New-York tribune., 1910-11-14
FLYING CIRCUS THE NEXT.
M0isant Flock of Birdmen En-
cages "Tody" Hamilton.
TOUR OF SOUTH AND CUBA
ALI Star International Aggrega-
t1on Said to Include Eight
AviatOrs.

Hoio mine, oil and theatrical promoters
d, the ftote! Astor fave been outwitted by a
central American banker and the Moi5ant
marvellous fast flying International bird
men will soon make a tour Of the South
CUBA and the great Southwest in their own
tram or cars. Glittering cars they will be,
especially on the outside Everything will
be as circuslike as IL is possible to make
Il when there are not any animals along
that are wild
VIII Wilbur Wright travel with the
show as lecturer ''Tody" Hamilton. of
Barnum & Bailey circus fame. was asked.
I'VE have man with a hare lip for 1ect-
urer," "Tody" replied
A J. Moisant the banker, brother OF
John B. Moisant, the aviator, has engaged
"Tody' Hamilton to help Pete l.. Young
manage the first international group OF
flyers from town to town. Young has been
manager for c. K Hamilton, but will be the
general manager for the Moisant all-star
aggregation.
1t Is expected that eight aviators will
start south in few days in a green and
yellow train eto show first somewhere IN
Virginia Among them will be Moisant'
Hamilton, Garros Barrier, Audemars ana
Simon. ''Tody" Hamilton is confident OF
success. All the details have not been per-
fected- Whether the aviators Will nlarcn
through town the morning of their AT
rival in frock coats or ride in large parrot
cages is not decided Whatever will best
please the public is the thing to be studied
1t is stated on good authority that
hospital tent will be pitched at the sho"
grounds and that bandaged men will be
on view while a lecturer discourses upon
the periIs Of the air These men will not
be injured, necessarily, but will travel with
the show for the help that they will be
to the lecturer and the box office
"Tody" to Avoid Arguments
The French aviators do not speak English,
which ''Tody' Hamilton thinks is a good
arrangement because he cannot under
stand French He says he has found that
a Frenchman with his hands tied cannot
talk In any language. and he has ordered
rope. He is not courting trouble, but al
ways he has embraced it when ne met
| it in the circus business.
! One of the Frenchmen is said to be prac-
| tising at the Hotel Astor in the matter on
| impersonating the great Leblanc Leblanc
| is in France, but an all-star international
aggregation of marvellous wizards that will,
rain or shine, positively plough the blue
meadows of air, as proclaimed by the litho-
graphs on all the barns around, should
| have Leblanc. If not The Leblanc, a Le-
| blanc. The impersonator at the Astor is
| said to be wearing court plaster several
hours each day, exposing one eye only
| When New Orleans Is reached, where
French is spoken somewhat, Leblanc may
| be advertised as a Russian 1t is believed
| his disguise may in this way remain I'm
penetrated throughout the tour
%rc all their ,nyxTr1
photographs one hour before the perform
ance opens. The Iickpocket concession mas
not been granted as yet, but the peanut
and programme dealers have been selected
There is difference of opinion whether
the pickpocket privilege could not better
he oDerated on percentage basis Ihere
are a number of little things TO be whipped
into shane The main thing Is that the
Moisant Fixing Circus viii first make Wnat
| money it can-and the managers nave az
their tongues tips how much money each
town on the route can produce at sisht OF
| a green and yellow train-Without arrans-
| ing for the Wright company to spend any
of the accumulation.
| Food Question on the Hoao-
| The Moisant troupe does not care for
Wright company license The company
will be fed by the company Cooh- iOUS
| Hamilton will buy the food. and his Word
| will be law as to what each aviator must
find to his taste. He says he will allow
G K Hamilton, who weighs ITO pounds'
one sardine a week, but no olives, as olives
| would show and make him buInpy and un-
attractive.
| A certain man being mentioned as avail
! able to help run the show, "Tody" Ham
| ilton said Nothing doing. He's the kind
! of man who, when the show Is making
| money says 7 and when You hit the rocks
| says We.
| All tickets. it is said. will bear the IN
| scription on the back in clear print that II
the day is stormy they will be good on the
next day
| The election Of president of the Aero
Club of America to succeed Bishop will be
held at the Engineers Building tonight
| Clifford B. Harmon, who insists that he is
purely amateur in his awaiting exhibitions
| throughout the country, has been known
| to be nursing the hope for several months
! that he would be chosen for that high place
| Allan 4. Ryan, business manager of the
| International Aviation Tournament, is in
| the lead however. and Harmon may not
| even be mentioned.