The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-10-02
A FLEET OF
AIRSHIPS
England Invaded by Aerial
Navisators from France.
AMERICAN IN THE LEAD
Lieut.. Frank p. Lahm, Sixth Cav
airy, U. 5, A., Wins First Prize
In Great Race.
AMERICAN IN THE LEAD

GAhlS, OCT. IA SeinlOincihl un-
nouncement OF the result of the great
alrshIp race for the James Gordon
Bennett cup for international aero
nauts has been given out us follows:
Winner. Lieutenant Frank L. Lahm
Of America with the balloon United
States.
Second, SIgnor vonwiller OF Italy
with the balloon Elfe.
Third, Count de la vaulx Of France
with the balloon Walhalla.
Dispatches from London say that
Lieutenant Frank T. Lahm, Sixth cav
airy, U. s. A., the American competition
and winner In the balloon race, do
scended seven miles south of Whltby
about fifty miles north of Hull, at 1916
yesterday afternoon.
Lieutenant Labm said he had been
carried by way OF Caen across the
channel to Chichester. The actual
crossing took from IL o'clock ut night
until In the morning. He then passed
to the northward; but, finding that he
was being carried toward the open sea
no decided TO alight. Owing TO the dry
ness OF the moors his anchors ut first
would not hold, and the balloon passed
dangerously near some farm buildings
Lieutenant Lahm's balloon was In
the air for twenty-three hours.
Professor Huntington, one OF the
English contestants. In the Zephyr,
landed al Slttlngbourne, Kent. He had
trying ordeal In crossing the channel
which took him eight hours. Other.
wise his voyage was uneventful and
successful. The Zephyr coula not have
gone another quarter Of miie without
being carried out to sea by the Thames
estuary.
Lieutenant Lahm Is an Instructor In
cavalry practice at West Point and
with NJ. Santos Dumont represented
! the Aero Club OF America In the bal
loon contest Frank Lahm, father OF
Lieutenant Lahm, was to have sailed
in the balloon United States, but the
lieutenant replaced his father. Lieu
tenant Lahm was accompanied by
Charles Levee, who Is also member
of the Aero Club of America. Mr..
Lahm, ST., although he has lived IN
Paris for many years, where he Is rec
ogniZed as one of the leading aero
nauts, is an American by birth.
A balloon supposed to be one of
| thnca t.i.i.h atot.taH fraft. fhn Vsttilariac
gardens. Paris, Sunday noon in the
long distance international competi-
ton passed over Gravesend, twenty
miles east OF London, yesterday.
Six balloons crossed the channel.
The first was that of Count de In
vaulx.
The Britannia, of which the Hon. c.
S. Rolls is the pilot. passed over Hin
sted Park near Cranbrook, Kent, at
noon.
With the exception OF G. S. Rolls in
the Britannia. all the balloons which
left Paris Sunday are now accounted
for. The Britannia was seen over
Cranbrook. The City of Chateauroux
carrying Jacques Balsnn, one of the
French contestants, has come down nj
Singleton, in Sussex.
! The Spanish balloon Montaner, Cap
thin Klndelan, pilot, descended. at
Rmbold's Wyke, near Chichester
Sussex. ut 1880.
The British balloon Zephyr, with
Professor Huntington in charge, came
down In the Kinsley marshes at sit.
/ tiN r',orrNe i<e't NJ 19."5
The Italian balloon Fife, Signor Won
wlller. pa,aed U,ci Nortn;tn4r yes
terday morning.
The Walmlla, with Count &c Ia
vaulx. descended Mt half past al
| Walsingham. Norfolk. In an Interview
| the count said he had splendid voy
age, although the wind had been un
favorable He estimated he had trav
eled $50 miles. His greatest altitud,
was 1900 feet.
The German balloon Dusseldorf
! Captain Abercron, alighted in the even
ing at Villiers-sur-M
The Spanish balloon Ayaya, Lieuten
ant Herrara, came down between Co
bourg and Dives, in the department o
Calvados; the Pommern German
Baron Won Hewald, at Conde-sur-lsle'
and the Norte SPANISH, Senior de Sal
amanca, at Bionville-sur-Mer
Santos Dumont, who was plotting tn,
balloon Two Americas, landed at Brog
lie, in the department OF Eure, north
ern France, having received an injury
to one of his arms, caused by its being
caught In the cordage of the balloon.
f.. Hedges Butler, plotting the bal
loon City of London, lost his direction
and descended yesterday morning hal
a mile from the sea at Blonville-sur