The San Francisco call., 1910-11-22
FAMOUS AERONAUTS WILL
COMPETE FOR PRIZES
Wright Racers, Curtiss FIiers
and Foreign Stars to
Thrill ThrOngs
LEADING BUSINESSMEN ARE
UNIT IN SUPPORTING MEET

4 \ International aviation meet,
a TO promote the science and sport
Of aviation, in which will par
ticipate the most famous aviators of
America and Europe. will he given in
January near Tanforan. under the
auspices Of the committee of business
men Of San Francisco. A mass meet
ing presided over by F. z. Scotford
was held in the assembly room of the
chamber of commerce yesterday after
noon. and the decision was made to
have the most notable aviation meet
ever held in the west.
Seven hundred acres of land adioin-
ing the Tanforan racetrack property
near South San Francisco. San Mateo
county. adjacent to both the Southern
Pacific lines and the United Railroads
intsrurbsn line. has been secured for
the meet. and at least 100000 will be
raised 10 insure the success of the
air contests. which viii be given for
the residents Of San Francisco and
northern California.
Famous Flyers Coming
Among the aviators who have agreed
10 appear in the San Francisco meet
are Brookins and Hoxsey Of the
Wright team, with the new Wright
baby" flyer: Glenn Curtiss and Ely
and Willard Of the Curtiss team; Ham
ilton Moissant, the san Francisco avia-
tor who first carried passenger over
the English channel from France to
England; Latham, Garros and Aude-
mar. the French birdmen, and possibly
De Lesseps. the monoplane flyer who
crossed the English channel.
A varied program Of flights will be
held At the aviation field and there will
be prize cross country flights between
san Francisco and Sacramento. or
Stockton, in which the Curtiss and
Wright teams will enter There will
be special prizes offered for California
sviators and for California built ma
chimes
The businessmen of San Francisco
have been negotiating for some weeks
to secure a representative aviation
meet in this city, with indifferent pros
poets, until yesterday. Then the af-
fair was launched with q will.
There were 50 prominent citizens of
san Francisco present at the meeting,
and it was unanimously decided to
conduct the aviation meet Assurance
OF the success Of the meet is contained
IN telegram to Henry T. Scott from
Israel Ludlow, San Francisco's repre-
sentative in New York on the aviation
snatter. The Telegram was read at the
meeting yesterday. and is as follows:
Henry T. Scott:
Prominent aviators are willing
TO go TO San Francisco the latter
part Of January for $4,000 in
prizes Saw also the officers of the
national council of Aero club of
America-can obtain sanction OF
date proposed. It does not conflict
with Pacific Aero club sanction.
Make your meet a sportsmanlike
affair, open TO all sviators. Do not
engage any particular group ex-
clusively. Uphold the dignity Of
aviation as a science and sport, and !,
DO not act quickly on any PROPOSE
ton submitted. Form your aero
club, ask for sanction. guarantee
prizes and give entry blanks to
aviators. ISRAEL LUDLOW.
Scotford Chairman
The meeting in the chamber of COM
rnerce rooms was called to order by
Henry r Scott. and r. z. Scotford was
chosen chairman. Scotford explained
that the meeting was called for the
purpose of considering an aviation meet
10 be held at San Francisco after Janu-
sry J.
NJ H Robbins Jr. reviewed the San
Francisco aviation situation and said
that more advantageous terms could
now be secured with the aviators than
were possible when the meet was first
considered. and the prospects were far
brighter than at first for a successful
meet.
If an aviation meet viii bring the
people to San Francisco" said Robbins,
we want it here"
Henry T. Scott declared that it was
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