Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-12
BISHOP SANCTIONS
LIST OF PRIZES
For Speed $4,000: Endurance. $4,000;
Altitude the Same, Best Flight
With Passenger, $1,000.

Los Angeles, Cal. Jan. 12-It was an
nounccd today that Cortland Field Bish-
op, president of the Aero club of Amerl-
ca, had sanctioned. as the official rep
rescntatiye of the organization, the fol-
lowing list of prizes to be competed for
during the aviation meet, beginning with
the events of this afternoon:
Speed. best during the meet. 10 laps
$780, 5000 and $500.
Endurance, best demonstration during
meet-s3,OO0 5000 $500.
Altltude-s2,oOO, $1,000. 500
Best flight with passenger-S1.00 .00o $500.
Slowest lap at any ume-s5Qo.
Quickest start-S250,
Shortest distance In starting fiight-s2o0.
In addition to this. Curtiss Will re-
ceive $4,000 for his flights during tho
meet and Paulhan and the members
OF his aviation syndicate, Miscarol and
Maison. will receive $500.
PRIZE LIST CUT.
Mr.. Bishop cut down the prize list
aggresatlng $4,000 proffered by the COM
mittee. He based his action on the ground
that large prizes tend to magnify the
sporting aspect of the meet and subor-
dnate scientific interest.
In spite of Curtiss remarkable flights.
Paulhan, the little man-bird from France,
retains his hold upon the hearts OF tho
thousands for whom he has provided
thrills on the aviation field at DOM
inguez junction. His flights yesterday
In the teeth of a gallo that blew at times
at % miles an hour were spectacular
and won him rounds of applause. Yet
Curtlss. the American, did all the record
making,
These two facts brought into q relief
a comparison OF the two masters of
the air. Paulhan made six flights ap-
proximating close to 30 miles. in some
thing more than an hour. Some times
he sent his swaying craft 400 feet above
tho heads of the cheering throngs and
successfully def1ed the winds.
RECORDS FOR CURTIss.
Curtiss. cautious and quiet. flew three
times and left the field with three new
records,
Paulhan tried to equal the lesser two
the marks set for starting and rising
and was disappointed. Neither did no
come near the speed Of IS miles an hour
carrying a passenger. which was the
principal record made by his American
rival,
'SThat illustrates the difference be-
tween the two" said Jerome S. Fan
cullli. Curtlss' manager.
What do you think about it?" Cur
tiss was asked
1T would be very satisfactory to me-"
he replied, IF Paulhan got all the ap-
plause and 1 got all the records"
Paulhan, however, was not cast down
for moro than few minutes by his
failure to share the record-maklng. He
announced that he would fly tho Bleriot
monoplane today In an attempt to Sc
cure tho high flight record now that
Cortland Field Bishop, president of the
Aero club of America, is here to take
official cognlzance of such things.
1t was his intention to try for 1t yes
terday with the machine which resem-
bles nothing so much as ono of the
mosquito. hawks that thrive in the Jer-
sey marshes.
MRS. PAULHAN4 N4,INTRBFERESss I
Mrs Paulhan was responsible for his
failure TO carry out the intention.
When she heard the announcement that
he would try for the record In spite OF
the wind. she sped from tho grand
whero Paulhan was preparing to start
Then followed q lively monologue in
French.
What is $4,000 month compared to
your life2" was one of tho arguments
she used and In the end she prevailed.
Paulhan never went higher than 30
feet on this flight, but even when he flew
as low as the height of a man the
wind tossed the fragile monoplanc like
leaf In autumn.
After landing some one marvelcd at
his daring.
"Pouf!' he replied. Nothing: in a
Farman I would fly in 40-mile gale
The gait brought out many points OF
difference between the Farman and
CurtiSS types or machines Tho latter
are smaller and apparently much more
affected by sudden gusts. Besides great
or stability Paulhan showed that his
machine is able to alight and then stare
his motor and rise without the aid OF
assistants. Ho demonstrated this Sow
eral times yesterday. coming down at
various points on the field and rising
again seemingly without effort or
trouble.
CURTISS' MACHINES BEST.
On the other hand, the Curtiss machines
showed greater speed. although the mo-
tor OF tho French machine was more
than twice as powerful as the American.
The short length of the course until
yesterday rendered the ayiators pessim-
istic regarding the possibility of making
new speed records. But Paulhans flight
two miles beyond the aviation field. over
IL ranch to tho south. suggested to Cur
tisS tho idea of having q speed course
surveyed and distances marked before
tho real trials for speed are made. He roc
commended this to the aviation committee
OF the Merchants & Manufacturers asso-
ciation which will probably act upon 1t
promptly. With straightaway course
of several miles. Curtiss said. there
would be no hesitancy about predicting
that new records for speed would bc
made before the Los Angeles meet
closed jan 20