Evening star., 1933-11-10
AERIAL FOX HUNT
IS PLANNED HERE
Twenty Planes Expected to
Take Part in First Event
November 19.

The Capitals first "aerial fox hunt
will be held Sunday afternoon, Novem-
Der 10, over an area Of 100 square miles
in the District and nearby Maryland
and Virginia. At least 20 airplanes are
expected to participate, it was an
nounced today.
Final plans for the hunt were made
last night at a meeting of the Wash
ington Air Derby Association in the
Racquet Club. j. Earl Steinhauer of Col
lege Park Airport, was designated as the
fox. He will take of from College Park
80 minutes ahead Of the hounds, who
will be local and visiting sportsmen
pilots, each In his own airplane.
The fox and each hound will be given
a map of the 100-square- mile area
which will be divided into four lettered
areas of equal size. The fox will fly
into any one Of the four areas, land on
any field he may choose, and there peg
down cheesecloth letter large enough
to be seen from the air, designating the
next section to which he will fly. Ir
this second section he will land and peg
down letter giving clue to the third
section to be visited, and so on until he
returns home.
Must Locate Letters.
The problem Of the hounds will be
to locate the letters, note their location
on the map and visit, in proper order
by this means, all the points visited by
the fox. A number of prizes will be
offered.
Determination to hold the fox hunt
was result of the success of the first
local aerial treasure hunt, held last
month, with nine airplanes participat-
ing.
The Air Derby Association last night
approved the design for q perpetual
trophy, to be awarded annually to the
local aviator performing the most meri-
tortous aviation feat of the year. DIR
H C. Dickinson of the aeronautics in
strument section, Bureau of Standards
was named chairman Of the first COM
mittee on awards, for the current cal
endar year. Other members of his COM
mittee are Lawrence E. williams, chair
man OF the Aviation Committee Of the
washington Board of Trade; Col. Bar
ton K. Yount, commandant of Boiling
Field; Comdr. Warren G.. Child, COM
mandant Of the Anacostia Naval All
Station; Col. Ross Rowell, commandani
Of Marine Corps Aviation: M. P. Pop
Hanscom, local Department Of Com
merce aeronautical inspector, and
George Brinckerhoff, manager of Col
lege Park Airport.
To Be Presented at Banquet.
The trophy is to be awarded Just
after the close Of 1888 and will be
presented at an aviation banquet next
January or early in February A COM
mittee will be appointed to arrange
for this banquet
The following Is new members were
admitted to the Air Derby Associa-
ton at last nights meeting: H. anc
r. L. Robertson, brothers, who operate
the Mount Vernon Always Field
Hybla Valley, Va; C. T. Kettler, Greater
National Capital Committee; William
E. Payne, veteran local aviation in.
structor: Don Stuart, local transport
pilot; Clarence s. Bruce, local private
flyer and aviation instrument exper
at the Bureau of Standards; r. r
Reininger, Alexander H. Wait, STANLEY
w. CroSthwaite and r. S. Paulette O.
the aeronautics branch. Department OF
Commerce, and Crosby Noyes Boyd
]. c. Breckenridge, j. Elmer Kreis
r. F. Strange and r. H. Bangs, al
local amateur flyers.