Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1911-08-12
b|ROMEN READY
FOR AIR RACES
Greatest Aviation Meet in
History Opens In Chic
ago Today

NHAN1fNs ANAas hWNH hNA' AhoA
two-score of the most daring bird
men OF two continents are assembled
in Chicago and everything is In
readiness for the greatest aviation
meet In the history Of aerial naviga
ton which will begin here tomorrow
AT Grant Park. The big hotels In
the vicinity OF the aviation field on
the lake front are rapidly filling up
with visitors and u Is expected that
by tomorrow the transient popula-
ton OF Chicago will show an increase
OF fully fifty thousand, Attracted to
this city by the meet.
The organizers Of thiSmeet, among
whom are some OF the wealthiest and
most progressive merchants OF this
city, have spared neither money nor
trouble 10 insure the success of the
event end have made It sufficiently
attractive from financial point OF
view to attract aviators OF ren6w-
from seven great nations. France
win be represented by Roland Garros.
Rnne Simon and Rene Far Ter, LCted
throughout Europe for their daring
feats. the English contestants will
include Tom" Sopwith, known as
"His Maiestv's Own Altman" Other
noted foreign aviators who will fly
during the nine DAYS Of the meet.
are ! A. II. McCurdy, the Canadian
aviator veteran; Abraham Ragord'
sky, n Russian, who has been flying
under the auspices Of the Russian
Aerial club; John j. Frisbie of Ire
land. Edmond Audemars, the famous
Swiss aviator, and a number of 9TH
ers
The list OF American aviators who
will take ,art In tbs contest /: clue
Capt Thomas Baldwin, dean of
American aeronauts; Charles X.
Hamilton, who made the first flight
from New York TO Philadelphia,
Eugene Ely. who flew from the land
to tho deck of hattleship and back
again. Hugh A. Robinson, who was
the first man TO loop the loop on a
motorcycle Harry y itwt"t who
recently vNu rtnowL ~ Ne tllsht
from Boston to New York and from
New York to Washington and his
daring stunts" In the cities men
toned Lin 'rln reachev, VI" 'ade
the first flight over Niagara Falls,
f Post. the Milwaukee aviator.
who formerly held the amateur al
titude record: st. CroiX tombstone
the Chicago aviator with long re-
cord OF daring and successful flights
Charles +. Willard. James V. Martin,
Charles + Walsh, ArtN"r Stone,
Jimmy" Ward LadislNus hewkovie2.
Lieut. Andre Roul and Howard L.
Van the youngest aviator in the
United States, who is only seventeen
years Of age,
The United States Government
has taken OIL II ourniyarro ~ this
meet and the War Department has
dtailed Mljcc sam ~ fcrer y the
signal corps and a number OF Off
GERS of the army to attend the meet
and make observations The COM
mandcrs % the two gunhoats In Chi
calo harhcr the Nashville and The
DUBUQUE. have received orders &C.
hold themselves ir readiness for any
emergency during the meet, even
tually net as escorts for daring ovla-
tors. attempting tlicht across Lake
Michiran,
The aviation field IN Grant Park
is one of tho hes, equipped ever seen
al any meet of this kind The grand
stand seats 10000 persons and
iudrinv from the advance sale Of
seats there will be few vacant seats
during the week. Elaborate prepar.
ations have been made to provide
medical assistance In case OF acct
dent or sickness and a corps Of ply
slcians pNd surgeons, with n large
number of assistants and nursel
will be on duty in and around tho
aviation field during the entire dura'
tior 81 the meet
The events will hcrin each day n
3.2O IN the afternoon and will con
tlnue until seven o'clock, The pro-
gram has hcen so arranged that there
will hc no waits between events and
there will Nc something TO he seen
all the TIM. The program iur tie
week incm lis fnrtvcicht sepra,e
events. including four cross-cou1try
and cross-wotcr flights in which
$4,000 Is offered In prizes. There
will be twelve spccd events with i
total Of $4,000 in prizes, with sep
arate rri1cs FOR monoplancs and hi
nlanes in all hut two OF the events.
In the passenger. cirtyiny coniests
prizes amounting TO $4,000 will be
competed for. not counting num-
her Of snccial nriyes for various spec
IN, feats There will be five altitude
prizes aggrcgaiing sl6,0n0 and bic
snecial prigcs n the "Quick-olimhing
contest. accuracy, starting AID land
inc contests. etc 4 minimum OF s.
a minute will he allowed each avia-
tor for the time he Is In the air dur
Inr FLYING hours, whether he wins q
priyc or not and $40 900 win be dis
triruted among the aviatcrs who re
maired In the air the longest time
during the official hours Of the meet
In addition 20 the nrizes provided T.
the organizers Of the meet many cur'
and prizes FOR special features have
heen offered by LEADING hotels and