The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-01
$4,000 PRIZE FOR FLYING
"HORLD" NAkES THE OFFER
ar 4 DINNER TO CCRTISS.
Rsaie 10 ~ Prem NsW Hork " o.. Leafs
Ne agreement Vet - 10 ntopS--Tns
Aviator Ia sBeeoh BnEgssis ths Need
~ rived Landing Places fSr Ftisrs

Inc wing game - SUI 20 Young a
Mayor Gaynor and Glenn n. Curtis
agreed last night, that a man may 60
No a. an aviator and come down an angel
But the Mayor who was tOasrmastsr
a. the dinner the New York World gave
for Mr. Curtiss ~ the Hotel AstoTs Hndson
Maxim. James NJ. Beck and others felt
certain that Curtiss's fight nom Albany
TO New York was only the lorer'mner Of
ereu mOFe amazing stunts.
Mr. Gaynor a. the request Of the Word.
announced that ihaT newspaper and the
81. Louis Posi Dispatch offer a prize Of
$4,000 for the first successful eight be-
tween New York and ~. Louis. Il hasn't
been settled yet as 10 how much time the
fisrs will be allowed for the trip or how
many stops they will BE- permitted 10 make.
A committee Of aviation eEpsrts will
arrange the conditions and make The
announcsment shortly
Curtiss had much les W nv az the din
ner than any Of the other DeakeTs. Ia =
talk that took less than Ave minutes. he
suggested that the time Is coming very
shortly When cities viii provide landing
places for aviAtOrs.
Ihere we're seventy Ave men interested
IN aviation who dined IN the lAurei room
OF me AstOr IN compliment 70 Mr. CiTtias
A. the guest table with the der and
Mayor Gaynor were Col John jacob
Astor Brlg Gen Walter Howe. Charles
Jerome Edwards and samuel X. Valentine
o. the Aero club Of America. Hndeon
MAnm. Don & SeiiN and Adolph s. 0chs.
At other tables were James ". beck.
Augustus Post clifford h Harmon. Alan
r HAwley. Capt Thomas Scott Baldwin.
Jacob l. Tea EyUk. who timed Curtiss
When be started from Albany, Charles
VI Manly. Charles r MaCAulsy. STANLEY
Y. beach. Dave Hennen Morris. Leo
Stevens charles HAmiltOn. Robert \
Adamzon aud William b MelOney
Eleven u the guests had taken the AR
Va motor driven machines -Ctrtias. HaT-
mou. loseph seymour. Baldwin. Hamilton
and MANLY as operators. and Jerome
Fanciulh. Augustus Post. = l.. Jones'.
Byron Newton and Stanley Y Beach ~
passengers The fact vas commented on
when a Paris liable meeSage vas read
that eighty ayiatOrs ltcsns-s
had hesn granted IN France for this year
There we're a number 81 other Interest
lux NAHNNMNNMFH NNAAlA Wv kNMMI AlAN W ANN
Atlantic Hans Grade, 0ermany's sue
cessiiil aeruplanist. sent his congTAtula-
lions and 40 dad fritE Gravert. who has
been exciting the GeTmAns by combined
aerOplane and automobils runs kleriOt
The trS' 10 ~ over the English Channel,
rabled
I feel ,annOt speak 100 highly Of your
. Movement aud me pleasure II has caused
. A. hHtfNfawn
rr-ori - Nrli known.
Count De Ia Naiilt the dirigible expert.
.ent his congratulations and the Aero
hub ~ France offered otfcial congrstu-
atoms with
Nour ytyforv renewed ui'h deusht by Oh
French sNiatou Twas magnificent
sigh
There we're -nth lsiAstic neaaag es from
Herbert Latham. Farman. Leblanc. Cort-
audit Bishop aud others All % these
we're received With cheering
NJ Seitv introduced tho MAyor who
old them that talk IL cheap but facts
-ount Turning 10 Mr. Curtiss the Mayor
said
And here Is fact thai all Of ~ must
.e0ogniEe
The Mayor bought that genius for in
h HLlNlNiA SUM - \ AIhlnNa NNNAAMa ANhAA
small towns rather than hig cities In
he small towns he thought thew are
never IN a hurry
-Dvar me b. sent on. they know
hey will get a good meal q victuals.
even though they don't do anything a.
~ But We people down here know
mighty well that We won't ~, a meal Of
.lctuals. except 10 the almshOusss. unless
49, earn Do Laughter And therefore
w. are alert Iust 20 earn the daily bread
~ CONSUME and alas too few ~ no have
NJ. time 10 think over th- things that
p@opl- thank over in sparse commun,-
.tr~
~ result they are achieving great
hugs Nov here - a specimen Of q IN
NJ Curtis I hesitate 10 tslk about the
srientifi' character Il what he has
a ,hi~vei I must Remember that he was
abls 20 Nv ov ~ % Governors leland and
r ght INTO the building prepared 90 re-
r-iv~ HIM. Applause. Ia other words.
he master ~ a machine Ike this b. able
20 steer himself IN the AIR aud 90 where
he p'sass- lApplause
Then the Mayor Introduces Mr. turtiss
The aviator said
This IL great honor 20 mo ana a great
pleasure ] must sokno ledge thai have
Zone a. ht- Honor The Mayor accuses me.
given rhis matter ~ the Hud s1n-fuiron
Highr .,u siderable rhought and considera-
Ton
trI-d 90 prepare myself Tor sy~rv passi-
be C1utingrn.v every hoif AMI nut on the
narhiu- gas ntted w'h spring sashers ami
otter pins r~enf5rve,i Etth q coat Of -hellar
.1 Keep DO from wearing looas Al the
.urnbuokIe- we're fastened with fape and
ne surfaces gone over carefully ami reen-
forced. bur there b. one hing Which I en-
lrsIy overlooked and that vas The posi-
1Iify ~ beng called on 10 SPEAK
There b. one hing hat came 20 nv mind
iuring he dight whirh might b. worth
Mentioning here. ant that 10 The dincultv
ri Gnding suitable landing places FOR the
aving marhine m or near the great cities
and { believe that city governments vill
md D. necessary ant adv able in the near
future 20 49, spar suitable open spaces FOR
aying ~ a.htnes ~ land and perhaps 20 pass
ord inanres preventing ayiators from 20
their ovh lives and thOss % the
rriyrns hy TviuE over buit up port ions
NJ no city his merely thought watch
came 20 M a. passed along the river and
,r.-i % Io..rs place for a possible landing
IN cs-s % the motor Stopping Or s1me'hing
~ fbst sor'
After he shOr' spesCh Mr. GavnOr
made the announ C-menf OF the New York
10 ;, LOUIS contest ana asked Hudson
Maxim 20 talk about Aviation In sOio.
Alr Maxim thought that psOple wOuf
10 hvrng from New York 70 Chicago 100
years from nov and that the result Of
warz would be determined bv squadrOna
81 asr1planes
samuel n Valentine said that gliding
aNperiuauts ara not new Dut that the
nrart icability q the Eaaolens engine IL
varv new ndeed L was the Eaaolsns
engine that made the modern asrOplane
possible
TIE last spesoh was made By Jamss