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Show H BEACHEY AND OLDFIELD SUNDA Y B Lincoln Beachey, who will loop the loop, fly B upside down and perform other hair-raising stunts B at tho Lagoon on Sunday under the auspices of B tho Press club, refuses to ride with Barney Old B field in the latter's racing cars. B Barney, on the other hand, wouldn't any more B think of mounting into the skies with Beachey B in on the air king's flight than he would of at- B tempting to swim across the Atlantic. B "You don't think for a moment I would risk B my neck soaring up into dizzy heights in the H flimsy contraption of yours," said Barney to B Beachey the other day. "Let that motor of yours WM do the hesitation for a few seconds at a critical B time and your chances of bidding good-byo to B your friends are gone." B "You make mo laugh," retorted Beachey. "Fly B lug 5000 or G,000 feet above the earth in my B plane is like sleeping in a down bed compared to B tearing around on the face of the earth in one W of those machines of yours. Don't forget that HE there are no fences to run into and no tires to B burst when you're up in an aeroplane." B "All I have to say is that if my motor stops, H I can step on terra firma," replied Barney. "When H your motor stops you have to take a mighty long B step to reach the ground." I1 Wif rimi mwiin "You can talk about standing on terra flrma," shot back Beachey, "but don't overlook the fact that there's nobody up there to run into me. When I start out I don't have to worry about tho other follow." "I can't see your game for mine," concluded Barney. "It's too dangerous." "Same here," was Beachey's closing, remark. "I'll stick to my little aeroplane." |