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"Birdman" Drives Biplane at Terrific Speed in Cross Country Flight
THRONGS CHEER
ACHIEVEMENT OE
Pauihan Hailed as Hero on Re*
turn From His Daring Bi»
plane Trip
Aviator to Give Free Exhibition
of Wonderful Feats This
Afternoon
Ihe lever would quickly adjust the ma
iliirie, and it would Jump to another
(!«Mtf!it more improbable, more unreal
• than was the level just quitted.
Some persons professed to have been
disappointed in the exhibition. Their
ttate of mind was as childish as that of
the boy at the menagerie, who la
Hgrleved because the double horned
rhino does not plunge his ivory into the
vitals of the <-olored attendant, as the
showbills suggested. In a few years
the people may rightly demand that the
aeroplanes race in the air or fly from
city to city. Now the sheer novelty of
the sport should be great enough to
make a public tense with appreciation
of the new and daring feats of the bird-
Policing Force Inadequate
The exhibition * could be conducted
more smoothly if the management
would provide enough policing force to
k*ep the field clear of all those who di-i
not have business there. Sheriff Bob
Chatham of San Mateo county had 10
mounted deputies under him and he
and they worked as arduously as pos
sible to ke*>p the people in the proper
bounds, but their efforts were chaotic
when not ludicrous. Persons who had
business in the field were selected by
the police with intuitive zeal for special
harassment, while others were permit
ted liberties which endangered them
pelves and made Paulhan's work doubly
one man who went Into the field
merely, to take photographs at close
rnnjre for liis own amusement was '
marly run down by Pauihan and the j
big machine as it was settling after the
scri.nd Ilijrht. The man, who gave the
namf of H. Mauzierre, escaped by but I
two fret from a crushing' blow from!
th»> tips of the Farman machine as it j
\\;is rushing down the field under the!
momentum of a swift plunge through J
t3tr air. ; <
To<lay a free exhibition will be given j
•' ;:,'in;.??:on will be charged to the !
\u25a0idstMnd only. Paulhan's manager,!
v:n deary, has promised that there j
\u25a0i !"• adequate policing, and that!
t-ltuuid mean that the infield of Tan- j
forati will be kept clear of all except \u25a0
ih«,se who have imperative business i
near the soaring machine bird. :
A stiff wind blew over the course all j
of yesterday and increased rather than j
diminished In velocity up to 4 o'clock, j
Thore was something like a half lull
lor half an hour, but the air 'was
s'liialiy Hjjain before Pauihan started. 1
on his long flight at 4:55 o'clock. ;
The biplane Ji&d scarcely been safely j
housed when the rain began to fall. . ,
Weather Man Puzzled
Prof. A. G: McAdie, the United States
forecast official of the local weather j
bureau, wan at Tanforsn. He was as |
ready as any on? to criticise the condi
tions. They did not conform to the
"weather map." he paid. That if> a
heinous crime for weather to commit —
that nonconformity. i
Had Pauihan started his flights ear- j
her he might have had better success, i
but it has b«»en a rule of aviation that j
tl)p best conditions arc just before sun- i
down, and Pauihan could scarcely be
quarreled with for postponing his flights
in the hopo that the prediction of the
weather map would be fulfilled.
Mm<\ Pauihan, the attractive wife of j
the aviator, waJ« at Tanforan yesterday i
for th« first time during the meet. She j
and Mme. Santellier watched together
from the aeroplane shed while her dar
ing husband scouted among, the clouds.
Lieutenant Paul Beck, signal corps,
U. S. A., who made several airship
flights at Ix>s Angeles to test the pos
sibilities of an areoplane as a war ma
chine, was at the course with his troop.
Several horses of Beck's command
broke- from their hitcxiing rack about
the time the flights began, so the aero
nautical lieutenant had to forego a
study of the machine in flight over the
Tanforan peninsula in the prosaic pur
suit of threp vagrant brutes which may
soon be superseded by the machine
which had aroused them to vagrancy.
Machine Made Ready
The first active life around the Far
man biplane came at 3:15, when the
sturdy Masson filled the gasoline tank
on Paulhan's machine and J. Cowan
Hulbert, -the sales agent for the ma
chine, tested the parts of the engine.
The grandstand caught its first
glimpse of the machine shortly after
4 o'clock. It was cautiously wheeled
out by the mechanicians and taken to
the far north end of the field.
Then the propeller was started by the
earnest Masson, and the engine sput
tered and vaporized.
At 4:23 Pauihan spread his hands
and away the machine started over the
field to give the first thrill of aero
nautics to thousands of spectators. The
light bicycle wheels splashed through
the boggy field for 100 yards. Then
Pauihan tipped the elevating plane a
slight angle. ' .
The heavier than air machine defied
the laws of gravitation. It rose clear
:>f the ground, as high as the gloomy
?uralyptus. rushing into the wind.
;vhlch then had lulled, with the speed
3f a racing automobile, the engine
Ironing Its chant of supremacy.
- Then gracefully, volltionally, Paul
!ian came back to earth. He had been
n the air 35 seconds and had covered
. third of a mile.
In; 20 minutes he was up again and
Jew back to the north end of the field
n 19 seconds.
He was ready for another flight in
!0 minutes. At 4:53 Masson gave the
propellers their initial twists. The
thin vapor drifted from the engines'.
The machine took a run' and- then
jumped into the air.
Flies Into Wind
Into the wind Pauihan was. again
flying. He cut across the field in a
southwesterly direction. The wind
struggled against the planes and the
machine quivered and rocked, -but flew
into the currents determinedly. .„.
Pauihan . twisted his lever. ...The
great white • frames '* responded like ' a
thoroughbred to the touch- of the rein
at a.flve barred gate. , It leaped- into
Louis Pauihan guiding his aeroplane out over the line of eucalyptus trees on the west side ; of .Tanforan as he began his longest flight yesterday afiernoon.
the air and scrambled into another air
lane, high over the trees. The suprem
acy of the heavier than air machine
was proved.
Far down the air line Pauihan
coursed, his machine- a fragile grill
work against the austerity of the hov
ering black storm cloud. '" .
Against a dull gray background
Pauihan made a sweep and swung to
with the wind. The machine rocked
uneasily in the cross currents, but
Pauihan found a more propitious level
and steered back far over the San
Bruno fields, behind the grandstand.
The machine was out of sight to those
In the pavilion and was lost to the
view of many in the field for a few
moments.
When the aeroplane Is out of sight
its mystery is intensified. It can be
believed in without stretching one's
credulity while it is in view, but the
moment it dodges out of vision it be
comes a vague, indefinable wonder, a
spirit, volatile, evasive, unbelievable.
Aeroplane Reappears 1
But the noise of the engines recalled
the tangibility -of the machine to the
people and Pauihan darted into view
again.
He did not alight, but continued over
the field again, still fighting with the
cross currents, rocking and righting.
Again he sped over the trees and far
off to the southwest, toward the San
Andreas hills. He was out of sigh^
for five minutes. But he came back to
the people, proved himself master, and
settled lightly in the -tumultuous field.
He, had been up nearly 12 minutes and
was out of sight fully five..
The day's sport was over.
Some enterprising, company of the
get rich quick order has taken advan
tage of the aviation movement to ply
its questionable, promotion and yester
day Hooded the aviation field with cir
culars telling how to turn your cents
into dollars by . buying stock. The
authorities have not taken notice, of
the scheme yet, but persons wishing to
invest should hurry up, for the authori
ties will probably put a puletus on the
scheme in short order.
MECHANICIANS WORK
WITH SU&E AND DEFT
TOUCH' ON AEROPLANES
"You pensez il-fly so haute today,
eh ?"
An 'excitable individual with a fat
and perspiring face hurled the question
Into the very face of Didler Masson,
aviator and chief .mechanician . for
Louis Pauihan at the sheds of the Tan
foran track yesterday. Masson grum
bled to the end of his cigar and slipped
away, for.; he was chief .mechanician
and his thoughts were at the end of
the shed, where five others, of his
countrymen were gingerly tightening,
tautening and tinkering around a thing
of silk and steel which was to lift
Pauihan to, the heights of- a 'greater
glory. . ".' " . ; .; .
A queer, silent corps are 'these
mechanicians. They lnugh not, neither
do they talk — at their. wprk. They labor
in silence. -. At odd times Masson mur
mured a query and received an almost
Sarsaparilla
Makes the blood of the right
quality and quantity— normal in
; red and white corpuscles ; and all
other constituents. It builds up
the.wrioleVsysterrh
More than 40,000 testimonials
received in two; years— -an un-
paralleled record— are the broad
and solid foundation for this
claim: Take \u25a0 Hood's.
in. usual liquid.forrri or
tablets called Safsatabs.'; .100, Doses ,51.
:.'HE SAX ffll^
DANGER OF FLIGHT WAS INCREASED BY
CROWD IN INNER CIRCLE OF RACECOURSE
My flights and Monday were the most dangerous I have ever attempted. The climatic conditions
pcre better yesterday than they were the first day, although the improvement in conditions was very slight and
Ido not intend to fly again in such rough weather. \u25a0, . . _.
An added danger yesterday rvas the crowd of people that were in the aviation field. In starting a flying
machine one is not always. sure of the direction it will go, and it is only good fortune that no one'' was killed
outright -or seriously injured. . The same problem presents itself in alighting. I can not always picl( the spot to
land in, and the machine, might have settled ifi the crowd and severely injured many spectators.
Before flying today I will insist that the innncr circle of the r racecourse is cleared of spectators, and I will
not fly as long as there is a person in the inclosure. ' \ : .
inaudible reply from the "figure bent
over his work. / They are the product
of the ago. All, with the exception
of one, are youthful and' all are
Parisians. Their attire is that of their
peculiar calling. ,- The workmen's
blouse they: have discarded and in, its
steady is the tight fitting leather jacket
necessary for those who breast the
wind. Their legs are encased in leather
gaiters and their heads covered with
leather caps. Next to Masson is Edu
ard Miscarol and after the latter come
Albert Chauveur, Emil Renon, Jules
Brule and Armand Malard.
ARE' EARNKST WORKJIEX,
Bernard Shaw pictured their type in
the character of the. chauffeur .in "Man
and Superman," for, '. like him, they are
highly technical nnd possessed with a
amazing mania' for ; their mysterious
manipulations. While the many, thou
sands cheered, laughed, stamped and
hooted on the track yesterday, the six
worked within the sheds, shut off from
public gaze and oblivious to' all but
the continual and retesting-of
the multiplicity of adjustments. Thin
wires running from end to, end of the
biplane tightened under, their touch.
Perfection' was made, yet more perfect
by them. They overhauled and under
hauled. They plunged grimy, fingers
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into the recesses of hidden machinery
and seemed to judge by the mere sense
of touch. Xever did they stop workiiwr.
At the appointed time they, ran the
machine out of its resting- place and. |
nursing it over the rough places and j
swampy grounds deposited it at one
end 'of the field for the preparatory
flight.. The intensity with which they
had. worked the entire day -" redoubled j
at this moment. Each man- was at his
post passing his hands over his own
particular work, examining for the last
time the mechanism'under his care.
One smoked a pipe., another a ciga-
rette, and Masson, the chiefest of them
all. an enormous cigar. But'he tossed
It from him as he bent his lithe form
under, the wiring and took up his posi-
tfon oUionor at the engine. ArouncL
and about him the mechanicians dug
their heels into the soft mud and pre-
pared for the strain.
MECIIAVICIAXS START BIPLAMO
"Masson stood on tiptoe and raised
his hands high above, his head as he
gave the huge propeller . a prelimi-
nary- turn. All was well. Pauihan.
from his perch .in front, gave a half
nod over his shoulder and at the in-
stant Masson's left-hand dived Into the
hornet's nest of machinery.-^There was
a. r resounding.,crackle, developing^,into
a drone as the propeller swung around,
The gasoline fumes swept into his
face and it seemed as if the exhaust
would drive him off his feet. His help
-ers, their forms thrown against the
vibrating, quivering- machine, turned
their backs against the rush of air.
Masson stood tense and taut with his
hand pressing- against the center of the
machinery. Thus they - stood as the
propeller spun around with increasing
speed." It appeared as if. the machine
would ."'never move. - The cheering'and
the murmur of the crowd were stilled
for that moment.' .
As the wheels turned and the ma
chine lurched across the broken
ground, Masson stepped aside, bending
low as it flew by him. The helpers ran
with the speeding biplane for a few
yards, and then, as If in obedience to
a signal, dropped from it—leaving the
res t to the little man seated by his
S!™SSS inS machinery.
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HAMILTON?S AEROPLANE
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: SAN DIEGO, Jan. 25. —Charles K.
Hamilton partially wrecked the Curtiss
biplane he has used during the aviation
meet here when he struck a barbed
\vire fence while he was making an en
forced descent late today. Hamilton
was not The damage to the
machine Is not serious. Hamilton ex
plained that, the : water got into his
magneto.
, The attempt to get the world's rec
ord'for altitude made' by Hamilton dur
ing the early part of- the day was un
successful owing to the puffy wind,
which caused the. machine to pitch and
roll like a ship on a stormy sea, until
the aviator became seasick.'
After abandoning his, effort to reach
a great height Hamilton made a number
of. flights with • passengers above the
polo field and out over the ocean. Once
he carried Colonel D. C. Collier, and
then took as a passenger Mrs. 'Joseph
Sefton, wife of a San Diego banker...
P. J. Tierney, W. F. Dwysr, P. J.
Leary, John McMahon, Daniel Stewart.
P. Ryan, J. J. Lynch and Bryan Hlckey
were elected by the concrete and as
phalt workers* union last night as dele
gates to the building trades council.
John McMahon was elected assistant
business agent.
New Zealand's drink bill in 1908 was
?18, 750.000, $420,000 more -than in 1907.
C} Most music firms in San Francisco; so far as the Player-
Piano is concerned, may be aptly termed "one-idea .houses."
With the single exception of The Wiley B. Allen Co... prac-
tically every store shows one player-piano, advertising and fea-
turing that instrument as the best in existence and being
Hinder contract with the makers of that particular piano to sell
their product exclusively.
€]} The broad policy of our House allows no dictation on the
part of any, manufacturer, and permits us to buy that which
we consider and know by actual comparison to" be the best
? possible at the price, the most dependable and the most
musically satisfactory. \, |
<j[ We are showing today on our floors twelve distinct styles
of player-pianos, combining the very latest and most advanced
types of construction in 88 and combination 65-88 note instru-
ments, installed in the finest line of pianos ever shown on the
Pacific Coast, thus giving intending buyers the only oppor-
tunity offered in this city for intelligent comparison of twelve
different types side by side. . |
Q The Knabe-Angelus; unquestionably the greatest player in
the world, heads our line. The magnificent Hardman Auto-
tone, indorsed by Caruso, Scotti, Tetrazzini and practically
; -every metropolitan "artist, also is shown.. The Emerson-
Angelus, the Angelus Piano, both with^the marvelous Melo-
: dant; which separates melody and harmony, give the greatest
possible opportunity for individualism on the part of the oper-
ator. The Conover and the Kingsbury Inner-Players possess
distinct and decided merit. The Harrington Autotone, the
Ludwig, the Milton and others are shown in moderately priced
players, -every, one in eighty-eight-note types and up to the
; minute ;m development. Prices, $400 to $1,075. ;
: : "Q "Easy payments. v ' ' >
<| Ours Is Not a One-Idea House. The opportunity for com-
parison, for -the purchase of the best possible in players, in
pianos and talking machines, is here. * i
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SIGNAL CORPS MEN
AT AVIATION FIELD
Picked Squad' Taken to Watch
Pauihan as Instructive
Lesson
Soldiers' Horses Break Loost
and Create Excitement at
i Tanforan
Realizing that the near future might
call for the use of aeroplanes in war
fare. Lieutenant Paul Beck of the
United States signal corps took 28
picked men under his command to the
Tanforan track yesterday to give them
an opportunity of watching the flights.
The men rode down to the' track on
the regular army horses and tethered
them at one end of the field, far
enough, it was thought, from the spot
where Pauihan would rise. At the
crucial moment when the men of, the
signal corps were gathered around the
machine, eagerly watching every move,
and as Pauihan was about to seat him
self by his .lever, -there was a shout
from the rear.
"Your horses ha.ye broken away,
mister," shouted a warning voice to
Beck. The soldiers glanced around and
saw their mounts ffoing around the
I tracks like thoroughbreds. Followed
then a vivid minute of language and
the men scattered to hoad off tho frac
tious animals. By the time they had
gathered in Paulhan had finished his
first attempt. The men were able,
i however, to view his other flights.
ra While Lieutenant Beck was the only
j officer present in his official capacity,
numerous others from the Presidio
were there. Many of the soldiers under
Beck who witnessed the flights are ex
pert mechanics and electricians and
took more than ordinary interest iu
the event.
GUARANTY RAISED AND
TACOMA ASSURED SIX
DAY AVIATION MEET
TACOMA, Jan. 25.— The aviation
meet is assured for Tacoma, the guar
anty being easily raised for a six day
meet on the grounds of the Country
club at American lake. There Is a nat
ural amphitheater \u25a0 adjacent to the
prairie, inclosed and accessible by two
street railway lines, three railroads
and splendid automobile roads. Th*»
exact date awaits word from Dick Fer
ris, promoter of the aviation meet at
Los Angeles.
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