The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-02
THE BALLOON RACE.
Three AerOnauts Oh the Wing and a
Big Crowd i'm Attendance.

Ihrce AeFOuauGS Oh the WING anu u
Big Crowd in Attendance.
The second balloon race of the season took
place at the Geological Garden yesterday.
An immense crowd was on hand, number
ing not less than eight thousand people.
Tie attraction was under the management
of Mr. r. L. J. Miles, whose knowledge of
the popular taste enables him to always
succeed in drawing big crowd The
balloon race of yesterday was contest Tor
three prizes offered by Mr. Miles, the first
$500, second $500, third 500. The condi-
tions were that the balloonist who would
go the farthest and stay up the longest
should receive the first premium, the next
should receive the second, and the third
the last premium. The entries were Mile.
Helene Auguste Theirs, with the balloon
ANDREW Erkenbrecher" owned by Harry
Gilbert; Harry Gilbert with the balloon
America" also owned by him; and Prof.
! J. W. Hayden, with the balloon Lev.
Steele" owned by Mr., Miles. The capacity
of the balloons is as follows: ''Erken-
brecher," 26,50O cubic feet; "Lev. Steele"
f., 600 and the America" $4,000.
The work of filling the Erkenbrecher
from three-inch main in the Garden, be-
gan at o'clock Saturday afternoon, and
| the gas was shut off at II O'Clock at night.
The gas was turned on again yesterday
morning at 10 o'clock, but the pressure was
so light that it was nearly 5 O'Clock in the
afternoon before a sufficient volume Of gas
| was obtained with which to float the ship
| At 5 o'clock the band struck up "Whoa,
Emma" and amid the applause of the
crowd and the waving of handkerchiefs
the aerial navigators took their places in
the ships. The first to start was the lady,
who went up alone, She threw out bal
last at once and the balloon shot upwards
with great rapidity.
Then Gilbert gave the word, and away
went the America, carrying besides the
aeronaut Mr. A. H. Chat1ee, of the Fort
Wayne, Muncie & Cincinnati Railroad, and
lea sailed beautifully across the grounds
and did not ascend over one hundred feet
till she was some distance off, when ballast
was thrown out and up she went In few
seconds after the America had started, fol
lowed the Lev. Steele, carrying Prof. Hay
den, with Harry G. Lewis, Treasurer OF
the Grand Opera-house, and f. G. Penn, OF
Amelia Clermont County. The last bal
loon was lightened fast and shot upwards
with great rapidly The "Lev. Steele
seemed to be considerably the highest and
the three could be seen sweeping lazily
through the atmosphere in a southeasterly
direction for nearly half hour after they
had cast off.
The balloons landed as follows: Mis-:
Helene A. Thiers, landed on the farm o
Thomas Daugherty, two miles north O.
Batavia, at a quarter past 6 o'clock.
Harry Gilbert landed at 6:15 p. m, or
the farm of Mr.. ?. f. Hahn, two miles
above Newtown.
Hayden's balloon landed at half-past {
O'Clock on the farm of Millard Rust. nea1
Mt Carmel, Clermont County, distant abou
eighteen miles from the city.
Harry Gilbert, after landing his passen
gers at Newtown again assembled and finally
came down on the South Fork of the Littlt
Miami River, about three miles from Bata
, via. He then packed his balloon on
wagon and took Miss Theirs into town, ar
irving here at midnight Miss Thiers wa
| the winner of the race, Prof Harry Gilber
second, and Prof Hayden third.
, THE w. c. T. Union hold business meet
ing of importance Tuesday at o'clock
Members are particularly requested to b