Show I NEXT GREAT AVIATION MEET ifil I t r 1 I I I I I i j fi 44 I i ie v e I x s 1 f I II I I i I 1 I Ig fir a a 4 g I a J 11 a 1 l j i a f fa i iI I 1 ri J 1 t t t YORK Oct IE lf X A notable it a NEW In the history of ot mans mansi i f conquest of the air will be written dur during durIng i ing the week weak of October 22 2 to 30 when International aviation meet y the great l will wUl be held at the Belmont park race racecourse racecourse I t course on Long Island the Wrights made their first firt public night bight nighta a little more than two years ears ago the science of aviation has progressed with leaps and bounds Meets have hae been held in all the leading countries of at the world and record after otter record e has haa b been en broken by daring birdmen I heretofore unheard of The forthcoming meet however i t premises promises to eclipse any an that have been previously held not only In the size r i of the purses but In Ie the notable gath Bath gathering gathering v 1 ering of aviators They will trill be present pres present ent nt from all sections of Europe and America sueh daredevils as LeBlane i Brookins Hamilton i records are ex expected expected expected i I and Curtis and new I to be established in almost every event The main Interest of course centers 1 in the contest for the International trophy for the worlds speed cham championship This was captured by Glenn p H Curtiss at the first international t aviation meet held at Rheims last year 1 and every effort will be made to toi I i i take the Ute cup back to Europe Aside Alde from this traItS aggregating largest and the promise of a II division among the aviators of 19 iO par per parcent percent parl l cent of ot all aU profits over Oer and 40 per cent of ot all aU sums beyond that amount will m furnish an incentive forthe for forthe forthe the contestants Three countries 1 En England tand America and France will compete for tor the international speed peed trophy troph Each country will be represented by three aviators Official French Team The Th o team cam eam that the Aero Club I Ide de France is sending over is made up of ot Alfred LaBlanc LeBlanc Hubert Latham and M II Thomas LeBlanc will fly with the latest crees ernes channel type of Bler Bier Blerk k lot monoplane with at least horse horsepower horsepower horsepower p power which he used in the great f 4 race Latham the J graceful star o 0 the Antoinette An Antoinette who toinette monoplane and Thomas I J uses the same machine will also be equipped with 80 SO to horsepower rI j making the French entry for tor the trophy tro trophy trophY phy a monoplane team j Leon holder bolder of the worlds t record of 2 minutes and 51 secondo over a course of five kilometers a susI sus BUS I tamed speed of miles an hour iI a F I 1 m d t E y I II A x w Y Threw Three prominent nt contenders rs for the I international steed speed trophy and ami a photograph pho of the prize at present held behl I Iby by b Glenn ir n l Curtiss i At tho the top tOl on the right Is Grahame I hUl the daring aviator and andon andon andon on the left is Glenn 11 II Curtiss Hubert Latham the most prominent pt omI neat nent member of the French team is shown below T he created last July nt It Rheims will drive the and He is re regarded regarded regarded us as S the most dangerous com competitor competitor competitor for the speed sped trophy Count de Emille Emilie Aubrun and M df I Simon the French entrants for far other prizes will use both Farman biplanes and monoplanes The T e record for height feet teet without doubt doub will be exceeded by either Walter Brookins the Wrights high flyer or by Henry Weymann the American whose whoso stunts have set Europe talking The incentive of ot com competition competition competition petition will probably lead to tae hie win winning winning winning ning of ot a special prize of for forthe forthe forthe the aviator who reaches feet The team tam of ot the Royal Roal Aero club of I the United Kingdom Is led by the dare daredevil daredevil devil Claude whose I recent feats teats at the Boston tournament gave him a national Introduction Oth Other Other Other er members of the British team are Alec Ogilvie and James Radley two flyers who have recently soared into prominence Austria sends over to compete for other events evants than the speed trophy troph the two to most skillful of ot Austrian avia avla aviators aviators i tors Karl Illner Miner and Adolph both of whom have made won wonderful wonderful wonderful flights flight over Vienna and other cities with the th machine The Austrian nobleman Baron Economo and Count Kolowrat will compete with Farman biplanes Italy will be represented represented by A Cattaneo one of her most moat noted flyers These foreign cracks creeks must defeat defea such remarkable airmen as Glenn H I Curtiss Charles Chrles K Hamilton Walter Waite Brookins John B Moissant nt J Arm Armstrong Armstrong strong Drexel and others who use UEe th the fastest types of both American bi biplanes biplane biplanes planes plane and French monoplanes No Xo Advantage e for Foreigners In daring and resourcefulness the th foreign aviators wilt wUl have bave no advantage advantage tage tags over these flyers n ers For months month past the whole energy of ot the Wrights Wright laboratory at Dayton 0 O and that of o Curtiss at Hammondsport N KY Y has ha been centered in producing new ma machines machines machines chines and motors designed to keep keel the speed trophy on this side Those Than who are closest cloest to these have hae confidently predicted that the thereal thereal real surprise at the tournament will wll willbe willbe be shown by a remarkable advance in inthe Inthe h the American biplane The Wrights rights preparations for com coo competing competing for the trophy have hae been most mos carefully guarded but it is definitely known that the past post two months they have been working se secretly secretly secretly upon a new model plane which whick It Is expected will astonish the world Trials made at their Dayton Darton 0 O plant with an aeroplane who lift lifting UttIng ing lug surface or wings were cut to a r minimum nearly resulted In a serious accident to Orvllle Orville Wright The ma machine machine machine chine which is driven by a horsepower horse horsepower horsepower power motor developed such speed that It got completely away from Or Orvllle Orville Orvide ville vide and aid crashed Into a fence tence It hat has been repaired however and subsequent quent experiments show that it can be depended upon to show phenomenal speed All the events will be flown under the rules of ot the International Aeron Aeronautic Aeronautic antic federation made up of one aero club from each country all other clubs being affiliated with them The federated clubs include the Aero Club of America Kew N the Aero Club de France Paris the theR Royal al Aero Club of ot the United Kingdom London the I Jl fh cht r Luf fer e Austrian AustrI Aero Ae ro club cl b Vi VIf f enna the Aeronautics Italian Rome and others The congress of this body bod meets annually to arbitrate disputes and promulgate such rules I as govern the sportsmanlike use of ot aeroplanes dirigibles and balloons Only members of the teams selected by the leading aero clubs of the fed federation federation federation can compete for the International international International speed trophy founded in De December December cember 1906 by James Gordon Bennett Ben Bennett Bennett nett Under its terms the distance I to be covered is each 6 ch year increased to meet the progress of ot aviation In 1909 at Rheims Glenn H Curtiss Yon won the cup by 1 4 miles In 15 lb minutes and SO 0 35 seconds the second place being taken by Louis hero of the first flight across the English channel I Gives Spectators a n Chance This year the advantage is with the American spectator as the distance to be covered is 6 1 miles mUes which requires each aviator to cover twenty laps Japs on the threemile course This makes the contest practically a cross I country flight that Is all the time insight in insight Insight sight from the stands At Rheims the distance was so 80 short that the race I was over almost before the crowd had settled down to enjoy it The American team to defend the I trophy will be named by the Aero Club of ot America from among two or three fastest men In an elimination series Glenn H Curtiss the holder of the trophy has haa been invited by the aero club to become one of ot the defenders de defenders defenders fenders without qualifying an en honor he will probably accept Brookins Weyman and probably other will compete I Ifor for the grand altitude prize of ot 2000 and 1000 This Is one of ot the most I important during the tournament from the constructors point of ot view 1 because of the military demands of ot various governments for a machine I I that can fly at great height If It the winner surpasses the record I I feet and additional 1000 will be i added to the prize The same avia aviator aviator tor may also win the special prize I of for an altitude of at feet teet which is feet higher than I rose in crossing cro the Simplon pass passI One of ot the most exciting features of ot I the tournament will be a real race Inthe in inthe Inthe the air over a straightaway of ot feet The machines will be lined up at it the starting point and at a signal all ill motors will be put in motion At another mother signal they will leave the line Une together crossing the finish in full flight light The prizes are and 1100 If the number of ot machines en entered entered ered exceed the width of ot the course courseL a L series of eliminations will 1111 determine this event Any American aviator may comete com compete compete pete ete for the trophy valued at it This is for the longest flight light In a closed circuit without touching the ground To win the tro trophy troI phy ihy the aviator must mut do better than I 44 miles which were cov coy covi i ered red by Jan in 6 hours 3 minutes and 5 H seconds at Rheims I I The aviator who carries a passenger of and weighing at al ger 21 years age iger least pounds on a flight from the starting point around mark outside the Ule course and ami re returns returns returns a turns in the best time will receive re e elve 2000 It if two machines cover the course the same time the machine carrying the greatest live weight will wil willbe willbe wilbe of offered be the victor Prizes have been fared for a flight from I outside the starting point around an I mark and return Aviators who transport two passers passengers I i gers besides themselves around the i 2 Mi kilometer course will receive 1 1000 HOO and if It two ma I carry the same weight the first prize will he awarded to the one making the best time timeTo timeTo timeTo To stimulate constant efforts during the tournament prizes have been of ot offered for tor total compilations of ot va various 11 rious kinds of ot flight For instance aviators who remain longest In The Theair theair theair air during the tournament will be beJ awarded 1500 and The J same plan will be followed in giving three prizes of ot 1500 1600 1000 and i for covering the greatest distance during dur during durling I ing the tournament The three avia aviators aviators aviators ling tors who during the day da remain longest In the air will receive ecel and Those who cover the greatest distance hourly will be given 50 and 50 The same rule applies to hourly hourI speed and altitude altitudes I c s records for which the same prizes will willbe willbe willbe be awarded The Belmont park la is undergoing re remarkable remarkable remarkable changes in preparation forthe for forthe forthe the meet All obstructions are being removed and the field will be In perfect per perfect perfect shape when the tournament opens The president Is l August Belmont Among the vice presidents are John John Jacob Astor Cornelius Vanderbilt Otto H Kahn Theodore Theodora P i George W Perkins Russell A Alger j jJ J J Van Alen Cortlandt Field Bish Bishop Bishop op OPt Mortimer L Allan A Ryan J Andrew Andr w Freedman James Gordon Bennett J C Breckinridge Richard Croker Jr Delancey NIcoll Summer Girard Henry Clews Allan A Hawley Haw Hawley Hawley ley V Everitt Macy Lee Schubert J JL JL JI L I Van Alen Charles Jerome Edwards J Parke Channing Clifford B Har Harmon Harmon Harmon mon Philip T Dodge J C McCoy Fred Starry and John Jo n Alvin Young I |