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Show 'mm is 1 "TO --BREAK RECORD AVIATION FIELD. Los Angeles. ' Dec. ::o. Fearing that through some j technical error or oversight the h-Ight record of 1 1.474 feet, which he made last Monday, might not stand, Arch Hoxsey, t,e California aviator, soared Into the air today and broke Jill the wood's altitude records but his own. I Height of 10 675 Feet. The two barographs he carried with him registered tt height of 10,575 feet. This Is nearly 1.e(K) f'et under the world's mark he established Monday, but it Is only 70 feet above the record of J.egsgneaux. made at Pan, France. A new record must, however, exceed the former mark by Ht least 200 feet. Therefore, If the International Federation Federa-tion of A err clubs refuses to recognize Hox Key's flight of Monday as official. Legiipneanx will remain the record-holder, record-holder, nnd the Callfornlan will lose. beside the plory, prices which agre-Knte agre-Knte nearly S3.000. New Endurance Record. Nevertheless, throuph today's performance, per-formance, he will hae the satisfaction of knowlnc that he holds the Amerl-cnu Amerl-cnu endurance record. He was In the air today three houis ond s?venten minutes, or flglu minutes longer than A. I Welch. oo |