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Arkansas with Witner and flew over the city both days, then May 17th to 20th they flew at Dallas, Texas with Ely, where they had good weather resulting in a fine meet with large crowds. On May 29th Ward flew at Joplin, Missouri with Hugh Robinson. On June 8th and 9th they were at Topeka, Kansas and June 12th and 13th both flew at Ottawa, Kansas. During early July, Ward flew at Winnipeg and Regina, Canada at Canadian Expositions. At both places, he made flights over the city and at one time reached a height of over 6,000 feet, a new record for Canada.

July 18th and 19th Ward flew at Hastings, Nebraska and on July 22[n]d at Mason City, Iowa. August 4th to 6th he and Beckwith Havens flew at Rockford, Illinois then Ward left for the Chicago Meet at Grant Park to be held August 12th to 20th. There he made a fine showing against more professional aviators and flew a total of twenty hours, thirty minutes during the event. Just before the meet, on August 11th, 1911 Ward obtained his F.A.I. Piolot License, No.52 at Grant Park, Chicago, flying his Curtiss plane. On August 27th he flew at Kenosha, Wisconsin with Cromwell Dixon, then flew alone at Beloit, Wisconsin on August 30th. Beginning September 1st he flew five days at a fair in Olean, New York. 

Following this Ward entered the $50,000 Hearst Transcontinental Race and started from Governors Island on September 13th, preceeding Cal Rodgers who left on the 17th. After a lot of hard luck and a series of mishaps Ward finally reached Addison, New York on the evening of the 14th, where he gave up. 

October 10th he flew at Adrian, Michigan and on the 24th at Kalamazoo, Michigan with Bud Wars. There they raced each other, and automobiles, at the local race track. There they raced each other, and automobiles, at the local race track. On November 11th he flew at Jackson, Tennessee. 

During the winter months of 1911-1912 Ward did some flying in the south and was at Valdosta, Georgia January 5h and 6th, 1912. On March 31st he defeated Tony Jannus in an air race at Kinloch Field, St. Louis, Missouri. He was then a contestant at an air meet at Birmingham, Alabama starting April 20th. Flying there also were Oscar Brindley, Bugene Heth, Len Bonney, George

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