The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-05-14
Will Start From Worlds Fair and
Fly to Designated Point in
Washington.
TOURNAMENT RULES PREPARED
Prizes Aggregating $4,000 Will
Be Given Winners of the Per
ilous Flights Among
the Clouds.

A long distance airship flight from st.
Louis to Washington, d. c.. will be one Of
the most thrilling textures of the aerial
tournament at TIE Worlds Fair. ibis feat
was made public last night as 4 small Fart
of the programme viii n has oeer ar
ranged by the Exposition Committee on the
Aerial Tournament. acting in conjunction
with the special committee of expert
aerostaticians which met recently in st.
Louis to discuss the cOntes. with NJ. Santos
Dumont..
The only condition cove: ling this remark
able race, the longest ever Taken thus far
by the developed air craft. is tho- the prize
will be awarded to the airshin which makes
the first landing nea. est a Gxs1 point in the
nations capital. The s.l.e will he made
from the Exposition y.oIrds Oh a day the
Judges select as the most favorable fer the
test. Several iudy=s will tie stationed d.
Washington to witness the finish. This test
is included within The list o. subsidiary
events covered by the appropriation of $780,
coo.
also will include awards for the ligntest
airship motors; for the greatest height at
tanned. for the longest time in the air; for
the longest distance traversed in any di-
r%ection; for the fastest straishtaway run
of a mile and return. Four consolation
prizes also are to be awarded under this
"a Jig IN pIOS
RACE FOR THE GRAND PRIZE.
The grand prize Of s1CO,O 900 will be con-
tested over a figure 8 course. the orbits
OF which will follow the ~configuration of
the letter IL" The focus OF the IS" will
be at the angie of the letter. One orbit
Will stretch away in an ellipsis. following
Will perform a shorter loop along the line
of the arm Of the letter. This official de-
scription is about the same that NJ. Santos
Dumont gave before he left the city on his
return to France,
The course will not be less than ten miles
nor more than fifteen miles in length. The
exact distance has not been decided by the
Exposition Committee on the Aerial Tour
nament. and probably will not be settled
until after the rules have been submitted
to the various aeronautic societies of Eu-
rope, which have been asked to pass on
these regulations before they are published
as definite eonGitions of the contest.
OPEN TO ALL COMERS.
Among the recommendations adopted by
the conference were that the contest shall
be open to all corners presenting satisfac-
tory evidence of having made a previous
fight over a return course with a similar
machine to the one entered In the tourna-
ment; that the average of each contestants
best three trials shall be considered as his
official time, which must be at the rate Of
at least twenty miles an hour. To the con-
testant making the fastest time under the
rules and regulations adopted a prize of
$lOO.0 o is to be awarded.
This outline of the rules to govern the
tournament was presented yesterday by Di-
rector OF 1NnipltS skill IN an oinciai report
to the Board of Directors of the Exposition.
They bear the approval of the Advisory
Committee Of Experts. which includes A. L.
Rotch Of Boston. c.. d. Mosher of New
York. Professor Calvin NJ. Woodward of
st. Louis; the Director of Exhibits. F. ]. V.
Skif. and the Chief of Transportation Ex-
hibits, Willard A. Smith. They also have
the approval Of NJ. Santos-Dumont and N.
Emanuel Anne of Paris.
The presentation of the outline Of the
programme to the directory means that the
Aerial COMMITTEES has reduced the rules TO
wording and they are now on their way to
the several European societies, which are
expected to add their criticism and SUCCESS
ton for amendment.