The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-12
HARMON COVERS EVERY AMATEUR
 AVIATION EVENT
Especial from United Press. ,


 Boston Sept 12.-Idea1 weather, cool air, clear skies and an almost total absence of wind at the Harvard Bos- ton aviationN field today marked the opening of the second week Of the big meet. The coalitions were taken advantage of within the first hour by Clifford B. Harmon of Newark Am erica's leading amateur aviator, who in Grahame-W Whites bip1ane covered every amateur event on the program. In duration Harmon stayed aloft IS minutes, 34 seconds. N In bomb throw points. In the speed contest he drove the F'arman bip1ane three times around the course outside the mark ing py1ons in eight minutes 46 2-5 sec onds and in the slow speed event he went thrice around the field inside the py1ons in seven minutes 47 4-5 seconds As itSis regarded as unlike Hubbard. sStratton or Angus Corners, the only other aviators of note among am0teurs at the meet. will be able performance today is expected to land him the Harvard cup and $2, 800 in prizes. :
 Just when the Harvard-Boston meet will end is a. question. It was zori- ginally intended that it should run from September to September B inclusive but so great have been the throngs who flocked to see the airnen
 
 continue the meet at least through Thursday of this week and it may be that it will be continued until satur-. day. While no definite figures are ob-s tainable there is no doubt that the promoters of the aero meet will gar ner big money More than 250, 600 to the field and fpom the surrounding heights there is no doubt that at least ]. GOO, 900 persons have seen the bird- men soar aloft.
 41Az <7 for some days it will not affect the zeal of the aviators, although the ori-s ginaI program ends tomorrow night.
 Outside the Englishman, White, the Wright flyers, Johnstone and Brook ins have done the best. Practically every one of the Aaviators now on the field has signified his intention of remaining until the close of the meet and on Wednesday and Thurs day two events not now in the pro- gram will be 1, competed for. These ton of not less than 1,8O0' and a sort of unlimited pursuit race between the fastest machines on the field. The pursuit race feature will be an inno- vatiop in aeroplaning. It will be the first real competive flying races ever held fin the world. Heretofore all con tests for speed have been conducted on the basis of the fastest time made by the competitors.
 But the most picturesque sight of all the meeting will probably be seen in the closing event. when it is plan ned to have a fleet of aeroplanes at tack a fleet of imag aginary Dread i naughts'' These battleships will con sist of tape outlined ships, and the aviators will attack the inmoyab1e objects on the ground and give a the- oreticaI demonstration ofhow a fleet of the real engines of war could be sannihilated'' in time of strife.
 Glenn H. Curtiss, it was announced here today, will retire an aviator at conclusion of this meet, and will take up the manufacture of aero planes with w. Startling Burgess. They will design a machine on new lines. Curtiss is the holder of the Intern tional Cup, which he brought back from Europe and which will be con tested for on Long Island shortly.