Show GRIAT GREAT NATIONAL AERIAL DERBY IS BEING PLANNED race by aeroplane from atlantic to pacific will start early in the fall bla BIS CASH PRIZES OFFERED interest intense among aviators and manufacturers of aeroplanes Aero planes rivalry among cities A across cross continent for designated place on route of racers yew new york not only has the picturesque history making nicking project of an aerial race from the atlantic to the pacific seized heined the imagination of the entire country and attracted the interest and indorsement endorsement Indor of af united states ten ken and representatives and governors of many states and started rivalries among cities across the continent for a designated place on the route of the racers but as may be imagined the in interest has become intense among aviators and the manufacturers rs of aeroplanes aero planes and motors motor inquiry upon inquiry lias has poured into the aero club of america regarding details of the transcontinental aeroplane competition for the pulitzer cup nail and the cami prizes the first of which Is to meet the special and public demand for information as to how low this great national aerial derby is ig to t be conducted the hie aero club of america sets forth the project with its patriotic and progressive objects and tentatively fur for the officials are still holding themselves them selNes open to suggestions from aviators and firms entering their brands of ina machines chines have formulated the rules and conditions of the contest many important prizes the aero acro club of america the statement reads has offered a first prize of to be awarded the aviator winning the contest under the conditions to be herewith described there will be about fifteen controls landing stations on the route and each city which is made a control will give prizes making a total of from to from which fund eight principal prizes and other special prizes will be awarded the first eight fir as follows first prize N second third fourth 7 r 00 it fifth violo Vi z sixth 2500 seventh en t ll 11 2000 eighth 1500 special prizes will be given for the best time between controls and for the best demonstration with radio sending messages to land stations for the making of maps for the war department part ment and ut if photographic films for aeronautical maps of the first great aerial highway the winner of the pulitzer Pull tzer trophy will of course be the first aviator who lands at the final control on tile pacific coast but when it comes to the awarding the cash prizes certain penalizations of time are to be considered for changes in the motor and acro aeroplane plane parts of the machine during their transcontinental journey A set of these penalizations regarding motor changes repairs and alterations has already been tentatively drawn up lip forming as nearly as possible a consensus of the suggestions of entrants entrant and aeroplane makers J many landings whatever the route clio chosen en the distance between controls east of say kansas city will not be more alia than ario miles iles and in desert and mountainous countries in the west the di distance tance between controls will be limited to between and miles the contest committee says the aero club statement proposes tills this limitation for the following reasons to prevent excessive flying making it possible to every aviator to fly in this initial long iong distance contest with safety find and to approximate ordinary conditions to be met in everyday every day practice in aerial training raining carrying niall pas H nger carr earning ing etc to give a larger number hi bf controls nail enable the he population of important iut centers in ill different parts of the country to hee ee the competing aero planes and become familiar f aria ilar alth the present pre sent possibilities of 0 aerial transportation to hold the contestants together as far its as possible each competitor must expend a minimum aggregate of hours while his machine Is on the ground in the controls these periods of 12 hours will be called resting time no competitor will be allowed to 0 o start until the 12 hours resting time shall have elapses ei A competitor may expend its as much time its as he likes at the starting control but otter after once having been officially fici ally started from any control the whole ume time until he reaches the next control will be counted as hying flying time saturday september 2 the contest will commence on saturday september 2 1010 and will finish at latest on saturday september 30 at p ra in the contest Is open to competitors of any uy nationality holding an aviators issued by the international aeronautical federation had and the acro club of Arne americas ricas yearly license and to the militia aero clubs and any other organizations wis wishing bilig to participate and who can enter a prop erly ecly equipped aircraft and a licensed aviator the entrance fee Is and entries tri es will be received up to 12 noon august 1 I 1916 tile the entrance fee ot of Is payable either in one surn sum or as follows by 12 noon on august 1 by 12 noon on august 15 late entries will be recel received ved up to 12 noon august 25 1910 1916 in which case the entry fee will be the entry form which must be accompanied by the entry fee must be sent in to the secretary aero club of america no madison avenue new york city the start will be made from S sheepshead heep shead bay belmont park or garden city on m saturday september 2 1916 fit at 1 p in th the order of starting will be by lot and announced five fire days prior to the start of the competition controls open at 6 a in the competitor who makes the fastest elapsed time between controls shall hall start first the others following at intervals determined by the difference between the lie time of their respective nights flights and the time of the fastest night flight each competitor before starting will be supplied with a time card on which i will ill be entered his time of arrival and departure from each cadi control the competitor Is alone responsible for the safe custody of his card and for its being produced and entered up at each control and for the production pr 0 of same when duly called upon stoppages en route stoppages en route between betwee rl the controls are arc not prohibited and frequent official landing places will be established between controls about fifty to one hundred miles apart competitors peti tors will enill only be umed timed from the departure from any one control to tho a cilval at it the next nest control individual replacements and repairs aars to the aeroplane and motor may be made but the competitors making the repairs will be duly penalized according to tle the conditions to lie be decided by the contest committee changing of unbroken propellers and undamaged wings will NAIR not be penalized carrying a passenger weighing not less than pounds is compulsory equipping an aeroplane cihi with dual control to enable passenger to participate in piloting is allowed every aeroplane is required to have as part of its equipment compass chart holder bolder and fire extinguisher gul gu isher sher one of two routes there are two routes now under consideration the first being that following the lincoln highway with a deviation to st louis and kansas city and a second or southern route whichever Is chosen shall thereafter beco become the official aerial highway of the country and following the great derby of the air steps keps will immediately be taken to establish controls or landing places along the chosen route ati every fifty miles of distance from the atlantic to the pacific following are tables of the two routes as drawn up by the experts of the aero aerni club lincoln highway route 1 1 new york 2 washington or baltimore 3 pittsburgh pa or dayton 0 especially ally as being the home of tile the wrights or columbus 0 4 if ivitts pittsburgh is selected either fort wayne columbus sandusky or toledo may be selected soU cled as the next control if Colura columbus lins or dayton is selected there may be arranged a control at either fort waine or indianapolis 5 chicago 6 east st louis 7 kansas city or topeka or lincoln neb or Oni alia 8 Got gothenberg gothenburg henburg or north platte neb 9 cheyenne Clicy enne or laramie La wyo 10 green river niver or rock kock springs kp rings wyo 11 salt lake city or ogden utah 12 eureka or ely nev 13 carson city or reno nov 14 sail all francisco this route may he be extended to los angeles and san diego southern route I 1 new york 2 Waz washington hington or baltimore 3 pittsburgh pa or dayton 0 or columbus 0 4 if pittsburgh is selected either fort wayne columbus San Sandi dil is ky or toledo may be selected as tho the next control it if columbus or dayton Is selected there may be arranged a control at either fort wayne or indianapolis diana di polls 5 chicago 6 0 st louis 7 kansas city or topeka or lincoln neb or omaha from this point elther either of these routes may be followed 8 Alus muskogee kogee okla or wichita WI chila K ann 9 dallas tex or liberal kar kan 10 0 waco tex or Dalli dalhart art tex ter 11 S san n antonio An lonio tex N SL L 12 del rio nio tex ter or el paso tex 13 marathon tex or hachita or bisbee ariz 14 kl FT paso fort bliss tex or Marl copa ariz 15 tucson ariz or yuma ariz 16 yuma ariz or niland alland cal 17 san diego or los angeles this route may of course counie also be extended to san francisco |