The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-15
HITCH IN WORLD
AERO RACE PLANS
Official Sanction Held Up by
Banks Attitude With
Prize Money.
GUARANTEE Is WITHHELD
Time for Arranging Flight
Grows Short and Situation
Becomes Serious.

hitch has occurred In the plans for
the aeroplane flight around the world
planned as one OF the features OF the
Panama-Psciic exposition. Unless the
bank in which the exposition authorities
deposited $4,000 In prize money soon
complies with the requirements for the
sanction Of the flight by the Aero club OF
America II In feared that the scheme may
be put In jeopardy OF accomplishment.
The Royal Aero Club OF Great Britain
sent the following cable yesterday to the
Aero Club Of America:
Have you sanctioned around the world
cable to-day AERopoM."
Alan r. Hawley. president OF the aero
Club. promptly cabled that inasmuch as
the bank had not complied with the ten
tatve rules laid down for the contest ana
guaranteed to deliver to the winners the
prize money when notified to do so by the
contest committee. the club could not
sanction the race. The clubs OF the two
countries are closely affiliated. but without
the sanction OF the Aero CLUB Of America
the race cannot be held.
According to a statement by the Aero
Club yesterday Arnold Kruckman aero
Exposition, was to get the necessary
guarantee from the Anglo-London and
Paris Bank OF San Francisco before
starting for Europe as the commissioner
to arrange for the flight In the various
countries to be traversed by the racers
The $4,000 set aside for the prizes was
deposited in the bank by the exposition
authorities.
Mr. kruckman has been In Europe a
month or more. Neither the British club
nor the American club has heard from
the bank or from Mr.. kruckman in re-
gard 10 the guarantee demanded by the
Aero Club before II will sanction the
world flight. Charles c. Moore president
OF the Panama Pacific exposition, had
written to the Aero Club that all mat
tiers about aeronautics would have to b,
referred to Mr.. Kruckman.
Mr. Hawley regrets that there has been
such a delay. Without proper sanction
none OF the aero clubs of the eighteen
countries represented In the International
Aeronsutical Federation would take any
Interest in the matter. he said, and as
the authorities OF those countries would
refer the matter 20 their national aero
clubs just as Sir Edward Grey referred
IL to the Royal Aero club when Mr..
kruckman went to him for cooperation.
the race would suffer delay.
Unless the rules are complied with
SpOI, Sdlu
editor OF Flying and a member OF the
public safety and marine flying commit
tee of the Aero club "it will he too late
to organize the race. as supply stations
must be established across Siberia and
the Aleutian Islands, and that will take
several months.
The undertaking is a gigantic one and
its success depends entirely on the time
available To organize H. II the sanction
had been obtained at once the Aero Club
of America would have asked the four
hundred aero clubs OF the world To coop
crate 10 make the race a success and ii
was expected that the different clubs
would raise the prize money to $1,000
000"
II had been planned to start the
round the world race on May L. The
rules for the proposed flight require that
IL be completed before December 4. 1915.
Entries are TO be received from Novem-
Der | until May 2. The total distance Of
the flight as mapped out for the armen
and printed in THE SUN some time ago
is 2o,2S5 miles