The Washington times., 1910-10-17
AVIATORS GATHER
FOR WORLDS MEET
Birdmen of Two Continents
Assembling for Contests
at Gotham.
PRACTICE FLIGHTS
TO BEGIN AT ONCE
International Tournament at Bel
mont Park Course Begins Satur-
day With Thirty Entries.

NEW YORK. oct. 1.-THE famous
flying men OF the world are assembling
IN this city, getting ready for the great
International aviation tournament, which
will be held at Belmont Park, Octo-
Der 22-2O
Most of the crack aviators Of France
are now here, and when the tournament
opens, it Is expected that at least thi-ty
Of the most skiIlful and daring airmen
OF two continents will be ready for the
struggle.
In addition TO the international avia-
ton trophy. which determines the
speed championship Of the world, the
men at Belmont Park will fly for
$4,000 in cash prizes and Il large share
of the profits of the tournament after
the necessary expenses are paid.
one special prize of $4,000 is offered
Tor flight from Belmont Park around
the Statue OF Liberty, another special
reaches, or exceeds. an altitude of 10000
Ieet. and other special prizes, besides
me grand prizes for speed, distance.
duration, etc.
Arrangements have been made that
assure 100000 witnessing the aviatic
contest, daily, the Pennsylvania rail-
road having laid out a special service
OF regular trains to the flying field
1hese trains viii leave the new Penn
sylVanla Station. in the heart OF the
city, and. passing through the famous
tubes beneath the East river, viii reach
Belmont Park in forty minutes 4 bril-
liant period of preliminary flying will
occupy the three or four days before the
tournament.
Famous Aviators Arrive.
Alfred Leblanc, hero of the recent 4sS-
mile cross-country race in France. ana
John B. MOisant, who electrified the
world by his fight. with a passenger
from Paris TO London, are here. The
British team which will compete for the
international speed trophy is now IN this
country. One Of its members, James
Radley, was the first foreign aviator 20
move into his hangar and assemble his
racing Bleriot. He was followed by
CHARLES K Hamilton, with his Il0-horss-
power biplane- In few days Alec OgiI-
We or the British team, who is testing
the new Wright at Dayton. Ohio. viii
reach the flying arena. Grahame-
White IS expected in few days. Other
members OF the French flying squadron
are Hubert Latham, Emile Auburn.
Count Jacques de LesSepS. and Rene
Simon on the steamer with them VIII
come Henry Weymann, the crack Amer
across country IN one day. J. Arm
strong DreXel, the American aviator
who has stirred England by his feats,
is coming on the Lusitania Saturday
The powerful machines 20 be used by
the foreign aViatOrs in their contest
are in the hold OF the Niagara, which
is now in mid-ocean and will arrive at
New York Tuesday or Wednesday, in
time to take part in the preliminary ny-
ing season.
ON the flying field, with its two miles
of grassy level, fourteen gayly cOlOred
pylonS trace the aerial course Starting
IN front of the grandstand the flying
gladlatOrs viii give a near view Of their
airmanship.
Leblanc Is regarded as the most for
midable foreign antagonist in the strug-
Ele for the International trophy. OPP
posed TO the French machines which
have driven at a speed at nearly sixty
SIX miles an hour, the virgins and Cur
tiss have trimmed the wings Of thei~
hOmelier biplanes. and secretly devel-
oped engines Of the greatest power ever
carried by such machines. Experts be-
heVe that If history is made at Belmont
II will be furnished by a biplane dark
horse driven either by Hamilton, Wey-
mann. BrOokinS. or Curtiss. whose
speedy hiplaue defeated BleTiOt himself
on his own machine. at Rheims \
critic Of flight. who has cooked his eve
up and down the sharp turns Of the
international speed course, predicts that
the mOnCplane can never get around
these dizzy corners without losing speed
Their single spread OF planes Upsets
easier than the more stable bipIane.
Expect to Keep Trophy.
This country is now fairly assured
Of keeping the coveted trophy on this
side. The American team to be Sc
lected by elimination trials for the
defense Of the trophy viii most likely
include Henry Weymann or John 3.
Moisant, the American aviators who
have international records. Both of
them will fly the fastest fOreign-made
biplanes and mcnOpianes.
Charles X. Hamilton is the most
liNely other member OF the American
sam, If WeymaEn and MOisau qualify
Glenn II. CurtiSs. the present holder
Of the trophy, has been invited by the
Aero Club Of America 10 ledG the team
without qualifying. II Mr.. CIrtiss ac-
Cepts, the contest for the two remain
ing places VIII be between Hamilton,
Moisant. Weymann and BrOOkins, the
Wrights' chief aviator. The contest
will be historic, from the fact that
Hamilton, Brookins and Weymaun viii
fly biplanes against MOisants high
power monoplane-
Among the experts. the greatest ex-
pectancy in any flyer is centered in
Walter BroOkins, the twenty year-Old
aviator, developed by the famous
Nrights. BrookinS was almost raised
20 ay- n might almost be said that
he was raised with the NNrights: he
IS a neishbor OF theirs in Dayton,
Ohio.
Under the teaching Of the brothers
he has been developed into one Of the
world s most prominent aViatorS- VIII
bur Wright has predicted a great fu-
ture for him. BrookIn greatest feats
have been his climb up 10 6lo0 feet,
at Atlantic City, and the recent cross
country flight from Chicago TO Spring