The sun., 1910-11-01
nnrr At ~hrrr, .
.ahame-white Froni
~ q nspsrtsmanlihe
,nrr at the Plaza.
GtNr> an
saN> "

u"
I'd Athumney and NOVEL;
Nv that ,ha Aero Club was
Or tonight al the Plaza
~ "a asked when his guests
4
hn replied. because | and
: guests were invited Ia IL
al dinner I'm giving here to-
ven - u protest against the
aI aviation committee for
.tnlant Of the aviators durin {
md especially in relation to their
ending the meet on SUNDAY
rre,el issued a statement setting
lis grounds for protest and Incl.
~ announcing his intention OF re-
sfrum the Aero Club.
statement. IN the form Of a letter
O. EDITOR ot THE sun. is AS follows;
wish through YOUR columns to protest
.sains, fhe action Of the Belmont Park
ovation committee IN refusing to allow
Mr. Grahars- White. the Englishman "a
r,y A So, ond time for the Statue Of Liberty
prtGa Ihrlr dong 81 IL contrary tn all
tradition. oi ~nOrt and honor and "a an
American myself. familiar with the ,on-
d,rlons ~ sport IN Europe. cannot allow
an act of -l-h startling unfarne-- to pass
without protest
Furthermore nv their d."isiOn they
barred ~w r'er~ A. Radley the English
man. and tuhrGu the FrenChman. from
competing " a general result It viii b,
freely >aid IN Europe that the Liberty prize
was Iugclsd into an Americans hands
Tn,s Will ony h-. the plain truth. accord
,ng tn the conditions of the contest as I'M
dSrSfnoi nv 'h- ayIsfor-
wa- NV ,-lf roid by hairmin Mccoy
of The committee m the presence of Il witness
that -he Liberty priLe contest would be oIsn
until The end ~ the meeting. which. as h@
and ever one else knew. was de iuely
Intended 10 uclud. Monday. lie also gav"
me 10 understand that the same man could
make more man one Hight and that the best
time would Ntn. This too WAS the general
understanding Of the aVinIpr-, and no
denial Of ~ hv the committee ,an eXplI IN
u- aNrr-. their subsequent action
The PLAN fact l. that the committee
-ee'n: d. chance of winning tho prize for an
American. went hack upon their word and
hv closing 'he contest and the ufIiCi1l meet
ing stopped Two men, Mc-srs de L>sSsspS
and Grahams white. from trying again,
ana the other 'i"rS from even competing
w di-Su-' a. this betrayal IT, more almost
Itan can express what the feelings Of
the FuSi',husn and the Frenchmsn are.
cog,t they b. Induced tO speak their minds
! tlre hardly imagine. ANYHOW u IL my
Int.DIion - resign immediately from the
Aero Club Of America. andii hope all Ameri-
esn spoTt-nsn will follow my example
il alil. of course he under II Ood that
Vrire 'rs letter With up pNrs.nal biAS
either for or against Mcs-rs. Moi,ant ani
Grshans-Mhr".
topics ot the letter will he sen, To th..
New York hr-riG. Paris edition; the Ddiig
RCh European edition: the leading London
nov spaG-r-, and the Paris Figaro. am.
yoIr- truly. !. ARMsrRoSG DEExsL.
Graham~. White said that he unds--
stood the spirit of the dinner and agreed
with Mr DreSsl He -aid he had nothing
against Mnsant personally.
1t i The committee | wish - complain
against. NJ Said. II they are going to
have rules. why don't they live up 70 them
instead - changing them every hour
=. a. To allow certain particular aviators
u compel" and "a shut ont others
Grahame- White spoke ~ an interview
ha had had with Chairman Mccoy on
Wednesday night He said that Met 'oy
pad '"Ad MN Yesterday thar the WeSin -
dsy nIgn' Iutsrvlaw mad been of great
vsish' IN influencing the committee IN
her f"rl>ien announced on sunday nj zht
when 'h"v gave out shat the record events
of m" meat w"r" concluded Graharne-
WHIT. said
A." vou going - comp--e'' ask 81
Nc ". Now since that j. a matter
which dos~ not have tr no decided by me
UNI a -hor' time prior 2" the actual
1gN'- I'D not expect thai he int ended 20
a. "N7Ciallv upon NV answer in the.
n"sa'If". ~hlCh was entirely ofhand
Ny ha 'old m. vest erdav that nv an
n"InrSrn"nr rad Affect Ell their decision
IN hHr1'ay - have the m~"t end on
>Inday igh-
inr'h"r instance of their met hods.-
ne aff~d happened on sunday after
noon Ahriir o'clock | asked them how
"a" pn.A would he allowed TO enter the
ILh"-T "igh' hat day. 40 hat I nigh
s'hT' a la" y.-Hible and &c, the benefit
'1- me Ia's~r any one would he allows
:" -'ar Then they IT, Noisanr start
h@ativ fw@t'y minutes later than that
. pif Won 10 vour oesv against the
CONT - Sas a-k~d
W roIr~@ ! did my best, bur when I
amer anew perfectly well by Just how
hHoh mad o"arAn him did not think
.na' mere would be any more competitors
Lr1' fAv nor did | think that they would
~, ne ''"t" fying again on Monday"
VI 'n- rslators AZ Drexels dinner e1-
'",S"d ta'ir intention of going over to
10 flaZa - look IN on the Aero Club
-sn4I"' when they were quite through
N,h 'n~'r 0N~al at Sharry's
ne A"~p club hanqua- there vas
y az - m" start There had been
''-'nai notice gwen ~ the DreYei
h,hn"' =" fI- A. the committee in charge
IN" "u'"-Iinm~nr was concerned
~'G IN" ~ 'r"n aid that all rho avistors
81 4''"N'"i n" invitation ~ the COM
' '' rig-' clock was tn" hour
10 - d.0n"r. bit IL was nearly q
'" lion" tho crowd stared INTO
r7 ,.'- IAN which had been deco.
,' W." = rrofIsion of flags Of all tn.
n .'-' 1-'S"n'"d At the meet and m
'.'-0 lrDpn1l balloon race and with
l"' t'" l"-oplan"- and balloons
ne. we're laden with the two
,,rI ''' s"ro"t' aeroplans and balloon
..-' ff1 otr"rfrophier thar have bs~n
'r"i n Nv American ayiatorH and
- 'f.'- II Sa- Intended haf Ora harne-
id fac" tho seroplane trophy
n -r ~ IN ~ the table ~ honor and
-."IIt have n. balloon trophy ,
- 80 rirn Hawl"v aud Post wer.
''' tni 'hev wer" r'h~ered, but
".'" was nn' 'Srrc and =r,.;$
. no r.FN = ere start ed nv A d.t,..rv that