Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-29

Nearly $4,000 Is Offered in
Prizes for Flyers in Diff
ferent Events.

NEW YORK, May 2s.-Nearly $4,000
is offered in prizes for the aviation meet.
from July 3 to 10, at Rheims, France.
There will be daily flights fer aeropianes,
balloons and kites, some OF which are
finals and others trials, the finals or
which take place in the last days of the
meet. The prizes offered are as FLOWS:
Grand prize Of Champagne Of $1,000. to
be awarded to the constructor whose
aeroplanes cover the greatest distance
during the meeting, not counting the cull-
tests for the officers prize, the women
i,iiAe, Inc Uulcnel Ephrussi prize and the
Daily Mail price.
Prize for greatest distance in one flight,
5000 to first, $l,OU to second. so 10
tnlrd and $40 to fourth. An additional
prize of $1,000 will be given to the avl-
ator who breaks the record.
Prize for total amount Iiown On all
trials Throughout the meeting, so'NO 10
first, $1,6OO to second ScUJ 10 third ana
$500 to fourth. Michel Epnrussi prize and
Daily Mail prize not to cunt.
Gordon Bennett cup OF $3.50. with Stoo
to second and $40 to third, for the great
est rate OF speed in flight CT IOo hio-
meters.
Elevation prize of 5000 to first and
81 OuO TO second for the aeropianist at
tanning the greatest height. and an addl-
tiCnal prize Of $1,000 for the aviator "uo
breaks the recol d. The minimum height
Cor first prize Is .Stc meters anu Aoi eeo
ond place 800 meters
Officers prize-An object OF art valued
at $500 to first and another or SauJ -
second to the officer OF the french ailis
or the reserve who shall make the fastest
time over a distance or 10 hIty x.aatie' e'''
Time limit 1 hour and 10 minutes.
Women's prize, same as the omcers
nrize For the woman, who must nave
pilots license. and who makes the iastesl
time over ten XII ometers
Flight with passenger-H 900 for the
aviator who covers the greatest distance
with the greatest number of passengers,
all of whom must be twenty-one years
of age. .oo
Speed prize Of $1,000 to first, 500 to
second ard $3.50 to third for the aviator
who makes the fastest time over course
of twenty kilometers. The time limit Is
forty-five minutes.
In addition there will be daily prizes OF
500 to first. $1G0 to second and $50 to
third. for aviators who cover the great
thirty kilomesers for first, twenty kilo-
meters for second and ten kilometers for
third: prizes of the same amounts for
greatest height each day, and the same
amounts for greatest speed over ten
kilometer course. Daily prizes Will also
be given of $500 to first and 500 to sec
ond for the greatest total distance made
in all trials In the day, and OF $3.50 to
first, $500 to second and 500 to third for
greatest heights in all trials in the day.
The prize Michel Ephrussi Of $1,000 is
omen only to members of the Aero Club
of France, to he fionwn in France or Al
geria.
For dirigible balloons, first prize is
s., 900, second 81 400 and third, $500. and
is over triangle of sixty-f1ve miles in
length from the aviation field at Betheny.
to Witry-Ies-Reims, and return to start.
The prizes for kites are $1,4OO to first
and $500 to second Kites may not weigh
less than siXty-five Kilograms or be flown
lower than 100 meters. The Daily Mail
prize of $1,000 will be given to the avia-
tor who flies the greatest distance In
France or England. between August IL,
1909, and August II. 1910