New-York tribune., 1919-08-24

1\cW oIk going TO toronto and re
Will make a round trip, with stops I
try and Canada to transmit messages
OF greeting to each other. One of the
Canadian entries has been chosen ia
carry personal letter from the Prince
OF Wales to President Wilson. AS soon
as the machine bearing this message
arrives at Rooevelt Field, it will
be transferred to fast flying mail
airplane, which will leave Immediately
Tor the White House. An American
entry will carry similar greetings from
the President to the Prince.
"Tommy' Church, Toronto's peren-
NAL Mayor, now serving his sixth sue
cessive term Of office, will send a
message of greeting to Mayor Hylan
which will also be reciprocated. Cover
nor Smith, and the Lieutenant Cover
nor of Ontario also will exchange mes
sages.
Rules of the Race
The following rule of the contest
committee must be followed at all con-
trolls:
"Contcstant must remain at each
obligatory stop for period of at least
thirty minutes after checking in, in
order that his machine may be rcfilled
IT necessary and be inspected by rep
resentatives of the technical and con-
test committee before he will be GER
titled as ready to proceed on .he next
leg of the flight"
The rules also insists that ca@h ma
chine must climb for two circles before
starting from controls or fields. and
shall make one circle before landing.
These are safety requirements, the
first assuring that the machine shall
have attained sufficient altitude to go
ahead safely, and the second to make
sure that the landing space Is clear for
the descent. Every possible prccaution
has been taken by the contest commit
tee under Chance M. Vought, to make
sure that there shall be no danger of
any Kind to the contestants that might
have been avoided by foresight base 1
Oh past experience.
Famous Fliers Entered
Famous fliers are among those en-
tered for the contest, Som, of these
are Roland Rohlfs, who recently made
the record Of 30,700 feet in an altitude
test, and who will fly triplanc, known
as the "Curtiss Wasp" Another civil
ian entry is Richard II. Dcpcw, who
was an army Instructor during the war,
and who will fly another Curtss ma
chine. Charles S. Jones, who WI fly
a third Curtiss machine, is veteran
of the war, during which he downed
two German airplanes, and has flown
practically every machine now made.
He learned flying at the Farman
School in France.
Lawrence B. Spc-ry, late of the Air
Service, and Lieutenant Ted Parsons
and Lieutenant H. Leslie Hall, are vet
Grams of the French air service and
flew for many months with the famous
Lafayette Squadron. Captain j. M
Foote, who Will carry President Will
sons letter to the Prince of Wales, is
one of the best known test pilots in the
country. Major C. w. Ford. another
veteran Of the Lafayette Squadron, has
the D. S. c., the CroiX dc Guerrc with
palm and gold star and is credited
officially with downing several enemy
machines. He was shot down and Tor
a time was a prisoner OF the boche,
later escaping, and ending the war in
command of the 218th Aero Squadron.
List of Entries
A partial list of entries issued yes
terday by the American Flying Club
is as follows, showing the machines
their horsepower and the names OF
their pilots; the army has entered
Colonel Archie Miller, with a j. N. Al
machine and $50 h.p motor; Major Gil
kinson, with De Haviland and 4O0
hip. motor; Major Henry J. Miller with
a De Haviland and 400 hip. motor;
Major Lyons with the same; Captain
Harry Smith, with British S. E. 5;
Captain A. E. Simonian, with a Dc
Haviland A; Captain j. O. Donaldson
with British S. r. 5; Captain Kind
ley with French Spad; Captain NJ. G
Cleary with Thomas Morse machine
Lieutenant Ross c. Fitzpatrick with a
400 hip. De Haviand a; Lieutenant w
Coates and Lieutenant Roullet with the
same kind; Lieutenant Philip Melville
with a Caproni; W. r. Taylor and
NJ. S. E. McGraw both will fly De
Havlands. All these De Haviland ma
chimes will use the famous Liberty
motor, adopted as the official war motor
of the United States.
To Use Italian Plane
Austin B. Crehore, who fought with
the Lafayette Squadron, will pilot al.
Italian 5. Y. A. with 240 hip. motor, as
will Leslie H. Hull. There will be four
L. W. f. machines in the race; Captain
Foote will fly the l.. W. f. SHARK with
400 hip. Liberty motor; Captain Elliott
Springs will fly an L. w. f. with a
800 hip. Hispano-Suiza motor and the
two other l.. w. F. entries will be
driven by $50 hip. motors of the same
make: MIR. Sperry will use an Avro
machine, a British plane, and will use
an 100 hip. Gnome motor. Richard
Depew and Victor Vernon will both
fly Curtiss Oriole type machines,
driven by $50 hip. Curtss K motors
Both L. w. Bertrand and Captain Nc
Crudden will fly 100 hp. Canadian
Curtiss training machines, and Pilot
Davis, of Atlantic City will fly a J. N. 4.
Some of the Air Service entries will
go from McCook Field in Dayton, O.,
to Toronto and make their start there
Among these is Major Rudolph W.
Schroeder, holder of the American alti-
tude record, who will fly De Haviland
g.. Another prominent army fiier who
will start from Mineola is Lieutenant
Colonel II. E. Hartney, formerly com
manding officer of the First Pursuit
Group in France, will fly an Americana
built S. E. 5, equipped with an Hispano-
SulZa motor.
Many Civilian Entries.
In addition to the above there are a
number of other entries, among which
are two Albatross, one FoKker, three
Pfalz, one l.. V. w. and one Hanoverian
WIN H.