The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1909-11-04
TAKE FLYING
As GOOD SPORT
Amateur AViatOrs Buying and
Building Machines.
WAHAnAKER TELLS PLANS.

Son of Famous Merchant Purchased
BIerict MonopIane For Use In
America-Other Men of Means Who
Have Contracted Air Fever.
Rodman Wanamaker, son of the IA
nous merchant Of Philadelphia and
New York and vice president of his
fathers mercantile organization, ship
ped to America recently Bleriot mon
oplane and duplicate of the spherical
balloon with which Edgar Mix won
the international balloon race.
Mr. Wanamaker is member of the
Aero Club Of France, and shortly be-
fore going 10 Europe joined the Aero
Club of America. He became interest
ed in the sporting possibilities of aero
nautics after attending last springs
aero carnival held at Arlington, N. j..
His visit to France was made ex-
pressly to investigate the merits of
different flying machines. and after
witnessing Biari0t's fight across the
channel he became enthusiastic over
the mOnOplane.
Three Kinds of Races Together.
Mr.. Wanamaker said in speaking of
his fiying machine:
81 am convinced that the flying ma
chine will lie one of the most interest
ing participants in sporting events in
America during the next year, and l
am exceedingly interested i'll the plan
to build an aviation course on the
Hackensactt meadows near New York.
AS | understand the plans. there is to
be an extensive flying area in combi-
nation with course for automobiles
and an artificial lake for motorboat
races. 1t is my impression that the
races OF the three different types of
transportation are to be held simulta-
neously whenever it is possible.
Il purpose to use my aeroplane at all
meets in America, and | certainly eX-
pect that my machine will participate
in the international aeroplane cup
races in America next year. will OPP
crate the machine myself.
Other Amateur Filters.
Among the other Americans who
have taken up aeroplaning as sport
are the following:
H. Hayden Sands. wealthy New
YORKER. N 40 has. a Bleriot monoplane
aud al Antoiaetfe aeroplane.
Edward Stone of Boston has BE
riot monoplane.
Russell \. Alger of Detroit, Mich.
has Wright biplane.
Kingdom Gould, son OF George Gould,
has d Bleriot monoplane.
A. ". Warner of BeIoit, Wis. has a
Curtiss biplane.
Colonel E. H. Il. Green, son of Mrs.
Hetty Green, has Curtiss biplane
and a Blesiot monoplane
Harry HEessan OF Springfield. Mass,
has bipiane
Howard Colby. brother of Everett
Colby. a millionaire New Jersey re-
former, has Wright biplane
Edward L. Randolph. a rich young
man eff Westfeld, n j., has Wright
bipiane
George /. Tomlinson of Syracuse, n.
Y, is building his own aeroHlane.
Charles w FraYeEs of Evansville,
Ind, has an aeroplane.
Franklin H. Warner of White Plains,
N. Y. has an aeropiane.
Harry j. Hardness OF New York has
an Antoinette aeroplane with 100
horsepower motor.
Aeroplanes For Business.
There are many persons who own
aeroplanes and are building flying ma
chimes for business purposes. 1t is
not fair to class this variety Of enthu-
lasts with the inca who are following
the game Inreiy fer slsort. ner is i
just to associate them with men build
ing air craft for scientific purposes.
A considerable number Of young
sportsmen are teaching themselves to
handle aeroplanes by sailing on GID
ers. A glider is al aeronIane without
a motor. II enables Il nan to get con-
siderable kn,iwiedge about equilibrium
and air currents.
Most Of the giiders, ranging in price
from SIS to S:2z,0aa are manufactured
on Staten Island. 4 number Of young
New YORKER have bought gIiaers and
are chasing around he suburbs.