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Show RACE Of IE AEROPLANES Paris Excited Over the Wonderful Performance Perform-ance of Aviators Paris, Aug. S. All Paris is aeroplane-mad over the marvelous success suc-cess of the first lap of tha great 4STi-snlle 4STi-snlle crosscountry lace from lssy Les Mulineaux through Troyes. Nancy. Mesires, Charleville, Don a I and Aml-ns, Aml-ns, in which six of the eight avia tcrs successfully completed tbe llrut siage of the trip to Troyes. All tbe officers unite In declaring that tb.9 .success of the flight by so many machines ma-chines . foreshadows the definite conquest con-quest of the air. ; Thousands of automobiles gathered at Troyes today with tbe intention of following the race, tbe second si age of which j.tarts tomorrow through to the finish. On account of the difficulty experienced by the machines ma-chines yesterday In following tho course, it has been agreed lo fly above the mnrkings on the spires aloD& the route The three military aeroplanes, the erivers of which under the rules are not allowed to participate In th- I rlzes, are following from Mulramel-Mi Mulramel-Mi to Nancy today to join the contestants con-testants when they arrive there tomorrow to-morrow at the conclusion of the second sec-ond stage. Hubert Latham, who was unable to Mart yesterday on account of illnesj. Marled from Paris in his machine to-u.iy to-u.iy in an endeavor to complete the l lip to Troyes and place himself on i au equal footing with his competi-! competi-! lor?. I An hour and sixteen minutes later, however, Latham alighted on the Ianl of his mother's chateau near Dreux. ! i about 12 miles irom Paris. i . ... I |