The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-07

| Washington, D. c., when he attained to
| a height of $500.
Yesterday Ward received a handsome
$50 silver cup given by a Wichita jew
cup. Awarded to Jimmie Ward, the
worlds youngest and most daring avi-
ator for an altitude flight of 5000 feet
accomplished at Wichita, May D. 1911"
Encircled Capitol.
In connection with the recent meet
In Little Rock, Ark, held last Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday, Ward made one
flight that wasn't on the schedule and
which was accomplished after every
body had left the field. Just at dusk
the people of the city were amazed to
hear the noise of the propeller. They
capitol building. When asked why he
made the flight, he replied that it was
just for the sport.
Cross city flying, of course, is ex-
ceedingly dangerous as there is no safe
place to land in case something should
go wrong. There will be no flights of
this nature in connection with the To-
cal meet, and all flights will be con-
fined according to arrangement with
the management of the Kansas State
Fair association to the aviation field
There will, however, be some sensa-
tional features of the meet. There will
be a race between two biplanes, ana
horse and automobile racing is said to
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nature.
An AeropIane Race.
Jimmie Ward has new machine
which he has brought to Topeka, and
this is known as Shooting Star No. %
He claims that this machine is the
fastest aeroplane in America today but
Robinson does not believe that this
is so, and has challenged him to
race. The Topeka people will be Civ
en- an opportunity to judge as to
which machine is the faster.
Both airshipS are sixty horsepower
bipianes and of the latest type. At
Joplin, Mo-, Ward attained speed of
eighty miles an hour, which was "go-
ing some for an airship.
Robinson, who was the builder of
the first monoplane in this country
and who has participated successfully
in many meets this season, will fly
in his Lucky 49, machine which has
figured so prominently in the big
meets mentioned.
Many persons have wondered why
he carries the hoodoo number so
conspicuously. Robinson denies that
10 is an unlucky number-at least for
him-for he was born on Friday, the
18th of the month.
Last January he participated in a
meet in San Francisco and in thir-
teen minutes he had won $1,333.33 in
prize money. Since then he has al
ways claimed Is as his lucky number.
inson was one of the aviators in con-
nection with a meet at Joplin, Mo-,
which is not far from his native home,
Neosho. A lot of his old pals were
present and of course expected great
things from Robinson.
Robinson, the Hero.
HE pulled off daring and spectacu-
lar dips, glides and right circles" said
r. H. Young, the Curtiss road man
ager, today. ct have seen flyers
everywhere. but have never seen such
pretty dives.
His figure eight is very spectacu-
lar. In May at Washington, D. c., J.
A. McCurdy, Glenn Curtiss, Lincoln
Beachy and Hugh Robinson particf-
pated in meet, and Robinson was
given the honors for spectacular fly
ing
telegram received early this morn
ing by Secretary H. L. Cook of the
Kansas State Fair association, from
Thomas Walsh, representative of the
Curtiss company, read: Ward and
his wife and myself will arrive some