Evening star., 1924-10-04
H|GH-SPEED RACE,
AIR MEETFEATURE
Four Planes to Strive for
Record-Dayton Contests
Will End Today.
By the Associated Press.

DAYTON, Ohio, October 4-The
1924 International air races Will be
concluded here today, with the Pu-
ltzer high speed race as the chief
event. Four Army airplanes will take
off at 2:30 pm. in an effort to better
the mark of 243.67 miles an hour set
last year by Lieut.. A. j. Williams of
the Navy in winning the trophy
The Army had counted on the late
Lieut.. Alexander Pearson. who was
to have flown the same Curtiss ship
that Williams used last year setting
a new high record. Pearson died in
a crash month ago, when the wings
of his plane collapsed while he was
travelling at an estimated speed of ESQ
miles an hour.
Two Curtiss racers, Curtiss
PWAS-A and a Eerville-Sperry racer
are the planes that will start in the
Pulitzer race.
Capt. Burt E. Skeel OF Selfridge
Field will fly one of the Curtis racers
and Lieut.. Wendell H. Brookley of
McCook Field will pilot the other.
Both planes are equipped with Dig
Curuss engines, which develop about
80 or 40 more horsepower than the
DIE motors which were used last
year The present DIPS are rated as
developing 500 horsepower.
Using New Plane.
Lieut.. Rex K Stoner of Langley
Field qualified for the race yesterday,
His plane was finished only two
weeks ago. 1t is similar to the ordi
nary Curtiss pursuit plane, the
PW-S, but is faster 1t carries a Cur
tiss DIP engine.
Lieut.. II. H. Mills of Wilbur Wright
Field is the fourth entrant and he
will pilot Veryille-Sperryr racer. de-
signed at McCook Field. and which
was started in the last two Pulitzer
races. but did not finish.
The Dayton Bicycle Club trophy
race is the first event on today's pro
gram, being timed for 11:40. There
will be two sets of prizes, one for
speed and one for efficiency. First
award in the former is $1,000 in Lib
erty bonds. and for the latter, $500 in
Liberty bonds.
The John l. Mitchell trophy for
pursuit ships will be contested for a,
l pm. Three cups will be awarded
The Pulitzer race carries a first
prize of $1,000 in Liberty bonds, sec.
ond prize of $4,000 in Liberty bonds
| and $500 and $1,000 in bonds for
third and fourth prizes.
Attendance Below Expectations,
While attendance at the races has
not been anywhere near announced
expectations of officials, today's pro.
gram is expected to be witnessed BY
$4,000 or more persons. Estimate OF
yesterdays spectators was placed al
between $4,000 and 10000
Entrants in today's races are:
Dayton Bicycle Club and Engineers
Club of Dayton trophy race:
I. NJ. Johnson, Buffalo, N Y; L
Dormoy. Dayton; Jack Laes, Dayton
| E. B. Heath, Chicago; H. H Wixon
| Chicago; J. A. MacReady, Dayton
Emil Laird, w. C. Mummert, Jamaica
: N. Y: v. NJ Dack. Fairfield. Ohio.
John L. Mitchell trophy race:
Lieut.. H. H. Yeager, Selfridge Field
Lieut.. L. c. Hurd, Selfridge Field
Lieut.. J. T. Johnson, Selfridge Field
Lieut.. T. w. Blackburn, Selfridge
Field; Lieut.. G. P. Tourtellot, Selfridge
Field; Lieut.. T. X. Matthews, Selfridge
Field; Lieut.. Cyrus Bettis. Selfridge
Field; Lieut.. ]. d. Summers, Selfridge
Field: Lieut.. f. c. Whitehead, Sci
fridge Field; Lieut.. r. c. Moffat
Selfridge Field; Lieut.. D. F. STAGE
Selfridge Field.
Pulitzer high speed race
Capt. Burt Skell, Selfridge Field
Curtiss Rs racer; Lieut.. w. II
Brookley, McCook Field, Curtis R-t
| racer; Lieut.. H. H. Mills, Wilbur
Wright Field, Verville-Sperry racer
Lieut.. Rex Stoner, Langley Field
Curtis PW-SA.