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Can Air-Racing Capture Popular Fancy?

The advent of popular air. racing is one of Britain's greatest hopes for the future of British aviation, writes Alua J. Cobbar in a Home journal.

I:s main results will be to make tito public familiar with flying and to create an interest in the individual for aviation.

It is quito clear to all that if the British Empire is to hold its Lown in the world it must be first

in every branch of flying.

Not long ago I went to one of the largest race meetings in the country.

I had only about an hour to spare and did not consider it worth while going into the pad. dock. I paid a few shillings for adm asion, to an enclosure and in a few seconds was lost in a thick crowd.

To, soothe ovents board was almost an impossibility, and to see a horse was absolutely out of the question.

I am not trying to belittle horso- racing and I do not expect that the horse-racing onthusiast will believe that there is more sport and fun in air-racing than in horse racing.

But if the sporting public will travel miles to a race to witnose, under great difficulty, three or four racos during an after- noon, and come away satisfied with the day's sport, then if the same racecourse could be adapted as a temporary landing ground, I guarantee that a well- organised air race meeting will give the public ten times as much sport, pleasure and excitement- with or without the assistance of bookmakers.

Air-racing offers greater poe- sibilities than any other form of)

TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1925.

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FUELLING A WARSHIP.

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PASSION FOR SPEED..

Modern Crime Tendency.

Many of us have been puzzled by a conclusion recorded in the now Blue Book of Criminal; Statistics.

While it is consoling to note that orimo in gonoral is steadily diminishing, especially in the moro serious forme of law-break- ing, the Superintendent of the Homa Office Statistical Branoh makes the following astonishing suggestion.: "At the same time, thore appears to be manifested

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mothods more characteristic of loss Bottled communities... tire commission of crimes of violence in gange and the use of with firearms in conjunction motors, atc.."

The influence of war conditions, as Mr. Farrant says, no doubt is responsible for much of this re- version to primitive habits. Again, the adoption of the fastest method of escaping from the scene is so expected variation of jold plans adapted to now con-

ditions, in view of modern police | activity, but do we not detect in those increasing crimes the por version of the current passion for spoed?

CULT OF JOSTLERS.

The streets are constant ro- minders of the physical danger we run from its excoss. Even the manners of the passere-by seem to suffer from this passion to speed along. Was ever such jostling and albowing known on the pavement?

Sauntering down Fleet-street) is no the longer the pastimo Dr. Johnson onjoyed, and if we try to taste the ample pleasuses of u stroll along the Strand, as Char- les Lamb unjoined; buffeted and side-tracked almost: beyond endurance.

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Everybody is on the strain to race ahead. The buses tear by, and movement is speeded up, one collision is avoided only at the

racing. Instead of boing a five or Naval Officer's Impressions expense of another, and the days and months rush away in the; ton minutes' wonder, it can give

All watches of the hands. In same fashion. In fact, the spood- oight or ten hours of intense ex-

the half light the men" can be limit of life is being raised in all citement and speculation to

fall directions. It is the complaint hundreds of thousands of people. distinguished running to

Air-racing can never be dull in"in answer to the bugle call from which we are all suffering.

JAZZ NOVELS AND PLAYS, and uninteresting. The winner The customary livery silence is

absent, for this is coal ship Mr. Hamlin Garland, now in will always be a subject of great morning, and a certain bilarity is a

gere and yellow leafago, speculation.

noticeable, fostered, perhaps, by raises a pained voice of pro- the varied and unusual attires to tost against the incursion of be seen, writes a naval officer in this passion for speed into .a London paper.

the books and periodicals of this

I have heard poople assert that air-racing is mechanical and on a plane with motor-racing, but there is no similarity whatsoever.

Most of the officers, in their generation. He actually com- There is no track to keep to. The pilot" must make his own search for old clothes, havo shed plains that the fiction and drama a stripe. The more senior ratings of America are being "Europea- track hy finding his way in straight line between two points, have tied the sleeves and legs of nised" (as if the spood of England There is plenty of room for error an overall suit with string, and had anything like the rush of New in this matter, and a few seconds donned a tight cap and sea boots York), and he declares he senses lost in a elight deviation from hoping to exclude the coal dust a quality akin to the jazz band, from their clothes. The men the modern dance, and the mov- the true course will lose the race, who will bear the brunt of the ing picture," among the younger which would thus always be a

labour, however, are resigned to writers of to-day. tost of human skill.

On the other hand, Mr. Hugh their fate, and an old jumper and "shorty" suffice to hide a Walpole bas just been saying in garment which oventually may London that the great trouble is be their sole covering when the that the rush and strain of pres- work gets hot an old bathing ent-day life make us too exhaust- suit,

ed to enjoy a good play when we No time is wasted. The collier go to the theatre, is already alongside. The sea- To be candid with ourselves, THRILLING SPECTACLE. mon normally employed. on the we like plays that whirl through Compolitive aeroplanes are all upper deck have been detailed hectic expriences, hooks that race the bolds. The along unfrequented ways, pictures lined up and pilots near by. The to work in

is given and rem.nis- that sweep through vivid advent- first race is the long distance one; cent of the old-time boardingures, papers that take quick, short and the machines may be away for several hours, flying over party the sailors, storm the mercuts through trouble-some facts, chantman. Hatch covers are and criminals and other persons neighbouring towns and turning- points, from which wireless mes-removed and the work of filling who provide rapid and exciting Bages giving the positions of the sucks begins. competitors are sent and posted

Again, the races will be at the mercy of the elements, and thus the uncertainty of the sport will be increased. 7

Picture an air race of the very

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near future on York racecourse, for example.

The second race is started scen

word

EOISTING THE BAGS.

performances.

Supposo we try a little slowing down? This passion for speed may

bo our undoing. Daily Chronicle.

NEW YORK ZOO. Mr. Handy, who has been com-

on notice boards on the course. Soon the derricks are hoisting after the first race machines have their full load of 10 or 12 bags, left, and round a course made by The whip goes to ouch of the four turning-point pylons, and is visi, corners of the hold, and must bie to the whole meeting. The never be kept waiting. A nine-missioned by the authorities of has hoist or partially filled bage the New York Zoo to tour round certain horse-power, will only be reflect adversely on the achieve the world and collect animals, ment of the gang responsible, and has boon in India for the past all for many humorous jibes at fow months. Ho is teking from India soven, and from Burma their expense.

third race, for machines below a

over the small course.

In the meantime there would be constant interest caused by the

On dock the "dump party,"

19 elephants, 14 tigers, 10 reports of the progress of the assisted by a "barrow party," long-distance race, and so the

arrange for the removal of the leopards, and a large number of monkeys and birds. He has also afternoon would go on:

Many about 500 soakes including about: There will be also the big clas-sacks to the bunker lids.

collisions, providing a desirable: 20 different kinds of cobras and sic races, such as the King's Cup comic relief, occur, bet here and 40 pethons. All these are and the Aerial Derby, only there there is found a petty officer con board the steamer Sandon Hall, will be more of them, and every trolling the traffic like a police town in England, will enter maman on point duty, chines for the races.

The coal is shot down the chutes In all probability the course will be over many of these towns, to be dealt with in turn by the stokors, working under the most and the population in each one will be looking out for their own trying condition of all, who stow product and excitement would be the fuel and keep the banker,

entrances clear.

at fover heat.

By 10 o'clock coaling has been Undoubtedly, to make air- racing a true sport, races must in full swing for some time and is invariably be handicap events, so getting monotonous. Now the in B Fro- that every aeroplane starts with band assemble an equal chance of winning and minent prsition. Popular music

Dow puts

life into.. the result rests on the reliability workers, and ton after ton comes and staying power of machine and engine combined with the swinging in to a lively one-stop.

Dinner time comest. A hastily skill of the pilot. !

Unless races are "handicape" cleaned white patch round the month is sufficient ablution for

the whole sporting interest, and the mosl. naturally publio interest, is lost,

for the racos would moroly be

como trado record breaking trials.

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DAILY HUMOUR.

Where were you last night,

"Why, I spent the ovoning

A well-organised.oroas country provide one long day of continual old man?" air race with turaing-points over oxcitement, and all "sporting various towns should be seen and mon" would got a real run for with you!"- followed by millions. It would their money.

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