The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-08-27

VI ChC dNIo
tors. Rheims, France, is the scene
of this immortal rendezvous of the !,
human birds who have effected the
conquest of the air. Beginning today,
every day of the present week will be
marked by flights or attempted fights,
eliminating on Saturday with the in
ternational competitive contest for the
Coupe International d'Aviation. In !
this momentous struggle for supre-
macy the representative of the United
States, Glenn ii. Curtiss, will meet
the most intrepid aerialsts of France,
England, Germany and Italy. M.
Bleriot, who won place on history's
page by being the first to fly across
the English channel in an aeroplane,
will be among the contestants, and
President Fallieres and Premier BRAND
will be among the distinguished spec
tators of the aerial contests.
The great event of the week comes
on Saturday and the race for the
! International Walton Cup. This race.
is to be distance of twenty kio-
meters about l2h miles, and the
winner will be the areoplanist who
! covers the distance in the shortest
time. The race will be run twice
around special course measuring
10 kilometers, (about 6A miles,) but,
owing to the necessity of making wide
sweeps at the turns, the actual dis
lance covered will be considerably in
. excess of that distance. In addition
to the international race, several 9TH
err distinct events will be held, five
for aeroplanes, one for dirigible bal
looms. and one for spherical balloons.
The Grand PriX de la Champagne,
aggregating 10000, will be awarded
to the pilot of the aeroplane which
has covered the greatest distance
without coming in contact with the
ground. The competition for this
prize will spread over three days,
terminating Friday.
Trap Shooting Tourney.
The trap shooters of the country
will gather this week in Seattle
where on tomorrow, Wednesday and
, Thursday. the Pacific Coast Handicap
shoot will be held This event prom
Uses to be second in Importance only
to the Grand American Handicap, and
entries have been received from near
lv every state and from several Can
adam provinces.
The exposition city also offers an.
other event of interest in the annual
Seattle Sportsmen's Show, which viii
open Friday on the grounds of the
Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition.
In addition to the shoot there vii
be fly casting and bait casting events
canoe tipping and other water sports
and as varied a program of sportin;
contests as can be arranged. The wa
ter contests will be held from the pa
vlion OH Lake Washington
At the stadium where the prncipa
features of the two days celebration
will take place, arrangements are t.
be made for duplicating the big ex
: hibit features of the Medison Squar
Garden shows.
Automobile Races.
Among the motorists or the coun
try, interest will center this week II
Brighton Beach, which is to be tn
r scene of another great automobile
e race tournament, bigger and bette
e than the last So widespread wa
]. the interest in the initial meet on tn
II reconstructed race course by the SCI
Y that the Motor Racing association ha
k decided to promote "a two day spec
l. carnival on Friday and Saturday.
e The program as arranged by tn
it Technical Committee of the assOcia
IS ton provides for competition anon
IL cars of all price classes The publ
so clearly showed its preference 10
e. contests of long duration that tw
It great feature events will be include
lie on the card. One of these will be
Y, six hour race for all types of cars u
IS to $500 in price, while the hour wi
" be a "a hour race for all cars sellin
IS at $500 or more. By these mean
al it will be possible to judge of bot
l. the speed and endurance of all type
20 of cars of whatever cost.
The six hour race, which will ope
Dr. the program. will be started at
te o'clock on Friday morning, so tina
is continuous racing is assured through
1T out the afternoon.
ut Among the Golfers.
y The White Mountain open golf ans
= teur championship tournament will /
y played over the links of the Waun
p bek Golf Club, jefferson, n. H., fro'
y Thursday to Saturday. The qualifyln
nc rounds will be played Thursday, an
match play, Friday and Saturday.
A cup will be given for the be-
score in the qualifying round, also
J cup for each of the three sixteen
~ runner-up cup for the first sixtee
On Saturday there will be 36-ho
medal play handicap Cups will
o. given for the best gross and mi
l., scores.
~ Over in England an interesting go
competition for the Andrew Carneg
- Shield will be held by the Royal Do
:. noch Golf club. The dates are fro
tomorrow to Thursday, inclusive.
A gold tournament which w
. eclipse all similar events ever he
a. ON the Pacific coast is promised
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