New-York tribune., 1910-11-06
Av|ATORS NOW CLAMOR
FOR EXPENSE MONEY
Pursue ]. C. Mccoy. Who Made
Contracts for Belmont Park
Tournament.
HAMILTON THREATENS SUIT
Official Figures Show Wright
Camp Won Heavily at Meet
It's Cash Prizes Amount
ing to S27, 999.

Several of the foreign aviators have
! been troublesome to the Aero club of
America and the management of the
international aviation tournament. and
now the native flyers are worrying J. c.
/ Mccoy. chairman of the aviation COM
nittee of the tournament, until he is
! distracted.
The American aviators who appeared
at Belmont Park are making most per
sistert and annoying demands for the
money they were guaranteed by the
mana cement through Mr.. Mccoy for ex-
! penses They are not getting any
money. and have just been advised to
try not to think of what $1,000 each
could buy in the line Of hardtaCk for
their families and spark plugs for their
aerial buses. Mr.. Mccoy is perhaps the
most unpopular man in the American
aeronautic world at present. which is
unfortunate for him. as he is a candi-
date for the vice presidency of the Aero
Club of America. and will have to hear
the votes counted a week from Tuesday
Charles K Hamilton. who is a good
I
night that he would bring suit for his
money. Captain Thomas 5. Baldwin,
! John j Frisbie and others say they viii
! join forces with him. HamitOns story
is short He says he was asked by Nc
| Coy to name his lowest price to appear
in the tournament After a few days
of pleasant conversation Hamilton says
Mccoy asked him whether $1,000, in
! three payments, would cover his ex-
| penses.
The money was to be paid $500 upon
! demand when the machine was on the
| ground. $500 upon having flown four
laps of the course; $500 upon termina-
tion of meet. the 800 remaining 10 be
used for insurance against damage by
fire, etc. Hamilton agreed, signed the
| contract. and the terms were used by
| the management as standard for Ameri-
! can aviators. except in the case of the
| Wright flyers. It is understood that they
| received more advantag geous terms for
various reasons that appeared sufficient
TO the management and we're demanded
! by the Wrights
Misfortunes OF Frisbie
Perhaps the most unfortunate member
of the american flock ; Frtsbie who flew
from Garden CITY to Belmont Park the
| night before the opening F'rfsbie ac-
! cording to contract might then have
! dema nded his $500. but he said he was
willing 10 wait because he had enough
money To last out the week. and he
liked to be = sport" when he could
| Therefore. he would just permit the 5000
| TO await his caIl-it was sweet 70 have
It coming. Then he acted upon the poor
| judgment Of \. NJ. Herring, who in
stalled a propeller Of a beautiful ap-
| pearance that broke the ae~oplane. and
! Frisbie could not do himself Justice when
he had nothing on which to fly. Frisbie
has since been trying to obtain view
OF his first $500, and after several un-
| satisfactory scenes with Mccoy. has
| been able 10 see Mccoy no more
| Hamilton said yesterday: 1t cost me
over $500 10 go TO Belmont Park in
actual expenses I made a failure there.
! Nv engine. which has cost me $500
since last June. when I first began TO
prepare for the meeting, did not perform
until the day after the tournament As
far as I am concerned, $500 can't make
or break me, but a contract is CON
tract. and the money is due me from the
committee Ny representative has been
twice insulted by Mccoy in the office of
the committee. and once promised by
! Allan A Ryan that the money would be
sent to me by check. I now know that
Mr. Ryan-who was the only man con
nected with the management who really
did anything has no power TO do as he
promised. I will bring suit"
Captain Baldwin asked again for his
money yesterday. He said he was told
he might as well forget it," some tech
nical grounds being adopted by the com
mittee as offering good foundation for its
refusal.
San Francisco Meet Off,
Following this telegram from san
Francisco was received by Israel Ludlow
last nghr resembling all negotiations
for the engaging of aviators for appear
ance there from November % TO Decen-
Der .. The telegraph message said there
would be no tournament, but that Mr.
Ludlow's expense account would be paid
by check II is understood that the san.
Francisco merchants became weary and
decided TO stick to straight canned gro
ceries because OF the Wright request for
guarantee and the new altitude records
of other aviators Of the salary a minute
variety.
When that tourna nent was off HamiI-
ton gave his check for $4,000 as first
payment on Beriot, 10 cost $1,000