The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-05
AVIATION MEETING
FOR BELMONT PARK
International Contests Will Be
Held at Famous Racing
Center.

NEW YORK. Aug. 4.-With the inter-
national aviation meet only two months
away, sudden shifting of arrangements
on the part OF tho millionaire promoters
OF the event has just been announced
here All work on the aviation field at
Garden City where ii was planned TO
hold the tournament, has been abandoned,
and the meet Will take place instead at
Belmont park,
Coupled with this announcement comes
the information that Gage Il Tarpcli,
recently appointed general manager OF
tho meet, has withdrawn from that posi-
tion and has refused 10 be connected win
the proposed tournament. Friends OF MIR,
Tarbell say that his retirement resulted
from the continued failure or the SUD
scrlbers' committee OF the Aero cup OF
America to furnish any funds with Wnlcn
10 work. to draw up any programme OF
events or to announce prize list so that
American and European acronauts m1Snt
meet held for them In the way of COM
pensation. II has been declared ire
quently that the subscribers committee
has raised S17o.0Oo OF the S2oO, ,ooU needed
TO finance the tournament, nut Mr.. Iar-
bells friends claim that none OF this
money has been paid in.
Belmont for President.
No successor to Mr.. Tarbell as general
manager has been appointed as yet. but
II Is announced that August Belmont has
been prevailed upon to accept the presi-
dency of the meet The date for the Bel
mont park tournament will be that orlgi-
narly fixed for the Garden City meet-Oc-
tober Is TO 81.
The effect of the removal of the tourna-
ment TO Belmont park will be tar-reach-
ing. According to experts. 1t will ap-
parentIy make impossible the holding OF
The only really international contest on
the programme the race for the ntcrna-
tional speed prize, won by Glenn II; Cur.
tiss at Rheims last year. The rules of
the international Aeronautic Federation
governing contests for this trophy arc
that the contest must be held ''on closed
circle having q peTimeter Of not less than
five kilometers (3.1 miles)." The contest
for 1910 is TO he loo kilometers CG2l
miles) long. or twenty circuits of n five
kilometer course The longest distance
that could he laid out in r closed circle
ut Belmont park is only mile and
half and flying over II would be hazardous
for speed machines, because trees. fences
and roads cut up the grounds.
The subscribers committee, in state
mcut regarding the change in plan, says.
however. that the international speed
City field, although ali the other events
will be brought 10 Belmont park
Destiny of Park.
The choice OF Belmont park as scene
for aviation contests solves the problem
OF the future OF the magnificent racing
grounds. built at a cost OF Si,500. 600 and
opened 10 the public on May 3, 1905.
With the kncll of racing In the state, the
destiny OF Belmont park has been mat
ter of considerable speculation.
The committee says that the change
from Garden City 10 Belmont park was
made because Of the greater accessibility
of the latter place and also because the
short time at the disposal OF the pro-
moters made II doubtful whether the nee
essary grand stands and other structures
could he completed the Garden City
field in time for the meet The selec-
tion of Belmont park will. or course. save
large expense. as few changes in
buildings or seating facilities Will be
necessary