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[[newspaper clipping]] NEW YORK CITY AMERICAN SEPTEMBER 5, 1931 12 AMATEURS BEGIN AIR RACE Twelve fliers, including four women and eighteen-year-old Robert Buck, former holder of the junior trans-continental record, left Hicksville, L. I., yesterday in a handicap race to Cleveland for amateur pilots. They flew from the exclusive Aviation Country Club at Hicksville to Albany, from there to Syracuse and then to Buffalo, the overnight stop. They are racing for a silver trophy donated by President Charles L. Lawrence of the country club. Contestants included Lawrence Tunure, with John S. Reeves as passenger; G. B. Smith, A. W. Sweet, Miss Jessamin Goddard, Miss Laura Morgan, James Elben, Miss Manila Davis, Mrs. Bettie Huyler Gilles, D. V. Shaw-Kennedy, John Lasell, Robert Buck, with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. A. O. Buck as passengers, and Allan Eutis. IN RACE FOR GLORY [[image - photo of four women aviators]] [[caption]] PIONEERS - These four women were among the twelve aviators who set out yesterday in the first American amateur air race, with Cleveland as their goal. Left to right, as they appeared just before the take-off, they are: Miss Laura Morgan, Mrs. B. Allison Gillies, Miss Jessamine Goddard and Miss Manila Davis. [[/caption]] [[/newspaper clipping]] [[paper card]] MEMBER UNITED STATES AMATEUR AIR PILOTS ASSOCIATION [[/paper card]] [[newspaper clipping]] SKY BLUE BLOODS START AIR DERBY TO NATIONAL MEET Hicksville, L. I., Sept. 4.-(AP)-Four women and eight men began hopping off from the Long Island Aviation Country Club for Cleveland at 9:30 A.M. (E.S. T.3 today in the first annual American handicap derby for amateur fliers. Lawrence Turnure, New York banker, took off first. Pledged on their honor not to race their ships beyond cruising speed, the contestants will match their general flying skill in one of the most leisurely air derbies ever staged. They will make stope en route at Albany and Buffalo, where they may stay overnight, continuing tomorrow to the Cleveland Municipal Airport where the national air races are being held. If weather is good, however, they will go straight through to Cleveland today. Among the contestants are a number of socially prominent men and women, several business executives, and others who fly for sport. Besides Turnure, first to hop off, those participating in the derby took off in the following order: Granville B. Smith, A. W. Swett, Miss Jessamine Goddard, Miss Laura Morgan, James Eblen, Miss Manila Davis, Mrs. B. Allison Gilles, Vernon Shaw-Kennedy, John W. La Sell, Robert Buck, and Allen Eustis. [[/newspaper clipping]] [[newspaper clipping]] [[image - photo of four woman aviators]] [[credit]] (NEWS photo) [[/credit]] [[caption]] Four women participants in American handicap derby for amateur fliers. They hopped yesterday from Long Island Aviation Country Club at Hicksville for Cleveland. L. to r., Laura Morgan, Mrs. B. A. Gillies, Jessamine Goddard and Manila Davis. [[/caption]] ^[[ [PAGE 95] ]]
