New-York tribune., 1911-09-22
Thirty-six Aviators, Including
Four Women, to Fly at Big Meet.
HUNT FOR HIDDEN TROOPS
General Grant and Chinese Ad'
miral Will Receive Reports
from Aerial Spies.

THEY'LL be off again at Nassau Boulevard
aerodrome tomorrow afternoon, and II the
$50. 900 prize list and TIE weather hold good
they'll be going every day up to ana III
Guiding October /.
IFS the Nassau Boulevard international
aviation meet this time, with thirty-six
aviators, including almost all the big Amer
lean flyers from Uncle Tom BaIu"H'
10 Lucky Harry" Atwood. -Four ofhcers
from the United States army and TWO
from the United States navy, all on leave
of absence; four women flyers, seVerdl
French entrants, and the ever-reliaDie
Grahame White and Sopwith, from Eng
land, give this meet a military-naval, feml-
nine, international and whatnot air.
The opening day, tomorrow. has been
DESIGNATED as Army and Navy Day Dc
cause Of the promised attendance OF Cen
craI Grant Rear Admiral Osterhaus anu
Admiral Ching, of the Chinese navy Inc
two American officers, with their stalls'
are TO take luncheon with the Chinese au-
miral aboard his flagship, the Hal Chi' anu
then proceed by automobile with Admiral
Ching and his STAFF. to the Nassau Boule'
ward field.
An aerial scouting contest is scheduled
for the second event tomorrow afternoon
and General Grant has detailed two com
nouies of tho G9th under Lieutenant
Hodges 10 aid in this little war game
The men Of these two companies VIII DC
marched from the aviation field and con-
cealed IN different detachments in the neish-
horbood Of the field. Then the plane men
will be turned loose, at signal from
Gereral Grant. ard the FIRST airinah 10 w.
port back 10 the general the discovery anu
rlescrjption oC the different detdcIheh'S
will he awarded the first prize OF S0o''
Second and third flyers In with reports
will get $50 and $50, respectively.
Three o'clock each day IS the scheduled
starting time. and tomorrow at that hour
a passenger carrying contest for mono
rIanes will open the meet. There Is a
nrize list which totals 5000 for that event
and il will be followed hy the scouting con-
test described above.
After that. and scheduled 10 start AT iIo
p. m. the aeroplane mon Will try 10 oatcn
i'm the air small balloons sent up from the
field with messages. The flyer who makes
the best score in this contest receives S"'
with $50 and so for the next two.
4 'cross-countfv race for women Myers
with $1,000 prize list, follows. and then
'cross-country race for biplanes, for the
same amount in prizes.
Before the meet is officially opened To-
morrow afternoon Captain Paul w. Beck
one Of the army avietors, will try out ms
Wright machine as q preliminary 10 the
aerial postal service he expects to start
end handle during the progress ot the
meet. Under the management Of the POST
office Department an outgoing mail station
will be conducted Oh the grounds every
DAY Of the meet Carriers will pass through
the stands collecting the mail, and VIII
take II TO the big tent beside the Judges
stand, which Is labelled "U. S. p. Q. Aero
sta. No. l." There It will be stamped with
a cancellation stamp comprising the same
words as the title OF the station. and also
with a further stamp to lend 1t souvenr
value. Aerial Postal Delivery
With these formalities over Captain BECK
will load on as many of the mail sacks as
he can handle and carry them by the air
route to a designated postohice on the limo
of the Long Island Railroad.
The Long Island road has arranged 10 run
aviation specials as was done AT the
Belmont Park meet last fall.