New-York tribune., 1909-03-21

yearnings of mankind, something that could not
he resolved by reason. The word war" was not
mentioned.
Into the future he aeronauts looked. but the fut
ure was 10 be full of pleasant thlngs-and air
ships II was though they had risen in some
sort of aerial dream craft and safely and
without effort through a bankless waveIess sea
Word pictures of that time when the mastery of
The air should be complete held all enthralled.
Hard headed hnanciers and lawyers trained 10
recognize and anaIyze facts took an hours holiday
Compared with the pictures which were drawn OF
things as they should be, that Of Cleopatra sail
ing in her barge down q sea Of nectar was
chrome
one hundred and fifty men sat down to the din
ner Cortlandt Field Bishop. president Of the club,
and eleven well known members and guests were
at the speakers table under 20-foot model Of the
Baldwin dirigibe No !. There were ice cream
aeropIanes and tsfy dirgihles.
In his opening remarks Mr.. Bishop referred to the
change that year had wrought in aeronautics.
year ago he said. Farman had flown a kilometre-
The club had heard OF il bresthIessy. Wilbur
Wright since had flown practically one hundred
miles.
our fondest hopes have been realized he said.
our whole history up 10 this time has been all
that We could desire 7 do not think II is TOO much
70 say that this will be the strongest sporting
ganization in this country. He spoke feelingly Of
the death of Lieutenant Selfridge. The Wright
brothers who are members Of the club came in for
placed on view two gold medals which the club
had purchased ir their honor.
The two gold medals 10 be presented 70 the
Wright brothers to commemorate their achieve
rnents in the FIELD Of aeronautcs Of solid gold
and valued at 800 They were designed bv Y D.
Bremen, of this city. who designed the Panama
Canal medal and the so-called Lincoln cent.
which is 10 make its appearance soon
The cost Of the medals met through public
subscription. Each is about two and half inches
in diameter. and on diverse side OF each ap-
pear The heads and names of the brothers that
Of WlIaar Wright the left, and that Of his
brother, Jrville at the right. Beneath the name Of
the Latter = inscribed Sept 9. 1905 Fort Myer Va
I : wnera he made three flights which broke
ell previous records and startled the aeronsutic
world by sailing over the parade ground during
his first fight for 81 minutes and Is seconds, 81
minutes and 81 seconds during the second fight
and minutes when he went up with Lieutenant
I,ahm. Beneath the Of Wilbur Wright ap-
pears Sept. p. 1905 lie Mans, France recording
his fight OF / hour, 81 minutes and 81 seconds, dur
ing which he covered a distance of min eight
kilometres. nearly sxty-one miles. Napt-
ured the worlds record from his brother.
lIr. Bishop followed by Colonel Henly W.
sackett, secretary cf the Hudson Fulton celebre-
ton, who said:
river that he did not discover It is true that for
9TsTd a. wh our PrsPaFa0R9s F 9sd for the t sTea event @
worthy Of that recognition fin history and Of the
gratitude OF the men Of his own time and Of pos
terity
But now comes wise gentleman who actually
seems have been able 70 persuade the Treasury
Department at Washington seriously 10 consider
his contention that Hudson did not deserve his
zanno and Gomez had sailed into New York Bay
before him and had made some shrewd guesses as
to where the upper waters Of the river Ied-had,
in fact, drawn maps delneating its course far to
the northWard
But what do We mean by discovery? In geo
graphical exploration we are to limit the title Of
'discoverer' 10 him who first sets his foot sails
his boat where mortal man before trod
navigated. IF then IL is indeed that Hud-
his name and Columbus was not the discoverer Of
America But by the token neither
Gomez NeTazanno such a dsCOverer. and we
can never know to whom such honors be
such test the discovereT, either in geographical
ploTatiOn scientific research. The true dScOv-
erer worthy of fame and honor, Is he who not
alone finds, but, finding, gives the benehcent
suits the world-to all mankind.
welcome q diSCov-
erer On the 29th day OF next September there will
northward the Hudson River toward its north
ern waters the most remarkable spectacle ever wit
messed since Noahs Ark left by the receding
foods the heights of Mount as
that great procession moves majestcaIy along upon
the waters Of the lordly river, we are looking To
still more marvellous voyage of stranger
route and toward the destination-not how
the rivers waters, high in he air
above battleship and river boat, above church
spire and river highlands They who successfully
make that voyage viii indeed deserve to rank as
discoverers
Martin ". Littleton treated the subject from, tb
viewpoint of the idealist. He put into words tho
dreams of the enthusiasts present and the words
wove themselves into poetic woof. The future