Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 118, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 May 1916 — AEROPLANE RACE STARTS SEPT. 2 [ARTICLE]

AEROPLANE RACE STARTS SEPT. 2

Transcontinental Air Classic Is to Begin at New York and Finish On the Pacific Coast. NSw York, May 16.—The transcontinental aeroplane race for which prizes have beer* offered by the Aero Club of America, and individuals interested in aeronautical development, will start from New York Sept. 2, it was announced tonight. No definite decision has been reached as to the route, but it was said the Serial highway would be laid out through Philadelphia and Pittsburg by way either of Baltimore and Washington or Harrisburg, Pa. From Pittsburg the route may follow the Lincoln highway through Canton, Mansfield, Lima, 0., and Fort Wayne, Ind., or swing northward through Cleveland, Toledo and South Bend to Chicago. From Chicago the route probably will run through St. Louis, thence through Kansas City and Oklahoma towns, or through Arkansas to Dallas, Fort Worth, Waco, Austin and San Antonio, Tex. From there to El Paso, the fliers will proceed within sight of the Rio Grande and thence westward along the Mexican border through Tucson and Yuma, Ariz., and by way of San Diego, Oal., to Los Angeles, and pos-* sibly San Francisco.