BRITISH AIR RACE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1191, 28 July 1911, Page 5

BRITISH AIR RACE.

1000 MILES IN 22 HOURS# 1 M. BEAUMONT WINS. .1 . r Ur TdccroDh—Frees Assoeiaiion-Gopyrlelik London, July 26. M. Beaumont has won tho "Daily Mail" i prize of J310,000 for tho air-circuit race • over England and Scotland. In tho final stages M. Vedrinos and M. - Beaumont left Bristol within a couplo of 1 ■* minutes of caeh. other. There was a terrific contest for tlio leadership. After touching at Esetor and crossing the Salisbury Plains, M, Yodrines recovered 1120 0 seconds on tho run to Brighton. t Tho last stage to Brooklands was safelj - negotiated. M. Beaumont completed tho circuit of 1000 miles in 22hrs. lG.OSmin. M. V©. drines took 70 minutes longer. MM. Beaumont and Vedrinos had a t splendid race throughout yesterday from Edinburgh to Bristol, They were seldom far apart. ; Both arrived at the various stopping- i places dazed and half-numb, having been driven out of their courses by torrential • rainstorms and violent gusty winds. s M. \edrim?s lost fifty minutes through losing his way, aud having to descend t three times to inquire his whereabouts. M. Beaumont raced, and easily beat tho Scotch express while crossing Shop Fells, in tho Lake District. It is possible tho race will finish thia afternoon. 1 HOW THE RACE WAS WON. ENGLISHMEN FAR BEHIND. r (Rcc. July 28, 0.5 a.m.) ° London, July 27. M. Beaumont 'rode a Bleriot monoplane, and M. Vcdrines a Borel-Morano monoD plane. Neither aviator replaced any of tlie marked parts of their aeroplaaies during the flight. M. Yodrines was the quicker flyer, but . his mistakes cost him tho prize. .His ' ignorance of English was a severe liandi- , cap. lie received a consolation prize of .£290. • " M. Beaumont's experience as a naval officer made navigation by compass and map easy for him while he w-as able to sec the earth. He stntes that exploding bombs showing a white smoke were the best signals at the laading-places. Mr. James Valentine, an English com* petitor, has readied Carlisle. ; • Mr. Gustavo Hamel's aeroplane was damaged in Dumfriesshire. 1 Mr. S. F. Cody-is at Vewcastlo,