Show CURT SS I fl iG Tg I Aviator Stole a March Marchon MarchI I on the St St Louis Officials st St Louis Oct or of spectators thronged the tho natural am amphitheater near Art Arl Hi Hill In Ia Forest Ji Park today to see what were schod sched ulel tiled to he the frt first aeroplane flights w west sl or of Dayton Ohio But the first flight had been beon made long lie he fore the tho d the park Goun ir H having stolen n a arch h o otho othe the tho Centennial officials men ad and his fellow aviators by Ing two short test flights shorty shortly at aC aCtor tor daybreak Not a dozen persons s tese these performances which laste lasted only onh a few each Curtiss drove droe a biplane of the same typo which lie ho mused at ex cx copt copl that It an engine of oC 25 horsepower as a against ono one of fifty horsepower In the foreign contest contests Spurred by his rivals success Fran Francois cols cois who Is handling a Fr Far Farman man machine was busy husy this morning testing his hig The dIrIgible were aso also up several times during tl the day their pl pil pilots giving shing the tho machines tr tryouts outs for time tho format tests or of FrIda Friday and Sat J Jur ur The Tho feature of oC centennial program was a an industrial parade I It illustrated by foat floats the tho thoI I progress of oC and amid corn com marco morce during durIn the years sinco the I incorporation Of Sl Si Louis as a to I paU Whon Thon tok took his machine from Crom it its tent this morning morning the mIst wa was sti still Alter skimming the boWd ground for a hun hundred red yards ho rose roso roseto to a heIght of oC forty feet skirting a few trees and amid made mado a perfect descent after going about 1000 yards ards In IS Hi seconds IT ITHe Ho He mado the run ruin back under simia similar circumstances landing near his tet without a aar jar |