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Show GREAT MR RACE I FOR TURKEY DAY NEW YtiRK, Nov 11. (By The I Associated Press.) An aerial armada greater than any ever before asscm-' asscm-' bled for a race will compete for the i Pulitzer trophS Thanksgiving dnv starting and ending at Mltchel Field lllneola, rfem York. Forty or more I airships with speeds exceeding 100 ' miles an hour arc to participate In I I the IGO-mile flight over a closed trl- j j angular course. Klghleen iinus airplanes und eighl . I representing the navy already have i I been enterd. according to th Aero f'lui. ot America which will conduci th rac Bad I Leoolnte, winner nf , th. recenl Gordon-Bennett tmphv contest at Paris may be a contest-ant, contest-ant, and each of the American air-1 planet entered In thai International j spreil nn e Is expected to be In the' starting line-up at Mlncola Iviation organisations of forejqn countries have expressed Interest In j the coming contest and an ino,ulr ' i from the French Aero chii Uidioates ii- desire io entei one or more "ship- " , The Culiter trophy, donated by ; Ralph Pulitzer to the Aero Club of America IS to be competed for .in-nually, .in-nually, the conilng race being the I first I'Jold. sliver and bronze plaques have been hung up for winners of first, second und third places, and In addition, nearlj 14000 In Libert) bonds is to be awarded pilots of crafl which perform best In machines of various class) s. Pree-for-ftl is the type, of rue II will be. but each piano must have an I air speed greater than 100 miles an hour as loaded for the strt of the race, and th factors of safety. is blllty and maneuverability are to be j considered by the Judges l.cfore entrants en-trants can start Four tn-mile lajis will bo embraced I In the 160-mlle triangular course with the turns at AYantnga and Babylon, hong Island. . rfcrt |