The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1912-03-08
AVIATORS
COMING SOON
BIRD MEN HAVE SHIPPED THEIR
AE ERoPLANEs AND ARE NOW
EN- ROUTE TO CITY.
Bic Meet viii Be Called at O'Clock
Each Afternoon-Bomb viii An
nounce the Initial Flight.
of the Day.

The ayiators are headed in the d.
rection of Hot Springs as fast as
rapid railway trasns can carry them,
and by Sunday il is expected the en-
tire field will be here manager
Quinn yesterday received a telegram
from an aviator at Galveston who
flies a Bleriot monoplane, and nego-
tiations are now under way for hls
appearance here with the others. This
will insure that there will be at least
four different kinds of machines at
the Oaklawn meet next week, and ii
is likely that there viii be five or six.
Manager Quinn made one important
announcement last evening. The meet
will begin promptly at o'clock each
afternoon. the first flight to be sn-
nounced by the firing of big bomb.
Each contest, except the speed races,
viii occupy a period of 20 to 80 min
utes, with brief rest of only ten
minutes between flights, which will
insure the people program of inter-
est every hour OF the afternoon. The
program will be run on schedule time.
Following the opening bomb( the
aviators will go into the air for a
Commute flight to test the wind and
air currents of the day. This is one
of the most interesting features of an
aviation meet, as an aviator is likely
to strike an "air pocket" at any mo.
ment. A bomb will call them to earth.
Then a spiral dip contest will be
called, in which the flyers will show
their metal IN fancy flying and air
stunts.
Next will be the Figure 81 contest.
in which the flyers must cut a per-
feet figure eight within radius of
the Oaklawn track, with the neces-
sary rises and dips to make them
spectacular
The bomb throwing contest will be
another daily feature in which the
bird men will be given a Commute
trial at dropping an orfnge on the
outline OF an imaginary battleship.
Then viii come the races. The Ar
lington, Park, Eastman and Majestic
hotels have all agreed to offer a
handsome silver cup, suitably en-
graved, for the aeroplane races,
which will be the closing feature OF
che days program. These races will
be staged last for the reason that the
wind usually dies down near the close
Of day and the flyers will have an
opportunity to display their speed and
skill These contests will be five,
seven and ten miles
The daily program will be varied
each day with a number Of special
events and stunts each day so that
an almost entire charge OF program
can be offered every day of the meet.
Manager Quinn, who has had long
experience in staging aviation meets,
has made special arrangements for
the comfort and convenience of the
crowds. He will have issued daily
souvenir program, which will contain
all information about the ayiators,
their machines and the rules OF races
and contests and the judging condi-
tions. A man with a megaphone in
the centerfield will announce any spe'
cial conditions or changes, announce
the winners of the events, and give
other official information, so that the
people will be advised every moment
of the time just what is transpiring
Bombs will be used to start and
close all contests and every possible
arrangement has been made TO. ei1'
able the public to enjoy the aviation
meet to the utmost.
II Mr.. Quinn is successful in his
latest negotiations with aviators
there will be seen at Oaklawn park
meet Wright bi-planes, Curtiss bi
planes, Moisant monoplanes, Mills bi
planes and Bleriot monoplanes, the
best of all air vessels now being used
The tickets for the meet arrived
yesterday and were placed on sale
at the Arlington. Eastman, Park ano
Majestic hotels, and they will also
be sold at other business centers dur
ing the week.
The people of Hot Springs and tht
visitors are heginnip~ 80 ins.i'2e ths
Osi"aple St., Mrs. A. +. Granger
shene 1898. 215 If