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engine had been submerged in salt water, so Hamilton had his own plane towed by automobile from Connecticut and lent it to Atwood to continue his journey. On July 10th Atwood flew from Atlantic City to Baltimore, Maryland, carrying Hamilton as a passenger. The next morning they flew from Baltimore to College Park, where Atwood bought Hamilton's Burgess-Wright plane. Reportedly, Hamilton remained in Washington while Atwood was flying there. It was at this time that Atwood made his famous flight to the White House, landing on the South Lawn to receive the Aero Club of America medal from the President and then taking off from that lawn for the return flight. 
On July 29th it was announced that Hamilton had settled his difficulties with Curtiss and rejoined that Exhibition Team. For his first assignment with Curtiss, he was scheduled to compete with Beachey and Robinson in the New York-to-Philadelphia Race, sponsored by Gimbel Bros. [[crossed-out and replace with Brothers]] , to be held August 5th. However, just before the race started Hamilton withdrew and Eugene Ely took his place. In August Hamilton was granted Connecticut State Pilot License No. L. Apparently by this time his health had deteriorated to the point where it was necessary that he enter a sanitarium at New Britain, where he remained throughout the fall and early winter months of 1911. 
In January, 1912, he was at Galveston, Texas, where he attempted to fly an exhibition and had a smashup, so returned home with a broken arm and other injuries Reportedly, he had been on his way to the West Coast to fill engagements when this happened. On March 18th he flew an exhibition at Sacramento, California, then flew 42 miles cross-country to Marysville, California, for an exhibition there. On April 12th to 14th he was at Fresno, California, where he flew with Blanche Scott and Glenn Martin. In May he had a bad smashup at College Park, Maryland, putting him in the hospital again. Hamilton entered the 1912 Boston Meet held June 29th to July 7th together with Harriet Quimby, Phil Page, George Gray, Lincoln Beachey, Glenn Martin, Blanche Scott and Charles Niles. This event proved to be quite a failure; first, all pilot licenses were revoked for flying at an unsanctioned meet, the weather was bad, and following     (Continued next page)     
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