The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-20
FOUR AEROS SOAR TOGETHER
So tSONED iTRNEN no GOOD
STUNTS At SHEEPSHEAD.
Mrs. Mars ana Mrs. ~, 60 separately n
PassenGers With Mars, and = Lot Of
Other Passenger Taken Up. Includ-
Ing capt. kerrick, q IOO Founder.

from the oval ~ the racrtrack. wheeled
into line and paraded past the grand
stand They raised one AT n time high
over the Judges stand. curved with IN"
turn II tn. track and came down as
lightly ~ huttsrlng cards
Glenn II Curtlss. who IN directing the
three day aviation meet at tho racetrack
saved this stunt until the last He said
hn wanted 10 give the crowd something
70 holl.r about II they didn't think that
four a.roplans~ cavorting at once were
worth any man = half dollar they would
he hard to please
None Of the ayiators went after a worlds
record the first afternoon OF the meeting
Curtus-. Bud Mars. Eugene Ely and
! n. A M,Nurdy, who did the flying.
weren't as familiar with the LITTLE airs
81 Sh.epshead Bay "a they wanted To he
So they eXperimen,sd with the Isphyrs
of the ocean's edge. gauEing the winds
p-culiaritlrs and strength B.'-id-s they
had mad. engagements To take mp pas
sengcrs. reporters for the most part
who wanted tn he able 10 say in years To
come. My child. your old father few
when aviation was a pup Nv the time
thirteen volunteers had winged II down
tn. oval It was 30 da-k that no tim" was
left for anything except IN" four plane
stunt
One Of CurtIss's ideas IN holding the
meet was - test popular interest IN
aviation. the kind nf popular interest
that puts money IN the bank Tor the
aviator. Tn" siIc e the crowd engaged
his attention. therefore. A. much as the
tIuturss II the guy wires II th" machine
m which he was gong ~ risa his own
bones Not So many turned nut a. he
had expected but u WAS a far sized
gallery There were upward or 200 IN
the grand stand and Oh tn oval All Of
them waited patiently through the lawn
moving exhibition and nobody wanted
his money back.
For an h-Ir before Bud Mars waved
his hand a. "A sign for the hostlers to
back out of the propell"rs kick the
crowd TuAmed along walks where once
the feet of Father Bill DAILY tr"d and
STARED at the five planes that were getting
"A tuning up IN the old betting ring Where
tie Hummlng Bird and lEzy used To bet
with yamm-rlng public 1.-the young
men with oIl stained fingers ''ent over
their canvas birds and spoke softly a
Ian guage strange To the raCetrack. Some
times they s,raI Eht"ned up "a answer
foolish questions What would they do II
the machine turned over Was there any
way 81 falling that would ease the shock
As the machine h"glnE TO turn. said
Mr. Mars IN reply - a question from n
lady who inspected hin through a lor-
gnette as II b.. were new kind Of bug. i
have trained myself To- turn with it,
stepping IN Il. Won know. like "A monkey
on a ball In that way am always on
ton
How interesting Ism he interesting
.TIhat,o7- murinured the woman Let
us go and rs,- that cunning Mr. CNIrtiss
A. aNactiy { O'Clock an announcer with
an aple voice hoped onto a stand JUS,
inside the raCetrack and IN front Of the
grand stand and beloved that Mars was
about 10 make fight with Mrs Mars
Bud and tho Lady Appeared with their
machine which was wheeled 10 the south
end oi the oval The aviator tucked her
IN. Cautioned her To- holi on aud not
-1,Ieal took ms seat and SIgnallsd the
ho-tlers To let 20. For 2un yards ia. bl-
plane. bumped the bumps over the -hoT
grass and hummo~ks Of tl- Infisld. then
gripp.d the air and rose AT a long slant 20
| A height Of about forty feet Evidently
Mrs Mars wasn't N" sguesling kind
You could >e' her laugh ~ III" plane
flashed past the grand stand ana she
waved her hand gGyly Bud droppd 10
the ground AZ N" north end n he niield
II took "A good deal to get either Of the
Mars-- .NC,t"d Bud used TO do the high
tumbl. from a irHT.'ze INTO net. then
bs-lme a tank liver and altsrward got 20
BE- " parachut" jumper
Gene Elv. who few before the Mkado
~ japan Last January and who has been
nurt several times Earning the game
went M a few minutes later ~ another
Curtlss bplan" 20 test the arr Then Bud
Mars made mp the length ~ the field
L. A.
black .ye@ were swapping with excitement
They held pretty close Ia ~" ground.
rl-ing hardly more than thirty i@et az any
TIM. Then NCCuriy. the 'Anadian who
- an old hand at the game. having made
hIs first flight IA lgN, which ~ ancient
history IN AVIATION. took n trial spin a
straight dash nfty feet abov" N" grass
IN" Dipan-- wcr" WORKING perfectly. hut
'n.. living men reported that the ar cur
r,.n'- were frisky and hard to gauge
An uncertain northeast wind bothered
them. dropping from nit""n ma" an
hour gale to nothing al all
Al ; o'CloCk Boss t'IrtI-- Climhsd leis-
ur.'ly into the machine that brought him
from Alhauv to New Work. down the
Hudson River canon. iS miles IN 1872
minutes - flying. waved his hand non
Chalantly and scared aW ay after "a hunpety
bump ~ 100 yards over the grasS Tn"
man from Hanmond-pOrt made straight
for tho far end 81 the Track. I1ssed over
A. ~hes.l'.d around and came back fying
a, an attitude. - about ~ feet lie
landed with hardly enough jar 20 bounc.
III" plane
bud Mars called for his first pas-eng ger.
NJ ! on a list that had hn-n made on;
the dAy bsfoTs ana UlnIIt. later Mars
and young Eduardo Broker wer" going II
like a eiN inch shell som" forty fe.t above
the dandelions Mr. Broker reported
that flying seemed good d"a! lik. roller
coa-ting az Con-y island You seemed
10 be- moving like an express tram while
the hicyCl. wheels Rugged the ground.
hut after that IL was fnetely floating You
didn't seem 10 he hitting IL up AZ all
I Then there was rush ~ ya>sen gers
turtISS took up a pa-ssngar AZ Si5 y VI
and carried the volunteer tho length 81
the field Mars chAp.ronsd n dolen moro
hofor" CurtIs- stopped passenger carry
ing and put on - feW simple exhibitions
Mars at $50 T. VI sail'si around the
81 closure holding above the track whore
! COlif.S aId Sysorhys ard Waterhoys have
Raiiorsi 10 victory ~" Passed 10 oloss
20 the grand stand that "A thrown orange
could have plTnkel him easily. Ely fol-
lowell tsI minutes later. ard a few minutes
past o clock iurtiss cIrolcd tho track
I three times getting IN TpD feet and re-