The weekly Corinthian. (Corinth, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1907-10-31
BALLOONS IN RACE pOMMERN GETS CUP
BAGS FLOAT NORTH AND NORTH
EAST UNDER FAIR SKIES.
BENNETT CUP AND S2.5aO PRIZE
America Has Three Entries and the
Frenchmen the Biggest Envelope
to Garry Them Sl<yWard.

st. Louis, Oct. 22.-Up the Missis.
sippi into northern Illinois or east
central Iowa, then northeast toward
Lake Michigan or across northern In.
diana and Michigan to Lake Huron o.
Lake Erie and possibly into Canada is
the course which the nine balloons in
the second international Bennett cup
race, started at ST. Louis Monday af.
ternoon, are expected to follow.
A bulletin issued by the ST. Louis
weather bureau, supplemented by a
special bulletin from the Chicago of.
fee, predicted that the winds would
blow toward the northwest during the
afternoon and early evening, and that
they would then change to the north.
east. This change will occur during
re night.
By reaching a point in running be-
fore the predicted wind near Charlie
voix, Petosky or Au Sable in the lower
peninsula of Michigan, Iron Mountain
in the upper penincula, Lac de Flam-
beau Indian Reservation, Wis, St.
Cloud, Mimi, Clathom, Ontario, or
Youngstown. Ohio, aeronauts can ex-
coed the 475-mile record made last
week by J. C, Mccoy and Capt Chan
der.
To exceed John Wise's record OF
ST0 miles, made from st. Louis in 1853,
they must reach a point in northeast
New York. northern Ontario or west
ern Quebec. a
The worlds record, 1893 miles, made
by Count de la vaulx in 1902, can be
equaled only by sailing to northeastern
Maine or remote parts of Canada.
Stevens First to Arrive.
Leo Stevens, most experienced areo-
naut in the world, was the first of the
officers or contestants to appear at the
course. He arrived there at Z a. m.
Soon after came Brewer and Brabazon,
the English pilots
Germans and Frenchmen came next,
and Cortlandt Field Bishop, president
of the Aero Club of America, coming
at 8 o'clock, started the work of prep
aration.
w. A. .laehr of the Laclede Gas
Light CO., with % employees of the
company, attended to the flow of gas,
supplied from the tank at Chouteau
and Newstead avenues, where 3,200,.
600 cubic feet of gas for balloon pur-
poses is stored. The first work done
was to let stale gas out of the pipes,
and Kings highway, for three blocks
each way from the concourse at Nc
Kinley avenue, had gassy smell
when this had been done.
The filling of the balloons, put in
their allotted places the two previous
days, then began. 1t was announced
that the density of the gas was $50.
The lightest gas the company had
agreed to furnish was 400, but by MAX
ing the present supply at exception
ally high heat more hydrogen was OBJ
tanned. Aeronauts believe this is the
lightest coal gas ever produced for
ballooning, and were encouraged to
expect longer flights by its use.
The imitation, proceeding at the rate
of 100000 cubic feet an hour, soon
showed, the giant size of the French
entry. "Anjou" It viii contain nearly
OF, 900 cubic feet, and seemed ready to
swallow the comparatively small Aber-
cron, it's German neighbor, which will
hold but $4,000.
The other balloons, when half In
fated, seemed of about the same size,
the UNITED States" and the Lotus
II" being slightly smaller than the
other four.