The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-04-24
TODAY'S PROGRAMME

Gates open at l o'clock automobile show and exposition of motor accessories. Wasp" racing car on exhibition.
 Ten mile auto race, class 1-c and 2-C commencing at o'clock, for three hand some prizes Home talent and noted drivers.
 Five mile auto race, class D, free for all, for three big prizes.
 Match professional motorcycle race for 10 miles between Arthur Mitchell of Chicago and Gail Joyce, of Birmingham.
 Mestach, in Borel Monopane, in re- markabe aerial evolations. flying up- ward and outward and over city and valley The swiftest aeroplane in Ameri- ca, with the engine that drove the mono- plane 155 miles per hour in the renowned race from Paris to Madrid
 Aviator Paul Peck. distinguished en- trant for the James Gordon Bennett trophy at the international meet in Chi eago in September. in elimination rec ords for speed and altitude and dis tance.
 Jimmy Ward dhe boy wonder), also en- trant for international circuit event in altitude and distance.
 Aviator l.. w. Bonney, protege of Col onel William Jim Gabriel. in graceful flights and scientific points.
 Aviator oscar Brindey in sensational dips and glides.
 Aviator Eugene Heth in passenger car rying and altitude.
 Aviator Fred Schneider In Cross f.,bt .i.. flights.
 MT. Louis Mitchell (heavest aviator in the world) in flight; wind and wealth. CT conditions permitting.
 Eight aviators in the air at one time (wind favorabe).
 Green tickets and advance sale tickets honored at the gate and until end of meet. Thursday, April %. inclusive
 Music by signor Nappis band.
 Underwood Day at the great aviation meet automobile show and races was 8 distinct success, although the crowds were not as large as was hoped for. Mir Underwood did not arrive at the grounds until late in the afternoon, and his coming, characteristic of the man, WAS uuiet ana dlRnlneu. II was some iittlo time before the people present knew that Mir Underwood was on the grounds
 He was escorted across the track by business men and taken in the Great Southern car of j. s. Berger. who caf- ried him and his escorts over into the hangar where he met George Mestach, ne talented French aviator. Before going over 10 the hangar MT. Under- wood had witnessed several flights oy the Berger aviators and he enjoyed them immensely
 Mestach's Wonderful Work
 George Mestach distinguished himself yesterday in his Borel monoplane. H. made the getaway from the ground like a bird, sweeping upward into the heaVans with all the ease of a great beetle. In fact. the Borel monoplane resembles a great beetle when in flight, Tn hls first flight he went past the grandstand at an altitude which per- mitted everyone to see the lettering "U. $. Mail" on the monoplane. His ma chine worked perfectly and as he passed the grandstand repeatedly and then sosred far above among the birds and clouds murmur of admiration swept through the Grandstand and crowd l.ned up the track.
 Jimmy Ward First in Air
 Aviator Jimmy Ward in his Curtiss riplane was the first in the air for the afternoon He made his get-away while otto Barr in Vandiyer's Stutz and Driver Norman in the Buick were warming up around the one mile race track.
 Jimmy circled around and over the grounds gradually climbing upward in q series of graceful spiral climbs until he had become mere speck He sailed away and went far out over Birming ham and Jones vaivy in flight which WAS beautiful and inspiring.
 The 9 Mile Auto Race
 There were but three entrants in tlie q mile automobile race--Barr in Van- drer's Stutz. Norman in Buick, Pfyton in Chalmers. Officials were Dr. James F. Dedn.an. president of the Birmingham Motor club: Judge Dan Green, president Birmingham Automobile Dealers associa- tona
 Peyton jed at the first turn of the first mile but Norman in the Buick. who has been winning all the first money and prizes since the meet started passed him on the back stretch. The entire 2 mile race was rather uneyentfuI. for Norman