The Washington herald., 1907-10-24

New York, Oct. 23-The great interna-
tional balloon contest for the James Cor
don Bennett cup ended to-day, with the
German 'Pommern" and the French
'Isle de France" cars, two out Of the
hine starters. so equally divided for hon
ors that it viii be necessary 20 await
decision tomorrow from the War De-
partment at Washington TO tell which
wins
Oscar Erbalach and Henry II. Clayton,
shippers Of the 'Pommern," landed their
craft at o'clock this morning half a
mile south Of Asbury Park. The isle de
France" with A. lie Blanc and T. W.
Nix at the valves, swooped down finally
at HerbertsviHe, Ocean county, n. J.,
four hours later.
It was said at the Aero Club tonight
that each had covered approximately be-
tween $50 and $50 miles. An officer Of the
organization said that it was his personal
opinion that the "Pommern" would win
by a matter Of a few miles. Here is a
list Of the starters, where and when they
finished
All Balloons Landed.
No I-Oscsr Erbslach and Henry H. Clayton. Ger
man, the 'Pommeu," Bradley Park. baIf mile
south Of Asbuy Park ar 9 O'Clock this morning;
covered approximately $50 to $50 miles
No 2-H. B. Herszy and A. J. Atherholt Ameri-
can, "United States" landed near Hamilton on
taTio. at O'Clock Tuesday night; covered approx
mateiy $50 miles
No J-A. lie Blanc and f. W Nix French isle
de Francs" landed near Herbertsville, Ocean
County y J.. az I O'Clock this afternoon; covered
approximately Sso 10 500 miles.
No. 4-Hug0 AbCrcum and Hans Hcidemam Ger.
man. Dusseldorf landed 90 Little Creek three
miles from Dover. Del. early this morning; Gov
cred approximately 755 miles.
No. sc. Brewer and C. Brabszon, English 10
FMS IT," landed near sabina, Ohio az O'Clock
Tuesday afternoon.
No 6-ChaHdIgF and NeCcy. American. Amer
ica." landed az Psuxsut Nd, yesterday; covered
approximately is miles
No. 1-R.nc Cashier and Leyee French "8uio1
landed near Amerius. Louisa County. Va. at
O'Clock this morning. covered approximately s0J
miles
No. s-Pau Nickel and C. Denis. German
"TsclIUdI landed near Manassas Va. at O'Clock
tins morning; covered approximately $50 miles.
T.
Louis. landed one mile south q Westminster. Car
r0l County, Md. az 6,0 O'Clock this morning; coy
cred approximately 632 miles.
Tie PommeTn and the Isle of France
shattered the record of SO miles as the
crow flies from st. Louis to HENDERSON.
y. Y, made in 1853. They beat the dis
tauee covered by Lieut. Frank p Lahm.
who won the international long distance
race from Paris in 1896. The American
officer landed at FyIingdale. England, 4I5
miles from the starting place, after being
in the air only four hours
HawIey Tells Experience.
Alan r. Hawley, the American balloon
ist from St Louis, who, with his com
panion, Augustus Post, landed at $50 a.
IN near Westminster. in Carroll County.
Nd, described his trip as follows:
we We're about thirty-seven hours in
the air. covering two nights and a day.
and 1 figure that We made 40 miles from
St. Louis. When we left that city We
started at first in a low current. taking
us northeastwarJly. but had 20 rise high
er in order to avoid the turrets of an in
sane asylum. Very soon We established
an equilibrium of about 800 feet above
the ground, and maintained this for
twelve hours with the use of only ore
bag Of ballast. This was one of the sat
isfactory tests OF the journey.
Four spoke in Air.
"An interesting feature OF the first
nights passage over Illinois was the fact
that we were for about four hours With
in speaking distance OF three other bal
Ioons-NIr. Brewer and the two French
men. Messrs. Leblanc and Grasnier. We
exchanged a number IF comments before
we were finally separated by varying
currents
"On Tuesday, for almost a day. in
crossing Ohio, we were within sight Of
two balloons. One Of them, think. was
lie Blanc's and the other from its coiors.
I made out to be the German balloon
Pommeru.
IN being CARED by the air currents
over the coke and iron region Of Penn
sylvania We found that we had to rise
higher on account of the heat from the
coke and blast furnaces. We were also
delayed near there by clouds In the
mountain country we again had to rise
20 a great height, and reached an altf-
Jude Of 1900 feet, which was the highest
OF the journey. This was in the middle
of Tuesday night.
Decided TO Come Down
when dawn came yesterday morning
we saw the Chesapeake Bay in the dis
tance, and the air currents had shifted
and were carrying us directly toward il.
We ascended and descended in the hope
of again finding an easterIy current. but
failed in our efforts, and, as we were
gaining nothing in distance from 81.
Louis by being carried southwardly. we
reluctantly decided TO come down to the
earth. The landing was made easily
about mile south Of Westminster. and
our balloon is unhurt
we did not suffer from the cold during
the first part of the journey. but, crossing
the mountains, il was bitter cold Pos
sibly our exhausted vitality had some
thing to do with il. We had plenty of
food aboard our air craft and there was
no trouble on that score during the trip"
Beachy Wins Airship Race.
st. Louis, Oct. 23.-With the completion
Of the dirigible balloon race and the
awarding Of the prizes 10 the winners.
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