New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-10-17
ALL AV|AT0RS GROUNDED.
Much Pushing of AeropIaneS and
No Flying at Garden City.
EVEN HAMILTON ANCHORED
s,ectstors Get Wind Checks"
and Foreign Flyers Visit
Belmont Park Course.

--oze interested IN flying exhibitions in
.A.s civ yesterday had 70 obtain their
--..ses-rfor from reading bulletins OF the
-7-,u-,s- sirshfr There was a slow paced
-,-ada CT seroplane owners and their
.-,vr5ed machines st Garden City yester-
ss~ afternoon. All the funeral needed was
s,-~ music Even So. as . funeral march.
g vas fairly successful.
Numbers OF the several thousand spec
,s+--s who paid % see al serial exhibition
-zn-s ~ The ticket Office - ind out il 2
.,ls-7n procession % appointed aviarors
s,srlsved a. random. without Identification
ak. among q string ~ pushed aero
,lsnes was rated By the management as
z--rb The price Of admission
The management was Of the opinion that
e. might be largely = matter OF opinion.
re management thereupou gave wind
-As~ks - those whose expressed opinions
--s-e distinctly in favor q q cash refund.
-ri-d checks have lately been considered Of
s5uz-ve value. Persons who pay 10 see
s+gh-s IN these DAYS can extract no huuor
ron q wind check. Two years ago even
me possibility Of drawing a wind check
use novel and amusing experience.
Charles X Hamilton failed TO perform,
,s--1v. because OF the wind. partly because
- did not want to Ike any chances Of
damaging his machine SO near the opening
~ me International meet. but chie7y-the
former excuses did not ring true-because
~ did not feel like tt
John e. Moisant and James RadIey visited
Belmont Park yesterday afternoon Moi
sa-- saws he viii Nv there this afternoon
- RS s0-horsepower Bleriot that is as
ssrhled The machine n which he few
from Paris 70 London reached his hangar
shou- dark Noissnt SAYS ne likes the
course
Ea-uou's Fsrusn biplana was ready for
business. but the aviator did not appear
= & Mccoy. chairman Of the aviation
committee Of the tournament, said yester-
dav that John J. Frisbie, who has been
granted an avfator's license by the Aero
l7ut or America, had entered the meet and
thar Too Shriver would also appear.
Hubert Latham was at the Hotel Knick-
.-bockar yesterday. He Is worried about
his Auroinette nonoplane- Il was 10 be
Striped from IIavre on La TOuraine on
SATURDAY.. but because OF the recent rail
va strikes IN France Latham fears II may
have been Jeff behind
The steamship Niagara which is bring
-7r most Of the French aeroplanes IN her
hold. is due 70 Errfve to-day -Four OF the
Wright avlators are expected on Wednes-
-sv or Thursday. For some reason uneX-
1Iasred the Wright flyers viii be kept IN
tents instead Of sheds at Belmont Park.
Nothing definite can be learned concerning
rhe reliability Of various rUmors es 10
changes sale TO have been made by the
V-C-rs especially for the tournament
Experts say the Wright machine cannot
expect 70 capture trophies for speed
Wilbur Wright has stated that If put
-- 20 he and O-viiie could make a machine
max would b. as good for nothing else ex-
-er- speed as other aeropla1es in the mar
zec- He also has said recently that he felt
pretty sure tie James Gordon Bennett
uoBhv would remain II America
Friends CT the WrighTs CisclaIm any
knowledge or d radical change being made
- J1eIr machine OF account Of the forth
coming tournament They say the W-ights
nave The best chance TO capture all prizes
for l-iIude and endurance. and possibly &C
curaCv II landing and various 'crOss-Coun-
J-v contests. and VIII De content with
-regr