Arizona republican., 1910-02-14

me llndi uay or lne aNlatlOn meet ing was from an exhibition stand point, by far the finest day of all The events were presented more rap idly. they were fully as successfully done as those of any day, and no; an accident occurred of even the most trivial nature. notwithstanding it was the 18th Of the month.
 If it were possible for weather to be any better than it had been dur ing the preceding days. yesterday had shade the best of it in the con- parison- The program included a double flight, the longest cross country flight of the meeting, a race between biplane and auto, another between biplane and motorcycle. and finished with a high glide by Ham, ton to an alighting on the track in front of the grand stand. the first time he has had sufficient confi- dence in the weather to take that chance.
 But the crowd was disappointingly small. The management probably did not get back more than the expenses Of the day, so financially Speaking the Phoenix Aero Club is little bet ter off than it was Saturday night. This result is attributed to the two facts, that Phoenix has a large pop Ulation that does not favor Sunday amusements of any kind and that the novelty has worn of Tn the three days bearing out the comment that has been made that the American people so suddenly become accustomed to new things that once they are seen and approved. they are no longer an attraction, but are accepted as a matter of course. And there were few to be depended upon for the show except the Phoenix people as most of the visitors had left the city Satur- day night and Sunday morning
 The incident though gave a line on the personality of the real aviation fans for they were there and would be there every day for a week yet if the show had lasted so long. IL also tested the sportsmanship of Messrs. Hamilton and Willard, who have demonstrated that they are not quitters. They said they would fly yesterday and they kept their word. taking the same chances on their necks that they had been taking daily, though they knew there was nothing worth while in the treasury. They were not flying for money, but 10 make their word good and they did it smilingly, giving probably the best and cleanest exhibition of aerial sport, free from irritations and sharp Iy on time, that has ever been given in the world. Not a wire, wing,
 
 thing else was broken, the engines worked good all the time, the weather was simply made for flying and everything worked perfectly. Had yesterdays event, weather and all in- cluded, taken place near any big city in the world, it would have com- manded columns on every telegraph page. There have been more notable single events. but never so perfect an aviation show, or such a fine ex- hibftion of empty benches. anywhere in the world.
 Two in Flock
 The big show started with both machines at the upper end of the track. Hamilton showed a clean pair of heels, or to state it precisely, three clean wheels, and made bee fine for the east fence. Two min utes later Willard was stepping high over the same course. They did not go far enough to call it cross country. but circled around in front Of the grand stand far enough away to give observers a fine show of the two machines in the air at the same time. and both quite close together.
 Willard came down on the race crack in front of his admirers and Hamilton made another circuit of the grounds alighting almost in Willard's tracks few moments later. Will lard stayed aloft 5:30 and Hamilton frolicked about for 7:1O before he made another appearance on earth. Neither man batted an eye or ruff lied a pinfeather and their touch on the track was as gentle as a cradle song.
 Weather Played Fair
 The remarkable thing yesterday was the complete winning of the of the aviators by the Arizona air. If the big show were to be given all over again this week it would be a much finer one for the reason that the aviators now know that there is no place in the world where an airship can light so safely as on the fair ground race track. Nearly all their troubles of the first two days were due to alightins in the infield, which is rough, but they chose it because it was far removed from the fences. There is little per-