Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-08
Baltimore Subscriptions to
Date Total $4,000.
CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS
Remainder of Sum Assured by Time
It Is Needed-Los Angeles
Competition.

Baltimore has thus far subscribed $50.
COO OF the $4,000 that she was pledged to
raise toward the guarantee fund for the
aviation meet She is confident of rails
ing the remainder of the fund by the time
1t is needed. The latest contribution was
s.. 800 received yesterday from Alexan-
der Brown. 1t was conditioned upon the
remainder of the fund being raised. This
is the second $500 subscription that has
been received.
The arrangements that have been con-
cluded for the Los Angeles aviation meet.
January 10 to 20. promise to make 1t by
far the most important event of its kind
that has ever been held in this country.
1t is scheduled for part of the year when.
owing to its climatic conditions, there
can be nothing doing in the rest of the
country, but the conditions in southern
California are ideal.
Liberal Prize Fund.
There will be $4,000 in prizes. and
here have been ffty-eight entries. The
aviation grounds are at the edge of tn /.
city where there is an abundance of open
space, and the balloon grounds will b.;
within the city on the line OF the high
pressure mains, where there is available
d supply OF 2O,OO3 cubic feet OF gas per
llour.
The biggest prize OF the meet will be
SlU.,,N, for the best general average Ut
an aeroplane for speed, endurance, height
and accuracy o. landing and length OF
gliding. The record of the contestants
will be kept each day, and the prize Will
This will be an inducement To the various
aviators to put in an appearance every
day.
Penalties Provided For.
The contestants may be penalized for
failing to start when they are scheduled
To do so. This record of aggregate per-
Torrance is to be tried for the first time.
1t is one of the developments of scoring
that aviation calls Tor over any other
sport that has so far appeared, and IL
is thought it will have good effect In
keeping something doing at the meet all
the time.
There are a number of details about
the contests that are of interest, prin-
cipally to close followers of the sport.
such as quick starting. the number OF
trials that are allowed for start In any
event, the development of sensational and
useful feats by the individual aviators
and the like.
1t is said, In favor of the location for
balloon aScensions, that the wind always
blows inland. and there Is no danger OF
aeronauts being carried out to sea.
There are prizes graded all the way
down to $500. there being ten of this
amount. One of the most interesting con-
tests is for the machine that can ear
mot glide) for twenty minutes. with the
motor shut Off, and nothing but the hand
or foot power of the aviator to keep IL
up This Is open to a heavier-than-air
machine of any type, and a start is al
lowed by any feasible means. The prize
is $500.
Largest Prize for Dirigible Balloon.
The largest prize for dirigible balloon
is $1,000 for a nonstop flight from Los
Angeles to San Francisco, a distance of
$40 miles. This is we'll within the limit
for a Zeppelin balloon. but is longer
flight than has ever been made by one OF
a non-rigid type. There are no 1-eppelins
in this country. and 1T would cos about
sIG.OUO to build one
Failing this long flight there is prize
of $500 for the dirigible making the long
est distance flight of over three and a
half hours.
There is a prize of $4,000 for any Or
binary spherical balloon starting from
Los Angeles and landing on the Atlantic
coast, and a second prize of $1,000 for the
prize landing east of the Mississippi
river Prizes will also be given for alti-
tude, ng-dstance flights and for the
longest time in the air without landing.
The altitude contests for lighter and
heavier than air machines will be meas
ured by Paragraph carried on the flight
and sealed before starting.