Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-24
PLANS CIRCUIT OF
MOTORDROMES
MOSKOVICS TO EXTEND HIS
DEL REY EXPERIMENT
ALSO WILL INVITE AVIAToRS TO
EXHIBIT HERE
Fortified with Ten Patents, Local
Promoter VIII Try to Found
Great Aviation Center
Here

After having fortified his position by
applying for patents on ten claims IN
the name of himself and Jack Prince,
f. E. Moskovics left last night Tor
San Francisco to make preliminary
arrangements to construct a motor
drome on the plan of the one belhS
built in Los Angeles, and II the track
here proves a success for racing ne
proposes to extend a chain of tracks
throughout the country. With Los An
geles the first link.
He also will visit all the big aviators
and aeroplane manufacturers OF the
country and invite them TO come TO
Los Angeles for practice.
Moskovics will look over the ground
at San Francisco, select site, II pos
sible confer with persons already IN
terested and make early plans for the
work to go ahead just as soon as the
Los Angeles motordrome has been
completed and tried out. If private
trials over the track are satisfactory,
showing that speed can be made over
the track without difficulty, the order
for the lumber will be issued at once
for the San Francisco track.
After passing day or TWO at san
Francisco Moskovics will go east TO
make arrangements for lining up the
big drivers and cars for his opening
meet here in April. Preliminary ne
gotiations have been carried on by mail
and telegraph, and most of the con-
tracts are agreed upon, but one or Two
cases are yet in the air, and MoskoVlcs
hopes to settle these things quickly.
Oldfield is not yet in line for race
with De Palma and the Fiat, ana IL
looks as though the big Benz driver
will be hard to bring in. He has al,
ready refused a fattering offer, ana
word from the east says he objects
to taking part in the race here.
MoskoVics believes that a personal
interview will straighten things out,
and he goes prepared to do business.
While in the east he also expects to
explain his track to the A. A. A Of
ficials and give all the details, so that
there will be nothing lacking so far
as sanction goes. The auto racing Oh
ficials want to know all about II, ana
Moskovics is ready to deal out the
information.
Another mission which Moskovics
will carry out is to visit all the aero
plane manufacturers and aviators, In
the effort to interest them in Los An
geles as the greatest place on earth
in which to conduct experiments and
build machines and try them out. He
goes as the authorized representative
of the Aero club of California and
and convey to all the aviators and in
ventors a standing invitation from the
Aero club to come out here for their
work and be the guests of the club
at its new home at the motordrome.
Moskovics will explain to the east
ern aviators the plan to make this a
great station for aerial research and
experiment, which Frank A. Garbutt,
as a member of the Aero club of Cali
fornia, is to carry out with the assist
ance of the club. He believes that the
project will appeal to them so forcibly
that many of them will come out here
within the next few months and help
to get this locality started as the CEN
ter of aeronautics.
Invitations are to be taken to the
Wright brothers, Glenn H. Curtiss and
others associated with them or inde-
pendent. All the facilities of the Aero
club at the motordrome, which includes
machine shop and housing sheds, are
to be opened to these men as guests,
and to members of the club.
The Aero club is prepared to carry
out the scheme of Frank Garbutt under
his direction, and plans are being
worked up with that end in view.