Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-21
NINE MAMMOTH
BALLOONS ASCEND
win Go Up from ST. Louis This
Afternoon in Second lnterna-
tonal AerOnautiC Contest.
LEAVE At FIVE MIN. INTERVALS
-Four Great Nations Represented
Winner Gets Massive silver Cup
And $4,000 In Cash.

ST. Louis. oct. 2l-With brilliant
autumn day, and snsppy racing cur-
rents iu the blue depths ot the sky.
nine mammoth balloons. representing
four OK the great nations of the world,
win start this afternoon iu the SLANT
ms rays OF O. setting sun ON o. journey
which should add am important chapter
t1 the history of aerial navigation.
The contest IS officially known as
The second international aCrouautic
cup contest and the prize. massive
silver trophy and $500 n cash, will be
awarded to the pilot whose skin aud
daring lands hIs car the farthesJ from
the starting point. As each of the
balloons is OF similar design and Mater
ial the race win go To- the tar1ulut
French. English. German OF Awyri-
can--vho is capable of taking the best
advantage OI favorable Winds ANA Nu3
lUscS the LEAST ground under adversely,
The race also marks tna entry "i iuo
United States into aDtiN. competition
with the European nations iu field
which has been left almost eNc,u-iF.l
Go them Boo the past.
II was through the winning OF the cup
last year iu a race from Paris. bl
Lieut.. Frank =. Lahm, oI the United
States army that the contest was
brought this year to this country. The
three American teams which will star,
this afternoon are all that are allowed
to enter under the rules of the Compe-
tition. but so great has interest grown
boz the science Of ballOouiug BOZ the Unit
ed states that the . ru club of Ameli-
ca, which Is in active charge, could
easily have entered many times the
number OF balloons permitted
FanHs
that the balloon iu which Lieut. Lahm
set the record for the race at il2 miles
last year. will start today and viii
carry as pilot Mai. Henry B. Hersey
OF the United states weather bureau,
Who acted as aide 20 Lieut. Lahm.
The latter, who is ill in Paris. is uu-
able 10 take part TWO German b1.-
Icons that are in the first competition.
the Dusseldorf and the Pommern, are
also among todays starters.
The first Of the balloons VIII be sent
away at 4 p. M. central time. and the
others will follow az minute intervals
The aerOnauts are wishing for a breeze
which will carry them 'hul down 60
The horizon ~ the upper deep before
the next starters are cut away, but ~
is generally CXueCtCd that four or nNe
OF the big inflated balls Of vanished
cotton viii be iu view a Q the same time
Those who viii witness the event purs
~ as "A Sneclatlit are uOhNAut lNl sum
a condition and would rather Ike 10
see the balloons shunted about on
variable currents until night closes IN
on the squadron OF air vessels Narla.
bic winds. however are the terror OF
the long distance balloonist, an SO mile
hurricane being far preferable in the
judgment Of man gifted In the hanu-
ling OF sand-ballast and gas taps.
First away viii be the German ball
loon Pommern with Oscar Erbsloeho az
pilot and Prof II. Il. clayton. of the
Blue Hill observatory. Hyde PARK
Mass. as aide. The two other German
contestants viii start in fourth and
eighth places. Americas three teams
win start second, sixth and nintni
Frances two teams go third and sew
enth and the one English entry, the
Lotus IT, VIII be- the hfth TO ascend,
The official order OF start IS as follows;
%. m-Cfcrman b0lloon Pammeu.
~. 900 cubic feet capacity, Oscar Erh-
sloehe, pilot; Prof. Clayton. aide.
405-Americau balloon. United states,
% $50 cubic feet, Maj. II. p. Her7cy. pie |
lot: A. r. AtheTholt aide.
4:10-Frcuch balloon LIsle da France |
e. 900 cubic feet, Alfred lie Blanc. pilots |
Edgar W. Mix. aide.
4.l5-Gcrman balloon Dusseldorf, 'l,- /
600 cubic feet: Capt Hugo won Aocr- /
chercron pilot. IT. HeidemIn, eide.
4.2O-Enelish balloon Lotus d. ,l2'1 |
cubic feet Griffith Brewer, pilot, Lieut.
Claude Brabszon. aide.
f:25-Amorican balloon America. ".- /
500 cubic feet. j. G.. Mccoy pilots capt /
G.. def. Chandler aide.
4.80-Fronch balloon Aniou. 800 Cu- 1
bio feet. Rene. Cashier pilot Charles
cVes aide
4.35-German balloon Abercron. uo-
900 cubic feot. Paul Nickel pilot. hu-
dolph Denis. aide.
.4U-Amcric1n balloon 81. L'N''
n 300 cubic feet. Alan r.. Hawloy Iiot,
Augustus Post. aide. -4.,
Am of the teams entered air rts'ti. u
AS having am almost equal Dhoncc i3r
,ictorv. n there are any iAfoill'7 pm
'b. 5isoussiou TODAY tbry are me
l5..,,,t ,ear, of H. Blanc and Mis-. In1
~. ArrsrIrgu teams headed by MAJ
lIersev and Air. H1wley WINE M'l'