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Show hi n ohporver, as well as their airplane, were ready for the start of their return flight to Mineola, N. Y., scheduled for .1:13 p. m. tomorrow. ! STERLING, Colo., Oct. 13. Lieutenant J. B. Wright and Sergeant V.- Coleman, , westbound aviators in the transcontinental transconti-nental race, lost their way at 7:40 o'clock tonight "and narrowly escaped death when they landed at a farmhouse near here, Rtr iking telephone wires and grazing a fence. Their plane was damaged, but , they escaped injury. Tbey will resume the flight tomorrow morning. SKYPILOT HOPES TO BETTER RECORD IN LAST LAP OF DERBY SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13. Six westbound west-bound contestants in the transcontinental air race Arrived hem today in tho wake oi Lieutenant 1 :. "V. Maynard, wiio reached this city Saturday. They were Captain H. C. Drayton, Lieutenant Alexander I'earsnn, Jr., Captain Cap-tain J ." O. T'onaldfKjn. Lieutena nt Larl .M a n c el m a n, Ca p la in Ha rry S rni t h a nd Lieutenant L. S. Webster, who arrived hero in this order. Five other contestants. Lieutenant T. F. Bowen, Lieutenant C. B. Newman, Lieutenant Sheridan. Lieutenant Colonel J . M. Reynolds nnd Lieu tenant F. C. Nelson, rested tonight wnhin a day's flight of their western destination. Captain 1'raytnn, who ended the first half of liis flight at 1:11 p. m.. covered the shortest clidiance today after having ieft Reno, Nnv., at 7 :?a) th.is morning. Lieutenant "Webster, Lieutenant J'earsnn and Captain Donaldson flew from S-ajduro, I." tah, where they had rested over Sunday. Sun-day. Lieutenant Pearson reached the Presidio Pre-sidio flying field here at 2 p. m., and r.intain Donaldson at 2:49:07 p. m. Lleu-ien;int Lleu-ien;int Webster w:is the last of today's arrivals to reach here, bavins: been delayed de-layed for five hours near Battle Mountain, Moun-tain, when he ran into a ft:ieo in landing. land-ing. Neither he mr Ids observer, Ser-eeant Ser-eeant Charles Tindell, was injured, however, how-ever, and they arrived here at 6:26:05 p. m. Captain Smith, who left Green River, Wyu.. this morning, covered the greatest great-est distance of any of today's arrivals. He reached here at 5 :4C p. m. Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Manzelman, who arrived 4 :S4 :G0 p. m., flew today from Salt Like. Lieutena nt Maynard, first of the eastern east-ern fivers to reach here, announced late tonight both he and Sergeant V. E. Klein, |