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Show LWO AVIATORS FINISH 5,412 j MILE MAGE ' Chicago, Oct. 2o. with the arrival arriv-al In New York today of Captain J. O. Donaldson on the second lap of his Double- transcontinental flight In the army air race, finishing second to Lieut. B. W Maynard, who completed P:e 5102-mile 5102-mile voyage on Saturday, -.'aptain Low-ell Low-ell II Smiih tonight stood the best chance of finishing third in ..be i on test. Captain Smith reached Ren , Nev , this evening, after flying from Cm y ' line, Wyo , and had only 356 miles to B0 o finish bis flighl at San Pi in cisco. Lieut. Earl Man.elman. eastw ird bound, arrived at Cleveland, tonight, with 503 miles separaunt; him from, the finish at Mineola field ' . p nn Ale?: Pearson, who had been delayed1 at North Platte, Neb., since Friday on j account of a broken motor, Kot aw&y today and reached Rock Island, 965 ' miles from New York. Next among ihe six men sti!! flying in ihe second lap was Lieut H W. I Sheridan who arrived at Sidney, Nib., from the west tonight with 1603 nvles to go. Lieut. R. S Worthinpton. wesl bound, reached Chicago tonight with a flight of 1S91 miles ahead t him while Lieut. Cot, J L. Reynolds, leav;ng San j Francisco, today, had covered se iral hundred miles he ion- darkness. Two flyers were put out of the race I today on their return trip westward Lieut. E C. Kiel broke h' plane twelve miles wes of Sidny Neb., ehls morning on resuming his fligM ..nd quit the race lnStS miles from the goal. Lie u i H. E Queers, leaving Cheyenne. Chey-enne. Tvlth japtain Smith this morn ins:, burned out part of his engine at Tipton. Wyo. durine the forencon and had to sie up the contert when only 809 miles from the finish. Lieutenant Colonel Reynolds was ihe! only one of twenty. nine who completed complet-ed the first crossing to start th return trip today and it was uncertain tomhi how many of the fourteen remaining contestants at San Francisco would attempt at-tempt to complete the round '.rip. Lieut. Paul Rlchter, last of the e-,st-bound flyers to reach Now York on the first crossing, today decided not to make the return journey. |