The winner, Lieut.
Jean Conneau, who flies under the name of "Andre Beaumont,"
completed the circuit on July 7; his actual net flying time for
the distance being 58h. 38m. 4-5s.
Circuit of England Race--1,010 Miles in Five Sections.--
Start, July 22. Finish, July 26. Prize, $50,000. Twenty-
eight entries and eighteen starters. Seventeen finished the
first section from Brooklands to Hendon, a distance of twenty
miles. Five reached Edinburgh, the second section, a distance
of 343 miles, and four completed the entire circuit.
Paris to Madrid Race.--This race was started at the Paris
aviation held at Issy-les-Moulineaux on Sunday, May 21. There
were twenty-one entrants, and fully 300,000 spectators gathered
to witness the initial flight of the aerial races. The race
was divided into three stages as follows: Paris to Angouleme,
248 miles; Angouleme to St. Sebastian, 208 miles, and from
St. Sebastian to Madrid, 386 miles, a total distance of 842
miles. After three of the entrants had safely left the field,
Aviator Train lost control of his plane, and in falling struck
and killed M. Berteaux, the French Minister of War, and
seriously injured Premier Monis. The accident caused the
withdrawal of all but six of the original entrants, and of these
but one finished.
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