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IS VMINES MSFRENCH HAVE NO COMPETITION IN RACE FOE BENNETT TROPHY.SHOW SKILL FOR SPORTAll American Speed Marks ArtBeaten in the 124.8 MileFlight.Chicago, Sept I u —Julius Ve-drlnes, French airmaster. won the empty honors of a world s championship without competition save on the part of hla own teammates, yesterday lo the annual Gordon Bennett 12 000-franc stiver trophy race at the Clearing aerodrome, the blue ribbon aviation affair of the worldSol an American aeroplane stirred from the hangers to answer “present. and 110 one was more chagrined than \ edrlnes himself and Maurice Pre\ost his formidable teammate, who. with Andre iOrey, ‘Constituted the team of aviation heroes whom France had presented ■with mechanical air . lafts of heretofore unheard of speed to do battle for the coun-tr s honorRace Against Each Other.The Frenchmen wore * good sports however They raced against each other as though their Uvea depended upon ItVedrtnes smashed all American speed records for any kind of craft, aerial or otherwise He drove his 110-horse power Deperdussin monoplane around the 4 14 mile course for the 124 8 miles in 70 minutes 66 35 seconds, or at a rate of speed of 106.5 miles per hour. Had dt not been for treacherous air pockets and cross currents he would have equaled his own record of 106 miles per hour and probably set a mark which would have stood for several years to come in the cup races.The resultsWinner — Jules Vedrlnes of France Speed for 124 8 miles, 103 3 miles per hourSecond — Maurice Prevost of France Speed, approximately, 104 miles per hour.Andre F'rey, France, did not fln-lsbNo Americans or other nation’s entrants participated,,Honors—To Vedrlnes goes the 12-000-franc cup offered by James Gordon Bennett in 1908 and the title “World’s Champion Aviator/* Ved-rlnes smashed the American speed record, hut Lacked a trifle of equalling his awn of 106 miles per hour.Prevost broke all world’s records Jfor speed with 100-horse power 'monoplaneVerdines established a new world’s record for 20 kilometers (approximately 12.43 miles) in a special race against time, covering the distance in 6 minutes and 56.9 6 seconds.Previous Gordon 'Bennett cup race record, 78 miles per hour, made by Charles Torres Weymann In 1911,
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Moline Evening Mail and Journal
Moline, Illinois, US
Tue, Sep 10, 1912
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