The San Francisco call., 1910-01-20
Three Day Meet at the TanfO-
ran RacetraCk, Beginning
Sunday Next
Daring Frenchman Takes His
Wife on Flight Out Over
the Ocean
Four Other Short Cross COun-
try Trips With Passengers
at Los Angeles
Lieutenant Beck Demonstrates
Complete Feasibility of Drop
ping Bombs on Forts 4

CAN FRANCISCO IS to have a
three days aviation meet. Next
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, at
the Tanforan race track, in San Mateo
county, near the San Francisco line,
Louis Paulhan and two other French
aviators will sail in the air in their
heavier than air biplanes and mono
planes, demonstrating for the second
time in the west the wonderful inven-
tions with which man has initiated the
birds.
Paulhan Coming Here
Paulhan will come to San Francisco
Immediately after the end of the Los
Angeles meet, in which he has distin-
guished himself for 10 days. Today is
the last day of the Dominguez fights
and the aviators will fold up their
tents and planes and come north to
San Francisco
The Southern Pacific company is
arranging to bring large excursions
from out of town points to San Fran
cisco for the aviation meet F. E
Batturs, assistant general passenger
agent of the Southern Pacific COM
pany. said yesterday that notification
will be sent today to all agents that
a round trip rate of fare and a third
will obtain during the meet. The
Southern Pacific will also run special
trains under 10 minute headway to
Tanforan during the three days OF the
meet and will be prepared to carry
10000 people daily to the contest A
rate of so cents for the round trip has
been fixed by the railroad
The United Railroads will also run
a special service during the meet and
will be prepared to carry as many
passengers as the Southern Pacific
The street car rate to Tanforan is Is
cents each way
The Tanforan Track
NJ. Cunning. manager for Louis Paul
han. officials OF the Southern Pacific
company and men interested in the
meet spent yesterday afternoon at
Tanforan looking over the field Tan
foran has a mile race track which has
not been used for several years ex-
cept for automobile races. There Is a
large covered grandstand and open
bIeaehers and a large field area for
standing room for the spectators at the
contest.
Cunning is already in the city and
is well satisfied with the prospects for
a successful meet.
Paulhan, who will be the star bird
man Of the three days contest. flies in
Farman biplane. He has been the most
popular of the men flying at Los An
geles and the most successful in the
later events. although Glenn Curtiss.
the American. was a dangerous rival
for honors earlier in the game. But
the height and distance records went TO
the Frenchman and with them the
hearts of the Los Angeles folk.
Curtiss Barred by Court
Curtiss is tied up in the courts with
an Injunction suit brought by the
Wrights for infringement of patent.
and while he secured permission from
the court to fly at Los Angeles. it Is
said that he would not be able to Sc
cure the privilege of entering another
contest in California.
Bernard P. Miller. manager OF Idora
park, was in Los Angeles negotiating
with several of the aviators for a flight
at the Emeryville track. Miller said
last evening that when he learned that
Paulhan was to fly in San Francisco
he ceased his efforts as it would not be
practicable to have rival meets.
AND WIFE IN
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