The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-09

/ IAER0PLANE RACES
gal Begin Tuesday in Los An
,pIes With Prominent Ayia.
tors in Line.
IN STYLES OF BALLOONS
i AND MACHINES ENTERED
|rishty Thousand Dollars in
/ Prizes viii Be Distributed
Among Winners.

los ANGELES. Cal, Jan. s,--On a
=, and broad field. thirteen miles from
La, civ. whero a week ago n herd Of
.p,s zrazed in peace, e miniature city
y tsu,s and plain wooden structures to-
|,v marks the SPOT whore the first avia-
q, meet IN America is TO begin on Mon
N next, with tho first racing on Tues
,,y and above which the first COM
|stltIye trials OF speed and endurance
|stx,sn heavier-thsna air machines Will
/ 4 SEEN on this continent
/ "a stretch of high ground at one
h OF the held grandstand has been
| .&e,ed rising forty feet in che air and
heading for 700 feet along the course
<,r which the trials Of aircraft will be
"a Stretching out across the field from
n roInt In front Of inc grandstand is n
y row OF tents which house numerous
Hisr machines and will house many
*, during the DAYS OF the meet. Along
4. side of the field another long line Of
Lac is placed. and here the United
|Fsies army dirigibIe and many otheriair-
|tlrs OF the balloon type arc being as
|tnbled ready for imitation.
II Historic Camp.
! tnOtnpT thIIp OH lI!' MS
|.sic In the days of the historic Spanish
|t-s Is a part OF the famous Domineuez
|1ech. given IN Lieut.. Juan Jose Domin-
|ri.z Of the army Of Spain In the year
|El. and its extent was determined in
|e grant by clause which said that
IL gallant soldier, for valiant services,
|<,s entitled TO as large trac; as he
I'D ride around between sunrise and
|taeet The very slope over which the
|taem vessels OF the air will sail was
|tlie historic in the year 1916 by a battle
|Ntzeen the early Calitornians and mem J.
|tS Of the crew Of the vessel on which
|trmodore Stockton afterward embarked
|t San Pedro for Monterey TO raise the
|issrlcan 1ag over California.
|lhs course that has been laid out on
|lt gentle slope is visible from every
|nr Of the big field which surrounds il
II grandstand rests. not only all OF tho
|fusc may be plainly viewed. but be-
|rd II the broad valley. on the far
|bpe Of which the cities of Los Ange-
|s and Pasadena appear. Flights may
n made in any direction and for twenty
|rRes no obstruction offers TO hide them
|rp the view OF spectators.
Officials Selected.
INC officers of the Aero Club OF Cali
|'srla announced tonight the selection
+ he following judges for the competi-
~ lights that arc TO take place during
- meet:
|foTtland Field Bishop. president of
IL Aero Club of America. chairman
N La y. Twinning. president of the
NO Club OF California. Vice chairman
y G. Neuner. Lieut.. Paul w, Beck.
|Prk Ferris. William stevens.
Altsrnatcs-A. l.. Smith. George z.
|hrrIson.
s.cretary TO the judges-w. II. Leon
l |Hhilc no programme for the meet can
d completed until the arrival Of Louis
|Fociaies tomorrow, Monday has been
|tanated As Aviation day. and will bo
noted to trials and elimination flights.
Ia ayiators who VIII make the FIRST
d hts In heayier~th than-air machines ever
tmpted on the Pacific coast. will he.
Hamilton. Charles i. Willard. Clf-
q r. Harmon. NJ. Maisson. NJ
|.learol, Roy Enabenshue and Lin
10 Beachev. Farman biplanes. Bic
|E monoplanes. Curtiss biplanes and
new Enabenshue machines that have
HehInes made by comparatively I'M
Etm inventors. will be given their
- trial. to determine whether they
|LAu be- entered in the lists of compcti-
n for the $4,000 in money prizes.
L First Races Tuesday.
L Flights for the Two dozen spherical
laccns that have been brought TO this
|f from all parts of the country Will
made from Huntington park. twenty
ss from the aviation field. Owing To
q conformation OF the intervening
fttch OF country. however, specta tors
he aviation camp will be enabled tc
IL ilc balloon flights at the same time
Ia heavier than-sir machines are in
air and II air currents are right
a balloons may, at times, be seen d.
|fcIiy over tb" aviation field. Balloon
ss will be- held during the latter days
Inc meet, when attempts To sail over
Il, Sierra Madrc range OF mountains
p 10 sail from this city to San Fran
.eo for prizes offered by the aviation
@lnit1ee. Will be made.
me first one Of the prize conIpeti-
tns for heavier than-air machines
Tor greatest speed. will be made
u tuesday. According to Glenn IT. Cur-
INC aviators will be compelled tc
se these flights at a height OF about
L,rnIy-hyc feet. on account Of the to-
Naaphy Of the field. whereas the
|sn's over the aviation courses in Eu-
TX havc been made at height o!
,|m hileen 10 twenty feet. II Is
Ia expectation OF CuTtiss that all rec.
tor altitude in heavier than-air ma
les Will be broken here