New-York tribune., 1910-06-06
HAMILTON DOESN'T FLY.
Boston Boy with Bullying Brow
Makes Flight, However.
HIS a LANGUAGE ASCENSION
vr;ehts Think They Should Get
Share in Ali Prizes Offered
for Eeroplane Records.

-, again al Mineola yesterday He
-, 70 the Hampstead Plains in a monot-
--o,s doz-npour of rain. He was right
.-.;ns his perennial cigarette and the ma
-. rad been tuned for an aerial SYM
-o-z that only awaited the masters
..ob q The wheel 20 produce. The ciga-
20 ard Hamilton and the machine we're
N ready. with only sn unreasonable rain
,,5 wind storm 10 interfere. And then
hamilton did not ~. He is full Of novel
surprises
hamilton did not ask that the rainfall
,,on. he wished merely that II would ac-
c,,,-s more Of the characteristics of
r.----rer shower. in which case he undoubt-
- would have performed the weekday
eersstions and got wet
I would fy if il was not raining 50
hsrd," he saio-
IF this would set down to q respectable
s,-inkle he'd show you wrinkle or two
-. fving night Nd in the rain" said Cap
,sin Baldwin Loyalty
Yes. and in a twinkle too" volunteered
recent champion Of the unassuming SKI
scout.
r vas too sogsy for soaring. but the
zogsv fcrds did not damper the srdor of
serorautical conversationaiists There is
something akin TO greatness in the faith
F-1-cSS Z
enthusiasts.
A boz eleven years old, Tith z bulslng
poston brow nzs disappointed but not ren-
5s-e6 sad BY the failure Of Nr Hamilton
or zrv OF the other sviators 70 fly Per
Asrs Tftv automobile parties waited on the
feil and during the afternoon several hun
6rss men and women walked 70 the avia-
5tlon camp
Gathered 7ithin the gray interior of the
-ls-onauticel Society's shed. the rain on the
Tin roof fell pith so much force and reg1i-
'zri-- that the bov from Boston early real
izs5 that the opportunities for exhibitions
In The upper air strata we're rnomentarily
zuproschinE the point where they might
ds@nitelv be referred 10 as stupendously
deficient He was e student Of the science
u aerial navigation Large spectacles en-
rgrzed the eyes OF the boy and under his
right arm he carried six hundred page
4c-,e entitled vehicles OF the Air Having
studied the tschnicalities. he was present,
r. said 70 see q practical demonstration.
a Boston Opinion OF Mineola.
Tie tremendous strides in The capricicus
rzs-ir1e Of aeroneutics made within the
1sr- three moons" he said. inspired my
6ers-tu-e from Boston TO Afinecla- Nineoia
is most rroyincisl hamlet. unworthy Of
serious consideration and I would not
scuarder ny time here were u not for the
ns-geIlous ranipulstions Of the astounding
,oung Hamilton
Continuing. he said y have been most
IMPRESSED vtrh the recent double bridging
q the channel"
The aeronauttc problem Just now seems
N be an arithmetical one, involving tie
rrohable last banking place Of the several
for
! plane flights.
Z was recalled yesterday that Glenn H
Cl1tizs who won the $1,000 prize last Sun
6sv fc- fvinE from Albany to New York
vas able 70 do 80 merely because the fed
trsl courts have granted him the privilege
n making fights 5n his machine under z
heavy bond II the decision Of Judge Hazel
n the United States Circuit Court al Buf-
falo is sustained by the Appellate Court
Nr Cur-iss viii be compelled 10 refund 10
the Wright COMPANY. which is suing him
fo- alleged infringement Of its patents, the
amount Of money that his profits from ex-
hfhuons and contests represent.
The Appellate court Is nov studying the
rights involved. The $4,000 that Nr Cur
tss received for his recent trip he turned
cvs- within few hours. it is said, to the
sttornevs employed 10 protect his interests
far the Wright company declare that the
money viii be due 70 that firm, together
With the other profits earned by Mr.. Cur
-iss since the bond was fixed. early in the
ear
Hamilton leases his machine from Cur
fss, 10 whom he paws royalty. il is un-
oe-ztood on high authority. Of not less than
- per cent Of his net proceeds when ex-
-to-lng Tor uaid admissions throughout
we West and South and Hamilton is mere
E waiting nov for the conditions Of the
Nc" York-to-St Louis sse.oon prize TO be
posted. 70 start almost Immediately in an
s1lenlpt 10 win it, II is pointed out that
N1rtsss share cf that prize would be
e'PIournstely $l2@a which. in the event
.s-eIreo 10 above would ultimately le due
Hom C1rtss 70 the Wrights
Many Criticise the Wriohts.
There are those who talk at high pressure
'AeneFer the Wright company's legal pro-
s4si-lle q attempting 10 have its patents
e-J-licaled is mentioned. Frequently crit
no. ior the most part, are financially
s-esl'1 IN the success of some other
eng lhechHo-emphasize the alleged lack
sporting biood' in the Wright brothers
'eosuFe. their critics say. neither Wilbur
Nr oI'1he viii compete personally Cor
t'zes. The most frequent taunt that IS
--fiec a. the Ohio inventors is thai while
'sllns personally 10 compete they demanJ
none' forfeit from others who wish TO
Go So -
'lo1F Wright. asked why he did not
~eT some o. the aviation races here or
agroao. said fow days ago:
The hog Is more valuable dead thar
t-se- one way YOU look al 1; I am differ
rom the hog and that one way is MY
1'' Looking Al il from my point Of view
IN moro valuable 10 myself alive than
cso- have lot Of experimenting that
eN 70 do prv' and 7 have raft Of
-lFs IN mind that the rushing about Z
.s iaEt feV years has prevented Us from
'o"ng up. We wish 10 do laboratory
oIE end We Tish also 20 make practical
--H-onstrations. - Dry or were to enier
- Ne would have tins for nothing else
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