The San Francisco call., 1910-02-13
Description of
Aviation Cup

'Ioh ant of the rules
governing the COM
petition for this valuable International
prize for heavier than air machines.
J. HauVette- -Michelin, general manager
Of the Michelin tire company, IN Mill
town, n j., and nephew OF the donor
Of the trophy, gives the following de-
scription of the cup and something
about il:
mounted by a large bronze allegorical
group, representing man riding on
the spirits of the air and reaching up
ward toward a figure Of Victory, which
remains just beyond his grasp. In the
place of the figure of Victory, the orig
inal design showed an aeroplane of the
Delagrange type, which is not unlike
the Wright models in general appear
ance 1t was decided, however, that
TO be of permanent value the trophy
should not perpetuate any present day
aeroplane model. The design was Sc
lected after an open competition IN
which many famous European artists
participated, and is the work OF Paul
The actual trophy is to be reserved
for presentation to the club of which
the aviator is a member who flies the
greatest distance in the eighth year or
competition. In the meantime, models
Of the trophy are to be given to the
aviators winning each year as well as
to the clubs of which they are mem
bers. In addition, an annual cash
prize of $4,000 is TO be awarded for the
longest annual flight for eight success
siVe years, making a total of $4,000
10 be given in the interests OF aviation.
The present rules for the competi
tion require that every competitor must
be a member of a club affiliated with
the International aeronautic federation.
a flight to be accepted must be guaran-
teed by a committee of the club of
which the aviator contesting is mem
ber such committee of judges to be
SoTerned entirely bv the rules and by
laws of the federation. The course
must not exceed mile and quarter
on any side. If larger the limits must
be defined clearly by posts or flags"
At meeting of the contest board Of
the American automobile association
TNcxt seasons it was decided that
1,sS-as, rTo- the national tour
:. for 1910 should be
competition for
the Glidden trophy, and that certifi-
Gates TO be known rs 'Glidden certifi-
Gates should be issued to those con-
testants which finished the tour with
scores within small percentage OF
perfect, the exact limits of such per-
centage to be determined and an
nounced later.
The approximate date of the tour
was set for June 13 to 30,
The tentative route outlined, embrac-
ing about 1900 miles, is as follows:
Starting at Cincinnati, O., thence TO
Tenn. Little Rock and Texarkana, Ark,
Dallas, Tex, Oklahoma City, Okla,
Wichita and Topeka, Kan, st. Joseph.
Mo. Des Moines Cedar Rapids and
Davenport, Ia, Rock Island and Moline,
Ill, and thence to Chicago.
Jefferson de Angels, one of the most
popular actors of the country, and now
plsXing IN the
Actor Is Given b. b E a y spot, Ct
studebaker esnpans esst wss racent1e IN the
presented with one
OF the new Studebaker-Garf 40"
touring cars by the manager and men,
hers OF the company. The presentation
was made during the intermission of
the performance in Philadelphia, the
presentation speech being made by the
was raised and the machine rolled on
the stake into view of the entire audi
ence. De Angels was deeply affected
by this gift. as ii came as a complete
surprise to him.
William II. Carlson arrived in this
city yesterday morning after making
>. the trip from Los
fxVinton PIoxys Angeles in his
""fr TRroush Mud Winton Six. He
found terrible
roads. some of
them being so bad that his car was i'm
the mud to its hubs half of the time.
The worse roads are in the vicinity of
Santa Barbara.
Otis Parkhill, a veteran motorist of
this city. writes TO the Weinstock- Mich
OILS company:
In reply to your inquiry of even
date regarding the service given by
the pair OF ''nobby treads'' | am using
on the rear wheels of my six cylinder
Lozier car, would state that to date
these tires have given $500 miles of
service and re still in good condition
Il find that the anti-skidding quail
ties of these tires are perfect, and / am
glad to be able TO tell you that in my
opinion your ''nobby tread" is the finest
anti-skid proposition on the market 1
say this after having tried out practi-
cally all the well known anti-skidding
-, In,