Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-25
CONDITIONS IDEAL
FOR CURT|SS RACE
"a Planes viii Go to Post
at 8 O'Clock This
Afternoon.

Ideal weather conditions augured sue
cess for the Curtiss Marine Trophy air
race this afternoon, in which "a Navy
and Marine Corps pilots will compete
in five classes of planes over 20-mile
loop along the Potomac River, stretch
ing from the Anacostia Naval Air
Station home pylon to point near the
mouth of PiScataWay Creek,
The race will start and end at the
big black and yellow checked pylon
mounted on barge in the channel be-
tween the Anacostia Naval Air Station
and the Army War College, affording
spectators not only at the AnacoStia
Station. but on the War College point
and on Hams Point good view of the
race.
Hoover will Not Attend.
President Hoover, who had been ex-
pected to attend the race, will not be
on hand, it was indicated at the White
House today, previously planned week
end trip taking him into Maryland this
afternoon. However. members of the
cabinet, high ranking Army and Navy
officers and the diplomatic corps are eX-
pected to be on hand for one of the most
spectacular of air races.
All of the planes entered in the race
were reported in tip-top condition for
the test of 100 miles at top speed to
which they will be put this afternoon.
The race will begin at o'clock, when
the training planes. the slowest serv-
ice ships of the Navy, will take off
across the starting line in formation,
to be followed at two-minute intervals
by the torpedo planes, the amphibianS,
the observation ships and the hawks,
or fighting ships, in that order.
Prior to the race, however, there will
be display of aerial acrobatics by
Lieut. Afford j. Williams, Navy stunt
ing ace, and Capt. F. o. Rogers, N. S.
Marine Corps stunt pilot. Lieut. Will
liamS, in addition to performing out
finish pylon, plans to make an inverted
glide to landing coming down with
the plane upside down and righting the
ship when a few feet from the water.
Five to Make Jumps.
Another prerace attraction will be
the descent of five enlisted men via the
parachute route from the Navy's big
tri-motored transport plane. The pro-
gram of stunting begins at 2:30 o'clock
Amplifiers have been installed on the
station and the spectators will be in
formed of the progress of the race as
edCu lap is run, WlJn OLQCld1 QdId on
time and speed of the planes compiled
as the race is being run by corps of
timers supplied by the Aero Club of
Washington Chapter Of the National
Aeronautic Association. The N. A. A.
annually sponsors the race.
Lieut.. Comdr D. C. Watson, COM
mandant of the Anacostia Naval Air
Station, announced today that the sta
ton will be open to the public and all
the planes at the station will be placed
on display, with competent men on
hand to answer questions.
The fighting plane pilots, to whom
the race is conceded, are confident they
will break the mark of l57.46 miles an
hour for the distance, set last year by
Maj. c. A. LutZ, winner of the race.
Maj. LutZ. Marine Corps pilot, was
killed In an air crash few days after
winning the race in attempting a nom
stop flight to Nicaragua.
Secretary Adams arranged to view the
races and then prepared to leave Wash
ington for few days trip in New
England. The Naval Secretary proposes
to attend the graduation exercises at
the Naval War College at Newport, r. l.,
on Tuesday and expects to return about
the middle OF the week to the Capital.