Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-21
Second International Aeronautis
Cup Contest, For Trophy and !
$4,000 in Cash
DEPENDS ON AERoNAuT's SKILL
The Award Will be to the Pilot Land-
ing His Car Farthest From the
Starting Point, Each Balloon Being
Similar in Design and Material :.
Order Of Start.

st. Louis, Oct 21.-The conditions OF
this forenoon, were such as to indicate
a favorable and satisfactory sail at 4
o'clock this afternoon Of nine mann
moth balloons, representing France,
England, Germany and the United
States, on a journey which should add
an important chapter to the history Of
aerial navigation. The contest is known
as the second international aeronautic
cup contest, and the prize a massive,
silver trophy and $4,000 in cash, will
be awarded to the pilot whose skill and
daring lands. his car the farthest from
the starting point.
Depends on Aeronauts.
AS each balloon is similar in design
and material, the race will 60 to the
aeronaut who is capable of taking the
best advantages Of favorable Winds.
and who loses the least ground under
adversity. The race also marks the
entry of the United States into active
competition with European nations in
the field, which has been left almost
exclusively to them in the past. It was
thru winning the cup last year in Par
is, by Lieutenant Frank F. Lahm, U. S.
A., that the present contest was
brought to this country.
Official Order Of Start.
The official order Of start was as fol-
lows:
p m.-Germant balloon Pommerin,
1900 cubic capacity, Oscar ErbsloeU
and Professor Clayton.
4:05-American balloon United
States. 72,2s0, Major II. B. Hetsey ana
A. T. Atherholt. L
4:1O-French balloon L, Lisle d.
France, 1900, Alfred Leblanc ana
Edgar W. Mix.
4:15-German balloon Dusseldorf,
$1,000, Captain Hugo Won Abercron
and n. Heidemann.
4:2O-English balloon, Lotus II, To-
250, Griffith Brewer and Lieutenant
Claude Brabazon.
4:25-American balloon America. 77,-
900, J. c. Mccoy and Capt. 9. y.
Chandler.
4:30-French balloon Anjiu, 1850.
Rene CASPER and Charles Levee.
4:35-German balloon Abercron, 50,-
900, Paul Meckle and Rudolph De-
mig.
4:40-American balloon st. Louis,
1900, Allen r. Hawley and Augustus
Post.
The teams are regarded as having
an almost equal chance for victory.
Indications are that the start will be-
witnessed by the largest crowd ever
assembled in st. Louis. The start
Of the race was placed SO late in the
day because the heat Of the sun ex-
pands ballooning gas to a marked de-
gree, and when contraction comes at
night it means drop to a lower level
and the loss of several bags of ballast.
BY starting with the setting sun the
first loss of gas is reached after nearly
twenty-four hours in the air, and IN
this period the pilots expect to cover
the greatest part Of their journey.
Today's contest marks the begin
ming of the aerial carnival, which
continues until Friday during which
all sorts Of balloons will compete for
valuable prizes.
Will Drift Southwark.
Chicago, Oct. 21.-Professor Cox OF
the weather bureau, issued the follow
ing special forecast for the balloon
races this morning:
Fair weather will prevail thruout the
central states during the next thirty
six hours. Light westerly winds at st.
Louis will shift to west and south by
tonight The wind will be generally
southeriy along the course of the bal-