30, 9:45, 10:10
and 10:30 a. in. Returning special
trains will leave Pasadena for Los An
geles at 1332, -1:30, 5, 5:15 and 5:25 p.
in., and additional trains that may be
required.
2 AVIATORS DIE
IN 50-FOOT FALL
jFrench Birdman and Passenger;
Meet Sudden Death When
Steering Gear Jams
I CROWD WITNESSES TRAGEDY
I
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I Accident Occurs on Start of the'
I
Paris to Brussels and
Return Flight
ISBY-L.ES-MOLINEUX, Prance, Dee,
28.—ji. Laffor.t, the French aviator, and
W. Polh, ii passenger, were Instantly
killi'd whin tli<' former's machine fell
from a height "f lift./ feet today, Laf
fort was preparing to start f^r Brus
sels in competition for the Aero club
prize tor ;>. HiKiit with ;i passenger from
1 Paris to Brussels and return.
A big crowd was present to witness ]
the ascension. To entertain the specta
tors and test his machine Laffort cir
cled above the aviation field several j
times. Suddenly the steering gear)
jammed and the aeroplane dropped to ;
the ground. The occupants were |
caught in the wreckage, and were dead I
before aid could reach them.
WARSHIP TO ASSIST IN
AERIAL WAR MANEUVERS!
San Francisco Aviation Commit
tee Arranges for Meet
SAN FRANCISCO. Dee. 23.—The San I
! Francisco aviation committee received I
!a communication from the secretary
of the navy, George Yon L. Meyer, to
day, acquiescing in Its request for the I
assignment of a warship to assist in j
! the study of the uses of the aeroplane
|in naval warfare during the next
; month.
Seven professional aviators, all of j
i national fame, have been signed for j
! the rmset, and entries have been re- j
ceived from ten amateurs,
Fred Meyerhoffer of Pleasanton is j
already on the ground with a mono- !
plane.
The work of building the grandstand j
| and preparing the Held at South San
j Francisco is rapidly nearing comple
tion; two courses are being laid out,
! one a mile circular course marked by
] pylons, and the other a mile straight
l away.
SIMON BREAKS WORLD'S
RECORD FOR MONOPLANES
NEW ORLP:ANS, Dec. 28.—Rene
Simon, the French aviator, today broke.
the world's record for monoplanes,
when he covered the mile track in a
twenty-mile wind in 57 seconds flat.
This is the fastest mile, over made by
a monoplane under any condition on a
mile course. The machine was a fifty
horse power P.leriot and Simon drove
the turns at a dangerous angle, but
with perfect control.
The first flight of the day was made
by John H. Moissant, who ascended in
his fifty horse power .Blerlot.
The wind at times carried Moissnnt
at an estimated rate of ninety miles
an hour. He remained'a loft 33 minutes
22 second?. Simon also made nn as
cent in this event, remaining in the
air -2 minutes 4R seconds.
Garros, Hamilton .and Barrier also
made flights.
HERE IT IS, FOLKS!
MODESTO PLANS FOR
AIRSHIP LANDINGS
MODESTO, Cal., Dec. 28.—Visions
of the days when men shall fly as
they now ride in street cars are
called up by a provision in the new
charter adopted by the citizens of
Modesto. Power is given to the city
to construct and operate aviation
landings as a municipal enterprise,
and it is said that thfi clause is
broad enoiffch to enable the city
fathers to conduct aerial contests
and to build aviation parks.
ONLY 4 DAYS MORE
To tell us where you wish our
New 1911 Packard Limousine Sent
DESMOND'S
Cor. 3rd and Spring Sts.
Douglas Building
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All Men's and Women's Bath Robes at ONE-FOURTH OFF
All broken lines of Men's $2.50 Hats at $1.50
All broken lines of Men's $2 and $1.50 Shirts at $1.00
ALL HOLIDAY GOODS AT BIG REDUCTIONS
After After
Christmas )KcJs((' Christmai
Sales J®^M SaleS
I $3. 50, $4 and $5 (£o^4s
Evening Slippers vP*-<
—Colored and beaded jßurßs. xfCTT^A^
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—We've been stock cleaning. Oh! what a merry rum
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