New-York tribune., 1910-06-08
MORE AVIATION PRIZES
Edwin Gould Offers $4,000 Tor
Doubly Equipped Aeroplane.
TROPHY FOR AMATEURS, TOO
Press Club Honors Glenn Curtiss
for His Flight from Albany
to New York.

The almost hourly announcement by
some daily newspaper somewhere OF an
aeronautic prize for some spectacular
aerial accomplishment was varied at the
dinner for Glenn H. Curtis at the Press
Club last night. Just to make things
regular and comfortable. there was first
another prize offered by daily news
PAPER. and then. after the applause had
subsided, the variation was introduced.
This time it was a weekly publication
that made the prize announcement
JB. Walker. technical editor of THE
Scientific American announced prize,
given by Edwin Gould, OF $4,000 for
the first best aeroplane that would fly
equipped with two motors and two pro-
pellers. so that if something happened
to either one or the other the reserve
rover might be commissioned into ser
vice and the fight continued. 1t was
considered an incentive in the right di-
rection by the experts who were pres
ert. The Scientific American has Of
fered prizes before. but not on so large
scale.
The other announcement was made BY
". A. Johnson. Of the editorial staff Of
The New York Evening World" Of
silver trophy valued at several thousand
dollars TO encourage. amateurs in avia-
ton and TO promote the use of the
aeroplane in sport. It is to be per
petual challenge cup, to be held for one
wear by the amateur aviator making the
longest continuous flight. The terms OF
the contest viii be drawn after con-
ference with professional aviators, but
il was said the minimum distance would
probably be a cross country flight OF
forty miles. This offer was responded
to bv Clifford B. Harmon, Of the Aero
Club Of America. called the leading ANA
+eur aviator Of the United States.
Mr.. Harmon told how the witchery OF
baIIooning through moonlit nights had
'paled when he got good look at an
aerop1ane, and how at Los Angeles he
made love TO Paulhan until the French
man carried him - 6miIes across cOun-
try and a little bit out to sea Ae few
DAYS ago at Garden City, when he was
feeling discouraged about gaining mas
tery over his flying machine, Mr.. Har-
mon said he got the balance, his motor
behaved and before he realized it he
had flown eight miles. A few minutes
before that he had said he would be
willing to pay 81 600 for each mile he
might be able 10 fiy, so the machine
had already placed him in debt, he said,
and he an ambitious beginner
John A Hennessy, president Of the
we're Fire Commissioner Waldo, Win
field r sheehan. his secretary; Charles
H. Manly, Lee s. Burridge, Lieutenant
Frederick Humphries. William J. Ham
4er and ". L. Fairchild.
Nj Hennessy welcomed Mr.. Curtiss
and all aviators for the news that, he
said, their exploits would constantly sup
ply. Following the invention of the
automobile came the automobile burg
lar. Mr. Hennessy could already see the
aeroplane burglar and the news items in
mis- cloudy wake We will be glad to
have him on a dead night" he said.
When Mr.. Curtiss was introduced
there was prolonged applause. Mr.. Cur
tiss was visibly affected, and said he
did not know how 10 make a speech or
under such circumstances even to tell
funny story. To stand up before an au-
dience like that made him feel the same
way that he believed he would if his
motor stopped when he was over bunch
Of church spires.
Mr.. Burridge, vice-president Of the
AeronauticaI Society, referred TO the fact
that that organization was the means Of
Mr.. Curtiss's making his first flight in
New York. at Morris Park, on June 20
last wear. and had also purchased from
him the frst aeroplane that he sold.
William J. Hammer put the crowd in
immense good humor by reciting with
much JUNCTION J. T. Trowbridge's 'Da-
RUS Green" Charles NJ. Manly and
Thomas A. Hill spoke briefly.