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Show AIRMEN Flit TO SHOW : IN GUP RACE Major Shroeder Leaves Contest Con-test Because of Ignition Difficulties ETA .Ml -HS. Sept. 28. (By the As-jsociated As-jsociated Press.) Sadl Lecointe, the famous French aviator, today won the j International airplane race for the : .lames Gordon Dennett trophy Ho ! covered the course of .".00 kilometers, or 186.3 miles In one hour, six minutes, min-utes, it l-.". seconds T P. Raynham, I the sole British representative withdraw with-draw after covering the first lap. EVAMI'ES. Sept. 28 ( Hy the As-'SOClated As-'SOClated Press.) After the International Interna-tional airplane race for the James Gordon Dennett trophy had open ;n progress less than an hour today tho contest had narrowed down to a possible possi-ble three competitors, one of thm Major P, W. Schroeder, an American- Major Schroeder shortly afterward was eliminated, withdrawing after flying fly-ing loo kilometer- i, cause of ignition trouble. Howard Dim-hart, the otherj American, withdrew soon ufior starting start-ing because of difficulty with the steering mechanism The Americans thus were out of the race. De ROmanet, one of the French competitors, withdrew after the second sec-ond lap Kirs, h :i second French man, withdrew otter making L'OO kilometers kilo-meters In 48 minutes. r.L' seconds The only competitor remaining In i I flight at this time was the thlro French entrant. Sadl Lecolnto. who i had made 200 kilometers In 43 mln-j mln-j utes, 4'J 3-f ceconds, a new world's I record. F P. Raynham, the sole British competitor, had not started. Lecointe finished in one hour, six minutes. 17 seconds. De Romanet after spending 20 mln-lutes mln-lutes lti adjustments to his machine.' I re-entered the "are and finished in j ope- hour. 39 minutes, 53 2-6 seconds I |