Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-17
SKY SHIPPERS GATHER
Balloon Week in St. Louis
Promises Great Things.
EVENT OPENS OCTOBER Fl
Many Entrants for the International
Cup.
NINE AIRsHIPs TO START RACE
Three Foreign Countries and United
States Represented in Contest.
Entries in Other Glasses.


Special Dispatch to The Star.
ST. LOUIS, October 17.-Balloon week
In ST. Louis beginning October 81, will
be the greatest and most successful In
the history Of the international Aeronaut-
ic Federation. it is believed.
Aside from there being more entrants
in the contest for the international aero
nautic cup than at any other meet,
there will be greater number of aerial
machines gathered together than at one
time in any city Of the world.
Nine balloons. representing three foreign
countries and the United States are to start
in the cup race That three other foreign
countries will not have representa- ton is
only due to the applications being re-
ceived too late for entry. Italian, Spanish
and Swiss aeronautic clubs wished to COM
pete. but were too slow in sending IN their
lists of competitors. They were barred
by the board of governors having the en-
try list in charge
There have been eighteen entries In the
four classes outside of the ordinary bal
loon class. Fourteen of these entrants
have entered in their own names while
others have agreed to compete provided
their identity is not made public until
the day of the contest.
In the dirigib!e balloon class there will
be seven to start. Two orthopters have
been entered in the gasless machine class.
These two machines go through the air
propelled by wings.
There will be two aeroplanes. which will
race for a valuable trophy. The one
making the greatest distance in straight
line after having risen to a height of
twenty-five feet or more will be awarded
the decision. Three nondescript machines
have been entered in the flying machine
class. The machines entered without
identity are two in the d,rigible balloon
class. one in the gasless machine class
and one in the flying machine list.
The Aeronautic Club of ST Louis. under
whose auspices the meet will be held. has
donated a large amount for prizes has
expended large sums for the various tro-
phies and has gone to great expense In
perfecting arrangements of the ascension
grounds so that nothing can deter the
proper starting of the balloons in the in
ternational contest and the trials of the
other aerial vehicles.
Contest for Ordinary Balloons.
For the international contest of the or
binary balloons America will have three
entries-the St Louis. representing the
Aero Club of St. Louis: the America, rep
resenting the Aero Club of America, New
York, and the United States, owned by
the same organization.
Alan r. Hawley of New York city will
pilot the St. Louis and August Post of
New York will be his companion. ]. J.
Mccoy and Capt. Charles De Forest
Chandler will ascend in the America,
while Maj. II. B. Hersey of the United
States Army and man from the United
States Signal Corps will go up in the
United States.
The order of starting viii be as fol-
lows: Erbsloh, Germany, first; Rolls.
England, second: Hersey, America, third;
Leblanc, France, fourth; Van Abercorn,
Germany, fifth; Brewer, England sixth;
Mccoy, America, seventh; Gasnier,