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Show I cared to go aloft. The wind was too strong. The aviation committee Issued a hvlktin stating that it had revoked Its former rule regarding the Statue of Liberty flight, which provided that aviators must qualify by an hour's flight at this meet for the event. The new ruling allowed any alalor in make the bight. Claude Grahame-Whlte made a formal for-mal protest to the aviation committee, F.tatir.c that he bad risked his ma-l ma-l chine lo qualify und thought it mfair rhat those who had not qualified Fhi'iild le allowed hi the contest N action has lu-en taken on this protest. A searchlight has been Installed on the judges' stand to be ued to guide nvi-'tors who are up for altitude alter dark AINIEN DARE NOT FACE THE WIND rielmont Park. Oct 27. Early pros-pects pros-pects today wire not bright for the starting of the elimination races for th? American team In the Gordon Den-I Den-I iicti cup race, the big event of the International aviation meet here. However, preparations were early begun be-gun amo'ig the American entrants fr th" contest The aviators In Ihe eliminations have until 5:30 p. m. to finish. The trials are over the five-I five-I kilometer course, which must be cov 1 ered -C times The foreign camp was j hr.rJly less active than the American, j the air-m-n preparing variously for the lllght to the Statue of Lilerty and retain fnr the prlzf' of erred by Thomas Thom-as Fortune Kyan end fr. the altitude a'id other competiti ns of the do. The b'g 1 !!U.ir-r?epower Ante! net! e of lit. '.1 rt Latham arrived this morn-inj; morn-inj; ai. l will be as.seii.Med for the big internjtl'innl r?ee Saturday. When the starting gun was fired for tbf elimination r.iee In the Gordon P.ci.nett c.r-'.itest, none of the avlatorn |