The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-10-23
AERIAL RACERS
NEAR THE LAKES
MAJ. HERsEv's BALLOON WAS
.rHE FIRST TO LAND.
sIAss HAMILTON, ONTARIO.
II 10 Certain that the Record Made in
the international Racee Last Year
VIII be Exceeded by All
the Contestants.

Caledonia. Ont. Oct. 23.--The bal
loon United States. of which Mai. Her.
sey, OF the United States weather b,i.
feuu is the pilot, landed about l2
miles south OF Hamilton. Ont. ut 6 Is
y. N. The United lsates crossed the
state OF Illinois. thence across Lake
Michigan and Lake st. Clair to the
middle OF Lake Erie. when q change of
wind carried II north into Canada to
the place OF landing
The United StateG was the winner
Of the International race Of 1906.
The distance from ST. Louis to Ham
ilton Ont, is approximately 620 miles
Therefore the United States Travelled
about 61O miles which Is far ahead of
the record made in the European races
by Lieut.. l.alm. whose balloon won
the International cup by sailing i02
niles.
pittsburs. Oct. 23.-At 2 o'clock this
morning q sec cJnd balloon passed over
Moundsville. W. Va. making four bal
looms in northern West Virginia this
morning.
ST Louis, Oct. Scattered
throughout Ohio, with one or two I'm
the vicinity of the Great Lakes,
all but one OF the big balloons par
ticipating In the second international
aeronautic cup race were still In the
cir last night. Throughout Tuesday
AFTERNOON reports of balloons at vari-
ous points In Ohio came In. while De
troit first sent word OF the contestant
which afterwards passed the Canadian
border
The identity OF only four Of the bal.
looms has been definitely established
Through telegrams dropped and adj
dressed 10 the Associated Press, the
balloon America. one Of the three
American contestants, containing
Messrs. Mccoy and Chandler. reported
from Marion. o. The message said
that the America would descend on
the borders OF Lake Erie.
The German balloon Pommern
passed over Cleveland late In the of.
ierpocn and Pilot Oscar Erbsloeh
dropped note saying: Open water
ahead. All we'll"
The Pommern had been reported
earlier In the day in the interior of
ONO
A note dropped Tuesday morning at
New Augusta Ind, near Indianapolis.
conveyed the INFORMATION that the bal.
loCn passing was the Lotus H., the
only English cntrant
The French balloon Isle de France
dropped a message for the Associated
Press at Columbus. O.
There seems no doubt that the rec
ord made in the race at Paris last
year. 402 miles, will be exceeded BY
practically every balloon Nearly all
the balloons reported in Ohio have
covered more than that distance
while those on tho Great Lakes are
mere than 700 miles ahead OF the
record
All the balloons have gone to the
east and northeast. One vagrant car
was reported AZ 1:45 last night as
passing Waukegan, H.. just north of
Chicago and on the edge of Lake
Michigan.
IN preparation for the race OF dirigi-
BILE balloons or airships scheduled for
to-day three OF the big cigar-shaped
vessels made trial trips Tuesday. One
OF them. the California Arrow. sailed
by Thomas 5. Baldwin. Of New York
performed wonderfully well and SEEM
cd capable Of any feat desired by the
pilot. Tho Arrow made two ascents
sailed against the wind at a rapid
speed, turning almost In It's own
length and thrice alighted at the start
Ing point.
An exhibition which promised to
parallel that Of the Arrow was cut
short by the breaking down OF the mo.
tor in Charles J. Strobel's airship. the
"Strobel," which was sailed by Jack !
Dallas. The Strobel was about 700 feet |
high when the acaident occurred and |
almost directly over the crowded |
grand stand
Another exciting incident was the |
hight OF Cromwell DiXCn. the lG-year- |
Old lad OF Columbus, o.. In his SKY |
bicycle This IL smaller model of |
the type used by Baldwin and Dallas |
wi-h the exception that the propeller |
Is operated byn bicycle arrangement.
Dixon demonstrated the dirlgibility of |
his machinc BY turning two or three |
times and then sailed away over The |
city. being unable to make headway |
back to the grounds against the wind. |
lie landed at Ben,is, H.