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Show i;i the name of the government. A Military band struck up "The Marseillaise." Mar-seillaise." Hefore the chewing for I.e Rlnoc died down, Auburn, In his monoplane, tbot Into sight at the very point in the sky where Ie Hlanc had first been seen. and. following the victor's nake, crossed the line and made an equally graceful landing In close succession to lx Hlanc f.iid Auburn, came legagnleux and five army otficers, who had acted as fF.corts to the contestants In the last, v-tage of the flight, the successful trip cf elcht nerpotanes across tho country coun-try simultaneously and under prearranged pre-arranged conditions demonstrating to what an extent th conquest of tho air has been carried. Such a gallery of spectators hafi never tiefore been seen In Paris On the field at Issy, where the aviators finished. 200.000 spectators had gathered. gath-ered. Hundreds of distinguished moi and womn who, when Le Wane's monoplane was first sighted as a Mack speck high above the city, were seized with a perfect delirium, formed a great part of the crowd. 1ACE IS WON W I F Rl Alf Two Hundred Thousand Parisians Saw the Bird Man Land Paris. Aug. 17. Hair of Paris for- j stiok Its be 1 last night and remained , In the streets until morning to watch ; the conclusion of the great crosscountry cross-country aviation race, which was won, Ly Le Mane in a Bleriot monoplane. Auburn, also In a Blerlot, took second prize, linishing a short 20 minutes he-bind he-bind the wiuuer. although his total time In completing the course was f omewhat longer. Ix Blanc'o flight from Amiens, some 60 miles, wa. n.iid In the same superb style as the j reviotis laps in the race. He left Amiens at 5:03 and descended de-scended at Issy. Ip the suburbs of Paris. 1 hour and 28 minutes later, making the total time for the 4S3 rdles of the entire flight 11 hours. 53 l.i'nutes and 59 seconds, an average c:f nearly 40 miles an hour as the j crow flics, without making any al-I al-I lowance for detour or for the time 1 spent In battling with the storm iu the flight from Mezicres to Dual last Friday. Auburn, whose time from Amiens was l hour and 51 minutes, completed complet-ed tho circuit In 13 hours, 27 minutes :'iij H seconds. None of the other competitors completed tbe entire . course, although' I-egacnleux, who was forced to retire in the early siage.s of the race, finished with Le . lt.anc and Auburn. 1 There was a moment of tumultuous e'K-erhig as Le Blanc appeared above l-,:y in the early dawn, and from the i tight of nearly a quarter of a mile planed down toward the earth and ' rwooped across the line like a giant Lawk. The authorities, in anticipation of tbe excitement of the enormous crowds, had cordoned the alighting plaea at Issy with hundreds of police backed by n regiment of curralsiors cf lone experle-ice In handling tbe Parisian crowds on days of demon-i demon-i stvatlons. Nevertheless, the upeclators. In aa ' irrerlstible rush, broke the lino and bore the victor on their shoulders to Co tieral Bruti, the minister of war, v lo, with his ,stsrr and other high of-llclals. of-llclals. had appeared at the finish at ibis enrly hour to welcomo the victor. General Brim congratulated Lo Blanc |