Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-17
FOR COLLEGE PARK
Curtiss Thinks Triangular
Course There Practicable.
SUITED TO AVIATION MEET
Secretary Zahm Holds Conference
With President Bishop. !,
CAPITALS CHANCES Better
Head Of National Club Wants
Westinghouse to Furnish Es-
innate of Probable Expenses.
CAPITALS CHANCES BETTE

The prospects of Washington getting
the international aviation meet. in case
it is held in this country at all, are i'm
proving. DR.. Albert Zahm, secretary Of
the Aero Club of Washington, has just
returned from a trip to New York.
where he conferred with CORTLAND Field
Bishop. president of the Aero Club Of
America Mr.. Bishop, he said, is work.
ing hard to straighten out the details
preparatory to holding the meet. and it
the location is definitely ANNOUNCED
Glenn H. Curtiss. winner of the speed
cup at Rheims, was present at the con-
ference in the Aero Club. He was shown
the map of the grounds at College Park
and marked off on the map what he said
he thought would be the best aviation
course 1t happened that this was just
the course that the site committee in
Washington had also marked off-namely,
triangle, with the sharp corners cut
off. Mr.. Curtiss said he Thought this was
perfectly practicable course
His Judgment thus comedies with that
or the Washington site comraittee and of
Wilbur Wright, WHO also has approved
OF the triangular course.
Chief Difficulty Removed.
Mr.. Bishop said that this removed the
chief difficulty in his mind but he wanted
the WaShingtOnians to furnish plans and
state probable cost for stands and other
work that would have to be done, so as to
see from money standpoint whether
there would be enough left after that
work had been done to warrant Offering
attractive prizes.
1t was evident from Mr.. Bishops talk
in Of Il
Pla1ns, Long Island. for the meet He
said that while the course at College Park
mad been approved by practical aviators,
IL had not the large open space that was
oHered by Hampstead Plains He was as
sured, on the other hand, that the trans
portation facilities to College Park were
better from both Washington and Balti-
more than they were from New York to
Hampstead Plains.
Mr. Bishop admitted the superiority Of
Washington from an international stand
point and. referring to the entertainment
tnat had been offered him while in WASH
ington. said that he appreciated very
much the courtesies he had received.
It Is possible that Mr.. Bishop will
go abroad before the end Of this month
to talk over the international situation
WIN the pembers of the International
F FED, .tn, It is known in a general
way that the attitude of the Wrights
toward the International meet has had
a great deal to do with making foreign
aVlatorS hold off. The Wrights have
said that they would not offer any op-
position to the International cup race.
but they hold that they are entitled
to a guarantee against loss if the for
e1gn aviators come here and the courts
eventually uphold the claims Of the
Wrights as to their patent
Hearing in Wright Suit.
A further hearing of the Wright
Curtiss suit will be held Saturday of
this week and though it is, of course,
not known how the hearing will result,
it is thought it will do a good deal
toward clearing the air. If the for
eign aviators can be assured that thev
can come to this country without get
ting involved in law suits they will
come, but the present attitude Of the
Wrights has had the effect of soaring
them off. 1t is not thought they can
be induced to brave legal complications
by the prizes that may be offered for
the international meet, but they have
a rather better opinion of America as
a money making territory now than
they had at the time Of the Farman
fiasco. as it was announced in New
York that Louis Paulhan had cleared
$4,000 by his trip over here, in spite
Of legal complications.
1t has not yet been definitely settled
whether Paulhan will remain in this
country for some time longer or return
to France, but he is pretty well salts
fed with the amount that he has
cleared uD to date,