Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-31
FINALE At BELMONT
Last Flights of the. Interna-
tionaI Aviation Meet.
GRAHAME-WHITE'S OFFER
Challenges Moisant to Contest
With $4,000 Purse as Prize.
TIRED OF MAKING PROTESTS
Trials Made Today in Distance
Events-Hair-Ra Raising Stunts in
Wright Machine.
GRAHAME- WHITES OFFER
TIRED OF MAKING PROTESTS

BELMONT PARK, n. Y, October 81
Indications were favorable this morning
for excellent flying condi1 pns on the final
day cf the international aviation meet
here. The wind was very light from the
southwest. and with little prospect of
strengthening. The air, however, was
the coolest of the meet. Frost covered
the field in the early morning hours and
ice formed in several places.
.list two minutes after the opening
bomb cracked today at the special meet
ing arranged to close the international
aviation meet, Moisant, the daring Chi
cago aviator, winner OF yesterdays sta
tue of Liberty flight, shot up in the air
from the end of the field in his mono
plane in an attempt to win prize in
the Aero Club of America distance event.
Ideal weather, clear and crisp, cont1nu-
ed in the afternoon, with not enough or
a breeze stirring to bother the aviators
much of their flights for the $4,000 in
prizes which the committee announced
for todays events.
Feats in Wright Climber.
Just before the meet began Arch Hox-
sey took out the Wright clumber and did
some hair-raising stunts. He circled the
field several times, and on the turns made
his little flyer almost stand on beam
ends.
The GOODNESS of the air initiated
against one variety of the competition,
the altitude flights It was thought that
the asprants to new records for eleva-
| ton might find themselves baked by the
frigidity Of the. upper air currents.
Lyttleton Fox, a member of the avia-
ton committee, said this morning that
the meet here was officially ended last
night. All totalizations will be counted
to last night, and the program for today
will be for moneys which were found to
be available for the purpose of holding
another days events, all of which will
be considered special.
Grahame- White Issues Challenge.
Claude Grahame- White told the report
ers just before the meet began today that
he would issue an official challenge to
Moisant and put up purse of $1,000
for another flight around the Statue OF
Liberty or over any other course that
the winner of Sundays contest might
choose. Grahame-White claimed that this
meet is not officially closed, but said ..e
was tired of making protests. he salc
he was confident of beating Moisant.
Grahame- White bases his demands for
another flight on the fact that it had
been announced by the officials OF the
meet that attempts might be made to
fly around the statue of Liberty Sunday
or Monday. Moisant had protested.
claiming that he never heard OF race
that could be run more than once. Gra-
hameW White said today:
Sure He Can Beat Moisant.
ST am sure 1 can beat Moisant and
would like to have another try. l am
sick of protesting and am going to an
nounce this challenge with side bet Of
10000
1t was suggested that another fight be
made around the statue today. To this
suggestion Grahame White answered:
"What is the use? / might make this
flight. and it. is probable that the officials
here would not take my time. Then you
see, If sent my protest to the Aero Club
of Great Britain for them to decide, my
time would not be official and all my
trouble would go for Taught
81 believe that this contest should have
been open for today as well as for yes
terday; but, as I said before, what was
the use of my protesting?
Aviators Going to- Baltimore.
Several of the aviators here have de-
clared their intention to attend the Bal
timore meet Among those who will
leave on the special train from here to-
night are ]. A. Drexel. ]. ]. Frisbee. HUI
bert Latham, Glenn H. Curtiss and the
Wright brothers.
The special train will take the machines
from here directly to the Baltimore track
GOVERNOR OF KANSAS FOR