The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-23

/ Hamilton, In his 11O-hOrsepOWer bi-
plane, against Joe Seymour. in a
4 1:0-horsepower Fiat Vanderbilt
Y rncer.
/ The first intern ational aviation
tournament ever held in this country
outside of the meet Just concluded al
| Belmont Park Will be inaugurated at
| Q o'clock this afternoon at the State
| Fair Grounds by the International
Aviators. Incorporated. who will pre-
| sent Charles K. Hamilton. Roland G,
Garros, Rene Simon. Rene Barrier, John
j. Frisbie and Joseph NJ. Seymour. In
various feats of aviation for the en-
suing two hours.
President Taft will reach the Fair
Grounds Immediately after luncheon
and will remain long enough TO wit
ness the daring airmansh!p of Hamil-
ton. Garros and Simon. all of whom
regardless OF the exact number that
may be on the program at that time
Will ascend together and fly special
~ arranged race for the purpose of
showing the President the various
types of aeroplanes that have now been
proved practicable. Until to-day
President Taft has never seen any
aeroplane in flight other than the
Wright biplane, so that, with many
OF Richmonds citizens. he viii enjoy
his first view Of the famous Blerio:
racing monoplane, the new Moisant
moiselle monoplane, and the graceful.
speedy b.plane of Hamilton, Frisbie
and Seymour.
Students There To-Day.
All of the students of the Richmond
city public schools, the Confederate
veterans from the Soldiers Home and
Mrs. Gilfs proteges will be present
this afternoon at the opening exhibit
ton as guests of Alfred j. Moisant,
president and treasurer of the Inter-.
national Aviators, Incorporated These
students Will require no tickets. They
Will merely enter through the special
gate marked For School Children
Only" stating their names and the
number of their school at that gate.
and receive badges of admission as
soon as they have entered the grounds.
All OF the veterans will be admitted
without further entrance cards than
are provided by their uniforms.
At the request OF Chairman Stearnes
of the executive committee of the yir-
ginia Educational Conference, High
school students will not be allowed to
enter the grounds free to-day. Instead.
500 tickets admitting that number of
students on Friday will be issued 10
Mr. Stearnes this morning by Mr.
Moisant. these tickets to be given "a
the High School students tust befora
the song exercises for President T.f,
commence. Mr.. Stearnes earnestly do.
sired this change made in order that
tnere might be sufficient number ~
hlgh School pupils present to effect
favorable showing, and Mr. Moisant
therefore agreed to S&sue the tickets
to these students for the Friday 49,, -, -
bition
No Liquor on Grounds.
IN Difference to the presence of III.
thousands OF school children this az
ternoon and the great number of NTo-
men and children who will attend ,ba
meet during the four days it is to 1ast
Mr. Moisant decided last night that
no liquor OF any Nind would be- sold
On the Fair Grounds while the ayiation
tournament was in progress. Nor viii
any games of chance OF any kind ha
permitted. The only concessions VIII
be those governing the programs fnna
soda water and candy.
Judge r. Carter Scott. of tha r,;.,.
ppul., :, 's Yesterday requested Mayor
Richardson to detail suftlcient 49,, -
Der be-, of Richmond police to co-onarate
With the county authorities "a n,ai,,
tain the peace and Judge Scott alsa
issued instructions to SHERIFF.
the same effect All visitors N9t1lp. ~ 40 70
meet will be kept off the flvina eaIS s
and the track proper in order not n,lv
to insure clear landing PLACES rn,. ~
avlators, but to ensure the safety ~
all concerned 1nasmuch as the rac,ns
moonoplanes and biplanes thai viii he
exhibited this afternoon come 10 tbs
ground at the termination Of thar
Tights at speed of from sixty "a
ninety miles an hour. the necessity for
keeping the track and nneld abso-
'utely clear viii be Instantly apparent,
M0isnnt Not Here.
John 3. Moisant. the world "a mons
aviator, who Is thus far the only man
ever to have flowd from paris to Lon, Lon
lon Can aerial journey which he ao.
complished last August with a pas.
senger), and who won the s1o.ooosl
Statue of Liberty international race
on October 80 last, will not be present
.hls afternoon, nor is 1t likely that
he Will fly In Richmond until satur-
day He could not get away from
Havana in time to he "among those
present" this afternoon nor even tor
morrow. But It is possible that he
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