The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-14
SIX COUNTRIES ARE
ENTERED So FAR
Switzerland Wants to Get i'm
With Fine Racing
Balloon.
ST. LOUIS AERO CLUB
HAS BEEN ORGANIZED
Gas for Balloons VIII Be Fur
nished Free of Charge to
Contestants.
Tribune Special Sporting Service.

Tribune Special Sporting Service.
NEW YORK, April ll.-Germany,
France, Spain, England, Italy and the
United States are the countries which
have named balloons TO start in the
international race on October 49, at
st. Louis. The countries. with the ex-
ception of Germany and Italy, are to
start three balloons each. The Ger
mans have six entries. The entries
are:
Deutscher Luftscbiffer- Verbund-
Three balloons: BerGner Verein fur
Luftschitfarht, balloon Pommorn. of
2200 cubic metres, pilot, Freiherr Won
Hewald, and balloon Todewils, of 1000
cubic metres, pilot Hauptmann Hide
brand; Niederrheinischer Verein fur
Luftschiffahrt, balloon Dusseldorf, of
900 cubic metres, pilot Hauptmann
Won Abercron.
Aero Club Real de Espana-Three
balloons of 220O cubic metres each; pi-
lots, Don Kindelan, Don Emilio Her
rera and Don Estcban dc Salamanca
Aero Club of Amcrica-Thrcc bal
looms, 1900 cubic metres each; pilots,
Lieutenant Frank P. Lahm, j. C. Nc
Coy and Alan r. Hawley.
Aero Club de France-Three bal
looms, capacity not named, pilots. Al
fred le Blanc, Rene Cashier, third not
set named.
Aero Club of United Kingdom
Three balloons: no particulars.
Socicta Aeronautica Ital!ana-Two
balloons; balloon Vittoria. Of 1900 GU
bic metres; pilot, Alfred Vonwiller;
balloon Roma. Of 2200 cubic metres;
pilot. Major II. Morris.
a letter has been received from f..
Messner OF Kcwanec, H.. pilot Of the
Aero club of Switzerland, lnQuiring as
to the possibility of his entering this
race as Il representative of the Aero
club of Switzerland. He will take the
matter up with the Swiss club and they
in turn with The federation in charge
Of the late entries. Arrangements have
been made at ST. Louis for the start
of this race at Forest park, The
grounds will be fenced in and grand
stands erected Pure coal gas of Il
very good quality viii be pumped un-
der pressure through 2J.irch main.
1t is probable that the United States
Aeronautic corps will assist in the
Tho Aero club Of ST. Louis has been
formed, with j. W. Kearney as sec.
retary, and now has 2 membership Of
more than three hundred. with its own
clubhouse. A club is being formed in
Santa Fe by James w. Price, mem
Der Of the Aero club of America, who
has Just returned from China.
At the jamestown exposition n spe-
cial building is being erected TO house
aeronautical exhibits, Coal and hydro
gen gas Will be furnished free to all
contestants. Cups and trophies will be
offered at various times during the
course of the exposition for acronautic
competitions. Several well known aero
nautic inventors have promised TO go
from their respective cities to the ex-
position IN their machines, if possible
There will be a balloon race for dis
tance on Saturday, May 4, starting
from the jamestown exposition. Alan
| r.. Hawley. director of the Aero club
| of America; Alfred y. Chandler. pres
| idcnt of the Aero club OF Philadelphia,
and Ernest La Rue Jones. secretary
jamestown Aeronautical congress, have
| entered IN this race.