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SPECIAL TRAINS WILL BRING PEOPLE FROM MANY NEARBY CITIES TO SAN JOSE'S AVIATION MEET

RADLEY WILL FLY IN COMPETITION WITH AUTO
WISEMAN WILL ALSO DO STUNTS IN HIS MACHINE

From all appearances the Aviation meet next Saturday and Sunday will attract the biggest crowd into the city of San Jose that this town has ever known.  Special trains will be run from San Francisco and Oakland and also from Salinas. The automobile club San Francisco have called a run for their members to attend this meet in a body and undoubtedly San Jose will have the greatest number of motorist visitors that this town ever saw. Santa Clara county and particularly San Jose is exceedingly fortunate in securing the services of such a noted aviator as James Radley [[?r.]] Radley is undoubtedly the peer of them all. He holds the world's record for speed at 77 miles an hour and also the quick starting world's record. The racing Bleriot in which he flies is one of the most dangerous aeroplanes now being used. It is exceedingly light and small and contains a 50 H. P. motor. To keep afloat it invariably has to travel over 35 miles an hour.

There is not an aviator among all who participated in the meet at Selfridge Field who would drive Radley's machine. Even the beautiful Antoinette which met with disaster in San Francisco is far safer for the aviator than the Bleriot. The Wright and Curtis machines undoubtedly are the safest in which to make flights, but the Bleriot has the reputation throughout Europe of being the most dangerous.

Radley is known as one of the greatest daredevils of the air and his exhibitions at Selfridge Field and his trip from San Francisco to Oakland and Alameda prove this assertion.

James Radley has a reputation, furthermore of never having disappointed a crowd, as to his wonderful feats in the air, whether the crowd be large or small.

Fred Wiseman's machine was shipped from San Francisco last night and arrived in San Jose this morning. It is now being set up on the field. In a conversation with Mr Wiseman this morning he states that he will endeavor to surpass many of the performances accomplished by the various teams at Selfridge Park. This meet means everything to Mr. Wiseman for his future as an aviator. The public can rest assured that Mr. Wiseman will do far more than is expected of him.

Captain Marriott has completed all arrangements for the accommodation and comfort of those who attend. Argyle Campbell and the members of the Santa Clara Valley Aero Club are doing all in their power to make this meet a big success. In regard to the guarantee that the public will receive as to flights a paragraph in the contract reads in such manner as to positively guarantee a flight on Saturday or Sunday or there will be a complete refund of admission money to purchasers of tickets.
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RADLEY WILL RACE AGAINST TWO AUTOS
Star of the San Jose Meet Also Promises Flight to Mount Hamilton

A race between James Radley and two automobiles, speed trials by Radley and Frederick J. Wiseman, the young Santa Rosa aviator, motorcycle races, and, if the weather permits, a flight by Radley to Mount Hamilton, around the mountain and back are among the events planned for the aviation meet at San Jose next Saturday and Sunday. Radley himself has offered a $100 cup to be given the winner of a motorcycle race to be held Saturday afternoon while the Englishman is winging on his 40 mile air jaunt from Selfridge field to the Garden City.

Argyl Campbell, president of the Santa Clara valley aero club, and F. A. Marriott, its vice president, were at Selfridge field yesterday signing Radley and Wiseman for the meet. It will be held in the San-Jose driving park, which is to be made into an aviation field.

If weather conditions are favorable Sunday, Radley will make the 14 mile flight from the park to Mount Hamilton and back. The mountain lies directly in front of the grandstand and well in view, and if Radley makes the trip he will be in plain sight of the spectators.
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AVIATION IS ONLY THING TALKED ABOUT
Radley Tomorrow Afternoon Bound to Fly Before Great Throng – Special Trains to Run to Grounds.

Enthusiasm over the aviation events at the Driving park tomorrow afternoon and Sunday is growing all the time and on the streets and in public places as well as at home San Joseans are talking about nothing else. They are all figuring on the weather, of course, and as there is always a period of sunny skies for several days after a long storm, everyone feels assured that there will be no trouble on this score.

At a meeting of the Aero club last night Vice-President Marriott, Argyll Campbell, Joseph T. Brooks and others made speeches in which the work that has been done was outlined. Their remarks were well received.

Wiseman's Machine Here Today.

Vice-President Marriott announced that the aeroplane of F. J. Wiseman would arrive this morning, would be set up at once and would be ready to fly this afternoon. Wiseman will be here at the same time.

The large army tent belonging to the Boys' Outing farm has been loaned to the club for the use of the aviators at the Driving park, and Mrs. Bertha M. Rice was given a vote of thanks for the loan.

Among the new members elected were A. B. Langford and William Hermann.

General Agent Shillingsburg of the Southern Pacific company announced that, to accommodate those wishing to attend the aviation meet Saturday and Sunday, the Southern Pacific will run a special train, leaving the depot at the foot of Market street at 1 p. m. on both days, stopping at Santa Clara street crossing and at the Fourth-street depot. The fare for the round trip will be 15 cents;  one way, 10 cents.

Buy Tickets in Advance.

In order that Mr. Shillingsburg may know what to do in arranging for equipment in advance, either at the depots or at 40 East Santa Clara street. There will be a train returning at the close of the meet.

It is now announced that special trains will be run from San Francisco and also from Salinas. The Automobile club of San Francisco has called a run for its members especially for this meeting, and there will be a big turnout of the automobilists not only of the club, but also those unatached.

It is admitted on all sides that San Jose has been fortunate to obtain the services of such a noted aviator as James N. Radley. He is undoubtedly the foremost expert in aerial work of the day. He has received hundreds of medals, cups and prizes at various meets and he assures the people of Santa Clara county that they will not be disappointed if it does not rain.

Will Advertise County.

Undoubtedly the coming meet will do more to advertise Santa Clara county than anything that has ever taken place here.

The following morning after Radley's flight from San Francisco to San Jose every newspaper in all parts of the civilized world will publish the fact that this flight had been made, followed by aerial exhibitions in the city of San Jose and the flight to Mt. Hamilton. All this in the middle of winter, in the land of sunshine, fruit and flowers.

This advertising could not be purchased at any price and this fact is appreciated by the business community of San Jose. All that is now needed to make the affair a success is for the residents of Santa Clara county to turn out in numbers and make this meet a record breaker for attendance. The photographs taken of the spectators will be published throughout the country, showing what the San Jose climate is at this season of the year. The management has made the admi[[text cut off]] that it will
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PETALUMA GIVES WISEMAN PRAISE
"Argus" Compliments the Sonoma County Aviator on His Work in Biplane Last Sunday

(Petaluma Argus)

Soaring into the air from the clover fields of Kenilworth park, at Petaluma, as gracefully as the larks startled from their nests by the whirling propeller of his biplane, Fred Wiseman at fifteen minutes to 12 o'clock Sunday, proved conclusively his conquest of the "ethereal elements" as well as his right to the title of "the Sonoma county aviator." Wiseman has made numerous flights, but none that were more beautiful than those of Sunday.

In his first flight he was in the air about five minutes and covered a distance of approximately four miles. Starting at the upper end of the field, after a run of probably one hundred yards, he tilted his planes and arose from the ground as gracefully as a bird and was off amid the cheers of the crowd who had gathered to witness the flight. After circling over the old Hill ranch on the south he turned out over the fields east of Kenilworth and headed north, again turning a little beyond the half-mile post and made a dip, intending to alight in front of the grand stand, but changed his mind, arising again to an altitude of a couple of hundred feet and repeating the circle, coming to the ground just a few yards from the grand stand. After a delay of nearly an hour, during which time quite a good sized crowd had gathered, Wiseman again appeared and ordered the machine hauled to the starting point and immediately started on his second flight.

In the meantime quite a breeze had sprung up and after making one loop as in the first flight, he alighted again in the same place as before. On the second flight he did not go quite so high, because as stated to an Argus reporter in an interview afterward, he found the air full of holes and so did not attempt any high flight. He shut the engine off when crossing the east side of the track and glided clear across the circular field before alighting. Both flights were very successful from a spectator's standpoint but not financially.

Fred Wiseman is deserving of better treatment than accorded him on Sunday, and if the hundreds of people who stood on the outside at the north fence had entered the park and helped in a substantial way as they should have, he would have felt very well repaid for his efforts.

Wiseman has made good and some day will reflect great credit on old Sonoma county.
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