New Britain herald., 1925-10-24
SCHNEIDER TROPHY |
RACES POSTPONED.
Are 10 Be Held Tomorrow il
| Weather Will Permit
ENDLAND HAS CHANCE
Brltain's Entry, Which Failed In
Tests Today, Now May be Able to
Qualify For International Event
Weather Too Bad Today.

Bayshore Park. Maryland, Oct, "a
= The international Schneider
trophy seaplane race scheduled for
this afternoon was formally post
poned at 10 a. m. today to be held
tomorrow. weather permitting.
The Chesapeake was covered with
white caps and an increasingly
strong easterly wind was blowing
squalls OF rain when the contest
committee decided to postpone the
| program.
The postponement will give the
British team another chance to at
tempt to qualify their reserve plane
tomorrow morning to substitute for
Captain Henry Biard's super marine
Napier SH-4. which was wrecked in
tryout yesterday.
| HinIxIer Failed
Pilot Bert Hinkier. in Great
Britain's reserve Gloster-N Napier III
seaplane, failed to qualify his plane
this morning.
Hinkler nosed half a mile off
shore through welter of white
caps and spray when his engine
I>stalled.
He was toSed in and the British
. team announced no further attempt
would be made to enter their sec
ond plane unless weather conditions
should force postponement Of the
/ ir1,
remote possibility this morning.
Three Americans.
Three of yesterdays qualifers TO-
day will defend the trophy fol
America, and two will represen
Italy.
Three Curtiss racers are ready u
, fly the American colors. Two of then
, will be flown by pilots Of the nava
air service, Lieutenant George I
! Cuddihy and Lieutenant Ralph A
s Ofstetl With the other the army !
making its first bid for honors in
seaplane contest and Leutenan
James H. Doolittle has been select
ed to handle the controls.
/, Important For Italy.
Owing to a contest provision tha
v nation scoring three Victorie
: within five consecutive years sha
n gain permanent possession OF tn
n trophy, todays contest Is crucii
-" one for. Italy. The Italians have Nv
% legs won. The coup will be attemp
o ed with two Macchio flying boat
ia piloted by Lieutenant Riccard
!, Morselli and Lieutenant Giovanni
n Briganti.
,r The fiiers will circle seven tim
G. a 50-kilometer course with pylons
Bay Shore and Gibson Island on II
&c western shore Of the Chesapeake al
! at a. point near Rock Hill on u
H. eastern shore.
a. Those to Start
nc Qualified starters in the Jacqu
;, Schneider international seaplaI
20 trophy race, in the order OF inc
20 take off at five-minute intervals, L
go number, pilot, nation, plane al
type, respectively:
pa S-Lieutenant James II. DooIltt
y. S. Army, Curtiss racer, biplar
,s 5-Captain Hubert Broad, En-
~. land. Gloster- Napier III. biplane.
20. 2-Lieutenant George t. Cuddif
ty U. S. Navy, Curtiss racer, bipiane'
- 1-Lieutenant Ralph A. Fofst
;ro II. S navy, Curtiss racer, biplane'
NV 7-Lieutenant Giovanni De B
~ ganti, Italy, Macchi flying bol
q " monoplane.
:" 6-lieutenant Riccardo Morse
Italy, Macthi flying boat, monopla
Previous winners Of Schneider t
mn ply:
IE 191s-M. Provost. France, Dep
III dussin seaplane, 1925 miles
hour.
,on 1914-C. II. Pixton, England, s
'' with soaplane 94,S4 miles per he
v 19l5-1919, inclusive-No comp
ton, due to war.
192O-L. Bologna, Italy, Sc
Hying boat, 1O6.G5 miles per houl
ihls 1a9l-Giovann De Riganti, II
leS' Sovia flying boat, .1l0.f6 miles
'"S hour.
OF 19922-Henry c. Briard, Engla
o'e' super-marine seaplane, 145-7 m
q" per hour.
on 1o22-David Rittenhouse, U.
DC NAVY, Curtiss seaplane, 1873 n
per hour,
co. 1924-No competition: British
ior- try wrecked, Italian withdrawn
Mfg.