The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-06-10
AVIATION RACES FLANNEL
100000 Prizes for winners Of Flights
From Paris 10 Rome TO Turin.

From Paris 10 Rome TO Turin.
Paris MAY - The ,rcond hig race
uf the present o,intion .cn,on is fixed
for NAV -. II was organized hv the
90 Petit Journal aud the cout,, T. from
Paris to Rome and Turin. Like the
Paris Madrid race II will hc run In .
s"rtions; paris 80 Nicc. Nirc to Rome
along The coast 1T the Rivera, aud
Rumr to Turin. The prize list total
tInO, 900 and Includes t2.uuU u" hr il,rd
1T among the first I've I" arrt," 300
Nee; t2O.uun. given hy the committee
uf the fctcs IN connection with the
oi Italy ~ go ~ the FIRST I've tu arrive
IN Rome. and t2O,OOn given H., the com
mittcc Of ~" International Exposition
Tor the Gtst ave so arri," ~ Turin.
The European circuit race. requiring
u flight ovct the English channel, will
star, on June u. aud extend something
over a fortnight The route j.; pari. IT,
lirgc ago kilomrtrcsb; Licpc =" Utrecht
10 Kilometres. Utrecht to brussels,
$50 kilometres; Brussels to RouhniN,
- kilomrtrrsl: RouhniN 10 Calais, lhn
tliomctrrs): Calais ~ the English coast
80 kilomctrcs); from the coast Ia Lon.
don. tllO kilometres. or $50 via Brigh.
tom: on the return. Calais to Amicns,
100 kilometrcsl; Amicns 10 Paris. l2u
kilometrrsI. the total distance ~ the
,rnw fiir-, hriru about I 500 kilnmci rrs,
,usI5 miles,. \ kilomrtrr Is 1921 miles.
The prizes total tS0,oo0, aud facility
j. granted to aNiators 10 complete IN
meetings which are being arranged IN
their honor at different hnltinP places
ior substantial prizes reserved for them
Spccnl d,pots with supplies of aero.
nautical nccessarics haze been arranged
Tor u, each stage, under the control ct
the loca larro club, aud tugs aud torpedo
boats have hcrn provided for crossing
ri the Channel In nll u entries have
been received ~ monoplancs aud tive
hiplancs. Among the competitors are
Tahutcau. Tctard. Ncdrinrs, Frey, Gage,
nnthint, Kimmcrrinp. Molla, Pierre Ma
rir. Nidart, Busson.
1t w~aNnPriginolly intended that The
ru,r. wich is under III" auspices Of 'h'
Paris "%.iournal. - should have included
Berlin IL the itinerary, aud a Berlin
newspaper was to have participated III
IN. organization. hut q campaign 81
criticism IN q section "f the French For
ripn Legion provoked au outhutsi "l
Chauyinism ~ certain quarters uldrl
the influence OF which q number of stu
dents aud other impulsivc individual
rIncarded the Latin Quarter with pos
,rrs dcnouncinp IN i%mm"dcratr term.
nuv French aviator who should 10" -
nnpa,riotic ~ "a parti"ipat" in a con
test organized by "thc insu,lcrs "i ou
army" Consequently, the aviator
showing reluctance 10 come iorwnr'
WIN their entries, the German part q
the program was abandoned u ~
,,cad he circuit wns extended 10 Ii"l
land aud London.
These contests like the Paris Madri'
ru,. are held under III" regulations q
the international A"ronauii" Fc'i'ra'i"
aud mr.. controlled nj every point %
duly authenticated commissioners Con
r~o,i,ors are ~ liberty 20 land wh"r
and when they like Ell rouet provide
tina, on rcstar,ing, they fly over the "'
ac, spot IN which they landed; VI"
mus, however. land nj III" points ny"
in, ,bc different, stages, aud within III
time limits set; othcr.wl Use they are Ne
included IN the classification for u
stage in question aud cannot gain ~
rriyc for the whole route.