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Coffyn and LaChapelle all made flights and put on a very successful showing. Over sixty flights were made during the meet without accidents. Orville Wright also made several flights carrying distinguished passengers. Hoxsey made several short flights during the event for a total of 1 hour, 9 minutes flying time. On one flight he was forced to make a landing outside the speedway when his engine stopped in the air. After four days of successful flying Hoxsey had a smashup at Pittsburg, Kansas on July 5th while flying an engagement there. The engine stopped just as he was climbing out of the field and he stalled without height enough to recover control. The plane was badly damaged but he was not injured. He had made fourteen flights there and carried some passengers, including Mayor Hoyt. On July 14th Hoxsey flew at the State Fair Grounds, Detroit, Michigan, reported to have been the first flights ever made in that vicinity.

He was then a competitor at the Asbury Park, New Jersey aviation meet held August 10th to 20th, where Brookins, Johnstone, Coffyn, LaChapelle and Drexel were also flying. Here Hoxsey and Johnstone started their flying rivalry that later became notorious. At this event Hoxsey was up to 1,800 feet on one flight, the highest he had ever been until that time. On September 5th he flew at Lincoln, Nebraska trying to fill a most difficult contract. The place he was to fly from was a small infield inside a half mile race track, entirely surrounded by barns, grandstand and tall trees. He made two successful flights the first day, but on the second he hit a barn on take-off damaging his plane. Following this he gave up and moved on to Minneapolis, Minnesota to help Welsh who was in trouble after a smash up there. Again Hoxsey found difficult flying conditions but succeeded in completing the contract. Bud Mars was also there with a Curtiss machine.

On September 12th to 16th Hoxsey flew at a State Fair at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Even though again handicaped by poor grounds he made a grand showing there until the last day when his plane swerved in landing and ran into a group of bystanders near the grandstand, injuringfive women and three men. September 19th to 25th he flew at the Michigan State Fair, Detroit, Michigan, with Brookins, Johnstone and Parmelee. All did sensational flying and here Wilbur Wright was in the stands as

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