New-York tribune., 1910-07-17
FLIGHT FOR $4,000 PRIZE
Much Interest in Trip Between
New York and st. Louis
CONDITIONS FEW AND SIMPLE
Demonstration of Warfare II
Midair To Be Attempted at
Garden City in the Fail.

.~ho >-.r York World and The st
7.o,,;s Pos1-Distpatch" have announced the
-o,5i+;o-s under which the airsalp hlsh'
,,a41een st Louis and New York Nl1y 1oI
g r,-tze of S2o eoo must be made- me CON-
5iriors are few and simple
The fights must be made between 1He
dates Of August Is, 1910. and January l.
-a17 either from St Louis 70 New Aorh' oi
from New York 10 St Louis, W-itnlh one
hundred consecutive hours. using lile same
saro-Iane from start TO finish me aNiaeuI
may @v w-her he chooses. after ouIlilills IilS
course and giving three days notce OF Hls
intention 70 start he may ny as HlsAHS
1,o,,-e a. he rleases each day. or as few.
and nay occupy his intervals OF rest &as II
s,,i+s hirn-onIy he must not give e1hibitlohs
1,bife be is competing for the prize IN
-sse Of accident TO his airship he may
-,sl-s er,cF7 reuaj-s as are necessary even te
-ensirs on his motor. The distance TO De
+raversed by the airships Is about one thou
sand miles.
Aviators il this country and abroad have
known that there was 70 be SS1V5e prlze
for such q fight since May i. when Mayor
cavno-. presiding at the dinner given 10
Glenn II. CurtiSs, IN honor Of his flight
from Albany 10 New York. said;
The New York World and The St
Louis Posf-Dispatch' will give So,o0o 70 the
first aviator who. between August 10, 1910
and January L 1911, flies from New YORK
% s. Louis. or from St Louis TO New
vo-k within one hundred consecutive
hours. using the same aeroplane from start
70 finish.
Liberal Conditions for Contestants
The IiberaIitv Of the conditions for the
@fgFz has aroused the interest Of avlators,
both here and abroad. and il Is expected
mat men like Paulhan. Curtiss, Hamilton
1he Wright brothers. CTrahame-N " hite-
Latham. J c Mars and Clifford B Har-
mon. the amateur, VIII take part IN the
aerial contest
Although the svia1ors viii have -four. ano
one-haf months in which 10 select
Starting time for their flights. il is e1-
rected that the majority Of them viii make
rs early starts as possible, lest some one
among them get the coveted prize before
mis- rivals are resar. The time Of the year
Epeci6ed for the fight between St Louis
end New York has been carefully chosen
with regard 10 atmospheric conditions, and
Il is thought that during these months the
winds viii he lighter and more 1aVorab Die
than AZ any other season
The aviator may make as many stops
Is ne desires once he has started on his
1-iu To those who make their start from
- Lruis an extra hour will be allowed,
Is midway between ST Louis and New
York the aviator viii pass from central
standard 70 eastern time The con
7esranr may likewise take any route he
desires. He may sail over the northern
route. passing over Cleveland and Buffalo
or he nay keep 70 q. line through Akron
Ohio. and yTilIiansport. Penn Again ne
NAV take a southern course. which would
bring him over Cincinnati, Wheeling anu
Washington
With the aviator alone viii rest the def
milton Of what constitutes q binding start
L after he has flown hundred. or five
hundred miles even. he discovers that me-
chanical or physical conditions are such
TAM he cannot complete the journey with
il, he specified one hundred consecutive
hours he can return 10 MS starting point
ana make z new start after due notice n
th6 authorities
Spectacle of War IN Midair-
The first realistic demonstration Of war
IN r17idair viii be attempted a. the inter
national aviation tournament. 10 be held
= Garden City. next October, when
American and European aviators viii meet
IN r1air-1ic conflict and make tie fighting as
10 the cornba-anCs-
one plan that Is being fsvorably con
ridsre5 Is 70 have the performance repre-
sent The attack Of American aeroplanes
7lron q feet Of foreign battleships anchored
somewhere of the east end of Long Isl
md In that case the aerial feet would be
-erresenred as flying out from New York
with The purpose of destroying the sea
fighters and would be met by scouting
sorcvIanes sent out from the warships
The meeting Of the sir fleets would take
r1ace above the international field
Most Of the aviators will II is believed,
he accompanied by q passenger, who viii
be the real fighting man, while the aviator
himself handles the machine The posi-
hiIities Of using firearms in fight, the
dropping of explosives and the skill in at
tack and escape can be demonstrated II is
expected, in Z manner 70 furnish 4 thrilling
spectacle and At the same time provide
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