Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-24
FAST FLYING
At BELMONT
PARK TODAY
0ryille Hopes to Win Chief
Event at the Belmont
Aviation Meet.
NOW HELD BY CURTiSS
Will Match His BipIans
Against the French
.Monoplans.
TWO MACHINES WRECKED
Efforts to Fly Yesterday
Only Resulted In Disaster
for the AeropIanes.
TWO MACHINES WRECKED
Special by United Press wire

SpoStUt W OHtIBU PTeS5 WtTs.
Belmont Park, l.. l., Oct. 24:-
When the starting cannon announced
the beginning of the hourly duration
cotest Arthie Hoxsey and Ralph
tombstone, in Wright biplanes, cross
ed the line like a team. Hoxsey
soon took the lead They were fol-
lowed by Claude Grahame- White and
j. Armstrong Drexel. ]. ]. Frixbie
was forced to descend after covering
a lap Aubrun, in q Bleriot, took
the air at lao, making five machines
racing around the track. Drexel
soon took the lead and by the time
he had made his sixth lap was a
lap to the good. Drexel's speed on
the seventh lap was fifty-one miles
an hour.
Walter Brookins, In new Wright
racer, made the first flight of the
day at the international aviation
meet. He reached an altitude of
$50 feet, but remained in the air
only a few moments and didn't push
the machine to the limit.
1t is said that Orville Wright has
decided to enter the field this week
against the foreign air men COM
peting in the international premier
ship contest. Both the Wright
brothers had previously stated that
they would not participate in the
events.
Mr.. Wright will surely take part in
the contest for the Coupe Internation-
ale dAviation next Saturday and will
operate one of his aeroplanes IN the
elimination trials on Wednesday. He
Is desirous Of showing the superiority
of Wright biplane over the vaunted
French monoplanes.
Moisant and Grahame- White, over
whose hangers fly respectively the
american ana Tie British flag, made
an effort to fly. Neither accomplished
more than the wrecking Of his craft,
Moisant's a Bleriot monoplane and
Grahame-Whlte's a Farman biplane.
Neither man was hurt.
The Coupe Internationale dAviation
is prize fight competition founded In
December, 1908, and is open for inter-
national competition under the rules
and regulations of the Federation
Aeronautique Internationale. The beau
tiful trophy which goes to the winner
of this race for heavier than air flying
machines Is open to challenge by any
club belonging to the International
federation.
Last August the first contest for the
trophy took place at Rheims, France,
under the auspices of the Aero Club
de France. Mr.. Glenn Fl. Curtiss was
the only American entrant and won
the prize by covering two circuits of
a ten kilometer course in Is minutes
so 3-5 seconds. NJ. Louis Bleriot was
second, with a time record of 10 min
utes Is 10 seconds, and NJ. Hubert
Latham third, making the two rounds
In II minutes 80 seconds.
The federation decided on a circuit
flight with no re-entrant angle, the
circuit having primeter of from five
to ten kilometers, the total distance
to be covered by all those contesting
to be not less than twenty kilometers
twelve and one-fourth niles.
Besides the trophy, which goes to
the club from which the competitor
comes, a cash prize of $4,000 goes to
the aviator himself. AS the cup is
now held by the Aero Club of Amer
lea, the meet is being held as result
of the trophy being challenged for by
the Aero Club de France and the Roy
al Aero Club of Great Britain.
On Wednesday the American avia-
tors will hold their elimination con-
test, and 1t will then be decided who
viii represent this country in next
contest for the trophy. Mr..
Curtiss has been offered the honor of
heading the team without having to
take part in the elimination contest.
If he accepts only two men will remain
to be picked for the team.
Besides the honor attached to becom-
Ing a member of the American team,
prizes of $1,000, $500 and $500 have
been offered for the ayiators finishing
first, second and third respectively.
The elimination race is to be flown over
a five kllometer course, the race being
FOR 100 kilometers, distance of about
sixty-two miles.
Those who take part can start at any
time between half past 1 and half
past 3 in the afternoon, but the race
must be completed by o'clock.
Among those expected to take part
n the elimination race on Wednesday
Ire Messrs. ]. Armstrong Drexel and
fohn B. Moisant and the Curtiss fliers,
Messrs, j. c. Mars. ]. c. D. McCurdy,
Charles F. Willard and Eugene Ely.
The Wright fiers Will include Messrs.
0rville Wright, Walter Brookins, Ralph
Johnston, Archibald Hoxsey and j.
clifford Turpin. The other aviators
viii be Messrs. Charles K. Hamilton.
clifford B. Harmon, Thomas s. Bald
vim, Harry Hardness and Tod ShriYer.
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