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Show ENDURANCE RACE FOR AEROPLANES i j Garden City. N. Y.. Juno 2. An endu'rance race between aeroplanes, to start at sunrise and cud at sunset, 1 will bo one of the features of the international in-ternational aviation meet on tho , Hempstead plain this fall, according , to representatives of the Aero club here. i I Count Ferdinand DeLestcps. who recently flow from France to England, and C S. Rolls, who was the first man to make a double crossing of tho Eng-j Eng-j llsh channel by airship, will probably i be among the starterB in tho proposed ra:e. Roth arc now on tholr way to Montreal, where they will fly their aeroplanes In the aviation meet that starts next Saturday, America will be represented in this first great aero contest by two or three flyers selected select-ed from a long list, which Includes j Charles K. Hamilton, Captain Thomas j S. Baldwin, M. J. Seymour. Clifford Fl. i Harmon, Harry Harkness find others. I Cash prizes will bo awarded for tho 'professionals nnd cups fr the amateurs, ama-teurs, with one grand challenge cup open for competition by both amateurs ama-teurs and professionals, to be defended defend-ed at subsequent endurance races ! over the Garden City course. |